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As a pet owner I'd be very concerned about any animals being outside in general.

No shot this doesn't backfire and kill some native species.
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>>5082824
fuckin oath cunt
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>>5084246
dingos are feral dogs nothing more nothing less.
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>>5077172
>>5081294
TRvKE
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best outcome for cat welfare.
the niggers that trap and neuter them only to abandon them to a city hellscape to die in misery while pretending they're doing some noble thing will rot in hell.
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>>5077123
outdoor cats shouldn't exist, this is a non-issue

I love hyenas, striped hyenas are my favorites
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Never forget what (((they))) took from you.
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>>5075320
millipede
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Merry Christmas you vile degenerates!

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I love these stupid little retards like you wouldn't believe.
Imagine keeping an entire farm of these.
God why couldn't we live during the time of dinosaurs?
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>>5082949
Archaeopteryx is 150 million years back and birds had already diverged based on the huge number of strictly avian traits in that one non-avian.
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>>5082949
Prehistoric ducks are rather interesting.
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>>5077078
Farming compies sounds like a bad idea
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>>5082775
no they also had a (relatively mild) neurotoxic venom, when they were eating Hammond alive he didn't feel as much pain because of this (book that is)
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>eats your baby

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I think Pallas cats are neat
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>>5084177
>MANUL looked extremely WAGGISH today in his enclosure, TONGUE PROTRUDING - VERY, VERY DISRESPECTFUL!
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>>5084214
Why is this post so loud
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bump
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SPHERICAL!
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merry Christmas lads

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lmao
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>>5084415
I think people who can't tell a real video is real are more retarded than those who can't tell an AI video is AI
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>>5084176
they ran too fast into a wall
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>>5084176
A couple of perfectly normal dgs. I don't understand what is so funny.
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>>5084412
Does anyone remember that one abnormally tall pitbull? Like it was the inverse of a toadline?
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>>5084176
>SMASHED
>AND
>SLAMMED

Our thoughts?
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>>5084559
i fuckin KNEW asians were full of cabbage
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>>5084404
Yes he would, mf bite me before.
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>>5084498
95%+% of charities are burning food on low IQ people or money laundering.
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>>5084404
White women
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>>5084932
My bad, you are permitted to fuck them then.

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Weird Money Edition

Previous Thread >>4983981

WHAT IS SPECULATIVE EVOLUTION?
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RESOURCES:
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>One-stop shop for relevant background information for starting a project

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>Fantastic blog covering all sorts of spec evo topics in-depth

https://specevo.jcink.net/

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New Alien Seed World video
https://youtu.be/PinSV4Q8QJE
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Cats are significantly less intelligent than dogs. They are slightly less domesticated and have the tendencies that come with that (more persistent independent action and innate skills that help them in the wild, reminiscent of the ways chimpanzees and orangutans outperform humans on select tasks), but overall, have inferior cognition and a less rich inner world, while dogs are complex social animals with more going on inside their head.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/dogs-when-you-count-neurons-have-a-lot-more-than-cats/
Some dog breeds, such as german shepherds, can have over 800 million cortical neurons, twice as much as the average mid sized mutt.

Therefore, since dogs psychological needs are greater than their suffering is deeper, public policy should prioritize canine well being, while making concessions to a clean society and the natural order and regulating cats as if they are simply less aware of their situation anyways, because they are.

Proposed changes:
Dogs must have at least 1/4 acre to roam around in at any given time
It is illegal to crate a dog except under less than ordinary circumstances
Dogs must be allowed to roam in a fenced in park at least once a week, for at least an hour, if their behavioral tendencies allow it
Spay and neuter must be delayed until sexual maturity for dogs to ensure proper cognitive development
Dogs must be taken to the vet for a physical and psychological wellness check at least one every three months
Cats must be kept indoors
Cats must be spayed and neutered as soon as possible to prevent overpopulation
When roaming cats are third class citizens akin to escaped rabbits
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>>5086500
I’m puking from drinking too much christmas eve
You are probably gooning to cp catpedo
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>>5086498
>toxofag loses argument
>immediately brings up his beastiality fetish involving dogs competely unprompted
Like clockwork.
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Dogs won this one, bigly
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>>5086442
She doesn't even try to hide it. She doesn't need to because the tranny jannies keep up all the threads. "People" like them are why the IP counter was removed. Imagine if this place had actual moderation.
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>>5086606
schizo-tard, /an/ in general doesn’t like outdoor or intact cats. most animals lovers dont. and only you (a /pol/ redditor) are deranged enough to take offense to it.

