Why are all the coolest critters impossible to keep. It's like God is taunting us with his beautiful creations.
>>5084472I've seen a few sites online that sell them consistently, one of them is based on Florida and they're always field collected, but it's not too hard to get your hands on one. I've kept mine for about a year now and I'm considering getting another one to try and breed them, but I might need a larger tank and there's no guarantee the one I buy will be a female. I tried to email the website that sells them the most often asking if I could get one of a specific sex, but I got no response.
>>5084472Thats the cock snake from Prometheus
>>5084624>I've seen a few sites online that sell them consistently>doesn't name them
>>5084657>incapable of googling "aquatic caecilian for sale"I wasn't aware that not immediately recognizing an ipad baby was gatekeeping but here you go.https://liveaquaponics.com/products/caecilian-eels-aka-rubber-eels-or-sicilian-eelshttps://reptileshaven.com/product/aquatic-caecilian/The first one linked is the one I bought mine from, I have no idea how trustworthy the second site is.
>>5084472Pretty much what I was going to write verbatim when I saw this thread a few days ago.But to add on and answer OP's question, the herp hobby really isn't that profitable if you aren't breeding normie-tier shit like ball pythons, leopard geckos, or wholesale breeding things like pacman frogs to pet stores. The presence of certain species in the hobby is quite literally dependent on a single autist who not only keeps multiple of the animals but also breeds and sells them to others. If they were to suddenly stop or die or whatever then that species is gone forever. Right now newts are disappearing from the hobby because they can't be imported into the US anymore and all the boomers who keep them are dying/retiring but the new gen of herpers dont like them.It is kind of frustrating to find a cool species like pic related, looking it up and it turns out they were imported a decade ago but nobody gave a shit and now they're gone. I'd be less pissed if they were never even imported at all.
For the second day now, this sparrow has been spending most of his time in my room on the window. There is a feeder with grain outside and inside.I like the sparrow, but it's getting colder and I can't close the window because the bird will freak out. Any ideas on how to solve this without kicking him out? I'm already in my winter clothes.
>>5084592You only exist to serve the bird now, this is your fate. Toil at night to increase its comfort, while it sleeps.
>>5084688Yea well he's not very tolerant of noise at night. I have to use headphones, otherwise he gets restless even from speakers at 5% volume
with peanut on the right for size
>>5084739>posting daguerreotypes
>>5085041bro my phone is probably older than you and this is a digital zoom as wellthanks for improving it though
Just had to put down my best friend. He didn't want to go, the vet gave him 3 doses of the stuff that was supposed to put him to sleep. His lower body was limp, he was drooling, and his tongue was flopping out, but he wouldn't fall asleep. They put in the IV and gave him the other medicine while he was still awake. I was holding him and I could tell he was scared. I'm sorry Panzer, I'll love you forever.
>>5084615retard
Days since cat schizo meltdown: 0
>>5084744everyone here is apparently
>>5084583How are you doing bro?
My condolences, one of my grandma's dogs had lifelong complications due to neurological problems, its not a pleasant thing. At least he's able to get some rest now
>There is an idea of a mammal. Some kind of abstraction. But there is no real mammal. Only a pinniped. Something of blubber. And though we can hide our cold gaze, and you can shake our flippers and feel flesh gripping your hands, and maybe you can even sense our love of seafood is probably comparable, we simply are not there.
>Let's see Paul Allen's fish
The Seal of Solomon
>Bald Eagles are freedom bombing catsIt's official, c*ts are unAmerican.
>>5081679If you have a large dog, you can do your part by giving it a free lunch
>>5077170look at those talons...all the kitty cat skulls it could crush
>>5083083>feeding your dogs parasite- and disease-infested verminNo thanks.
>>5084005Dogs can handle it
>>5076638>cat people>people
post ducks please
>>5043399mf'er created the seagulls
i like to meet with a guy from work down at the duck pond in the village where he lives every few weeks. we just sit there for a few hours, surrounded by all kinds of ducks and waterfowl. they're all used to human presence and some of them come begging for food, i always bring a little bread for them or share my pizza with them that i sometimes get nearby when i'm drunk. i fucking love ducks, they're awesome. i feed them from the hand and watch them for hours while shitposting drunk. great times.
