#Dog Biology

[er-cryptid]

Beijing Dog

-- Chinese toy dog breed

-- long-haired or spaniel-type coats

-- flat face

-- large eyes

-- used to make designer crossbreeds

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#studyblr #notes #my notes #vetblr #veterinary science #vet science #vetsci #the dog #dogs #canines #dog breeds #dog health #dog physiology #medicine #health #dog medicine #animal science #animals #zoology #zoo science #canids #life science #health science #biology #biology notes #bio #bio notes #dog biology #dog bio #science

[sleepy-bebby]

#chameleon #memes #meme #dog #dogs #lol #funny #animals #dog memes #dog meme #wholesome memes #wholesome meme #cute #cute memes #cute meme #science #science memes #science meme #biology #wholesome #funny memes

[beemovieerotica]

the cognitive dissonance from people who want the products of modern medicine but get weird about animal research. like im sorry but this is necessary for the survival of the society we currently live in. and the scientists who work on these things are not evil cackling psychopaths. anyone you talk to in animal research has incredibly complex feelings about their work and incredibly complex relationships to the animals in their care. there are regulations and oversight and penalties in place to make the work as humane as possible and scientists are overwhelmingly the ones enforcing and advocating for better care.

#i work with invertebrates so nobody cares about what i do but literally everybody else in my building does mice/dogs/primates #science #biology #research #animal testing

[jayrockin]

I finally (got help) slapping Wordpress into shape and Runaway to the Stars is now releasing as a public webcomic! Thank you so much for your support over the years, and sticking with me while I'm slowly chewing my way through this book. I'm very excited to share this story! It'll be updating every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday thanks to the massive Patreon backlog. Patreon will continue to update as I finish pages, which happens on a sporadic non-schedule.

If you experience bugs with the site report them to me. Some things may occasionally break, as coding problems tend to be a very "whack-a-mole" affair; and I'm still getting used to the interface.

#jayart #comic #webcomic #runaway to the stars #talita #aliens #speculative biology #spec bio #speculative evolution #spec evo #science fiction #scifi #hard scifi #uhhhh i can't think of anymore engagement tags #I'm terrible at advertising things #show your friends! show your dad! show your dog!

[great-and-small]

You know what I hate about the internet? Sometimes people will just lazily slap a “citation” on an infographic and trust that they’ll be completely taken at their word and nobody is going to dig deeper. And it works all the time. As an example, please look at this photo someone posted to dispute my assertion that garlic can be toxic to dogs.

Okay well, kind of a pain to manually type in that link but obviously I am going to look into this study that is confident enough to recommend people feeding their dogs garlic. So here’s the article, kind of a weird journal choice for this graphic to reference from but looks like a legit (though 20 year old) study

Funny thing is, almost immediately this article acknowledges that garlic can indeed be toxic to dogs. The health benefits mentioned in the graphic are referring to human health, not canine. This section is literally in the introduction of the article and one of the first things you read. Emphasis here is mine.

Crazy to me that someone would imply that this article encourages giving dogs garlic when it in fact immediately asserts that doing so has the potential to cause hemolytic anemia. The article does explore the anti-thrombotic effects of garlic components in dogs and humans, but by no means does it say that “contrary to misconceptions garlic is safe for pets”. It is dishonest to assert this in an infographic. However the creator of the image correctly assumed nobody would check, because the person who posted it took it as fact without further investigation.

I am begging you to be skeptical. Check your sources. Check their sources. Check my sources. Learn how to dig deeper and exercise that muscle as much as you can, especially on the internet. You will be absolutely shocked how much misinformation is casually stated and received as pure fact.

