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On my way to start day 4! First lectures are feline nuisance behaviors and pitfalls in canine socialization

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"rescued from a fur farm" you mean you BOUGHT an animal and CONTRIBUTED to the fur industry for your own pick-me cinderella hypocritical self rightousness

small animal fur farms are bougie bullshit but just admit you want a ~special pet~ rather than spin it as something non selfish

*not all fur is bad. large animal fur is incredibly useful and when well kept can last decades longer than plastic polyester bullshit

*I will not be debating anyone on this topic

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Nut weevil (genus Curculio) on a USB cable

Photographed by Ken-ichi Ueda

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I just think that 'animals are living intelligent creatures that have feelings and deserve to be respected' and 'when done properly farming is beneficial to both people and animals and there's nothing wrong with raising and killing animals for food, clothing, and other products' are concepts that very much can and should coexist

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When your enrichment’s too scary…..

#oh how i love seeing enriched wild animals..... #enrichment in general my beloved but enrichment in zoos is EXTRA beloved #animals

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I’m the world’s worse advocate for wasps. Everytime I see people repeating bees=nice good pollinators wasps=bad stinging meanies, I face a deep internal struggle trying to explain how they are important to the environment without explaining wasp facts that freak them out in ways they never even thought

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she can be your angle....or yuor devil

(obligatory disclaimer: she's just eating a treat in the second pic so it's not actually an aggressive expression)

#time for a dumb meme post #mine #own pics #own pets #mimosa #cats

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give a girl a treat and she will make the most beautiful expressions

#shes always looks so >:((( when shes eating something crunchy #mine #own pics #own pets #cats #mimosa

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women be touching grass

#shes such an adventure girl. meow for the love of god meow let me out. #animals #cats #mine #own pets #mimosa

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PSA for my fellow Americans: if you have a pet that needs anxiety medication for the fourth of July, I recommend getting those as soon as possible. We always run low on those as it gets closer to the holiday and clinics are still affected by medication shortages from COVID

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MANTISES ARE RELATED TO ROACHES??

yes! while they do have differing ecologies—mantises generally are elongate, diurnal predators and cockroaches generally are flattened, nocturnal detritivores—it’s not so surprising if you take a closer look:

they are one another’s closest relatives, being grouped together in the superorder Dictyoptera, which is revealed by their many shared anatomical features.

if you compare the wing structure on these two, you’ll find the veins are very similar. to get a mantis out of a roach, evolutionarily speaking, all you’ve got to do is elongate the pronotum (roach head shield, mantis ‘torso’), elongate the legs, and enlarge the eyes.

mantises and roaches also both produce “oothecae,” tough eggcases in which eggs are protected from the environment. mantis ooths are often made of sturdy, hard foam, while roach ooths are leathery and purse-like.

the raptorial legs of mantises aren’t too greatly modified from a roach forelimb, either. roaches already have spiny legs for digging and defense; with additional spines organized in rows, there’s a powerful grasping foreleg.

additionally, some of the most basal (least changed from the original ancestor) mantises retain a number of very roach-like features, such as flat bodies, a short pronotum, and long cerci (“butt antennae”). Chaeteessa doesn’t even have the long spike at the end of the tibia segment! although I’m not entirely sure if all of these roachy structures are necessary primitive and not secondarily derived, these two do give a good look at how mantises might’ve looked before they evolved the characteristic spindly green forms you recognize today.

#OOHH #animals #i cant remember how i tag things on this user lmao #inverts #?????

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Could you define ARA for me? I take from context that they’re opposed to euthanasia, but the only animal related google return was for a shelter in Portugal. Didn’t seem like a match.

ARA stands for 'animal rights activists.' These people massively anthropomorphize animals and project their own fear of death onto them. They don't think animals should be killed by humans, be it for quality of life or for food. They insist that no human-provided death can be humane, that it is murder unless the animal is actively dying... and sometimes not even then. Think PETA. Think farm sanctuaries with things like: pigs with no feet, sheep and goats that need their flock/herd for their mental health but are paralyzed, calves with severe limb deformities that mean they can't stand that these places insist on putting in wheelchairs, as if that will work when they weigh over a thousand pounds at adulthood.

They are all about the 'feel good' rather than what is actually best for the animal.

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not to be european but to be fucking honest all those "how to Responsibly use a prong/e-collar" articles just sound like "how to Responsibly waterboard your toddler" to me

#this might be a limited edition post. we'll see. #yall better keep your clown shoes in the closet #mine #animals #dogs #swinging a bat at a hornet nest again but some people should think for a second #like. is positive punishment Actually necessary or could you just be a bad trainer 🤔🤔🤔🤔 #this post was made by the northern european r+ gang

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tiktokkers posting their dogs walking down the street offleash with a shock collar as the epitome of hashtag dog training goals will actually be my undoing

#oh mood #and of course the instagram trainers who make reels like #'how to Correctly use a shock collar' and 'how to use a shock collar in recall training' #ngl somehow the recall stuff is even more annoying because?? they will literally go OH BUT I GIVE MY DOG TREATS WHEN SHE COMES TO ME #like ok cool but using a clicker or giving treats to fifi doesn't make the e-collar any less unethical #animals #dogs #dog training

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hatred for bugs has ended. we are entering the era of Bug Love

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The Hidden Problem of Outdoor Cats: Ecology of Fear

As a huge cat lover who grew up with cats and adores every part of them, outdoor cats are a problem. You’ve probably already heard this, but domestic outdoor cats are responsible for a staggering number of extinctions in local bird populations, even if someone thinks their “sweet little baby would never hunt” because the cat definitely has. But that’s old news, and I’m here to present another (probably already done) theory on why these cats cause problems, and that is a concept called “The ecology of fear.”

Ecology of Fear is a semi-recent concept coined by ecologists that talks about the indirect impact predators have on prey species. Basically, besides directly influencing prey populations by killing prey, there is a broader impact caused by just the presence of a predator that causes defensive changes in behavior. This change usually involves being much more cautious, meaning there’s more energy devoted to being alert and weary and less energy spent on growth and reproduction. There’s also less food consumed because the prey cannot spent large amounts of time in the open. So what does this mean for cats?

It means that even if your cat has less than one brain cell and doesn’t know how to hunt and is scared of grass like mine is, it doesn’t matter. Just the existence of a cat in the area causes local animals to chance their behavior, often with negative impacts for themselves. Birds and other prey species already have to deal with natural local predators, and adding the pressure of cats into the system tips the natural balance too far against the prey.

So please keep your cats indoors, both for their safety and the safety of local animals.

Sincerely,

An aspiring ecologist

(Also: if you’re interested in more details on the ecology of fear, a good documentary to watch is “Nature’s Fear Factor” on PBS. It’s about the reintroduction of wild dogs to Gorongosa Natural Park)

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Waking up today was a mistake

*sobs in vet tech*

#now that looks like a walking vet bill #also this might be a hot take im not sure BUT to be fucking honest pretty much every doodle person should just get an actual poodle #i swear every time doodle people talk about the personality traits or fur type or whatever its just. please get a poodle. #'theyre social/active/smart/good family dogs/etc' thats a poodle. #'theyre allergy friendly and dont shed' A POODLE #poodles also come in four different sizes!! or three depending on where you live but anyway #anyway these people should just get a poodle and instead of.... these #now to the regular tags #animals #dogs #i guess