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I have a neighbor who is always complaining about my dog barking but I've been noting all the times my dog barks and it's only about once an hour, usually just a few barks and it's mostly inside my house. It's way below what the local laws say is too much barking and he almost never barks early in the morning or late at night. What can I do to get this dog hating faggot off my case?
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>>5083128
They dont. I live in an all dog neighborhood. They bark maybe once or twice an hour for maybe ten seconds and they have every right to.

Sorry you live in a trailer park but if anon up there hates autists, idiots are even less human.
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>>5083105
>>torture your dog
i's a fuckin buzz collar, faggot.
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>>5083115
>ashkenazim
yeah that's anti-semtic. i'm gonna have to do a certain thing with this post.
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>>5083131
>have every right to
then that would mean i have every right to make your dog quiet by any means necessary.
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>>5083177
You dont. It doesnt follow logically. And from violence it follows you begin the fuck around stage here, and are only entitled to finding out.

There is a reason people like you run a check like this before fucking around
>woman?
>has kids and more to lose?
But a smart person has find outs in store for you that would leave you without recourse.

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Howdy
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>>5082965
Ello, Partner.
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What in tarnation is this thread?
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Weeeeeeell, I'm not sure how you city slickers do things, but this is a mighty fine thread. If I do say so myself.
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>>5083167
The slowest gun in the west

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I love these stupid little retards like you wouldn't believe.
Imagine keeping an entire farm of these.
God why couldn't we live during the time of dinosaurs?
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>>5082190
iotosaurus?
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>>5078675
IIRC the compys in jurassic park weren't even venomous either. They just had really nasty mouths since they ate shit all the time.
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>>5082747
Lotosaurus
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>>5078722
>there were no birds when the meteors hit
Vegavis and Asteriornis hard disagree. Both are within galloanserae (chickens, turkeys, pheasants, ducks, swans, geese), which means the split of galloanserae and neoaves (all birds other than gallonaserans, ratites and tinamous) had happened, and the split from the paleognaths (ratites and tinamous) had happened even earlier based on extanct bird anatomical and molecular evidence. Vegavis and Asteriornis date back to ~70 Mya at the earliest, but molecular estimates give a date for ~90 Mya or earlier for the most recent common ancestor of all living birds, which makes sense if you look at the fact that galloanserans and paleognaths have to diverge before these fossils.

In other words, modern birds share a common ancestor dating to ~90 Mya. The asteroid strikes at ~66 Mya. Quite the gap during which modern birds' ancestors existed, survived and diversified into both ground-dwelling and water-dwelling fowl.
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>>5078722
>There were no birds when the meteor hit
5/10, got me to reply

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yuletide fonxing edition
fox in this thread or you're on the knotty list
cold fox who wants to come inside: >>5075247
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>>5083129
>>5083124
Santa wears red.
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>>5082376
How come dogs of different colors can get along but humans of different colors cannot...
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>>5083135
Okay, but what about in such cases as pic? The pawpads cannot be seen. They are covered over with fur. Useful to silence the step in winter and keep them warm, yes, but an aesthetic flaw the Urocyon is free from.

This toe arrangement isn't great either https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vulpes_vulpes.jpg
Middle toes together, side toes behind them. I prefer the curving arc of urocyons' toes.

>>5083152
Red foxes can be light-skinned, red-skinned, or dark-skinned, and within the same region so it's not a climate adaptation but a genetic variation. Usually you can only tell their skin color from the color of their butthole.

>>5083147
But more importantly, he lives at the north pole. Elf on the Shelf may be popularizing arctic foxes, as the franchise as introduced an aurora-tailed arctic fox character named Noorah to the Shelfiverse who's the one who stops time so Santa can deliver all his presents.
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>>5083124
>those claws
really should trim those
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I checked out the other threads on here and yikes. I think /fox/ general attracts the most intelligent users.

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Why does nobody ever hype up the Golden Eagle while we hype up apex predator animals like the Tiger?

>perfectly stealthy, top speeds can fly around as fast as a bullet, can see and detect prey miles with its telescopic vision and has reflexes while flying that can make it able to swiftly dodge through tons of small openings in impossibly dense forestry at over 100mph.

>4 foot tall heavy af behemoth with razor sharp claws that are as big as the average human male dick size

>literally hunts and carries away prey as big as wolves and mountain lions
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>>5062862
I have a pet eagle owl and it's way better than golden eagles/bald eagles.
Those mfs are the bitchiest little babies ever, they sperg out over food even when trained to trade off. They're way smarter than owls but they use their brain to throw tantrums if they don't get what they want
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>>5080439
Sounds very familiar
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>>5080439
but who has better cloaca
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>>5082471

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/an/'s opinions on hunting and fishing? Just an /out/fag stopping by.
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>>5083140
Ethics is a spook. Devoid of facts. It's persuasive language that utilizes logical tricks and well disguised slippery slope fallacies to trap people into agreeing with something that makes no sense in reality.

