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>>4797193Relevance?
>>4797494Cassowaries are cool. Is all you need to know.
>>4797193I look like this and say this.
>>4798001Gonna need a citation for that
>>4797193>*kills you*heh nothing personnel, mammal
>tfw you will never see a real basking shark
>>4797509> not in Scotlandthese mfs used to be visible from my house, and then I moved to London like a retard
>>4797942>scotlandDo you think if the sharks ever attacked scottland the loch ness monster would defend the country?
>>4797465>tfw a real basking shark will never see me either
>>4797942>and then I moved to LondonAre you suicidal >>4797993She only appears when they can breach their magic fairy barrier
>>4797942You had it all and you threw it away, what a waste
post order chiroptera
>>4783283I want to believe that the bat is just a friend of the momma and isn't trying to drink their blood
I'm all ears bro
Mice are an infestation. They need to be eradicated. They are not unproblematic just because you think they look "cute" in pictures. Few things are more disgusting than a mouse scuttling through the rooms of your house or hearing them inside the walls.Mice are the genuine cockroaches among mammals.>not rats?Watch less cartoons. Rats infest sewers and warehouses. The ones infesting ordinary houses are mice, and thus I have a stronger opinion on mice.Basically, roundhouse kick mice.
Mice don’t look cute, rats do (at least not the bigger ones) also, if you got a mice problem in your walls, place your phone by the vents and play the audio of their natural predators. They’d leave and after awhile, never come back.
>>4797959I agree they suck. I’d love to try to tame some kind of predator and just start a ratting company killing mice and rats >>4798017> if you got a mice problem in your walls, place your phone by the vents and play the audio of their natural predators. They’d leave and after awhile, never come back.Now this I wanna see done…
>>4798272People use minks for that
>>4798274Well. I think one *person* does. I wanna extend it to martens and whatever else though
>>4798316>Martys Mustelids for all your rodent woesAnon, shows up to crawl through your walls to get his weasel>Try our 3 for one mad ferret Friday deal
>>4797012They’d be smart enough to enjoy it
>>4795747>>4796443Got a name for him?
>>4798352Wilma
What an great thread. Thanks OP.
The crows in my neighborhood have stopped coming by my house for snacks. Hate to say it but its got me bummed out. We had a pretty good thing going with 5 of them that would regularly swing by and caww to be given peanuts.
This is a fish.
>>4797775Most things are.
>>4797789Evidence/source/proof?
>>4797842Nta but have you ever heard of the tale about the carp and the waterfall
>>4798046I don’t like where this is going…
>>4798046>>4798260
i dont understand why they are so dangerous? just choke it. poke its eyes etc
>noodle armed zoomer that would like an armwrestling match with his mom thinks he can choke out a bear
>>4796324Yeah because bearspray works better than bringing 5 other people and spears.
>>4796307I mean technically I guess. But you'd need a very fast reaction time, strength, and nerves of steel to actually be able to pull something like that off. Most predators back off if you stare at them and look big, and for those that don't you can play dead. I don't think fighting back against a grizzly bear will ever be a smart play unless you're literally about to die.
>>4796307If you have a good knife skip the eyes and go for the throat. Metal is overpowered.
>>4798278my thoughts tooeven if it doesn’t die in time it’ll definitely still die
I have a cat and he is literally anon-chan from behavior, retarded autists and cute
>>4798250is he a fat fuck like you?
>>4798250holy ESL
Coyotes fuck dogs, wolves fuck coyotes
>>4798177>humans emphasize quick single shot mating for their convenience which tends to exaggerate the genitals,But why anon. Please tell us penis-anon. I need to know.
>>4797916>and does not prioritise function or fitness and as a result you get that trend in mammals.Rather, the fitness is based on what the people handling them are willing to keep, which results in very different functions from wild ancestors. Hence the Borzoi, the very long snout actually gives a better sense of smell.
