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ludoka · 5 months

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You know, it always puzzled me a little when people talked about the Beauty and the Beast story... And everyone pointed out that the prince is turned into a Beast because he is vain and selfish. Which, I never understood because I didn't remember that. (What's more, I NEVER saw the entire Beauty and the Beast movie. Don't ask "why" because I don't know.) Now, after years, I realized why.

The story I grew up with didn't say that. This version of the fairy tale was different and had the witch as a capricious woman.

The prince in this version let the witch into his castle to take refuge from the cold. When the blizzard ends and the witch retreats. But not before giving the prince a gift for his hospitality. Which was a very beautiful rose. He refuses her gesture of gratitude and she becomes angry. He gets so angry that he curses him, turning him into a beast. Destroyed by this, the prince locks himself in his castle. Becoming a hermit, bitter and resentful. He becomes like this because he is bitter that they turned him into a monster just for doing a selfless action. What Bella does in this version is help him open his heart again and it is this warmth that helps break the spell.

I mean... In this version, which was in the teacher's book that my grandmother had, the only bad one was the witch. And I grew up with this moral of life of "You must be careful who you are kind to because not everyone will return your kindness." So I don't know how to feel 😂

#yes this came out because I read a post by eah where they talked about Rosabella and Daring #I think this version of the fairy tale would fit Daring more #I know he's quite vain and self-centered but he's a pretty good prince.#I don't think he comes into the selfish part.#He has helped on the occasions when he was asked for help.#Yes it is true that he did it without taking his face out of the mirror but it still helped #I'm also aware that part of epic winter is showing us that he was in a bad place #So you have been seeking refuge in something safe like your vanity.#It is understood #But they tried to sell us that he was always like that #Which is not so #Oh well #Enough #I went around the bush and this seemed really long #ever after high #the beauty and the beast #daring charming #rosabella beauty

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haveyouseenthisseries-poll · 2 months

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#tv series #tv shows #polls #your pretty face is going to hell #matt servitto #henry zebrowski #2010s series #us american series #have you seen this series poll

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aoiraincoat · 1 year

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Ladies and gentlemen...

Yoshiki is gay.

#there's a difference between queerbaiting and representation that us just vague #sometimes you'd even need to have a related experience to be able to read all the hints #in some chapters or panels it's actually pretty much straight up into your face #but we also shouldn't forget that the storytelling in this manga often leans into 'showing instead of telling'#plus the queer part of it being discreet really adds some realistic detail to the conservative environment of the village #and I won't lie #without the queerness of at least one of the characters I don't really see this exact story happening #hgsn #the summer hikaru died #hikaru ga shinda natsu

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fobnsfwdoodles · 8 months

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One complete page for the Femslash Peterick Snippet is up :3

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the-hilda-librarians-wife · 7 months

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I've come to the conclusion that when it comes to new characters I have the same attitude as a poorly socialized dog. I swear every time new content comes around and we get the news of new characters my instant reaction is to just. Dislike them. Hope they have little to no importance in the plot. Even when the design looks nice and the characters seem interesting. They're taking screen time away from my faves and my heart tells me to Bite

#this isnt even about the Thing. Its about Astrid #that cool and interesting looking old lady #(im assuming thats her name its what ive seen people use)#Im pretty sure there's something ot be said about my autism here #i dont want things to change. I dont want to risk the show taking a turn for the worse and becoming Insane #if it were up to me #s2 would have just been a reprise of s2 while focusing on different things #and s3 would be a reprise of s2 #which means ofc that the show wouldn't be nearly as compelling as it is. that' why i trust the writers #but at the same time I HAAAAAATE CHANGE #I think the longer hiatuses contribute to this. I am given time to adjust to what can be considered canon and then BOOM #rug pulled from under me with only like 2 months of antecedence.#and I have to be prepared to let go of my headcanons and my current views of this world and its characters #and to accept that these new faces they're throwing at us will be just as important as the ones I already know and love #like I WANT to be spoiler free but at the same time I gotta prepare myself for what's coming #bc otherwise I'm gonna get the air knoked out of me fr #cons of letting a show take over 60% of your brain #turns to the other 40%: at least I've got you. you'll never change or abandon me #*the Cells look at me uninpressed and tell me to get a job*#hilda the series #hilda s3

