>Can gallop around on land.>Intelligent enough to pack hunt.>Horny protrusions on their head.If you told me there was an island where galloping crocodiles that used to hunt ground sloths in packs existed I'd assume you were talking about some species that already went extinct centuries ago. How the hell are these things still around, it's like they didn't get the memo when the world went through it's "Erase every cool animal" mass extinction stage right before modern times began. I should be looking at grainy black and white videos of the last living Cuban Croc in captivity, lamenting how humanity failed to save them. Not watching videos of them running around in 720p. This feels like a glitch in reality.
Had to look this up, thank you
>>5079882I went looking for human fatalities reported from this species and, despite behaving aggressively, I could only find one. An elderly guy who was also spearfishing back in 1995.
>>5079990That’s because they’re only a little over 2 metres on average. Cubans are generally more dangerous at a smaller size than other crocs but crocodilians in general typically only become dangerous at around 3 metres. They can get that big but it’s pretty rare. Also there’s only a few thousand left in the wild and like half are American croc hybrids
>>5079882They hadn't fully evolved into horned, pack hunting land crocs, so they weren't cool enough to go extinct.Of course, nearly all surviving individuals are hybridized with American crocs to some extent, so they may yet go extinct.
>>5079882Interior mud alligator - I drive a Chevrolet movie theater!
My brother found 3 birds that still can't fly and one of them looks like it was hurt pretty badly maybe from the fall.What do you guys think it's going on, is it just weakened maybe from the heat or is it dying? Its posture looks like it's in a lot of pain and I REALLY REALLY don't want to mercy kill it but if there's no hope at all it feels cruel to let it just suffer like that
BumpYou should definitely try checking with a nearby veterinary
>>5081013Those aren't adult birds, they're at an age where they are learning to fly and often seen "stranded" on the ground. The parents will still feed them if they're alive.
Go back and leave them where you found them, and hope their mother is still around. You are not supposed to touch fledglings.
>>5082351damn bro, all these years i thought i was a hero for climbing a tree to put one back in its nest. thought the storm blew him down. did i do any harm?
>>5082417It should be fine. Birds are not like mammals which will reject their offspring if they smell you on them.
So you're just out here telling me that T-Rex's had lips? They always just had lips. What's next they spoke with a British accent?
>>5080893For protecting their teeth- only aquatic or semi aquatic creatures can get away without lips eg crocs. Modern dinosaurs don't have lips because they have beaks which are completely different.
>>5081773The theory that giant tyrannosaurs from Asia displaced the Albertasaurines is several years outdated at this point. Gigantism in crown tyrannosaurs evolved in southern Laramidia and the Asian giants are descended from this American radiation and not the other way around.Obviously as with all Laurasian fauna, interchanges happened frequently throughout the ages and there was a point where the lineage of the crown tyrannosaurs could be found in what is now Asia, but the old narrative has been upended with newer evidence.
>>5081857>For protecting their teethwhat it realistically be that much of a protection? I have a hard time believing it. What about the big chances of injuries by accidentally biting the lips? or how much it would increase the chances of harmful bacteria to accumulate
>>5082386Depends if their teeth are protected via animal like crocs are. If their teeth evolved to be outside the mouth then they will be fine and maybe they didnt need lips. Most likely tho they did need them to stop their teeth being damaged quicker than they could replace them from dessication making them brittle.
>>5082401Enamel not animal sry
Favorite cryptids? I'm pretty fond of this guy
British big cats are my favorite. Some wild animals that no one's really been able to conclusively prove or disprove is much more interesting a phenomenon to me than people arguing about supernatural shit that might as well be pokemon at this point.
>>5080053Moose in Fiordland in New Zealand are also interesting stuff. They got brought for hunting and allegedly all shot but people had numerous observations and tracks of them some of them very recent
>>5070300Orang Pentek and Mapinguari
>>5079611When i heard the name "amoeba bomb" i imagined some kind of microscopic organism that could actually explode like a grenade when coming into contact with some kind of material that could trigger a chemical reaction in its bodyKinda disappointed that's not the case
>>5079760I like to say the Loch Ness Monster was a surviving plesiosaur but is now long dead… now what people are seeing is the GHOST of a, once, surviving plesiosaur!
How true is the advice that you should vaginally finger female cats in heat to simulate mating to calm them down?
>>5081655>calling everyone sheYeah, there are a couple people on this site who do that and I don't get it. I guess it's their idea of a real insult. Pretty fucking lame.
>>5081669You know how raging homophobes think everything is faggots, and then it turns out they buy man ass nightly?Well this guy, the she-er, thinks everyone is a tranny, and his crowning achievement is spamming AI generated tranny porn in the /dog/. He apparently has metric tonnes of it, as well as AI generated anatomically correct porn of normal ass dogs.
>>5081669>>5081676Stop replying to yourself dogfucker. It's painfully obvious.
>>5081532I had to bring my dog for fertility testing, and I assumed they'd just use a machine or a sleeve, but apparently there's someone whose entire job is wanking off dogs. Even more bizarre is that she was dressed like a whore with big blingy fake nails, skintight revealing clothes, fake tits and injected lips
>>508145510/10 shitpost bait.At least I hope it is.
>nooooo!!! you're not supposed to help the sea turtles reach the safety of the sea! you're supposed watch helplessly as they get devoured by sea birds!!like damn, why the fuck not? we need to increase sea turtle population because they eat jellyfish. what's the harm in that?