#scicomm #vetblr #veterinary medicine #I already know people are going to say they like giving their dogs garlic and will continue to do so- whatever pls just don’t tell me 😭 #sorry if the link doesn’t work for you you may need access #dogs #pets #science literacy #biology

[thepuppost]

Why Do Dogs Have Whiskers? The Secret Life of Canine Mysteries Unveiled

Have you ever wondered why dogs have those adorable little whiskers on their faces? Sure, they make our furry friends look even cuter, but is there a practical purpose behind them? In fact, there is! Dogs’ whiskers, also known as vibrissae, serve as an essential sensory organ that helps them navigate the world around them. From detecting potential threats to communicating with other dogs,…

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#ANIMAL BEHAVIOR #canine communication #Canine Curiosity #Canine Mysteries #Dog Anatomy #Dog Biology #DOG HEALTH #Dog Science #Dog Trivia #Fun Facts #grooming #PET CARE #Sensory Organs #Whiskers

[mindblowingscience]

It's no surprise that your dog can learn to sit when you say "sit" and come when called. But a study appearing March 22 in the journal Current Biology has made the unexpected discovery that dogs generally also know that certain words "stand for" certain objects. When dogs hear those words, brain activity recordings suggest they activate a matching mental representation in their minds. "Dogs do not only react with a learned behavior to certain words," says Marianna Boros of the Department of Ethology at the Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary, one of the paper's co-first authors. "They also don't just associate that word with an object based on temporal contiguity without really understanding the meaning of those words, but they activate a memory of an object when they hear its name."

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#Science #Animals #Biology #Canines #Dogs #Intelligence

[mckitterick]

Meet Dogxim, the world’s first known dog-fox hybrid

this cutie had been hit by a car, and the Brazilian veterinary clinic that nursed her back to health noticed that not only did she look unusual, she didn't behave like a dog

researchers checking her genetics discovered she's both dog and Pampas Fox!

link to paper: X

#dogxim #hybrids #biology #life finds a way #fox-dog #my screencaps #alt text in image

[platypu]

#courtesy of my functional ecology lecture #teaching us about principal component analysis #biology #zoology #ecology #ratblr #animal #dog #science

[taxonomytournament]

Taxonomy Tournament: Mammals

Caniformia. This suborder of Carnivora contains dogs, foxes, bears, otters, badgers, raccoons, skunks, seals, and walruses.

Feliformia. This suborder of Carnivora is made up of the felines, as well as hyenas and mongooses.

#animals #biology #dogs #foxes #bears #otters #raccoons #seals #mammals #tetrapods #cats #lions #mongooses #hyenas #Caniformia #Feliformia #0x1fv0xe0 #animal tournament #Animal Tournament Round 1

[remotus11]

You have been approached by a Dog

Your actions:

A) pet the Dog

B) give the Dog your sandwich

C) shoot the Dog

D̵̨̨̘̰̭̤̪̹͈̥̲̞̱̹͈̻̓̾͗̚͠ǫ̴̨̢͖̻̤̠͕̮̗̭͎̹̺̦̣̗̲͔̗̭̼̏̒g̸̨̨̨̛̳̦͙̘̗͉̻̬̬̹̝̙̫͙͔̦̠̰̲͔̓͋̄̈́͋́͌̉̉͛͛͒͋͗̕͘͘͠ͅͅ

#remotusverse #art #my art #sci fi #speculative zoology #speculative biology #alien #speculative evolution #speculative species #Dog

[blogforfauna]

Atelocynus microtis

This odd-looking canine is called a short-eared dog. They are so elusive, though, that they are often called “ghost dogs.” Sightings of them are very rare, which makes research on them difficult.

There’s been a lot of confusion over what the short-eared dog is. It used to be in the lycalopex genus with the zorros and the cerdocyon genus with the crab-eating fox, but now it’s in its own genus- atelocynus. 

Short-eared dogs live in the Amazon rainforest in Peru, Columbia, Ecuador, Bolivia, and Brazil. They try to live far away from people, making them highly susceptible to habitat loss. Because of this it is suspected that their population is decreasing, but because sightings of them have always been rare it’s hard to estimate how many are left.