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angelicxi · 4 months

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idk how many more que sera sera i got in me in boss

#apropos of nothing in particular really hjgh ig i'm just. still ruminating yesterday #what an awful fucking shitshow it was. god.#i regret the fact that she caught me when i was literally too fucking sick to stand up bc i really really REALLY wish #i could've gotten into a proper row with her #twenty years this is!! twenty fucking years of biting my tongue and enduring her bullshit!! TWENTY!!! FUCKING COUNT 'EM!!!#and she's so fucking lucky my mom's too nice a person and too conflict-avoidant #else i would've cut her shit at the root years ago #fucking ghoul. a ghoul! she can't be called human #no empathy no fucking animal glimmer inside her nothing but money money money and a desire to be admired #ghoul!!#not once did she love my mother not once did she show genuine care for her not once did she regard any of us ANY OF US! as people #just objects that had to sit pretty and fulfill their roles quietly #50 years of parental neglect 36 years at least of actual harrowing bullying of your own fucking daughter.#and the way she treated my auntie too. oh my god. oh my goddd and she dares think she's a good person or good christian #and twenty years TWENTY FUCKING YEARS of gnawing on my soul like a bone #twenty years of being two-faced and trying to turn me away from my mom and trying to turn my mom against me too #that i only call her a ghoul is honestly me showing grace

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willowbyte · 2 months

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#fuck you wilbur soot #my cousins loved your videos. they loved your music. they loved YOU #your band's EPs became Our go-to songs when we were together #countless nights watching vods. videos. animatics made by passionate people. of your story #we bonded over this shit!#your solo album was so important to me. i had a ringtone of the instrumental of your music #im pretty sure you influenced my clothing style too #all of this just to find out you were actively hurting your girlfriend. during all of this #im glad shelby has healed. im glad everyone is speaking out #from the bottom of my heart i hope you can someday resolve whatever fucking issues you have with yourself and stop dragging people #into your messes #please use the little decency you have left and never show your face on the internet ever again

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owlet · 2 years

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there’s definitely much to be said about the epidemic of filming and posting people without their permission but some folks really feel like incidentally appearing in the background of a video that isn’t about them filmed in a crowded public space is a human rights violation

#like it’s not common but jesus #they’re not ‘using your image for profit’ your image does not impact the product at all #i’m pretty sure there’s a legal distinguishment between an active and passive filming subject #which is why crowd shots in things like tv shows don’t have every persons face blurred

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starsandthorn · 1 year

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pardo [handshake] klein

wtf why did they replace you with a joke charact--oh so it wasn’t you [tosses aside a brick]

#personal stuff #thorn plays honkai #the robo-klein wasn't actually klein and ''can'' was just pardo in a suit---#is she cold or is this just something she does for fun #kevin making instant noodles fr everyone :]]#EDENNN <3 #she is so so pretty wa #i love how her helmet n snowmobile looked a bit like mei + kurikara #aww sleepover time. i care them #kevin taking care of everyone #augh. when characters written into modern/happier aus have dreams of their actual terrible fates :)#i know everyone having terrible dreams is important and sad but SAKURA TRANS COLORS SCARF #''don't look at me. i don't have any new years wishes'' ''so you're satisfied with your current life?'' WAAAAA #kalpas who only ever wanted a place to go back to and a family. fuck. cries #eden quoting the quest names good fucking night #GAY PEOPLE.#augh. i love them so much #everyone saying ''show us kalpas's face!!''' do you not understand the commitment to the bit

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drunk-poets-society · 1 year

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The funny thing about grief is that you just can’t rationalise it. Yeah sure you can think about it logically, make sense of it in that way, but then there’s this constant, nagging, clawing part of you that’s just deeply human, that just wants to be human, almost desperately so, and it overrides logic sometimes and that’s ok