>>5084009Sounds great
I think Pallas cats are neat
>>5083415I'm putting together a team...
>>5082966pulchra if she real
>>5084177>MANUL looked extremely WAGGISH today in his enclosure, TONGUE PROTRUDING - VERY, VERY DISRESPECTFUL!
>>5084214Why is this post so loud
If we ever develop the technology to "uplift" animals and give them human-level intelligence, what animal would you most want to talk to?
>>5084487Probably my dog to tell him he's a good boy [spoiler]and apologize for stealing his balls[/spoiler].
>>5084487Only companion animals or animals who've distinguished themselves for things like human service (i.e. cher ami).
raccoon
>>5084491The Council will hear of this!
>>5084487Probably anything that could aid in damaging infrastructure against the governmentImagine the chaos if you could get animals to sabotage rails, power substations and shipping. Closest we've came is training corvids to attack jews
Why should we conserve animals that ruthlessly kill and eat other sentient animals? Why shouldn't we just exterminate them and make them go extinct? There's no "ecological benefit" to "duh ecosystem" keeping these animals around, the ecosystem will simply adapt in their absence and forget them entirely. There's no logical reason to allow lions and crocodiles to continue to breed to ruthlessly kill and devour baby monkeys and springboks other than entertainment. The real reason "conservationists" want these animals to be kept alive isn't because of "le love of nature", but just because they enjoy animals killing other animals and are thus deeply sick individuals. The world would be a better place if all predator animals except humans were domesticated or made extinct.
>>5084988Yes thats how it works. Astral projection is not real.
>>5084989Whatever you say, fagGoodnight
>>5084990Winner.>>5084989Loser.
>>5084658>There's no "ecological benefit" to "duh ecosystem" keeping these animals aroundthere definetly is>the ecosystem will simply adapt in their absence and forget them entirelyit will, but you wont be around to see that, you'll only be around for whatever ecological disaster you'd cause with this
>>5084658Why should we care if animals kill and eat eachother you mangina?
Howdy
>>5084669That is one incredibly fat, unhealthy lizard. It's got bulging eyes, signifying a vitamin deficiency, and bizarre scale damage on its nose - possibly from window-surfing?
>>5084689Most likely to fall in love with a Mexican girl.
>>5082965INTERIOR
How many animals do you know of that are friends with cowboys?
>>5083422You've done yeed ur last haw
What are your favorite water spots? I love being around flowing water, its very soothing to me. Sometimes I lay in the beach letting the waves roll over my legs and up to my ears and pretend I'm driftwood, even though I probably look like a washed-up porpoise. Here's a pic I took of my first time visiting Niagara Falls from the Canadian side, they were very beautiful and I'd love to come back in the summer.
>>5084924Better pic
>>5084924>Niagara Falls>SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAR
>>5084975?
I feel like they're an under-discussed/underreported (at least outside of academia) part of animalsMany animal matriarchies have them and young male 'teenagers' complete the rest of their learning in bachelor groups sometimes actually guided by a much older 'alpha' male
>>5082029Good point
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>>5082026Those Elephants did not complete their species specific socialization and ended up maladjusted with no older male to learn from/keep them humble. Literal daddy issues.
Have you guys seen this?An orphan elephant was adopted by a herd of buffaloes and grew up to be the matriarch of the herd: https://old.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFuckingLit/comments/1gwdanj/elephant_matriarch_of_buffaloes/
>>5084915It's a pretty famous story, especially the part about her killing bulls frequently, and sometimes calves. Socialization is important.
>Animal is adapted to the cold>Actually, it uses its thick fur to keep its living cells 35+ degreesAre there any actively mobile living beings with a core temperature (however you would even define that) below the freezing temperature of water? Or at least some of its cells?
In northernly temperate climates that can support amphibians during spring/summer, like Alaska and Japan, certain frogs survive being frozen in winter while they hibernate. According to what I remember from what I glossed before; they let all liquid in their body but the cells freeze by producing a sort of antifreeze.
Our thoughts?
>>5084611but my name is Samantha?
>>5084559oh shid
>>5084559What's the original?
>>5084932with yhwh as my witness though you are a samantha you are spiritually an abdul
everyone knows that prong collars are fucked up, no idea why peta made it weird like that
gluttony edition
>>5084289
>>5017249Look at that shit eating grin
