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>>4909522at first I thought she was eating them. I'm sorta new to this, not sure what should be happening. do I really need to hatch brine shrimp for their survival? I've not really observed her chewing and spitting out food for them to eat, but they do swim around her mouth and gills and they seem to get some food particles. I also see them grazing on aglae here and there.
>>4909520Yeah I found my male Cacatuoides dead 2 days after the 2 females laid eggs. Very suspicious.
>>4909588>>4909530Rearing the two clutches I was using "First Bites" from Hikari at first, then slowly added in BBS until they were big enough to eat them, then microworms, white worms, tiny pellets and flakes etc.Any smaller than first bites is specialist culturing.
>>4909180fuck me that looks absolutely beautifuli've always dreamed of having a tank this style, just sort of a wide, shallow kiddie-pool size tank that looks like you just ripped a piece of a lake
>>4909257>What you guys do with your dead fish? burry them?Fresh: I tend to bury if the shrimp don't get to it fast enough.Salt: the inverts are so fast about it that I rarely even see a body.
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>>4909426Since like yesterday, new features remember?
>>4909287>still no sound allowed outside the gif boards
>>4908635they're called pavement apes for a reason
Indigo Editionprevious: >>4881506This 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 answeredClassifieds for finding breeders and products:>morphmarket.com>kingsnake.com>faunaclassifieds.com>caudata.orgMost 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>Enclosure dimensionsComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>4909517I feel like any remotely serious ant terrarium/properly cared for colony would produce enough to feed a small lizard.
How do you even go about tracking down a rare species?
>>4909537like what?
>>4909539like a photo where your mom is less than 300lbs
>>4909524most formivores (idk if this is actually a word but ant-eater is already an animal) eat a fucking ton of prey though. if farming ants was an optimal/efficient way to produce feeders nobody would be fucking around with fruit walks.
>pittbulls are violentWhen will this lie end?
>>4909467>18 people dead in 3 years - 10 from dogs likely trained or abused to attackI know its sad and all but isnt this freak accident tier?You could save more lives by flat out banning positive punishment based training. The chavs would just go back to smacking german and belgian shepherds to make them mean. At least this way you can tell chav/immigrant dogs from the pets owned by actual human beings.
>>4909497*19Oops, typoFor reference this is about a tenth of the fatalities caused by foodborne toxoplasmosis, something spread solely by the archaic, ineffective, and potentially abusive practice of allowing cats to roam.
>>4909449The disagreements online and confusion pertaining to this issue isn't so much snowflake "pitmommies" having a spat but rather English speaking countries outside North America classify it differently. In Australia, New Zealand, UK etc. the word Pitbull and all legislation on it only ever means the American Pitbull Terrier type. Pitbull targeted bans in these counties only restrict the APBT. No other dog breeds are referred to as Pitbull. A Staffy is just a Staffy etc. Pitbull is not a breed group in these countries instead they use the more accurate "Bull and Terrier" group. So this is just America's little problem, simply ban the APBT and get over it. >>4909456>Yes, staffordshire bull terriers are pit bullsNot in my country :)
>>4909552We use Pitbull as a blanket term in the US because they are a heavily mutted landrace breed here, not a fancy pedigreed import bought up by gangsters.
>>4909566this. you have some "real" kennels in the shithole part (the south) and then 99% of the dogs conform to exactly 0 standard but "KILL TO WIN FIGHT TO KILL"BSL doesnt work because no standard = lie and call it a rottweiler mix
Maru edition.
Posting my chubber 15 year old kot. I'm so thankful she's still around and healthy, even though I have to buy her some anti-flea medication and I'm broke as fuck...>>4906708I don't know anon, I give my kot little pieces of ham from time to time.>>4906714Obviously giving a cat an entire packet of ham is insane, but giving them a small treat shouldn't hurt.I'd be more worried of giving a cat something that isn't meat, like milk or cheese or even wheat products. My ex's cat used to love eating cookies for some reason.The cat was orange, if it's of any relevancy.>>4906822I'm truly sorry anon. Losing a pet is traumatic even for the strongest adults. Some asshole in my neighbourhood has been poisoning cats and even kitties, and someone even managed to shoot a cat with a rifle some time ago. I will never understand assholes who hate innocent animals who don't do any harm on purpose.
>>4906708>>4906714I just hold the ham under running water for a second to wash away the nasty salt juice
>>4906822Another cat numbs the pain harder. Sorry for your loss.
Why is he laying like that
>>4909581to cool down
> Babirusa> Tusks grow into its brain and kills it.
>>4908576Then what's the "point" of adult stage? I mean, it seems to be wasteful to go through all of that developmental cycle to create non-reproductive adult forms. I know evolution isn't strictly logical, but usually there is some order to it.>Since adults do not have a role in reproduction, they are not a physiological part of the life cycle. Thus, the rarity of adult development in the natural world may be an evolutionary response to the lack of their reproductive role. In laboratory settings, development into adults can be induced by high temperatures, but this also results in high mortality because only one out of hundreds of heat-treated larvae will survive and pupate into an adult.>The adult females live for about six days and males only live for around 12 hours, with a strongly biased sex ratio towards females. The adults of both sexes are sterile and are vestigial remnants of a time when the life cycle involved sexual reproduction. The loss of sexual reproduction is likely associated with its infection by Wolbachia bacteria.Okay, Wikipedia explains it>>4908580Crazy stuff
>>4907699billions of years of survival pressure and mutations
>>4905143>boom, headshot
>>4905873This is genuinely unreadable.