>>4798183i already said why, humans want maximum cervix hosing in as little time as possible, so breeding animals often end up fertilitymaxxed, so cattle, donkeys, stud dogs etc end up with oversized balls/benis compared to their wild counterparts
>>4798177Have you SEEN the penis-to-weight ratio of the humble honey bee? As a man I claim no responsibility for creating that horror.
>>4797916>>4797996>>4798177>>4798183>>4798186>>4798192Lots of useful dick knowledge. Thanks guys
I would like to gather knowledge from others on some of the big questions:Wet/dry ratioBrands, treats, how much variety is enough Indoor/outdoorThoughts on water fountains Vs normal bowlsNeutering/ spaying How long left alone is okay?Best end of life care tipsComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>4795170I shall start with my perspective.I have had around 9 cats over the last 15 years for varying lengths of time and never paid for any of them. Mostly rescues and the occasional gift.Currently I am in the U.K. and have a cream coloured 6yo British Shorthair Male with blue eyes, that I brought over from east Asia
>>4795173Wet/dry ratio> wet meal every morning and every evening and royal canin indoor dry kibble available at all times through a robotic feeder.Brands, treats, how much variety is enough > I try to provide as much variety as possible but his favourite treats are the creamy tube ones by far. So I make sure to get different flavours of that. Together with dreamies occasionally mixed into his kibble, freeze dried chicken breast cubes, whole chicken breast fillet, whole mackerel fillet, whole salmon filet Indoor/outdoor>I am strong believer in keeping your cat indoors unless you live in the middle of nowhere and have a safe environment. Statistics would appear to indicate a 3x longer life for indoor cats on average in the U.K.Toys and play (New category I forgot about)>I use a chase feather toy at the end of a rod, have a special backpack to take him for walks, he also like playing with little spherical toys but always loses them under furniture Thoughts on water fountains Vs normal bowls> have tried many brands of water fountains and they all seem to get dirty filters within a few days. So I have now got a large ceramic bowl for him and change the water inside it once a week. Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Let the cat roam the backyard and train it to wear a harness to go on walks. Cats need stimulation mentally and physically. Get a toy to feed the cat.
>>4795170>wet dry ratio>>4795295>brandsYour local butcher>treatsDried meat (butcher)>indoor outdoorOutdoorIts not as safe but its worth it for the happines of the cat unless you live in a city>thoughtsComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>4795170>Ways to memorialise to make the pain of losing easierMemorialisation is an individual topic. To make loss easier, regardless of what or who you lose, consider philosophy and literature on this topic. If grief is a serious and debilitating condition beyond what is common, also consider therapy. Also consider that the pain of grief will never entirely go away. It doesn't have to. It's a form of appreciation, and it is longing. And we all experience appreciation and longing in the form of desire from the day we are born. As such, grief is another expression of that, and as we deal with other desires, we can deal with grief.
Pigeons are cute and beautiful and I love !
>>4754049Matthew 15:24
>>4748645>lust provoking image
>>4798146Based sainsbury's sunflower seeds
is it nocturnal?will I kill it if I capture it?
>>4798010They only eat during the larval stage or what? Wtf
>>4798007brown recluse
>>4798028Generally yeah. Moths are fucking weird.>>4798022Short, couple weeks or a month at tops, sometimes as few as a few days. They want to fuck while adults, and nothing else is particularly important to them. So they wouldn't get that inside as a "pet" but also wouldn't get eaten - unknown whether being eaten is better than starving to death.There's a "moth guy" in the bug thread who can give you more info, but they're basically the bromeliad flower of bugs: pretty and a sign the organism is about to die.
>>4798007Reclusive brown moth, known for their acidic saliva
>>4798028Same thing with butterflies. They hustle to eat as a caterpillar and then live for a week as an adult to mate. a lot of bugs have something similar.
Are snakes the only animals in the entire history of life on Earth to ever hunt prey by wrapping their bodies around it and squeezing?
>>4798108I know some eels do this. But some raptors like owls also use their feet to constrict their prey and make them go into cardiac arrest, just like the pythons and boas.