#recent events have been a bit heavy #sigh #bad start to this year :|#I mean I guess I’m pretty cold and don’t show much emotion other than happiness and glee when I’m with people I like but I don’t really ever #let the sadness or anger come up to the surface because I find them to be awfully inconvenient so I just deal with them with a neutral face #and it looks as if I don’t feel anything and I don’t as long as I wear that expression but then sometimes something just happens that you #simply cannot keep it in and it does come out and then I feel like I’ve betrayed myself. but it’s okay that’s life. and though my coping s #mechanisms might not be the healthiest they have gotten me this far and maybe one day I’ll live a life where expressing those emotions don’t #doesn’t* make me cringe and one day I’ll able to live out the true experience of being human but until then I’ll have to keep it all packed #tightly inside me as if they are bags of luggage that I don’t really have any use for but I take with me everywhere and never unpack #maybe some day I’ll find a home and can unpack it all and get rid of what’s not needed. one day and I have no choice but to move along #until I find a home. sometimes circumstances are just like that. you can’t survive if you waste your time crying or punching walls #idk. sigh. I’m just putting this here #text

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magnificent-winged-beast · 2 years

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I can't watch it because it is forbidden in my country Misha, did he masturbate in the movie Karla? I don't find him strange, I'm just curious because after all, he's just acting

https://twitter.com/Wayward_Lily/status/1543002972694650880?s=20

Hmmmm.... 😑

I don't watch it either not because prohibition or censoring, and I'm sorry you live in a country that chooses what you can or cannot watch. That's probably why you always need someone to double check things for you.

I don't want to watch it because Misha was right, that movie was awful. MISHA OR DMITRI wasn't masturbating there, the awful character he was playing was doing it. Like you say, he was acting, that was his job at the time.

The same way the Jackles bated his meat in front of two women. Or the dude that plays Homelander did in the past season of The Boys.

Sometimes the meaning or purpose of this vaguely obscure asks just eludes me. Are you trying to make a point?

Is this an attempt to make Misha look bad?

Is your primary gold to troll for the sake of trolling? Am I falling on the troll wagon because I got a bad day and few human interactions in the past week that I prefer to yell into the void of this pointless ask?

Of course.

Taking advantage of this weird attempt to "discredit" or show a dark side of Misha... For whatever reason, because I know and WE know Misha Collins isn't your average vanilla white Hallmark dude.

Let's talk about all the fuss the Jackles made about that particular scene. All the preamble about having to call Kripkie, and saying:

Oh! Very respectful of him. Putting his role as a father then as a son to not be put in an awkward position and burn his just starting to leave an everlasting role on TV to fly with his new wings through Hollywood and show what he is capable of.

Funny thing is, because he is a white millionaire pretty famous dude, is able to say this things, "self respect as a human being" and ask for the robe, and the angle that will only imply his actions and "ACCOMMODATE AND HIDE" his royal white ass and Acklesconda.

But I wonder. What about those ladies that had to be fully naked and were captured in a few frames of lewd acts in front of the sexy, yet clothed actor? What? Didn't they have families too? , sons? , or a long lasting career that now summarizes in this frame of FULL FRONTAL nudity while they touch themselves for fear of this white dude?

Why the Jackles couldn't extend the same speech for them, and spear the full frontal yet VERY ACCEPTED FEMALE NUDITY on TV. Why he didn't ask for the same cleaver technique of acting like he is masturbating, while covering his very expensive and reserved privates. But still delivering the same shock value to his despicable character.

Well, that's why he is the white rich celebrity dude. And the two ladies where LITERALLY the Help in that scene. Even in that industry your dignity or personal reservations will be weighted with your overall value as a celebrity or money.

To be honest, I don't know if Misha would had done the same. I mean, probably fight for at least just be naked from the back not showing the main prize we all long to see. But asking for a minimum of modesty and reserve of his white male lead status in this show. AND he probably would had "forgot" to speak about this ladies too.

I hope everyone FORGOT this ladies, and that scene isn't the most relevant role of their careers in their IMDBs. BUT we shouldn't forget about this ladies and all the other women who have to do WHAT THE SCRIPT SAYS because film industry and the INTEGRITY OF THE PIECE.

Yet, a white dude can invoque the I'M A FATHER AND SON AND HUSBAND EMEMDMET.

Funny, all the listed true life roles where only given to him because of a woman in his life.