It is the direct descendant of slave humans (people who think shit like >>5083127 and find themselves profound) ancestral need to be sycophants to a king. Now their tribal king is gone. Their shaman is long dead. Their god is but air. To whom do they bow? "Smart people in general" (they are not actually smart, but they play the part and their university tenure gives them the trappings of a tribal shaman and appeals to the lowly instinct of the slave caste)
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>>5082206
same. I also respect someone a lot more if they're a good marksman. kill it cleanly. if you're a shitty shot then you should try fishing or dove hunting instead. there is nothing worse than maiming an animal and having to track it
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>>5083153
Pajeet detected
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>>5083153
Ethics is just talmudic debate gone secular. Ethics nerds often say things like “thats ARBITRARY so if you believe that anyone can do anything!” but their core beliefs are also arbitrary and no matter what philosophy implies, violence rules, so it’s meaningless. Nihilism is not an idea. It is a material fact. There is no measurable meaning, rightness, or goodness that is not relative to an individual measurer’s opinions.

It’s just rabbis debating their pre-existing beliefs like they did in the talmud. Philosophers have the same qualitications as a rabbi. No true intellectual achievement beyond reading the core texts and prior debates regarding the ideology which is held to be true because it must be.
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>>5083153
Note: this user's messages can be disregarded. They're a gullible schizo conspiratard who should go back to the retard containment board >>>/pol/

Miss my dog so fucking much just wish I could hug her one last time
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>>5083141
Sorry bro
Ill hug my dog on your behalf
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>>5083141
i still have dreams of my childhood dog dying in my arms and wake up crying

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Welcome to /plant/, the happy green place on this blue board, where growers, gardeners and horticulturists share their love for things that grow.

Newbies and amateurs are very welcome, and we’ll always try to answer your questions.

>Flora of the World
http://www.worldfloraonline.org/

>Plants of the World Online
https://powo.science.kew.org/

>Hardiness zones
https://www.plantmaps.com/

>Plant ID Sites
https://identify.plantnet.org/

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>>5083121
actually its fun, theres a lot of microclimate and botany involved, also there are lots of exotic herbs and unknown cousins of common veggies... if you stop and think about it for 2 seconds, the ideal perennials are like spice trees and berry bushes, which makes for a great low-maintenance garden
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>>5083130
Do they? I felt the same eating sorrel for the first time.
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>>5083132
My apologies, anon. I was just memeing at you.
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>>5083138
inshallah i will have the funny tree
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucalyptus_olida
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>>5083133
Its a lot like a sempervivum leaf I tried, the inside is flavorless, but the bit between the skin and the flesh has this almost muted citrusy flavor, my tongue wasn't saying if I should or shouldn't be eating it, it just kind of existed
I imagine its incredibly flavorful for a plant that has literally never been bred for taste

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>Humans hunted Stellar's Sea Cow to extinction in less than three decades!
There were perhaps only 2,000 of them left on earth by the time humans encountered them, and they had likely been on the way out for centuries.
>Well, but humans hunting sea otters spoiled the kelp forests, which was their food source!
They couldn't eat anything but kelp, and because they couldn't dive, they could only eat it if it was within reach of their tiny heads. Kelp being more than a couple feet away would have starved them.
>They were gentle giants!
They were literally inbred retards. Their genetic diversity was painfully low.
These fat fucks would have gone extinct to a light breeze. I refuse to feel guilty when ecologists use them as an example of humanity harming nature.
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>>5072792
>uses bait animal that was legit inbred as example to make an attempt to discredit conservation
if this is bait ya gotta try harder man. steller's sea cow does not even compare to the absolute wasteland of biodiversity we see in modern Europe today. Any herbivore larger than a deer or a carnivore larger than a small dog is a threat to humans, and yes this includes wolves and lynx. The fucking indians and africans have managed to live with literal pleistocene megafauna while europeans murdered them all in the name of "muh safety" or some bs.
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>>5080046
most wild animals are very "gamey". i doubt you could even choke down a deer-steak. let alone a dinosaur
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>>5080277
sources:your behind
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>>5082945
Those indians and africans that did not worship them tried to kill them as well. They were just shit at it. Unlike abbos and maori. They were good at it.

Today africans are exterminating hyenas and wild dogs to protect livestock yields and hindu bullshit is the only thing standing between india and total tiger death. Hinduism also includes human sacrifice and young children born into tranny prostitution so I think someone might fix their society eventually (probably muslims)
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hot take but their population would have rebounded if it wasnt for native americans and siberian people.