Studies of short-eared dog scat suggests that they eat lots of fruit, rodents, and fish. The fish in their diets along with their partially webbed feet could mean that short-eared dogs spend a lot of time in water, similar to the bush dog.

Much of what is known about these elusive animals comes from one short-eared dog named Oso, who was found when he was a puppy by a logger. He was then raised with pet dogs until a wildlife veterinarian named Renata Leite Pitman took over his care. By observing how Oso found food and interacted with other animals, Pitman learned about parts of the short-eared dogs’ life that scientists previously knew almost nothing about.

 Before Pitman’s work with Oso, virtually nothing was known about short-eared dog vocalization, or the sounds they make. The veterinarian observed that Oso was very quiet but whined or “roared” when he was uncomfortable, and he occasionally made an unusual call that was “similar to some species of owl calls.”

When Oso was around 4 years old he was released into the wild with a tracker, allowing researchers to continue to learn about short-eared dogs.

I rate these very mysterious ghost dogs 13/10. They have a very distinctive look. 

Photo credits:

(1) Galo Zapata-Rios (2) Owlcation (3) Renata Leite Pitman (4) Renata Leite Pitman (5) eMammal

#short eared dog #animals #biology #nature #science #wildlife #zoology #animal #dog #dogs #wild #canines #ghost dog #South American animals #South America #rainforest

[savagechickens]

Catfish, Dogfish.

And more biology.

#catfish #dogfish #cat #dog #fish #biology

[jayrockin]

This animal is called Zngti or Jngti on the southern Shess peninsula, and Anglophone humans sometimes refer to them as "centaur dogs" or "hawkdogs." They are an omnivorous predator that occupied a niche similar to a fox prior to domestication, and now fill a variety of roles in centaur settlements. They descended from a viviparous sister clade of centaurs where the hind limbs developed into a balancing organ similar to the tail of an Earth vertebrate, but did not specialize into claspers and a pouch such as in Tep (the silk dairy livestock).

Zngti do not have a strong pack coordination instinct and are not commonly used for hunting large game or herding livestock. In some ways they're comparable to domestic cats, often left unsupervised around food storage or crops to hunt vermin, but their territoriality also makes them useful for livestock defense or sentry roles.

Although there are no commonly held breed standards, different regions may have one or two specialized varieties for different functions. For game hunting, varieties tend to have a build similar to the wildtype but with flashy coat patterns. Tunnel hunting and vermin control varieties tend to have stout bodies and a bearded face to protect them from clawing prey and dirt entering their eyes and nostrils. Bulky guardian breeds are variously used to defend livestock, property, and children from threatening wildlife or strangers. Sentry alert breeds will raise a continuous "siren" howl through their excurrent nostrils in response to intruders. Most Zngti are work animals first and companions second, but in some urbanized regions toy breeds can be found. Derived from squat vermin hunting varieties, they are usually brightly colored with concave skulls that make them resemble a trunk-smiling centaur.

Although to centaurs Zngti are relatively small animals, they are often heavier and taller than humans. Some guardian breeds can be as large as a cow.

PATREON | Runaway to the Stars

#normal dogs. ordinary dogs. #also these are the same base pigments that can be found in centaur feathers #runaway to the stars #jayart #speculative biology #aliens #speculative evolution #rtts centaurs

[minakomatsuoka]

Alien dogs

–Tell me who is your favorite!

#art #alien creature #creature #speculative evolution #speculative biology #alien species #creature design #dog #alien #traditional art #illustration #dog art #original species

[troythecatfish]

#instagram #instagram artist #Instagram art #instagram mention #instagram app #instagram account #art not mine #art not by me #support artists #support small artists #all tomorrows #man after man #posthuman #speculative evolution #speculative biology #speculative zoology #memes #meme #instagram memes #dog meme #dog memes #dog humor #pet memes #artwork #art #specevo #spec evo #spec bio #spec zoo #cm kosemen