Saw there was no bug related thread going on. Post and discuss al thins crawly. Other tiny critters welcome as well.
Went on the first hike of the year, and even though almost nothing was blooming yet I saw lots of yellow band underwings.>>5106267Neat, what kind of hawk moth is that?
>>5106267Nice pic!
>>5106270white brow, I think
>>5106301ty bro
Still waiting on my stag beetles to have larvae
Post underrated animals
>>5103013Dhole? Is that what it is?
>>5107238REMINDERTHESE WERE DOMESTICATED BY MINERS OUT WESTFULLY DOMESTICATED, WITH THOUSANDS IN HOMESAND THEN THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT DECIDED TO KILL THEM ALLTHIS IS NOT A JOKE OR A SCHIZO THEORY, GO LOOK IT UP, JUST MAKE SURE YOU GET PAST THE AI AND WIKIPEDIA SLOP THAT CLAIMS OTHERWISE
>>5106133I live in eastern MA and never seen one ever
>>5104792One of those animals I'm disappointed was wiped out of most of north americawould be so cool if I could just see one passing through the woods behind my house but sadly they were too tasty for the first amerindians>>5104928>>5104895what's the deal with munster, indiana? never heard of it. t. hoosier
>Walks in>rekts your whole tree of lifeHow many more branches of life are there we dont know about?
>>5105639>>5100639Sweating as a direct function for better heat regulation has not been debunked, and neither has fat as a storage for going long periods without food. Apes spend much more of the day eating and grazing, do not travel anywhere as far and wide as hominids, and can digest more readily available foods like plants and such.Humans needed nutrient dense fats and organs, we got those from hunting and stalking, following herds and having a brain that required lots of energy that couldn't always be met. People in colder climates have more fat deposits, especially in areas exposed to the elements, such as Inuit having frost bite resistance due to their facial fat pockets. Also, our reproductive organs do not function as well underwater, as water is NOT a lubricant and actively impedes sex as it washes away vaginal moisture, as well as increasingly liklihood of infection by a significant amount.Aquatic ape 'theory' is retarded shit.
>>5098908It isn't touted as much because they're mostly microscopic but we've discovered dozens of new phyla or higher clades in the past 2 decades.Most people have never seen this. The clade the arrow is pointing to includes all animals and fungi and some related "protists", prototaxites probably still fell into that branch even if they were not fungi. Proper plants and green/red algae are in that "archaeplastida" clade. Everything else is shit that's technically not animal, fungi or plant (nor bacteria, archea or virus for that matter)
>>5107679Of course I forgot my pic.
>>5107679>Everything else is shit that's technically not animal, fungi or plant (nor bacteria, archea or virus for that matter)>>5107680>SARSo what the hell are indians then? They look like humans but apparently we're more closely related to plants than them?
>>5098911>Nooo! People can't learn new things! They have to remain ignorant!lol
It's disheartening how even genuinely intelligent people like Bob Gymlan can get caught up in the Bigfoot nonsense. They basically ignore all the evidence against and go "he's out there i just know it bro i just know it they can't keep hiding him forever"
>>5105927Careful anon the bbc meme is holding together the ego of an entire raceI dont think they could take it if the truth got out
>>5106286I wish i had that condition
why are these threads always filled with the most hostile people, and why are they always on the anti-squatch side?
>>5107731I don't know how in this type of discussion it is the fags that believe in a giant hairy ape man that sound more reasonable
>>5107731>>5107734SasquatchFags, the one's who don't think Sasquatch is a supernatural paranormal alien thing at least, are just trying to prove the plausibility of the cryptid and that involves a lot of studying up on Animal behavior, DNA, Folklore from around the world involving ape-like creatures and any sort of photo or video evidence that needs to be scrutinized before being considered decent evidence of "something" for the Sasquatchfag to cover his bases and have an honest discussionThe Anti-Squatchfag already dismissed the idea of a Sasquatch and doesn't care. They're not going to take the discussion serious because they're not interested. I won't say that the Anti-Squatchfag doesn't have his own compelling arguments, obviously they'd know just as much as the SasquatchFag does if not more but considering how this threads been going at least the Squatchfag doesn't immediately resort to condescending behavior when they don't insta-win the argument
Is there a real life place in nature that feels in anyway meaningful or spiritual to you?
>>5107459
>>5107461sorry for being lazy
>>5107462
>>5107463
>>5106428This place
I am freaking out.I was minding my own business in my basement watching TV and all of a sudden i found a frog hopping across the carpet to behind one of the couches.I am worried, i don't want a frog in my house, nit's not a good environment for it and i don't want it to die.How do i safely remove the frog from my house and where should i bring it to assure its safety?
>>5107490>Step 1: Catch a fly>Step 2: Measure how far the frog can jump>Step 3: Dig a circular hole with that radius>Step 4: Dangle caught fly from step 1 with a rope from the ceiling above the center of the hole from step 3>Step 5: ???>Step 6: Profit
>>5107490Lucky. I wish there were frogs anywhere in or around my house. Theyre so slick and neat looking.