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Pitbulls and Rottweilers make up 77% of all fatal dog bites, despite making up only 6% of the U.S. dog population
Pitbulls are 2.5x more likely to bite in multiple anatomical locations than other breeds.
Pitbulls are responsible for 60% of all injuries and 63% of ocular injuries.
Pitbull terriers are 31% more likely to attack an unknown individual than other breeds
Pitbull terriers are 48% more likely to attack without provocation than other breeds
Pitbull attacks have higher morbidity rates, higher hospital charges, and a higher risk of death than attacks by other breeds.
During 2005-2017, pit bulls killed one citizen every 16.7 days, totaling up to 284 Americans. Rottweilers killed over 105 people during that time period.
From 2005 to 2017, Rottweiler and Pitbull attacks contributed to 76% of all dog bite deaths.
When comparing 2005-2010 to 2011-2017, Pitbull attack deaths have increased from 58% to 71%. Alternatively, Rottweiler deaths decreased from 14% to 7%.
According to a 13-year data set, pit bulls caused 72% of attacks that killed a person 10-years and older vs. all other dog breeds put together.
From 2005 to 2017, 54% of fatal attacks were inflicted by family dogs. Of that 54%, 64% were done by pit bulls. 52% involved killing a family or household member.
When examining a 13-year data set, 54 fatal attacks included a dog killing its primary owner. Pit bulls were the cause of 63% of these deaths, over 8x more than any other type of dog.
Between 2015 to 2017, only 21% of fatal dog attacks resulted in criminal charges. 75% of these cases involved a pit bull.
It is estimated that by 2021, pit bulls would have mauled 441 Americans to death since 1998 and killed 515 Americans since 1980.
The U.S. Army has banned pit bulls from military housing due to their dangerous nature.
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>im totally not mad i only made a thread hating on multiple dog breeds
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>>5072432
I didn't know Labradors could be deadly. I don't think I've ever seen a Labrador be aggressive. Apart from in that YouTube video when Cesar Millan is trying to intimidate a Labrador for some reason.
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>>5080814
The OP is showing you that statistically, shitbulls and more deadly than other dogs. It's not "media histrionics" - it's objective fact.
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I don't like cats but i'd take a billion of them over one shitbull.
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>>5083159
Toxoplasmosis, which reproduces exclusively within feline digestive tracts, kills 20 times more americans than pitbulls. Since toxoplasmosis kills unborn infants more readily than born infants, and it is an added expense to precisely diagnose a miscarriage, the real death toll is likely higher. It also maims children via birth defects.

Cats do not go outside and eat infected animals = cats do not harbor and shed toxo

The death toll in europe is actually higher than it is in the USA.
TNR has undoubtedly killed more people than best friends animal society and their literally satanic pitbull cult.

Which animals make you act like pic relqtee?
Most crawling animals make me irrationally panic
Seeing them makes me desperate
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>>5083160
None because i'm not a faggot

Post your birbs
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I never manage to get pictures but some of my regulars include
Elster
Amsel
Aaskrähe
Gimpel
Blaumeise
Zaunkönig
Garten Rotkehlchen
I'm too lazy to look up translations
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>>5082704
just use AI, it's one of the few things it's genuinly useful for
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>>5082994
I am too lazy to use AI.

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>>5083022
I'm very sorry anon, may she rest in peace.
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>>5082750
They have terribly sharp claws though, so a red panda could probably fuck you up if it tried
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>>5083022
:(
Sorry to hear that anon
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>>5083022
you gave her a great life, she loves you and is grateful for it, never forget it

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Fuck yeah
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>>5082080
no it means spotted camel
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>>5082103
>didn't look like a porcupine
to me they're quite similar
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>>5005357
Giraffes lick and suck on poles, bones, and other objects primarily to get essential minerals like salt and sodium, which they often lack in their leafy diet, and to help neutralize toxins in acacia leaves they eat. This behavior, called osteophagy (bone-eating) or simply mineral-seeking, stimulates saliva and digestion, helping them process food and maintain health, acting like a natural vitamin supplement or boredom relief in captivity.
yes this is an AI overview
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>>4991488
Cool /mu/ reference
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>>5082169
african one looks like a spined capybara while american one looks like a spiked beaver, the length and shape of their skulls is completely different

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I have a dog, a Havachon puppy over a year and few months old now (Pic related is not her but it is her species.) and i wanna know if she should get spayed.
I heard that there's health benefits like her being able to live longer. Is this true?
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>>5081941
Well that's good. Just do everything you can to keep her joints and weight healthy.
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>>5081942
Will do. I will also let my mom and dad know this. Well, mostly my mom as she's really the only person my dog is comfortable to be with.
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>>5081942
But i do wanna know the chances of such a thing happening and how much her age effects it.
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>>5081940
>>5081942
if her growth plates were already fused already her joints are going to be fine
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>>5080655
You shouldn't fix a dog untill they're done growing and they've reached sexual maturity around 1-2


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