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Life on earth peaked in the Cretaceous period
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>>4798655
I miss ammonites so much, bros.
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>>4799130
Just deal with nautilus or argonauts dude, it's not that hard.
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imagine being dropped off in a creaceous ocean, animals aside, just the amount of water alone would be terrifying
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For me it's the Devonian
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>>4799196
Oceans today are so small, wherever you drop you can just swim to the nearest shore.

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She's lived a longer life than Longcat now.
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>>4799580
sad
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>>4798101
Based and life piled, death is cringe.
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>>4799580
yeah bro completely natural. the dog totally isn't suffering at all.
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>>4798081
Poor thing. Because of one meme picture she's now being kept alive well past her expiration date
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>>4799738
This but unironically

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Rare Gecko Edition

previous: >>4757767

This thread is dedicated to all animals of the reptilia and amphibia classes. Topics include, but are not limited to: geckos, snakes of all kinds, frogs, salamanders, newts, turtles, tortoises, and much more. Before asking a question, do a search on the internet to see if it has been answered
Classifieds for finding breeders and products:
>morphmarket.com
>kingsnake.com
>faunaclassifieds.com
>reptilescanada.com (Canadian breeders)
>caudata.org
Most forums will have a "for sale" section on them, so look for that, especially if you have a specific herp you want. Craigslist can also be a good source for cheap aquariums, and make sure to check for any reptile expos that occur in your area.

When asking a question, make sure to include these details:
>Type and size of animal

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>>4798783
Lizard name?
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>>4799426
Sphenomorphus muelleri
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>>4799430
It looks cool but it's probably like other skinks that just sit under a log all day and you end up with an empty terrarium.
I hope people start breeding and keeping more diurnal species. Jewelled lacertas is one that's got popular witihin the last years but still so many interesting species like lacertids (pic related) and the fence lizard family. The issue is that you can't keep them in dark shoe boxes so that's why nobody wants to keep them.
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I want a Malaysian river toad who's not been exposed to aids and ass worms but it seems like most sellers say they gave them generic de wormer if any treatment at all.
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>never musks
>never plays dead
>takes pinkies without issue
>poop smells no worse than other sneks

Is there a sexier animal out there? I dont think there is
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>>4795833
Cute
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>>4795389
A monkey? You're into monkeys? Pretty low tier really. Lots better to pick from.
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>>4796287
>where are we going?
>to the bridal chamber
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>>4795833
Why she gotta be a kicker.
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>>4795626
Theres another booru but it's literally one of the only banned phrases or sites to mention in 4chan lol

>possesses highest intelligence of any animal
>randomly goes on a murderous killing rampage after a certain age
what did chimpanzees mean by this?
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i heard chimps are literal niggers and will rape and kill their own family whereas gorillas use violence but with discretion
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>>4799659
That's just because we're too stupid for our intelligence
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>>4799672
that wasn't the case in antiquity
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>>4799584
humans have greater capacity for destruction and murder than chimps.

the thing is, chimps don't have enough consciousness to temper their violence. so, the violent animal impulses get combined with an animalistic, but extremely high, relative intelligence to create something very vicious.

violence + impulsivity + intelligence + nothing holding you back = potential for horrible destruction

in humans, the capacity is higher if less random and less misguided.
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>>4799661

You can't do this with chimpanzee

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>>4799364
True, even if I'm suspicious of your motives.
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>>4799346
Hmm, well have 'em stand on a chair
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>>4799346
The fox in your image is clearly a juvenile.
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Bucket of raccs
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>>4797562
Stalker racc
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>>4797562
Why does he look AI generated. Like he has no body just a head and neck that arms and legs connect to
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>>4798572
I think they're just like tha
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The world's strongest raccoon.
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Racc incursion in the field

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I know this is like the 43898458568976457875469847183656478274839472982948 thread about pitbulls but how is it possible that people can make their minds up about this particular dog type? Sounds like autism at this point and everybody will eventually start to make tip of the iceberg memes about how these shitty debates from both side of the coin are becoming beyond autistic
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my cat can kill pitbulls
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>>4799477
I don’t know man, I think it’s far more likely the entire country collapses in on itself by virtue of its constantly imploding infrastructure before we ever see fully functional chinese test tube babies
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>>4799372
Nta anon but I don't understand how you people can believe in evolution and epigenetic memory and at the same time be absolutely stunned that a bunch of people that lived in a climate where no long term planning is necessary for survival and where brutality is omnipresent would develop to be low iq and and violent.
If any other animal would be in question, you wouldn't bat an eye but when it the human animal you go into a fit.
You guys are absolutely dogmatic in your beliefs
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Hitler didn't just order the last of Berlin's defense to kill civilians because they wouldn't fight for him.

He ordered it because he concluded that the aryan people were inferior to bolshiviks and deserved to be eradicated by a superior "Race".

Feel free to continue thinking otherwise.
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>>4799392
You're just strawmanning against a made up caricature of what a "racist" is.

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Quick question someone here might know the answer to

Is it safe to feed store bought, pet food jerky, that was bought a year ago, to dogs?

tl;dr - I like to buy my dogs treats for their birthdays. Two of my dogs are 3 years old yesterday. I bought them some chewy dog biscuits this year. Last year I bought them some "soft venison jerky" which they seemed to enjoy. Early today while doing a bit of a clean up of my laundry closet, where I keep their dog food, I found a sealed plastic baggie with a couple of left over pieces of jerky that I never gave them. There's no mold or signs of it having gone bad and it smells normal. Is it safe to give to my dogs? Or should I just throw it out?

Hi there :3

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A man in his twenties or thirties with 2 or more cats is a red flag
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>>4794741
people who want to live in a place with a bunch of cats around them are mentally ill
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>>4799234
none apparently just a 4chan shit pass, tate university degree and caring too much about (((politics))).
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>>4794741
A man in his twenties or thirties using 4chan is a red flag, so you may as well splurge on cats.
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Cats are pretty. Cats are nice. Take your chances. Roll the dice.
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>past a certain age a man without family can be a bad thing

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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?
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>>4798197
pretty sure most of the heavy lifting of an owls kills are its talons but I guess squeezing helps
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hm if you think about it snakes kill by hugging to death
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>>4798108
Abelisaurs did the same
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>>4798243
What fucking drugs are you using?
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A lot of big cats' killing is done not by ripping put the throat as previously thought, but just crushing the windpipe and choking them out.
But yea that's pretty far from snake constricting.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBtFTF2ii7U

Elephant and Dog friendship general
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>>4796893
Doesn’t happen
>>4796906
Is there any actual recorded case of that happening
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>>4797585
>Doesn’t happen
do you see the video I posted in the OP of this happening? How do you explain that?
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>>4796893
Liking dogs is a sign of high intelligence
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>>4797588
*happens extremely very rarely
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>dogphants

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If XL bullies are allowed to be kept as pets then I should be able to own a lynx or a bobcat, it's just that shrimple
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I want a gray fox
they're not even dangerous
they eat mice and voles
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>>4799638
Also they're really quite tolerant and friendly to people in the wild. I think they want to be pets. They will enjoy it.
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oh my god


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