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I think my cat is gay or something, he gets on my lap and gets an erection after kneading me
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>>5075199

Not as gay as you, for giving a pet cat.
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>>5075359
>for giving a pet cat
ESL jeet

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.72348
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>>5075265
They have tons of niche left and are important for keeping boar and coyote populations in check.

They don’t harm the livestock industry. They do harm a few very loud low IQ generational ranchers that are literally so dumb they are like a different species because they’re more inbred than an iraqi prince. And they make being a hunting guide more competitive because there are fewer elk to shoot.

To that, I say, tough fucking shit. Get a real job.

Wolves have less impact on competent farmers than lightning strikes.
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>>5075245
Cute fishing wolf

The real measure of their understanding would be if they put the net back after
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I mean wolves are smart and everything, but she just stole some bait from a crab trap. How is this any more impressive than a raccoon opening a trashcan and stealing trash?
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>>5075325
>They don’t harm the livestock industry. They do harm a few very loud low IQ generational ranchers that are literally so dumb they are like a different species
Meanwhile...
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>>5075245
Holy dope
>>5075265
>>5075253
Indian hands typed this post

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CATS MUST BE DESTROYED or ISOLATED
[2nd thread]

First, I'll get the point across. Cats have a huge influence on culture.
Cats are invading your home!
Cats are invading the internet!
Cats are invading your mind!
Toxoplasma Gondii is more dangerous than it seems.

Base science note:
https://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=81884423
Cats of the Internet Wiki:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cats_and_the_Internet https://archive.fo/2012071100232

There's also an episode of the cartoon "Futurama" about cat invaders, but it's more of a joke for family entertainment/educational viewing:

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>>5074122
Funny how retards keep saying this but literally every population survey reveals a hidden infestation. Funny how the most cat revering areas are also the lowest IQ and most dogmatic and resistant to truth. Funny how cats failed so hard at their mythical job that a dedicated dog breed was required to clean up the results of their inaction

Cats are passive hunters. They are wholly incapable of eradication. They are only capable of behavior modification. You know mice and especially rats are 1: burrowing animals 2: smarter than cats, right? They can live undetected if they want to. Without toxoplasmosis making rodents seek out cats, it’s likely cats wouldn’t be able to kill even 1/4 as many as the very small and irrelevant number they do at present.
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>>5074123
I shit you not 10 years. That's how long it's been since I've seen any indication of rodent activity at my property, with Jack Russel terriers it was still a weekly occurrence, no amount of baits or trapping could do what 1 cat did in under a week
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>>5074133
bait, retarded, or schizophrenic hallucinations? with cats it can be all 3
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>>5074135
come to my house then and prove me wrong. If you cant though I get to knock your faggot teeth out for talking shit
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>>5072117
The domestic cat is responsible for the extinction (largely small birds) of like at least 60 animal species
>>5072360
>>decreased inhibition
>>decreased neophobia (fear of new things/places)
>>greater desire to explore
>>decreased fear
These are all bad things for predators though, but I guess this could be how wolves became dogs

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>dogs in general almost universally always hate me on first sight & aggressively bark - seemingly even if they just "sense" me (ie. within obfuscation in a building w/ what appears to be covered windows while I'm walking in the distance within the neighborhood)

-yet-

>cats in general almost always love me on first sight - often getting clingy and "choosing" me. Random cats in different neighborhoods to even cats belonging to/under other people's wings (ie. a cat belonging to an apartment flatmate at the time just willingly hogs up all my space/attention/real estate) just seemingly get magnetized by me.

what does this say/imply about me?
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>>5075080
what wtf i love dogs more now
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>>5075075
>>5075080
Reminder that most of the domestic cats lineage are of the mesopotamian region and of potential semitic origin.
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>>5075075
Ur a fag.
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>>5075075
You’re demonic
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>>5075082
>posted le hecking wholesome so cute uwu furry art
Remove the probably

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Why did he do it?
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>>5073584
>they actually cross the road twice
whaaaaaaaat
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>>5073553
He saw some white hens across the street.
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>>5074289
The swarthy rooster is massive, even though nothing in the photo suggests an unusual size. You have to take my word for it.
t. David Goldstein
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>>5073553

>To make you ask why. For eternity.

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Lisa edition
Post foxes love foxes
Previous fox: >>5062582
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Past a certain point, floofiness becomes unreasonable
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>>5075132
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>>5075174
Dangit, all the floof filled the thread
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New thread

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>>5075100
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>>5075174
We need to start a nonprofit organization to rescue foxes from their floof, call it ShaveAFox
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Actual new fox

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>>5075247

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>No nut November
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>>5072943
>The point of NNN was originally to get guys to stop jerking off so that their horny energy can be redirected into getting actually laid
I don't want to get laid. Females are the most dangerous social, financial, legal, and health liability that exists in life. I would be suicidal to involve myself with one in any way. I remain safe by jerking off to hack the leftover biological impulses that we no longer have need for as an intelligent species.
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>>5067771
THEY'RE PUTTING CHEMICALS IN THE NUT TO TURN THE SQUIRRELS GAY
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>>5073007
It isn't, it's poltards not realizing people who don't get laid are unlikable to begin with.
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>>5073090
if i did that to the squirrel would he die?
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>>5073306
Good goy

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OH N-
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>>5075029
They’re related to pufferfish
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>>5074578
What exception? It's been working fine, so confirming the rule.
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>>5074861
chaos infused?
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>>5075025
>>5074660
Do they taste good? This seems like untapped potential, imagine if they had low infant mortality.
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>>5075208
No, not at all, their entire survival strategy revolves around their muscles being really sinewy and hard to get, AND being nasty and poisonous. The example in the op is extremely rare. Also the sunfish in the OP is still alive.

