Elephant, Rhinoceros, Hippopotamus, Buffalo, Wildebeest, Oryx, Camel, Giraffe, Zebra, Ostrich, Warthog, Gorilla, Chimpanzee, Baboon, Cobra, Crocodile, Lion, Hyena, Leopard and Cheetah.
>>4903038https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLG_Q8FJda0Honey Badger rescues her baby from Leopard
>>4903038All african wildlife is fucked up. Not sure why normies single out honey badgers.
>>4908079Everything gets stomped by Elephants.
>>4909202Not whales.
>>4903112An autist has a vendetta against an animal. Just sage and hide.
What are the most interesting animal-related sports? I've always wanted to see a chariot race.
>>4907942That's a good one, very high skill ceiling.I saw jousting at a Renaissance fair but it was much slower and more gentle than legitimate jousting.
>>4907957Modern jousting shows are the WWE of jousting. You need to find a tournament if you want serious jousting.The guys at the renfaire joust with no real reward for winning and a schedule that's too frequent for recover from real injury, so it's about working with the other fella to put on a show instead of trying to beat him.
how do we bring back horses?they became a status symbol for richfags who don't even care about them themselves (their caretaker wagies do it for them). Literal wars were won and land conquered on horse backs for centuries.
>>4907942I'll add Cowboy Mounted Shooting here>>4908201It went to shit when large amounts of money was introduced to the animal sports like Dressage and Racing. Now richfags pump their horses up with pain killers and push them to death, and sell semen for 3 figures a straw
Saving this thread with a little skijoring
Hypothetical logistical problem What would you do with 1,000 mice?>You're not allowed to kill them>they're not neutered and breeding rapidly>You have one (1) veterinary surgeon at your disposalFor the New Hampshire Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, this is not a hypothetical https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/17/us/new-hampshire-man-surrenders-1000-mice/index.htmlFor the last week, they have been working to separate the males and females, since there's no way they'd be able to neuter them all in time. Several dozen mice have been born at the shelterThe total is unknown but estimated to be between 800-1,000Surely, this is greater than the total annual demand for new pet mice in New Hampshire, probably greater than the annual demand for new pet mice in all of New England and likely enough to supply all of north America for a few weeks. Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>4909105Birth control until neutered or build a huge enclosure and repeat the overpopulation utopia project and live stream it.
>>4909173Came here to say this.
>>4909105Sleeping gas.
>>4909105My shelter actually had a similar problem; I don't think it was 1k, but some asshole decided to stop breeding feeder mice, and when they brought them in they brought all 100+ mice in one big tank, so every single female was pregnant.Same problem as y'all, euthanizing all of them meant we would be the worst shelter in the tri-state area with a live release rate of like 10%. When people see that, they refuse to support you which means less adoptions and less donations, which is the main way private shelters make any money. It also means you get over-looked on grants and other support, the other way shelters get funding.We asked for more mouse housing from the public, but still had to house a ton of males together and had one giant free for all for females that didn't currently have babies. What ended up happening is a lot of females died because one would become aggressive in the female colony and pick on the weakest. When we got rid of the weakest, they'd find the next weakest. When we got rid of the aggressive one, a new one would take it's place. Any males placed together due to space constraints ended up in a blood bath. I actually took one of the losers from these fights, and gave some others to family and friends.A lot of mice got loose, just from shoddy cages and in cleaning a few hundred mice a day. Cats in cat rooms usually caught them though I'm sure some escaped. Employees got to take them home for free.Most of the public does not understand how animal shelters work, so shit like this is a lose/lose situation. I really wish shelters could flat out refuse surrenders and force people to pay to euthanize instead.
>>4909105>>4909281As for what I would do in that scenario;Obviously euth all of them is out of the question, you'd be destroying your reputation and ruining the shelter.At the time my shelter charged I think $1 more for their mice than the local live feeders, but personally I think they should have made them free or at least the same price, if not cheaper - the hassle of the adoption paperwork is enough to make most people looking feeders to look elsewhere, and you'd only get to do it once anyways. If you went to adopt a new mouse every month, you'd just get denied and put on a list.I would also make informational pamphlets on how to properly care for mice cheaply. Like how to make a cheap bin cage, free enrichment, etc. They are a 2 year commitment at most, so I'm less concerned about impulse purchases.I would not allow households to buy both males and females (unless you're actually able to desex permanently, we didn't have that ability). However buying a male or buying 2 females I'd give discounts for.If at all possible, I'd throw in free shit - free enclosure, free bag of food, free water bottle, etc to entice more adoptions.Major pet stores (petsmart, petco) are actually not allowed to sell rodents from other sources, i guess Marshall's considers it competition. Believe me I have tried. But you can still work with them to advertise, or have them hand out little coupons. People love to think they found a deal. Just make sure the deal they get from the pet stores is different than the deal they can get elsewhere. Maybe they get to pick out a free toy or something.Work with smaller pet stores to actually have your mice physically there available for adoption. IME the pet store employees are actually pretty fucking vigilant about who gets to adopt, maybe even more so than the shelter; I think because it isn't affecting their stores' sales, being allowed to be picky rather than push a purchase is a breath of fresh air.