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>make eye contact with squirrel
>they do this gesture
why?
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>>5086138
They're making the Freemason hand gesture
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>>5086138
you can call squirrels with the same sound you use for cats.
like tck tck tck tck.
it gets they're complete attention.
then pinch your fingers and put them near the ground like you've got something in your hand.
they will come right up to you.
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>>5086138
vaxxed
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They see your goy eyes
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>>5086138
>I'm NUTZ nigga

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It was the night before Spoonmas when all through the pond
Not a Fish was stirring, in this pool or beyond

The spoon was set by the shore-line with care
In the hopes that the pellet-man soon would be there

the kois were nestled all snug in the mud
with dreams of PROTEIN dropping down with a thud

When out of the pool there arose such a clatter
One koi drifted up to see what was the matter

When what to his globulous eyes did appear
But a big pair of boots coming up, stepping near


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So this brazen goldfish leaped up in the snowy landscape
And presented his mouth to the spoon man, agape

with a smile and a laugh, the man stooped on his knees
at the sight of this creature a-gasp and a-wheeze

So boldly he thrashed and lunged out of the sea
To gulp up those pellets he smelled on the breeze

Now upon him he felt, 'neath the waves and the air
His oddly-named brothers swam up for their share

When the food hit the water, would any be spared?

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check the skies
the spoonman's there

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>A ghost crab is faster than a cheetah relative to its size, achieving up to 100 body lengths per second (around 10 mph), while a cheetah, despite its massive absolute speed (70+ mph), only manages about 10-16 body lengths per second

Ghost crabs are 10x faster than cheetahs.
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>>5083746
this is weirdly specific
did a manlet hog the squat rack too long
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>>5084518
They're either the chillest dudes ever or gay catty bitches. Nothing in between.
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>>5083649
In terms of acceleration, some tiny critters like springtails can mog any macro scale creature. It's an interesting result of size dynamics.

It's always fun to go to the beach and watch these little dudes zoom around. I don't know how the seagulls ever catch them.
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mogged almost unfathomably by a flea
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>>5083649
How has STILL noone mentioned the square-cube law regarding muscle strength and size scaling??
Fr, closest we have is >>5085908 ...

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Hey /an/
I'm taking my dog to an emergency vet today because I couldn't get an appointment this week with his normal vet. I noticed this lump on his hind leg a couple days ago. I was waiting to see if it went down or something, but it hasn't.
Anyone have any idea what this might be? It's not a dewclaw, the breeder had them removed; and it's too low on his leg. It doesn't seem to hurt. He hasn't changed his behavior or his appetite. He's still running around playing like normal.
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How old is the dog? Skin cancers aren't uncommon in older dogs.
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>>5086025
About to turn 5 next month.
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>>5086012
there's a lot of redness around it, has he been chewing the area frequently?
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why spend the cash on an emergency vet for a little bump on the leg??
it's probably a bug bite. if it was cancer it's not going to kill him over night so might as well just wait and see a normal vet. Emergency vets are for when your dog eats 10# of dark chocolate or gets hit by a car or something. Not a little bump on the foot.

Are turtles basically invulnerable? You have to admit, surviving all the way from the Triassic to now is very impressive knowing how slow and comparatively docile they are to other organisms. It befuddles me how they are able to survive the dinosaurs let alone, the K-T extinction event.
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>>5080821
Someone post the video of the sea turtle blocking a shark's attack with its shell
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>>5080821
"Looks are deceiving when Koopas are involved."
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>>5080865
>TIL: Snapping turtles can kill herons and Canada geese.
Honestly glad these things aren't big enough to eat us.
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>>5080821
Going down the multiple asian giant softshell turtle rabbit hole. Lot of cool species. Apparently some of them are even brackish/ marine crossing species. Too bad everyone just focuses on that one near extinct east/ southeast Asian species since it’s the biggest/ rarest.
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>>5086441
Quite a shame almost all turtles are an endangered species over in china. Those greedy bastards traffic and overhunt them like nobody's business for medicine crap.

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My brother took this picture 5 mins before 9-11 happened back in 2001…genuinely js realising ts now 24 yrs later
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>>5086463
That's a lot of chemtrails

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In the way that a dog likes its owner. What would you do? Would you spend time with animals that would normally be dangerous for humans to be around (like wolves or grizzly bears or rattlesnakes) or would you be around animals that normally flee from humans (like deer or rabbits) or some other category of animal altogether?
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A rhinoceros because they are awesome
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>>5082499
Id get super dangerous pets and then make a YouTube channel about how amazing I am with animals, get rich and grift merch
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>>5082699
This. The elephants alone could take most of them.
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>>5082699
This but against china
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>>5083888
Maybe dolphins if you count holding on.


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