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I don't know what to do bros.. I'm devastated
>be me
>have a 5 gallon tank
>betta, 2 african dwarf frogs, some ghost shrimp
>feel like they want another friend
>add another betta, keep him separate for first day
>things are going great
>release him
>he immediately charges my other betta and viciously attacks it, killing it within minutes
>decide to teach him that's not okay
>pull him out and flick him hard on the head
>he instantly goes limp
>a day later, he's still not moving
I've been crying for a full day now.. Any advice?
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That's... that's ...

Well, I blame the selective breeders that made those animals MORE agressive than their original state, instead of the other way around

Well, don't cry, if you really care about those animals you should read a lot about them

Just so you know how to take good care of them... if you don't put the efford you have no right to cry for fucking up

Just be a better man, take care of that agressive prick until it dies or recovers

Life goes on, try not to spend your time crying over spilled milk, just be better
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I don't think fish understand positive punishment, retard.

I hope this is b8
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>>5074604
What? Every animal knows not do do something again if it causes them pain.
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lately /an/ is quickly overtaking /x/ in the sprint to achieve total brain death. you should have said you kept the betta in a bowl. 5 gallons is plenty for a single fish.

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Of all of the species of butterflies and moths, which one would you say is the most beautiful, /an/?

I'm casting my vote for the Madagascar sunset moth (Chrysiridia rhipheus).
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>>5073698
Google says this is a waved sphinx moth, is that true?
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>>5071241
>>5074572

Imagine seeing these in person. They're both the size of a bird.
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My mom once told me about a guy that she talked to who was an undertaker and had a house full of pet moths. He would just let them fly around in there. Someone should write him into a book or movie.
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>>5070561
I don't know shit about butterflies but have this one from last summer
Completely forgot its name though, but biggest butterfly I've seen here

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yo i got bit by this dog 35 days ago, this is a picture of him 11 days post bite
do i have rabies????
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>>5073345
Omae wa mo shindeiru
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>>5073345
You need to check his penis. If it's circumcised, there is 100% chance he has rabbis.
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>>5073345
you should have gotten the vaxx after you got bit you fucking retard. Rabies and Tetanus are not like Covid

Once you start developing symptoms it's too late
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>>5073439

kek
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>>5073345
If you dick goes numb, then you know you have been rabbied

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I am a parrot owner, and I do not support the breeding of parrots as pets, at least in its current form. I currently have four parrots, and may be adopting a fifth (as its owner is unable to provide the care and companionship it needs and is thinking of giving it up). I think the damage is done (and it's not like they can all be released into the wild) but I don't think these animals should be pets. The best we can do is just adopt the ones left and give them as close as possible in terms of mental stimulation and exercise as the wild. Yes, I know nature is cruel and the wild would have them preyed on, but they still get lots of foraging/exercise in the wild too, that you have to provide them with.

I would be in favour of needing a licence for all parrots, including budgerigars, and a short course of ownership/proper care, similar to some reptiles.

I would also be in favour of yearly welfare checks by each country's animal welfare society because people just treat these animals who can feel pain and have the intelligence of 3-7 year olds (yes, even budgies) very similar to humans as disposable and give them terrible living conditions with no enrichment and don't do the necessary steps to keep them healthy.
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You don't have to do any of that. Just prohibit importation and place a mandatory tax on domestic parrot sales to make the cost so big that only people who are willing to commit to the price can be able to keep one as they will have a vested interest in looking after the parrot properly. It has already worked for a bunch of species and often people can only affordably get something like an African Gray from a rescue which have very strict and extensive vetting policies to the point that you have to be proven to be able to look after previous parrots properly. My mother has parrots and she got a Gray easy because she had already taken on a bunch of lesser species from them and proven she was responsible.
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>>5074575
That's a great idea. Right now, prices are made based I suppose on arbitrary things like size, colour, clutch size, etc.
A budgerigar is little, so they essentially breed them like sardines and make them cheap. My budgerigar was only 45 dollars, which I genuinely would've paid far more for him. I didn't, and don't want to support these asshole pet shops, but I was concerned he would be an inexperienced person's Christmas purchase and die in pain of neglect/exposure, etc. Touch wood, he is five now.
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>>5074573
I think you should have to study for and pass exams to own exotic pets, and possibly have a volunteer contact hour requirement with them prior to buying one too. The people that would whine its too much hassle would be the low-effort shitters not going the extra mile for that animal's welfare and the truly obsessed enthusiasts would still be able to have their menagerie of lemurs and rainbow macaws and dwarf caimans or whatever the fuck else.
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>>5074573
Get a tiny horsie. They are smarter, can be house trained, they are chick magnets, fuzzy and cute and mine goes everywhere with me.
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>>5074821
You're not wrong. Plus it would be an IQ filter, unironically.

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>>5072761
ಠ_ಠ
ಠ_ಠ
ಠ_ಠ 凸
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Just do it with a prostitute like a normal human being.
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>>5072761
Menneri looks like it could be the juvenile of eithe species.
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>>5072761
Dick in sonia
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