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Post your favorite art depicting animals
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>>5070008
It says "peaceable kingdom," but why does the body language and expression of the baby with an arm around the tiger make it look like he's telling them "You see those people over there having a picnic? Let's go fuck 'em up."
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>>5057448
tiny little ant claws posted this
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>10 years since The Isle released in 2015.
>Spawned two other games trying to do the same thing and succeed where it failed.
>All three simultaneously run into the same problems and fail to find solutions for them.
Yeah I know the answer is gonna be "Animals have boring lives and it's hard to make that entertaining", but that's just not true. Animals are in a constant rat race to reproduce and keep their lineage alive. Biological fitness is a quantitative value you can easily translate into the win condition for a video game. All you have to do is make the nesting system (All these games have added one) have actual purpose beyond being a glorified spawning system for friends. Make extinction a mechanic where your species can become unplayable on a server if too many die and not enough reproduce. (Should be obvious since these games are primarily about dinosaurs) Make a leaderboard for fitness values so players have something to aspire for and compete with each other over.

Doesn't even need to be this, it's just one of the first things I thought up of. It's depressing to look at how long these games have been around and they're still functionally the same as they were 10 years ago. Every single one devolves into an open world deathmatch where you either play on officials chock-full of clans or unofficial servers that push autistic rule sets.
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>>5075605
More like Jews Unleashed amirite fellas?!?!!1
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>>5075568
the biggest cancer killing all multiplayer animal survival games is mixpacking. there is no system in place to stop lil timmy and his 20+ discord groomers from taking over a server with an rainbow army of herbivores and carnivores working together. not to mention other faggot players who have to rush in and "be the hero" whenever they see anyone daring to start a fight.
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>>5075660
>the biggest cancer killing all multiplayer animal survival games is mixpacking. there is no system in place to stop lil timmy and his 20+ discord groomers from taking over a server with an rainbow army of herbivores and carnivores working together.
None of them try to implement systems against those behaviors because they're afraid of ruining immersion with hard restriction mechanics. (Ignoring that allowing the retards to roam free is just as immersion breaking)

>not to mention other faggot players who have to rush in and "be the hero" whenever they see anyone daring to start a fight.
Yeah this is annoying as shit and mainly happens because survival isn't enough of a goal for players to aspire to. When you're not worried about keeping yourself alive it's easy to turn the game into looking for entertainment by butting into other fights you have no reason to be in.
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>>5075597
False, these can make good games. Today devs are indian

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>called a skeeter eater
>Does not actually eat mosquitoes
Who started this rumor? I let hundreds of these creepy ass ugly bugs live because I was convinced they were killing mosquitoes but then I learn that is all nonsense?
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>>5075758
*Bugs are tiny organic animatronics, I mean. Forgot to specify
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>>5075758
>>5075759
Autism speaks.
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>>5075758
Shut the fuck up, faggot.
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>>5073315
Lions aren't the only predator in the world
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>>5075754
>If you found this in your house just catch it in a cup and put it outside or crush it I don't care and neither does the crane fly it's a retarded insect - they're about as complex as the Lincoln animatronic from the 1960s. Don't worry about it too much either way because it really doesn't matter.
Skeeter hands typed this post

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WE ARE SO BACK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=r1tt3pf4MCQ
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>>5069494
>overtaken
This is not your board
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>>5075203
>people calling Christianity Jewish
We're not CALLING it jewish. It IS jewish. Chriggery is literally just a messianic sect of judaism. This isn't even debatable.
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>>5075305
Shalom
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>>5075305
you do know that the word "jew" as we use it today has been intentionally mushed up and sullied to refer to a ton of different groups in order to make this vague, on purpose, right? The real truth is this:
>original pre-christian sect becomes christians
and
>independent, unrelated people adopt unrelated beliefs, but call themselves jews in order to benefit from the newfound popularity of the previous group
It's like calling all Christians muslims. Muslims ALSO adopted the old testament alongside their other book after Christianity was already established. Nobody thinks they're the same thing as Christians, so why are you letting kike pilpul sully your mouth by conflating these two groups instead of those two groups? The real answer is that you're either a kike or you've been confounded by them, yet again.
Denounce the talmud. I do.
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>>5069111
They are though. Every live haves a soul, even you. If you wont wanna awknodledge that to comfort yourself or whatever and be blind so be it.