#just venting a little #This was stuck in my mind since I saw the episode #And understood why the Jackles was so flustered and had to explain his clinical repulsion to this scene #to be honest #He is in the right to choose what to show or deliver about his body to the public #Even as an actor / celebrity /public personality #Every one of the public figures that work in this industry should have a saying in the actions of their characters #Specially as they are developing them #But.... That's the tea.#HE AS A WHITE RICH MAN CAN HAVE A SAY #But other actors and actresses... Just have peal their clothing and /personal drama/ and deliver #I would have lije him to add later... Yes! I said no because father son and stuff #BUT ALSO FOUGHT FOR THE LADIES because they were about to do some nasty shit too....#Even so... It's very plausible this ladies were very much ok with all the thing... Because trained actresses and #Stuff #But the Jackles making THE PREAMBLE AND all the fuzz JUST ABOUT HIM...#Was the thing that make me realize that us as a society will never change if we keep JUST saying yes to pretty white rich faces #And ignore the ones who don't have money or fame to pay to have a choice #The boys #True shock value for your raitings

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multicarinata · 1 year

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they literally sent him to a farm upstate 👍

#feeling honestly completely normal there were No other options but they didn't do anything really fun within that framework :-/#bit disappointing given the iron grip s1 had on my cock or. hm I guess I'm the kind of person 2 use that metaphor now? but no television #could EVER come close to that so likeee it was still pretty good. season all about exhaustion and regret and not getting things #felt as if the finale could have been about twice as good by being 15 minutes longer b/c the abruptness caused certain meaningful parallels #to be unexplored. but for the themes of getting written out of your own story that's fine! it was Fine it was not outstanding it didn't mak #me do the tails gets trolled face. also what the fuck happened 2 hands did he even find out what happened to blackbeard at ANY point #felt like around ep5 it stopped being about any of the characters and started being only abt putting the cause to sleep because there's no #other way it could end which made it kinda painful given the overarching message of the REST of the show. also didn't love every woman bein #put at the end of their agency but it worked w the concept of having to mold back into the broken world. and I did fall very in love w how #silver's recount of what happened is TOTALLY open to disbelief. guy who is another guy who writes his ending for himself FOR that guy.#who only exists because of a story some guy made abt him / who only exists bcs of the story empire made abt him et Fucking Cetera #gotdamn! awesome show! I love a narrative #showsposting

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zarafey · 1 year

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Like... There's this flashback of this kid who was in an accident and her dad died. And she doesn't really show any emotion when she gets told her dad died, instead says she's hungry a few seconds later. And it's supposed to show how she's 'so different' and how she has no emotions and no empathy etc... Like it's not relatively common to go into shock after a traumatic event like that and shut down emotionally.

#They could have use so much better examples for a flashback #And they chose a situation where that reaction is actually not so 'weird and different'#When I was a kid I got pretty hurt in an accident #Broke my jaw etc and yeah it's not the same bc in that scenario only I got hurt and no one else #But still I got really hurt and I didn't cry once... I just stood on the street no reaction and bleeding badly from my face #Ofc I personally am not the most reliable source of what 'normal' behavior is but going into shock and not showing much reaction is normal #After a traumatic event like say... Getting into a bad car crash and being unable to leave said car or help your unresponsive dad

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kaijutegu · 3 months

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Alligator Body Language and You, or: How To Know When An Alligator On Social Media is Being Stressed for Views

Alligators are wild animals. Despite the idiotic claims of animal abusers like Jay Brewer, they cannot be domesticated, which means they are always going to react on the same natural instincts they've had for millions of years. Habituated, yes. Tamed, yes. Trained, definitely. Crocodilians can form bonds with people- they're social and quite intelligent. They can solve problems, use tools, and they're actually quite playful. Alligators are also really good at communicating how they're feeling, but to somebody who doesn't spend much time around them, their body language can be a bit mystifying. And it doesn't help when social media influencers are saying shit like this:

That is not what a happy gator looks like.

That's a terrified, furious gator who isn't attacking because the ogre handling her has her in a chokehold. She's doing everything she can to express her displeasure, and he's lying about it because he knows his audience doesn't even know how to think critically about what he's doing. He knows that because his audience doesn't know anything about these animals, he can get away with it. This I think is why I hate him so much- he deliberately miseducates his audience. He knows what he's doing is factually inaccurate, he just doesn't care because attention means more to him than anything else in the world.