>>5023207zeroseagulls should be intentionally made extinct. alongside all other aves. I'm in favor of total dino death. we have no ancestral blood feud with chelonians but saurians oppressed our ancestors for millions of years. we were not shown mercy and should not show it in return.
lol
>>5080567lol, millions of humans died because they tried to get rid of this bird alone.
>>5022997Yes.
>>5081366>Humans job to birds like nobody's business>CatGODS btfo birds everyday with ease Yup im thinking catchads keep winning.
Giving my good boy his weekly bath. This time in the kitchen sink.
>>5080840Pitbulls totally suck.
>>5079477>post bath clarity
>>5081681;)
Very cute
>>5082323
Do you like Pumba Caracal?
>>5082278hmm yea I think they're cute, but from afar..
>>5082278No. He's stupid and mean. He was a jerk to my friend Lizzie.
>>5082278>like a kitty cat, but HUGEGenuinely WHY. What's the point of this thing
>>5082278I have mixed feelings. He is very handsome but also scary. I feel like domesticating caracals and other wildcats is a very slow process which takes over generations, which is why domestic cats are much more user friendly than wildcats. Pumba has a distinctly 'wild' manner despite living indoors.
>>5082299They are intentionally provoked for content. Just like how they’re intentionally overfed to the point of obesity for content. Caracals and servals becoming meme pets was a disaster
>>5081278R O U N D
I encountered a very fine amanita muscaria mushroom during autumn
>>5081895Eh its fine I guess
Can you eat it
>>5081895during covid I scowered the woods near my area for amanita mushrooms because I had nothing else to do and wanted to get high. after several weeks I found a perfect spot where tons tons of them grew and I loaded up on them, dried them and consumed them but the high was shit and I didn't really like it. now I know of that great spot but can do nothing with it
This pajeet-run vape shop near where I live started selling these "shroom puff" amanita muscaria vapes
>>5082264do they just taste like shrooms (which would just be nasty) or do they get you high?
Hi. I’m a 30-yo dude with a little 16-yo dog. She’s been by my side for most of my life. I rescued she from garbage. These last months her health has gone seriously downhill. She went deaf, almost blind, has pelvic arthrosis and gastrointestinal issues. I took her to the vet and he told me all her problems are irreversible, even suggested putting her to sleep.But she still plays with her toys and likes going for little walks. So i decide to do not and just treat her symptoms. Still, I know these could be the last months by her side. To be honest, I’m not ready for that. I know she would finally rest from the pain, but it makes me really sad. I don’t know if I can handle it. It feels overwhelming and I don’t know how to stay strong or accept this part of life. I dont think i could take the decision put her sleep. I prefer to kll myself.Also, I’m an unemployed incel and things with my family are pretty bad, so these days have been really tough. Do you know any books, podcasts, or anything that could help? Thanks
>>5082254The only consolation when my doggos died was that I treated them well and we had a nice time together, without me they could have had a shitty life with some superficial retard. You saved your dog from the garbage and gave her a good life, there's nothing more you can do. If she suffers too much it's best to put her to sleep, seeing them expire in pain won't be good for either of you.
But is it even remotely possible to add mosasaurs into the equation, without them just eating everyone else?
>>5080672It was apparently Shonisaurus.https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(22)01761-4
>>5078454I like how they always start out as sea serpents then all go for the dolphin-like body plan as they adapt to aquatic life.
>>5078402Why is the diapsid polytomy leaning towards clustering plesios with mosasaurs?
>>5080432why is its tail so tiny?
>>5078402Mosey bones looking like shit
Ive had at times 4 feeders up, spaced out about 10' apart, and yet only one hummingbird will dominate all of them from morning to night. He'll spend the entire day just guarding the feeders, perched 50' away making his squeaking noises, and will come in like a bullet to chase off others that get close.The only time there wasnt any territorial guarding was a rare occasion it snowed and they seemed to hold a truce since it was too cold for their aerial battles (when that happened I had 12-14 all taking turns at just 2 feeders).
we just get the ruby throated hummingcucks. stop hoarding them hummers
someone in my area is feeding ferals. their numbers seem to have multiplied by at least 3x since last year.there's shit all over my garden and i'm hearing fewer birds in the morning. had to clean up a kitten corpse recently.how can i track down whoever is doing this? it's a pretty densely built area so it's not straightforward to find out.
>>5082132They are the wests actual sacred cow (beast of no real value)
>>5081365I have no idea why my post was deleted. I said that you should poison them but follow what i also said in >>5081975
>>5081365Shoot them. Feral cats are considered invasive, pestilentail animals by animal control. Open season 24/7/365. Use a suppressed .22lr to avoid bothering your neighbors. Time to do the Lord's work, anon. It's a grim duty, but one that must be performed.
CATS>loving but also very aggressive>kind of dumb, at expectations for a non social mammal>from africa>plague vectorRATS>loving and non aggresive>smarter than many larger mammals including cats, on par with small dogs>from norway>plague vectorHmmmmm
>>5081365Based stray cat feeder. I see a cat, I feed.
>>5079894kek
>>5079854The position of the T-rex head makes it look like it's about to eat the woman
>>5079854Arms are inaccraute, they weren't pronated. Also the skull should be larger. This is a more accurate reconstruction
>>5079854>transverse vent opening Fossil evidence suggests something more crocodilian.
>>5081570Can't imagine the pain he must've gone through whenever he fell