We're back.And we're taking your ice cream!
Can I get one as a pet?Can I sick it to steal the food from people I dislike?
>>4906293yes
Were they always this annoying?
Love these little stinkers
I lost some of my affection for them after seeing how mean they are to each other>hey is that food you got? >let me back my ass up directly into your face>oops don't mind me just backing up>hey you dropped your food! >it's mine nowand that's when they're being nice and just don't straight out bite each other and get in a little brawl.Raccoons do this to each other too.
there was a big fat one that i saw yesterday waddling up and down my driveway having funtoday he was rolling around in agony because his entire face was filled with porcupine quillsmy dad went out and blew it away with a shotgun
>>4908767Based Captcha: ANGGY8
https://youtu.be/W_8cIFoUp0MThis guy was one of my favorites. RIP
>>4908767you know I'm in porcupine range, supposedly, but I've never seen one.
I miss my dog so much. I would have halved my lifespan just to have him live longer.
>>4906456>>4906458>>4908284Be glad that you were able to give your dogs a good life. Dogs don't stick around long enough.
>>4906456yup would have traded places with my cat if i could. it gets betterlook into fostering
>>4906456>>4906458>>4908284I feel your pain.My dog of 16 years had to be put down this August. She was still running and doing well even with cataracts and deafness, up until late 2023 when she became incontinent. It hurt to let her go but her back legs started going and she could no longer walk. I still think about her every day.
>>4906456A neighbor chick around 90 died here recently, about a year after her dog died. It hit her so hard that the difference was obvious to all. I'm not like that, but know how she felt.
>>4909254*RIP Barbara, my all time favorite tickle o the sear.
Post good /an/ related reads.
>>4882814>feathersReeeeeeeeeee
>>4906915I cant believe it took over 100 posts to get this
>>4898901I wouldn't be born for another 27 years so no
>>4907412If anything, there are not enough of them.
>>4908475it's not that good
Songbird control.
Where I used to live there was a big feral cat population so I'd kill them with my .17 HMR
>>4898524you are a peasant paying for his living. I think you're the one to show respect, boy
songbird-control control
Hmmm strange. This is the animal & nature board, right? Cause I feel like I'm on /b/ where it's full of edgelords where no one actually cares about such things.
>>4898468if you wake up and hear songbirds that's one thingbut if you get woken up by songbirds then deep down in your subconscious you're a scared little bitch and your domicile is cheap
Monkey thread hit limitPost your favourite monkey
>>4909149So what exactly makes the mandrill more man than the drill?
With gular inflated, o macaco cantador
>>4907303Love these guys, and brush heads
>Having identified the night parrots by sound, the team moved on to studying threats to the endangered species using camera traps. They found that dingoes were the most present predators in the area—but the large, wild dogs were busy eating feral cats, which the team suspects are the real key predators of night parrots. So dingoes, they suggest, are actually protecting the night parrot population.https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/rare-and-elusive-australian-bird-once-thought-extinct-for-100-years-discovered-by-indigenous-rangers-and-scientists-180985143/
>>4906732its funny, anti husky schizo keeps going on about crib snatching but it happens exactly as often as labs biting babies, which happens far, far less than say, jews molesting babies and chopping off their dicks...what piques my interest is that if i search for "dog kills ____" on google i get husky, husky husky but on yandex and bing i get lab, pitbull, german shepherd. when i search google images for husky i get a photo of a dead husky but if i use DDG i dont. weird?
>>4906734He reminds me of snapshot. 300 dead from pitbulls but snapshot would dredge up 10 dead across 30+ years from golden retriever attacks thinking he was making a point.But snapshot sperged out because he liked having sex with pitbulls, and husky hate schizo spergs out because huskies are the poster child for removing stray cats (despite not actually being the best at it - that goes to greyhounds).
>>4906732>>4906734Dogbros win again. Catfags stay losing.
>>4902768They already have perenties.
