unemployedzookeeper

Will scoop poop for money

[starrynet]

oh to be a fat and happy giraffe with a “catch me if you can, suckers” attitude

[rongzhi]

A naked eye 3D pterosaur installation at Shanghai Natural History Museum

(The guide is describing the exhibit and talking about the various "flying dinosaurs" and their appearance through history as they emerge from the fossil displays)

[rthstewart]

This is so cool. I've been to a LOT of natural history museums and have never seen anything so creative and also what a terrific way to demonstrate a possible mode of and reason for flight evolution.

[hoovesandfloorpaws]

[disgruntledseagull]

Thanks for looking out for the lesser beasts OP. I didn't realize this but I am glad to know.

[samimarkart]

Quail family

[ihazyourkitty]

Friendly reminder:

No, you don't want that otter. No, that is not a pet. No, that up close encounter where you can pay to cuddle with an otter is probably not ethical. No, I'm pretty sure that channel with a guy and his pet otters is not a legitimate "animal rescue", stop recommending it to me.

Yes, the otter is cute. Please admire them either from a distance, or behind a barrier at an accredited facility. Thank you.

.....no I'm not going insane seeing how flooded social media is with unethical otter content.

[loubatas]

The recent popularity of otter cafés in Japan caused a rise in animal trafficking & poaching of these otter species in Asia. Asia isn't an exception: the same will happen anywhere. The more popular an exotic wild species is as a "pet", the more it encourages poaching & trafficking. Even if you can give your exotic animal the best living conditions (which is always more complicated than with a domestic species), this factor will always remain

If you want a pet, you want a domesticated species. If you want a domesticated mustelid (the family otters belongs to), we have one: it's called a "ferret"

Yes, they do require specific care you need to learn about (like any animal, wild or domestic), no they don't look exactly like otters (it's the closest you'll get in domestic animals though) But they're a lot more adapted to live in human houses, and they're not at risk of being poached in the wild. Mostly because like dogs or domestic cats, they don't exist in the wild

[zookreep]

A place that a friend used to work at had otters and the original idea was the let guests swim with them (!). The animal care team said fuck no, so the next idea was to lead them from their habitat to an animal ambassador area and have an encounter. Animal care team also said fuck no.

They are cute and cuddly looking but have razor sharp teeth and WILL maul you.

[amnhnyc]

Here’s a critter you might not recognize: the ring-tailed vontsira (Galidia elegans)! Found in the forests of Madagascar, this small carnivore weighs up to 2 lbs (0.91 kg) and has a varied diet that includes insects, eggs, fish, and small mammals. The ring-tailed vontsira is an agile critter, an excellent climber, and is known to be playful.

Photo: sympiotr, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist

[markscherz]

Their diet also includes cured meat and chickens and rubbish. We have to take special measures in the forest to make sure they don’t get into everything, including keeping our chickens in tents at night. They’re like very slender raccoons that have had just a little too big a dose of amphetamines.

[samimarkart]

Quail family

[eusexuanal]

Settles down on your dashboard gingerly and with a big heaving sigh

[astronomical-bagel]

Trots onto your dash with youthful curiosity and zest for life

[dogwithglasses]

Bougar

[satyrradio-deactivated20250513]

Bougar

[jdkkckcjcjdjdjk-deactivated2025]

let’s do zoomies around mama

[marinella-ela]

[userfish]

my ducks? in a row. the elephant? addressed. my goose? cooked. my eggs? in several baskets. the bigger fish? fried.

[no-sleep-for-the-dreamer]

i am forcibly removed from the zoo

[talesfromtreatment]

Tomorrow is National Give Your Pet Pancreatitis Or A Gastric Foreign Body Day here in the United States and I'd like to beg all of you who follow me to NOT participate this year.

Do not feed your dog or cat human food tomorrow. No, not even a bit of your mashed potatoes. No, not even just a bit of turkey. No, not even the green bean casserole. All of these foods are traditionally prepared in such a way as to be unhealthy for your pets to eat due to the richness of the foods.

If you want them to have a treat, a small bit of plain boiled potato (no butter, no gravy, no cream/milk/cheese, no added salt, etc), some raw or lightly steamed plain green beans (again, no salt, butter, spices, etc), a small amount of plain boiled, skinless chicken breast (no salt, spices, etc) are options (allergies and other health factors permitting) that you can specifically prepare for your animal friends.

And if you have a counter surfer, they need to be locked up during meal time, prep, and clean up. If your pet gets into the trash then the trash goes out immediately to the bin outside. Do NOT give them corn cobs to chew on. Do NOT give them any bones, raw or cooked, from your meal.

Keep your pet safe, keep your money in your bank account, and make your local vet clinics next week a lot easier. Please.

[talesfromtreatment]

Tomorrow is National Give Your Pet Pancreatitis Or A Gastric Foreign Body Day here in the United States and I'd like to beg all of you who follow me to NOT participate this year.

Do not feed your dog or cat human food tomorrow. No, not even a bit of your mashed potatoes. No, not even just a bit of turkey. No, not even the green bean casserole. All of these foods are traditionally prepared in such a way as to be unhealthy for your pets to eat due to the richness of the foods.

If you want them to have a treat, a small bit of plain boiled potato (no butter, no gravy, no cream/milk/cheese, no added salt, etc), some raw or lightly steamed plain green beans (again, no salt, butter, spices, etc), a small amount of plain boiled, skinless chicken breast (no salt, spices, etc) are options (allergies and other health factors permitting) that you can specifically prepare for your animal friends.

And if you have a counter surfer, they need to be locked up during meal time, prep, and clean up. If your pet gets into the trash then the trash goes out immediately to the bin outside. Do NOT give them corn cobs to chew on. Do NOT give them any bones, raw or cooked, from your meal.

Keep your pet safe, keep your money in your bank account, and make your local vet clinics next week a lot easier. Please.

[phocagroenlandica]

ribbon seal moodboard ⋆｡𖦹°⭒˚｡⋆

inspired by posts comparing them to various desserts

[violentoffender]

[redfagdiver]

I wanna be scrubbed I wanna be scrubbed I wanna be scrubbed I wanna be scrubbed I wanna be scrubbed I wanna be scrubbed I wanna b

[the-frightening-ghoul]

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[just-a-geekygoth]

File 'sea turtles behaving like affectionately-pesky dogs' under 'things I didn't know I needed to see today'.

[splickedylit]

[deadgenerations]

in more pleasant news: this year is seeing the biggest humpback migration in Australian history, bigger than it was PRE whaling. That's right, there are more humpbacks migrating off the coast of Australia than there were BEFORE industrial whaling started.

A huge, fat W for environmentalists and Greenies. what an achievement

[lumsel]

we did it! we saved the fucking whales!!!!

[the-tao-of-fandom]

These whales were hunted to 150 individuals. Now there are 50,000 of them

Once hunted almost to extinction, the population of humpback whales currently migrating down Australia's east coast has bounced back and is

Further info for those interested