Let's change that! Here are two really important lessons for understanding alligator body language on social media.

Lesson 1: Alligators Don't Smile (in fact, most animals don't)

So what's going on in this video? Jay Brewer is aggressively choking his white alligator Coconut while scrubbing algae off of her with a toothbrush. And make no mistake, he is digging into the creature's throat while she is visibly distressed. He claims she's happy- but she's not. He is willfully misrepresenting what this animal is feeling. That's a problem, because people... well, we actually kind of suck at reading other species' body language. The reason for this is that we tend to overlay our own responses on their physical cues, and that's a problem. For example, let's look at an animal with a really similar face to ours, the chimpanzee. Check out Ama's toothy grin!

Wait, no. That's not a happy smile. That's a threat display. When a chimpanzee "smiles," it's either terrified and doing a fear grimace, or it's showing you its teeth because it intends on using them in your face.

How about a dog? Look at my smiling, happy puppy!

Oh wait no, this is a picture of Ryder when he was super overwhelmed by noise and people during a holiday party. He'd hopped up in my sister's lap to get away from stuff that was happening on the floor and was panting quite heavily. See the tension in the corners of his mouth and his eyes? A lot of the time when a dog "smiles," the smile isn't happy. It's stress! Why Animals Do The Thing has a nice writeup about that, but the point is, our body language is not the same as other species. And for reptiles, body language is wildly different.

For instance, look at these two alligators. Pretty cute, right? Look at 'em, they're posing for a Christmas card or something! How do you think they're feeling?

Well, I'll tell you how the normal one is feeling. He's annoyed! Why is he annoyed? Because the albino just rolled up, pushed another gator off the platform, and is trying to push this guy, too. I know this because I actually saw it happen. It was pretty funny, not gonna lie. He's not gaping all the way, but he was hissing- you can actually see him getting annoyed in the sequence I took right before this shot. Look at him in this first shot here- he's just relaxing, and you can see he isn't gaping even a little bit.

By the end, he's expressing displeasure, but not enough to actually do anything about it. He's annoyed, but he's comfy and that's where one of the best basking areas is, so he'll put up with it.

Reptiles open their mouths wide for a lot of reasons, but never because they are actively enjoying a sensation. Unless they're eating. No reptile smiles- they can't. They don't even have moveable lips. If a reptile is gaping, it's doing so because:

It is doing a threat display.

It is making certain vocalizations, all of which are threats. Alligators are one of the rare reptiles that do regularly vocalize, but most of their calls aren't made with a wide open mouth.

It is about to bite something delicious or somebody stupid. Check out this video- virtually all of the gaping here is anticipatory because these trained gators know darn well that the bowl is full of delicious snacks. (I have some issues with Florida's Wildest, but the man knows how to train a gator AND he is honest about explaining what they're doing and why, and all of his animals are healthy and well-cared for, and he doesn't put the public or his staff at risk- just himself.)

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It's too hot and it has opened its mouth to vent some of that heat and thermoregulate. This is the main reason why alligators will often have their mouths part of the way open, but sometimes they'll open all the way for thermoregulation. This is what a thermoregulatory gape looks like- usually it's not all the way open, kinda more like < rather than V, but you can't say that 100% of the time. Additionally, a thermoregulatory gape... typically happens when it's hot out. If they're inside, maybe they've been under their basking light for too long. Heat's the dominant factor, is what I'm getting at.

There is another reason that a captive crocodilian might be gaping, and that's because it's doing so on command. Some places have their gators trained to gape on cue, like St. Augustine Alligator Farm and other good zoos. They have the animals do this in presentations that are genuinely educational. They ask the animals to open their mouths so that they can show off their teeth and demonstrate how their tongues seal off the back of their mouth. They'll also do it as part of routine healthcare, because looking at their teeth is important.

In this case, the animals aren't gaping because they're stressed, they're gaping because they know they're gonna get a piece of chicken or fish if they do it. And what's more, they're doing it on cue. They have a specific command or signal that tells them to open wide. It's not an instinctive response to a situation. It's trained. If the animal provides the behavior after a cue, the situation is much less likely to be negatively impactful.