>>4798197pretty sure most of the heavy lifting of an owls kills are its talons but I guess squeezing helps
hm if you think about it snakes kill by hugging to death
>>4798108Abelisaurs did the same
>>4798243What fucking drugs are you using?
>be me>moved out during winter to a big empty house>hard to cope with the loneliness of my new house>go to the animal shelter>approach the kitten Cage>4 adorable white kittens with black spots>i stick my finger trough the Cage>3 kittens run away in the corners of the Cage except one >bro starts purring and licks my finger>i take him home>his name is felix>he is the most loveable cat that i ever saw>he sleeps on my chest, under the blanket>he get's sad whenever i leave for work >he get's zoomies whenever i come homeComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>4797449the world wars were just one war interrupted. England and russia decided they couldn't allow a central european power block to exist which could rival them. They succeeded in destroying austria hungary but couldn't kill germany until the second war. It doesn't matter that in the first war russia was czarist and in the second soviet. The soviets inherited the geopolitical situation of the empire and had the same needs. everything else is just stories we tell ourselves to make it seem more romantic. Archduke ferdinand had nothing to do with the first war. The wars happened because in 1860s germany unified into a powerful empire that england and russia needed to destroy. thats all their is to it. Germany was united for less than a century before the other powers divided it again. Napoleon was the same thing.
>>4795609>and you run the risk of crushing or asphyxiating them in your sleeponly fat people think like this. my cat would routinely sleep on the pillow next to me. in fact it was her favorite napping spot. the food thing I'm 50/50 on. a piece of chicken every now and again won't hurt but people food generally isn't good for them. that said this one never liked people food aside from Taco Johns, oddly enough. this little shit LOVED sour cream and oles. although she'd never eat them, just lick the flavoring off (and run off with the container of sour cream if she thought I was done with it). >inb4 cat on counterwe never used it for food and she knew not to go on the one directly behind me in the pic. she was surprisingly intelligent for a cat. only had to say no a few times and she'd get the message.RIP best cat I ever had.
>>4797932What is up with your cat?
>>4797409>proud of playing in cat littersanest toxobrain
>>4798068feline leukemia or bone marrow cancer. vet couldn't tell which. she was also like 16 and a few generations inbred. she died a few days ago.
Has anyone gotten into micro-falconry? I'm always fascinated by bird of prey, but they are not legal to own in my state except for purpose of falconry/hunting. Some people have gotten around the legislation by just doing "micro-falconry" - e.g., owning small bird of prey like kestrel (which is much lower cost and maintenance), then going out to the field once a week or once every two weeks and have their kestrel just kill bunch of rats and pests. Sounds like it can be fun.
>>4798135A kestrel isn’t as noob friendly as a larger bird and costs just as much a larger bird too; food is the only thing you’d spend less on. I guess you’d be fine with a cheaper thinner glove instead of a gauntlet or even going barehanded, but most other equipment, housing, and maintenance supplies are going to be about the same and they still should be flown as often as possible. With the metabolism on a kessie, I don’t even know if you’d have a smaller volume of shit to clean up either. Their behavior is pretty fun though. So is watching em catch a fat grasshopper in midair.Most of the annoyance of training a kestrel is just that you don’t have as much leeway for keeping them at the right weight to cooperate with you, they’re really really easy to just overfeed. Small fractions of a gram are enough to A) go flying away forever because they certainly aren’t hungry enough to hunt and don’t want anything you’re offering, or B) flying away forever because they were so hungry they immediately gorged on their catch before you could trade a tidbit with them and now they’re back to being in the mood for option A before a larger predator decides to ambush them.
>>4798135What >>4798168 said.Falconry isnt something to dabble in. Your best bet for getting into it is to apprentice a professional, and they'd probably require you to have some previous experience and/or qualifications working with animals, specifically birds.
>>4798168>>4798176Thanks bros. I guess falconry ain't for me. I'll just try to volunteer at my local raptor rescue in the summer and see how it goes.