>>4904615>Göd, why have you forsaken me? Was my lust for oats too ströng?
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>>4908678Coming up with filenames is hard.
>>4908695what if you used human blood for a transfusion? and vice versa
I love how graceful they look even when doing the silliest poses
How tall can they get?
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>>4890118It's not fair. Why are they so fluffy and yet so hilariously violent?
>>4909504Just how they are
Did /an/ just almost die? My platypus thread was over 100 days old and got pruned/deleted with like half of the threads on the board. What the sneck?I''m going tp post a platypus every day until all of /an/ wants a puggle to snuggle. Old thread got it's leg caught in a jeffries tube. >>4793406. 300 seconds to post. Good gracious. Who did I piss off or are "we" getting attaced again?
>>4907904They evolved ahead of pokeball technology. They are clever like that.This is your daily reminder to want a platypus
>>4907904ORB? I actualy don't know that one.This is your daily reminder to want a platypus
This is your daily reminder want a platypus
I hope everone celibrating turkey day is thawing their bird already.This is your daily reminder to want a platypus
This is your daily reminder to want a platypus
October 1st is a day to recognize that raccoons are cute and smart but kind of jerks.
>be drinking lots and lots of alcohol>projectile vomit all over my front porch>"goddamnit I'm gonna have to clean that up tomorrow...">go to sleep>wake up at 5 am>raccoon licked up all my vomitthanks, bro
>>4907821the absolute mirth
>>4904609Kek, what a great pic
What's the evolutionary advantage of being incredibly goofy?
>>4908786the universal flow favors a level of goofiness
I see how normalfags wouldn't be able to understand why we should stop breeding pitbulls, but I think they're genuinely retarded for owning pugs.>yeah I know we humans bred this species to suffer from severe breathing problems, hip dislocation and 15 other genetic health problems, but tee hee my pug is so cuddly and friendly, he just looks so happy to be here even though he's constantly suffering ^.^How can you see how evil and selfish you sound when you say shit like this? Fucking psychopathic assholes.
>>4906938Torture by definition has highs and lows. Its more like a disabilityPain is just overwhelming sensation, is it not? A man who has never felt anything at all might feel "pain" at being in your shoes. Suffering is obviously relativeI don't think an animal that has had trouble breathing it's entire life is suffering to itselfYou could observe it and think "aw, poor thing" but you're an idiot if you think the dog thinks that way
>>4906188Screenshot or gtfo
>>4903344>>4903503You know compared with other generationally inbred dogs with a host of genetic defects it’s a fucking miracle that those things live from 10 to 15 years if properly exercised Somehow the American bullies a vet freind has had in have had more severe lethality on genetic issues than pugs With most of the pugs being easily fixed by affordable surgery Real wonder of nature that we have created a dog that deformed which still functions 80% fine
>4907203kill yourself
>>4903344this is like saying the same about ppl who eat meat. its fucked ig but its just human nature to not care dawg idk what else to tell u
How did they get there?My theory is that early hominids dragged them there for a laugh.
Pop quiz: Is this a freshwater fish or an abyssal fish?
>>4908856Baikal is deep enough for it to be both
I wish earth had more ecosystems that have been extremely isolated for very, very long times. Pangea was a mistake.
>>4908860There's always caves
>>4899051how have they not inbred themselves to extinction
>Google if animal is a good pet>Results say soem shit like "No it's a wild animal and does not make a good." And so on and so on>Videos I see online with people keekping the animals as pets say otherwiseI'm convinced theirs just some kind of scheme going on here. I get that the average person probably can't keep most animals as pets but if you put in the effort there's no reason it shouldn't be possible. Of course excluding money and ludicrous animals like Gorillas, Chimps and lions.
>>4901480>Many people have kept pet chimps without it biting off their faceAnd many people have kept pet chimps until it bit off their faces.
>>4891775You're judging based off of social media, lmao. Try to do some critical thinking. In general, I agree that a lot of animals don't make good pets, and it's not just a good/bad owner issue. However I'm not in favor of government overregulating it; they do not have the resources allocated to put forth good standards nor enforce them, so we have blanket bans on a lot of shit that doesn't need banning (and likely vice versa), and SUPER irregular application of the law.
>>4909407I think virtually all endemic and non-threatened birds are suitable as pets. Like, I can have a canary but it's illegal to keep a chaffinch? Suuure. And if you can keep a macaw you should definitely be able to keep a jackdaw.
>>4891775>Google if opossums are good to keep>first displayed result says no>check source>Terminix
>>4909460I love the theory that virginia possums were domesticated by various native americans. I honestly believe it with how bumbling and unafraid they typically are of people.
>cat gets cuddlier when it's cold>intentionally keep the thermostat low
A State of Being Edition
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>>4897502>>4897638That must be such a miserable existence, poor dog.
>>4908121Lao is a professional skeemer at just 4 years old, he knows a good toadie when he sees one
>>4908141Good shit
>>4901300imagine the smallest one getting railed by the biggest one