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>>5071278
That tongue can break human skin with a few licks
Though I wonder how it compares to big cat tongues
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>>5075206
That would defeat the point.
We want to move them to an environment with fewer competitors.
Though, that does raise the question.
How well would Cheetahs co-exist with Dingos?
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>>5075645
Honestly I just want to introduce yeens to Australia for the lulz.
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>>5075648
Nah, hyenas and kangaroos wouldn't get along socially and clash aesthetically.
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>>5075648
You just want to feed them abbos
Think of their poor livers anon, petrol huffers aren't good eating

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>>5073982
>the shot that started the polish Civil war
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>>5074484
>hundreds of beavers in a beaver-shaped trenchcoat
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/an/ webm. Old thread's maxxed out. Here's the new one
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>>5075183
>and one day breed himself
I can't believe I'm jealous of a fucking rat
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>>5073788
>What the fuck has amateur porn become?
Either low effort or way too intimate to be sexually arousing.
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>>5075404
True. But for the sake of that comment it wasnt relevant. Thanks for adding that info anon! Even when those cases are the exception its cool to think there is a possibility of them evolving similar traits in the future.
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>>5071932
I need a 30hour long GTApe

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>>5075375
Rub it in why don't you, you bastard
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>>5075375
He had one hoe that was so good that when she died Doland died shortly after under the official cause of "heartbreak". Who needs a harem when you have a bitch that good?
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>>5071665
he looks like me... he's built like me... I... Thank you!!!
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>>5075379
No he died of a lung infection not heartbreak
In fact, I don't think he ever had sex since he has no documented mates, quite sad
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>>5075766
The official cause at the time was literally "heartbreak" kek

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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
They were distributed across the northern pacific from Japan to California during the last ice age and went extinct from all those areas around the same time as humans arrived. The Commander Islands were the last place in their original range that humans arrived. These things were just incompatible with mankind.
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>>5072870
>claims ecologists don't guilt people out with sea cows
I'm guessing you missed the museum nerd and and biologist guy here >>5073174
>>5074633
>a healthy vaquita calf, implying the rest are in shit shape
>"don't worry guys, this one fragile infant will save the dwindling population!"
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>>5075666
lol if anything, humanity's lack of giving a fuck clearly did them in. Pretty typical stuff. By the time real efforts are put forward to try and save something, it's already too late because people couldn't be bothered.
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>>5075703
>humanity’s
China

How is the rest of the world supposed to stop china without shitting on national sovereignty and starting wars over dolphins?
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how did sharks and orcas not body these things?

Tell us, friends, what are your thoughts on the Orange People and their delightful facial features?
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pssst...hey you dumbass...cartoons arent real numb nuts
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>>5070565
I highly reccomend you read the Discworld books if you haven't already
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>>5075014
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>Fur seals (actually sea lions) are sometimes spotted raping penguins
How common is this for animals? Using animals smaller than you and of a different species to relieve your own sexual frustration
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>>5067494
do you want closeup pics or something?
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>>5062866
>>5063074
Those are really cool looking teeth.
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>>5073044
I've never heard of this species. Where is it found?
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>>5055939
This is so evil
>>5067451
>Why are you judging, it's not le harmful or anything
It's a sin against God and it does harm animals. What more pervertedness are you going to try and excuse, sodomy and pedophilia?
>She le tricked me
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>>5075226
Why is it evil?
You're ascribing human morality to animals

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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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>>5072432
I’ve got a shitmix and she’s the best behaved dog I have ever had. Easy to train, nice to other dogs, doesn’t bark unless someone is at the front door or in the yard.
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>>5072432
https://www.youtube.com/@timmc1269u/shorts
Is Duck the only well behaved pitbull?
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>>5072432
>FATAL attacks
the breed is literally designed to be lethal
you wouldn't expect chihuahuas to top the list even if they were 100x more aggressive, would you?
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I love theses dogs
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>>5075700
English Staffys are first-rate compared to american shitbulls.

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Seems like their whole race is content in being mid-tier ecosystem niche filler
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>>5075100
my guess is their speed and slitheriness is their strong suit which they would lose if they became bigger, and they wouldn't be able to compete with other large predators that already fill those niches
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>>5075100
They have tried. Their build doesn’t scale well. The small ones like stoats essentially survived whatever took the dinosaurs out. The the sub 3kg ones are the apex in the niches they fill. They’re more like minmaxers than jobbers. Stoats and Weasels have the best power/strength/speed ratios in their weight class.
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>>5075100
Megalictis was a weasel the size of small bear or large cougar. They couldn't compete with other mega fauna. I'm guessing the weasel platform is just too high energy demand to get bigger than wolverines.
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>>5075100
bears
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So cute....

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Are Alligators and Crocs the White Man's Best friend?
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>>5075519
Was it necessary to write down the victim's religion?
Are we gonna see a rise in anti-semitic croc articles?

Anyway, based gator.
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Every animal is. Other brands of human are not, never really were, and certainly won't be now.
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An alligator in Pennsylvania owned by a black Brazilian was banned from Walmart. The Brazilian talked about how the people at Denny's loved the alligator so, like, everyone should or whatever.
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>>5075627
>Was it necessary to write down the victim's religion?
Yes. We need to send another billion in reparations.

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I'm in the market for a new pet. Can these things be house trained?


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