>>5107490Maybe a toad, which amerifats mistake for frogs, if it's a gray tree frog that's not good at allLeave a big water dish or three on the floor either way, if it doesn't know the way out it will be attracted to the water, at least
>>5107710all toads are frogs
Post big cats and small wildcats. Anything vaguely feline, really.
>never speak to me or my son ever again
>>5107348I love cougars
It's a doggy dog world
The streets are ruff
>>5106209I hate to say atoadasow, little doggy, but atoadasow
>>5106209Lol
>>5107289Nerve gas is terrifying...
Is it normal that I like looking at dog paws so much and wish I had paws too?
>>5106000why aren't you
>>5089208>Is it normal that I like looking at dog paws yes>and wish I had paws too?no
>>5106702Why not
>>5094217>uhh, why do you know about Epstein's island, have you been there? you fucking pedois it just one dogtranny saying this shit, or are you all actually retarded
>>5106702>>5106714Paws are good
My 7 months old dogs(2 males) have killed 3 opposums the last month. How hard do i must beat them so they stop killing any critter they see at my backyard?
>Search for animal videos on youtube>Put "before:2010" at the end of the search>Soul
>>5106420ai slop didn't start until 2022 or so, it basically timed perfectly with ethereum switching to proof of stake. The demand for nvidia gpu chips would have dropped with the death of crypto mining, but instead it exploded. Really, videos that were good enough to trick people didn't happen until last year. Pic related was from May of 2024.
>>5106465>si=
>>5106538I actually kind of liked this type of video because they really feel like dreams
>>5106538The first time I saw this video I thought I had a stroke or something.
>>5106396AI has ruined youtube
What are some extinct biomes that don't exist anymore due to changing weather and atmosphere and plantlife and stuff? I know about Mammoth Steppes which turned into Borreal forests once the Mammoths and other megafauna died out, but what else?
>>5107252Uh, we don't get much of this anymore
>>5107252I think the carboniferous forests were pretty cool. Lots of weird treeferns and ferntrees, and big bugs to boot.
>>5107252I am so sick of this stupid fucking meme. Mammoth steppe still exists literally within walking distance of where mammoths used to live in northern North America and in Siberia. Not only that but Mammoths did not only live in mammoth steppe. They were also not the only species of mammoth or megafauna that got wiped out. This is a completely fake made up talking point to try to shift blame away from humans for wiping out these animals. I am so beyond fucking tired of the anti-scientific propaganda bullshit that has completely overflowed all fields of science in the modern day. Academia needs to be burned to the ground. We need to start over after killing all the communists and capitalists.
>>5107347>Mammoth steppe still exists literally within walking distance of where mammoths used to live in northern North America and in Siberia.Where in North America? I'm aware of the pockets in the Altai Mountains, but I've never heard of any relict mammoth steppe in North America.
>>5107483Northwestern North America: Yukon, Alaska. But you're focusing on the wrong thing. Remember woolly mammoths did not only live in mammoth steppe. They lived in basically any habitat that was cold enough and had enough food for them. They lived in taiga, tundra, and even cold temperate grasslands and savannahs. And again, they didn't die because of a lack of one habitat. It is a known fact that the last woolly mammoths were killed by humans on Wrangel Island. And most animals that died during the pleistocene extinctions were temperate, subtropical or tropical animals like the Columbian Mammoth which didn't live in the far north and certainly didn't rely on mammoth steppe. Climate change can't explain their disappearances at all.
>Chingo Chongu! Me turn back to wild ambush predator for selfie!How is it possible to be this dumb?
>>5098296Where's the fucking file?Is this a kindergarten here now or what?
>>5098296lame
>>5098702>>5098704The problems with Cheetahs are 1) They're difficult to breed, and 2) There's not much genetic variability in the population, so even if you could breed them it'd be hard to select for 'domestic' traits.
>>5100022Cringe post
>>5098225>turning your back to a big catdumb thot
Does /an/ have any passion for the passion fruit?What are some of your favorite fruits?
Cherimoya, Mango, Persimmon, Nectarine, Cherry, LycheeI have a sweet tooth
Love watermelon, can't wait for them to be in season again.
>>5107346>Spookedness aside, my favorite fruits are eggplants and avocados. I'm a savory foods person
>>5107452RUDE
have people stopped having their dogs living in doghouses?
>leave dog outside when I'm at work during the day because it feels nicer (can go tot he bathroom whenever, fresh air, sunshine, can do some laps around the yard if bored)>build her a dog house in case it rains or something>it rains >she just sits in the fucking rain waiting by the door when she knows I'm not home instead of sitting in the doghouse (also by the door) and staying dry
>>5105280what's the point of this aislop when the original is more aesthetically pleasing and funnier?
>>5107212>dogfag willingly admits to sleeping with petDamn I guess the zoophile accusations were accurate
>>5105686kek
>>5107212My dog used to sleep on my bed, now she sleep by the doorWhen I force her to come on the bed, she stay for a hug but wheI finish to pet her, she go down and sleep on the door
