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>Walks in
>rekts your whole tree of life

How many more branches of life are there we dont know about?
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>>5098908
are phalluses the most basal lifeforms?
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>>5132100
Major discoveries and techniques in what would eventually be known as modern chemistry were made in the pursuit of turning lead and piss into gold.
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>>5133426
>he trusts modern chemistry
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>>5132100
>he doesn't trust Science
Why are you using a computer then?
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>>5132100
what do you trust then?

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A few of the remarkable things about this frog:

>When threatened, they were capable of gliding through the air by leaping from their perch and fully stretching their massive webbed hands and feet.

>The tadpoles feed directly from the father – During the day, the males back into the tadpole-filled water of the tree holes and remain in that half-submerged state until night. During this time, the tadpoles swim around them, rasping small pieces of skin from their fathers’ backs and eating them.

>The last known observation of the frog in the wild was that of a single male heard calling (but not seen) in 2007.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4eZIkBGMjM
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>>5121367
they couldve made a ps1 game with this guy as the main character and all the frogs would have been saved
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>>5123125
Waiting to be squeezed
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>>5133477
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>>5133488
he would've even had a cool gliding move!
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>>5133711
croak

Thread for small animals
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Have the smullest buge I took a pic of this year
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>>5134719
not buge, spidor
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>>5134613
>Whats up its me tardigrade or waterbear i die in the millions and get eaten by all kinds of small stuff but i can survive extended periods in space! Wrap your heads around that one stupid hairless apes!

I HAVE WASPS IN MY FUCKING ROOOOOOFF!!!!!
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>>5134466
It's hot and they come in my room uninvited now. I won't even date to touch them, once in my life was enough, I remember the last time I tried to squeeze one with my hand. THEY WILL STING YOU BEFORE YOU CAN DO SHIT.
It's literally the fight Golitath loses to David, David being the wasp.
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>>5134401
you should contact pest control, anon.
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>>5134702
Since it's already June there's a chance they have already established a nest somewhere in there. Get a professional to spot and remove it.
If you're lucky you may be able to make them fuck off when you make your room smell bad to them
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_tree_oil

Thing is, this can help making their queens fuck off to other places since they hate that smell but the success rates dwindle the bigger the nest gets or when there's already an active nest. Sometimes they can get abandoned if it smells too bad to them. ALso, never ever spray the nest directly with it, they will attack.
So yeah, try to stink up the room with that oil. They might come out in droves and want to leave so maybe keep a window open so they can fuck off and also put on a net mask over your head just to be safe. Again, best case would be if you could get a pro to help you. Good luck anon.
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what kinda wasps?
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>>5134452

Moss & Lichen Edition

previously on /herp/: >>5093568

This 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 answered
Classifieds for finding breeders and products:
>morphmarket.com
>kingsnake.com
>faunaclassifieds.com
>caudata.org
Most 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 dimensions

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>>5133860
i move around for work. midwest, florida, and mountainous areas.

seen all of these things actively kill cats.
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>>5127244
Just about every time you feed a live feeder, the snake is getting injured. Usually, it will be minor injuries that heal on their own and you'll never know, but every time a rat tooth or nail breaks the skin, that is a place for bacteria to enter and potentially infect the snake. Infections are nothing to play around with. And each live feeding is a risk for severe injuries, even if the snake immediately wraps. Most injuries happen because the snake doesn't want to eat, and they're left unsupervised, but a bad bite can happen even with you right there.

>>5127311
You like to watch an animal die? There's more cons than pros. Your snake can get injured or die, live is more expensive, live is a lot harder to find and that can make feeding days more difficult. F/t is generally cheaper, as much as half the price depending on your area and where you get f/t, and you can store up to 18 months at a time if you keep it vacuum packed. Live is a one and done, if the snake doesn't eat it will outgrow the snake before you can offer again.
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he changed colors with his last shed
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I want to get nice looking yellow stereotypical desert looking sand for my succulents and was only directed to reptile sand, which I know you're never supposed to buy because it's ungodly overpriced. Where would I find nice looking bright fine grain sand like you'd find on a beach? washed play sand is very drab looking.
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>>5134765
Go ahead and buy it. It doesn't take much to top dress a pot.

Is there anything that will survive me dowsing my patio with Glyphosate? I don't want to nuke the bugs and birds, but my HOA requires plant-free slabs in front of houses.
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>>5134506
i live in rural virginia. my closest neighbor is a quarter mile away. i still have an hoa (est.1978) with a monthly due or else i dont get running water. just shut the fuck up burbjeet you've never even left your hometown.
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>>5134535
>i dont get running water
isnt that illegal, unless that hoa is literally just your entire country municipal service
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>>5134535
if your closest neighbor is a quarter mile away you can drill a well, tell those water jews to fuck off
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>>5134535
Holy shit how fucking dystopian is the us
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>>5134654
It's literally the exact same system as a council in the UK, only less power to actually do anything to you ultimately.
The councils in the UK are worse since they can have you arrested.