Enough of this stupid dog vs cat faggotry, check this out.>A previous study found the night parrot has small optic nerves and reduced optic lobes in the brain for processing vision.>From this, the researchers inferred the nocturnal parrot probably sees poorly in the dark. >Enlarged ear chambers appear to constrain the maximum size of a night parrot’s eyes.
Apex predator of the concrete jungle
>>4902480>community catsthis is a made up term, seek help from a toxo specialist
>>4892503Looked at the thumbnail and thought it was an American black bear. At least then you'd have been right.
>>4902480>community catsyou mean "feral pests"
I'm convinced these kinds of anti-cat/dog w/e threads are made by schizo redditors or 3rd worlders to get people to antagonize each other
My dog caught and killed a cat today.It had a collar but no tags.What should I do?
>>4897193I think it's pretty obvious that OP is trolling. Bet he would have been pro-covering it up if y'all said he should report it
>>4897193you're a dog owner, not a dognigger like those that plague this board. godspeed.
>>4907424Cats really are both pets and pests, just like rats. That's just a fact. If someone was "owning" "outdoor rats" who fucking cares, a rat outside of its cage is just a pest, to us AND NATURE ITSELF. If they put a collar on it, it's still a rat. Replace rat with dog, cat, rabbit parrot,, and it stays 100% true. A german shepherd with a collar was chasing my herd last month. I shot it.>enjoy your black plagueGood thing cats do not reduce, control, or eliminate rodents. They do however spread black plague themselves, as well as any other parasite or disease that can hitch a ride, and leave half eaten and uneaten animals laying around to actually attract more pests. Any farm without cats will be cleaner. They're a huge meme. Their presence prompts rats to behave more cautiously. Cats and small dogs that are unable to work are purely parasitic animals that only take from humanity and don't just NOT give back - they take some more. They are nothing but a detriment. A pet rat is also a parasite.Not even the vastly superior terrier can actually eliminate a rodent infestation without a human following them around ripping up burrows. WITHOUT human help, those terriers would spread disease, kill natural animals, and shit up the land instead. Just like a cat. Don't be stupid.>>4906960You're pretty insane if you think a cat is a special animal that the whole world has a moral imperative not to treat like any other. I have a dog. I have also shot dogs for attacking my goats. Does this make sense to you, console warrior?Animals are not godsAnimals are not peopleAnimals are not your familyAnimals are property and tools, plain and simple. They have the same status as a car, a phone, or a computer. Most of the animals you eat (cows, pigs, goats, sheep) show just as much personality and intelligence as a dog, more than a cat.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>4908644This is how i feel about so called wild horses that are actually feral domesticated horses with no place in nature.
>>4908644You belong on /x/ lmao
haha boobie
>>4907700The finches specifically wait for the boobies to lay and sit on a clutch of eggs because they've come to understand that the boobies won't resist or even move much for fear of either crushing their eggs or that the eggs would be left exposed. So then just sit there and take it as a parasitic bird feeds on their blood. : (
>And you were there at the Tern>Waiting to let me know>WE'RE BUILDING IT UP>TO BREAK IT BACK DOWN>WE'RE BUILDING IT UP>TO BURN IT DOWN>WE CAN'T WAIT TO BURN IT TO THE GROUND
>>4907799Just fight back?
>>4908289Can't. The vampire finches also eat boobie eggs. If they move away from the eggs, the finches eat them.
Haha peecock
charcoal evangelist edition Discuss raising chickens, ducks, geese, quail and other livestock birds for any purpose.Not relevant to pet birds.>Fermenting feedFermenting your feed can reduce your feed costs and improve the health of your birds. Simply cover a days supply of feed with water, add any fermentation aids or feed additives, and let it sit somewhere warm overnight.>Beneficial feed additives Charcoal (not briquettes)Greek yogurt Apple cider vinegar Red hot peppers
>>4909064Look into black asils. Pic related. You might also be interested in Ayam Cemani chickens. I've never raised them, but I've heard that they have black eggs and black meat. I know individual, mature birds can be sold for thousands of dollars for slaughter, but I saw a hatchery listing for eggs that were under $10.
>>4909064>>4909111Here's a pic of the Ayam Cemani. They almost don't look real.
>>4909114metal
Every couple weeks we sell around 20 roosters and hens to a Mexican witch for 20 dollars each. They sacrifice the chicken and then eat it. Based or cringe?
It's hard to imagine wild monkeys in American suburbs. What would it be like? Would they settle in like skunks or possums?
>>4905139>gigaherpes jumps into a new natural reservoir
>>4906034True, they should go back to Africa
There's 8 left now
>>4907696It's over...
>>4907696Four at the time I'm posting this. By Saturday morning there will be none, one way or another.