It's also important to remember that there's a difference between a partially open mouth and a gape! As discussed above, alligators will often have their mouths a little bit open just to maintain temperature homeostasis. It helps them stay comfy, temperature-wise. These guys are all doing thermoregulatory open-mouthed behavior- that slight open and relaxed body posture is a dead giveaway. (That and it's the hottest spot in the enclosure.)

Lesson 2: A Happy Gator Is A Chill Gator

So if alligators don't smile or have facial expressions other than the :V that typically signifies distress, how else can you tell how they're feeling? One way is stillness. See, alligators subscribe to the philosophy of if it sucks... hit da bricks.

Basically, if they hate it, they'll leave. Unless, y'know, somebody has their meaty claws digging into their throat or is otherwise restraining them. (Restraint isn't always bad, btw. Sometimes the animal is going through a medical thing or needs to be restrained for their safety- which a responsible educator will explain.)

Let's look at a very similar scenario, in which a captive alligator is getting his back scrubbed.

As you can see, it's quite different. First, he's not being restrained at all. Second, look at how relaxed he is! He's just chilling there vibing! He could simply get up and leave if he wanted to, because he's not being held. Towards the end of the video, as he lifts his head, you can see that his respiratory rate is very even as his throat flutters a bit. I'm not sure what this facility is, so I can't comment on care/general ethics, but like. In this specific case, this is an alligator enjoying being scrubbed! And you can tell because he's not doing anything. A happy gator is content to be doing what they're doing.

Why Should I Listen To You?

Now, you should ask yourself, why should you listen to me? Why should you trust me, who does not own an alligator, versus Jay Brewer, who owns several?

Well, first off, there's no profit for me in telling you that what you're seeing on social media is in fact not what you're being told you're seeing. I'm not getting paid to do this. That's the thing with people who make social media content. The big names aren't doing it just for fun. They're doing it for money. Whether that's profit through partnerships or sponsorships, or getting more people to visit their facilities, or ad revenue, you can't ignore the factor of money. And this is NOT a bad thing, because it allows educators to do what they're passionate about! People deserve to be paid for the work that they do!

But the problem starts when you chase the algorithm instead of actually educating. A "smiling" alligator gets the views, and if people don't know enough to know better, it keeps getting the views. People love unconventional animal stories and they want those animals to be happy- but the inability to even know where to start with critically evaluating these posts really hinders the ability to spread real information. Like, this post will probably get a couple hundred notes, but that video of Coconut being scrubbed had almost 400,000 likes when I took that screenshot. Think about how many eyeballs that's reached by now. What I'm saying here is that it's just... really important to think critically about who you're getting your information from. What do dissenters say in the comments? What do other professionals say? You won't find a single herpetologist that has anything good to say about Prehistoric Pets, I can tell you that right now.

Another reason you can trust me is that my sources are not "just trust me bro," or "years of experience pretending my pet shop where animals come to die is a real zoo." Instead, here are my primary sources for my information on alligator behavior:

Dragon Songs: Love and Adventure among Crocodiles, Alligators, and Other Dinosaur Relations- Vladimir Dinets

The Secret Social Lives of Reptiles- J. Sean Doody, Vladimir Dinets, Gordon M. Burghardt

Social Behavior Deficiencies in Captive American Alligators (Alligator mississippiensis)- Z Walsh, H Olson, M Clendening, A Rycyk

Social Displays of the American Alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)- Kent Vliet

Social Signals and Behaviors of Adult Alligators and Crocodiles- Leslie Garrick, Jeffery Lang

Never smile at a crocodile: Gaping behaviour in the Nile crocodile at Ndumo Game Reserve, South Africa- Cormac Price, Mohamed Ezat, Céline Hanzen, Colleen Downs (this one's Nile crocs, not American alligators, but it's really useful for modeling an understanding of gape behaviors and proximity)

Thermoregulatory Behavior of Captive American Alligators (Alligator mississippiensis)- Cheryl S. Asa, Gary D. London, Ronald R. Goellner, Norman Haskell, Glenn Roberts, Crispen Wilson

Unprovoked Mouth Gaping Behavior in Extant Crocodylia- Noah J. Carl, Heather A. Stewart, Jenny S. Paul

Thank you for reading! Here's a very happy wild alligator from Sanibel for your trouble.

#reptiblr #alligator #crocodile #Youtube

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