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Vet said my dog only has 1-3 months of life. I don't know what to do.
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>>5134221
Vets are dumb. Give him fenbendazole and raw food.
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>>5134237
Anon he's already pushing it for a dog's age, let it go
>>5134575
Tard
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my last dog lived to be 20
i found the year or so of failing health leading up to his death was much worse than his actual death
it sucks but its the way it goes
and then i got a puppy!
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>>5134237
dude, hes 17, hes at the age of death, and im going to be honest here, having sat through the entire death spiral and throes of an aged dog and actual death, dont; go euthanasia, its going to be much more relatively pleasant than watching your dog die of organ failure
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>>5134221
Give him a wonderful 1-3 months ;_;
im sorry anon...

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Go ahead white boi, ask for one
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it's pronounced nee-jer
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>>5134729
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK7tdV-_Tf4
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>>5134727
Finger on the trigger and niggas wonder why
But livin in the city its do or die

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I think vultures are my favorite animal
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>>5124066
>no one has posted the KING vulture yet
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>>5133615
okay here
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>>5133617
Beautiful bird
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>near 100% hunting success rate
>Survived multiple mass extinctions, including the Great Dying; predated and outlived the dinosaurs
>is still one of the most majestic animals, a perfect marriage of form and function
>is one of the only insects that is not only not hated, but widely liked by humanity

This is the ultimate lifeform, perfection as an organism. A masterpiece of evolution.
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>>5133208
this is so wistful..
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>>5133494
nice
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>>5131722
>>5131780
>>5131787
>>5130401
whoa
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their mandibles are awesome, if you look close there's a second smaller set below these main ones. The monkey face looking shell actually unfolds into a scoop, like an umbrella, with these chompers in the middle.

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Got a carrot for me?
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>>5132903
>baby carrot
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>>5128141
I don't think you need to peel and slice carrots for a giraffe.
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>>5133918
But what if it's a human-like giraffe? When you see a typical Karen you'll see her picking the finest apples then slicing off half in her kitchen, then throw away after two bites.
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A crow's worst nightmare
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>>5134324
They have those weird plastic bottles to scare cats in Japan. The abstract shapes from the water shimmering is supposed to upset and confuse the cats but I don’t think it really works
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>>5134464
'cumbers
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>>5134469
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No cap after making this thread...a scarecrow appeared in my garden

(someone gave one to my mum to stop birds eating grass)

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Pick an animal and a tune that you feel would go well with that animal regardless of the lyrics.

https://youtu.be/BKz2U4fvA4U?is=DdbciMUfTSD_Pj7H
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>>5126055
BATS:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSaDPc1Cs5U
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4EzVpr5d7s
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https://youtu.be/y6120QOlsfU?is=xcufWXJ42KjBokoq
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>>5133904
lol

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am i going to die, /an/? that looks like a violin but idk if it's THE violin...
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The larger the spider, the least threatening it is, but the more it scares me.
I can let smaller house spiders walk over me no problem, I rescue them from bathtub sometimes. But a tarantula? Thanks but no thanks.
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>>5133760
>kukulcania females are 3cm long at most
>am i going to die, /an/?
dude
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>>5133760
Put it on your penis. If it bites:good news! it's not gay. Nothing worse than a gay spider. If you contract gangrene amputation may be necessary. Risk comes with the knowledge whether it's a gay spider or not. Besides, you weren't using it anyways.
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>>5133760
oh hey a southern house spider, nice. i remember finding one of these in my old place, they're pretty cool.
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>>5133760
I think OP dieded :(

I knew these creatures were demonic.

A recent study assessed the hypothesis that killer whales (Orcinus orca) are preying on their own species.

Researchers found two examples of severed killer whale fins bearing telltale marks of killer whale bites, both on Russia’s Pacific coast off Bering Island. Discovered just over a mile apart, the fins were from a juvenile killer whale and an adult female or juvenile male, respectively. The spacing and size of the fresh bite scars pointed to an act of killer whale predation.

An obvious question is whether the bite marks were evidence of a fight rather than premeditated murder. But, “if it was just aggression, they wouldn’t bother to tear off the fin,” reasoned study author and whale biologist Olga Filatova in a press release. When killer whales hunt, they tend to go for the richer body parts like organs, leaving fins and other low-energy parts behind. So, the detached fins suggested an act of predation—a fin torn off to access the soft body parts.

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mms.70142
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>>5133173
I guess you, doublenigger, think race is a social construct too.
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>>5125875
>I just asked AI
>in response of being called retarded
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>>5133175
where?
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>>5133171
ecotypes aren't species or subspecies
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>>5133171
these all look like the same species to me


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