post /an/ reaction images pls frens
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>>5136915Howdy!>>5136915
>>5139171AG is an immediate transmission when bitten.
>>5139224Also lice
>>5138337>this thing kills me it's still good okay?!I can't understand how people can think like this
>>5138333I'd nominate fleas as well.Parasites in general of course.Mosquitos are disease vectors like most parasites but at least they don't make a home out of the host.>>5138337If they'd be content not to make a home of their host maybe.If you've seen animals with bloated ticks in their nose, the corners of their eyes, literally anemic, you might change your mind.They're vile and disgusting, pure evil.
>>5138327Thankfully my lifelong abuse of drugs and alcohol has made my blood only slight less caustic than a xenomorph's and ticks an mosquitoes explode if they try to take a sip. With shitty powers comes shitty responsibility.
>>5138665rip crab
>pinnipeds could be here, he thought...
>>5140597>if/when pinnipeds expand into the Indo-pacific, nautiluses will go extinctSad to think that this ancient lineage only has a few million to tens of millions of years left.
>>5140907That’s what they get for being evolutionary jobbers
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These fuckin' things could SO easily be what replaces us after humanity goes extinct. They only have TWO thing that prevents them from being fully sapient, and that's their short-ass fuckin lifespans + them dying after they mate. Which means every goddamn octopus starts from scratch with no help from their parents.If octopuses ever evolve to not do this (which is perfectly likely as their kind constantly adapts, changes and evolves) they would instantly be on a rapid path to sapience. Because NOW they can build their knowledge, they could afford to get much much smarter because all that investment in a complex brain won't just go to waste. NOW evolution would strongly push them toward long-term parental care, as NOW all their intelligence actually has somewhere it can contribute to outside of one individual octopus. They can actually support each other now. The dominant evolutionary strategy for them would instantly start selecting for longer lives and long term parental care that causes an explosion in octopus intelligence and a complex society. That's all that's needed really. I don't see them ever evolving speech anytime soon, but they could easily develop writing.Also completely independent from the sapience discussion. . .these motherfuckers absolutely MIGHT evolve to live on land. A lot of them already come onto land frequently in tide pool areas and they can make it decently far inland. They just need...>to gradually spend more and more time on land taking advantage of unique food opportunities and lack of predation (in specific places) on land.>get better at staying on land for longer and longer periods as a result>i doubt they'd ever evolve to breathe air, but their gills are the only part of their body that actually needs to stay wet. literally just evolve a way to keep the gills constantly wet with internal fluids and they can be fully terrestrial nowGod I wish we had land octopuses they'd be so goddamn cool and i can so easily see it happening
>>5139863>They only have TWO thing that prevents them from being fully sapientAnon, they ARE sapient. The biggest thing holding them back from creating advanced civilization is that if you live under water you can't make fire, and fire is the base of the tech-tree so it becomes really hard to ever get past the stone age. The other big issue is that they're not social. You could have an intelligent advanced civilization where reproduction kills one of the parents, so long as you've got a collection of other people in the community that can maintain information collectively. Though there are a few places in the world where octopus have been seen living in (relatively) high densities where they display more social behavior than expected.
>>5141029>Anon, they ARE sapientThe fact that you and many others don't understand the difference between the words sapient and sentient and keep using them interchangeably, pisses me the FUCK off. LEARN what words mean motherfucker
>20 quintillion animalsWhat are some aspects/lesser-known facts about animal suffering?
>>5140896apes aren't monkeys brainlet
>>5140897Literally no difference. You still have a tail.
>>5140900that's my penis
>>5140902I'm talking about the longer one.
20 quintillion is about 25 animals per square inch. How do they all fit? By the way I read that the 20 quintillion is for ants alone.
>Lost megalodon vertebrae resurface, confirming 80-foot size estimatehttps://phys.org/news/2026-06-lost-megalodon-vertebrae-resurface-foot.html
>>5140725>Read the paper again then. Some body plans give lengths in excess of 30 meters, due to some related sharks having much longer heads/tailsThe paper literally states that those estimates are not realistic for good reason. The 34.6 metre estimate for example is based on the head proportions of Apristurus and tail proportions of Paraorthacodus. The first is a 2 ft long bottom dweller that eats worms and the second is a 4 ft long eel-tailed piscivore. How the fuck do you think an estimate based on those is in any way reasonable? Those head and tail proportions make no sense for a bus sized pelagic macropredator. Neither are related to megalodon either, they’re in entirely separate orders. The old scaled up great white would be more accurate>Among the body types proposed, the lemon shark represents a sort of middle ground. But there is no actual reason to pick it over the others. Just so happens that lemon sharks are rather light for their size when compared to, say a sand tiger shark, whose body plan could also be usedAgain the 94 tonne weight is the average of three species with different body plans. They didn’t just pick the lemon shark and stick with it. But apparently we should be using deep water cat sharks as a reference instead
>>5140725Behold, the new megalodon
no no NO NO livyatansisters NOT LIKE THIS
>>5140524Looking at this compared to the whale shark it doesn't look all that preposterous
People go "it was thinner than previously thought not a le heckin chonker like great whites" but if you look up actual great white pics they can look pretty slender already, especially the males
Why don't elephants just kill and eat all the predators in the wild? They could if they wanted to, and it would give them a lot less to worry about.
>>5135250I've seen a Donkey kill a hyena before. Some herbivores do go out of their way to kill predators.
Their digestive systems sort of suck ass.
>>5138112Donkeys are mean as fuck and have been used to protect flocks and herds of other animals. Just let the donkey graze the same field and it will happily stomp the shit out of anything threatening. Snakes, coyote, even a bobcat or wolf if its feeling froggy. The dealer will list that as a PRO when showing you one.
>>5134596Maybe you should start by adressing the elephant in the room anon
>>5135250Have you never seen a Peregrine or a Kestrel getting mobbed by the very same birds that it preys on?
Hello /an/ my chicken Abraxas currently 4 weeks old is starting to develop O-shaped legs. It started about a week ago but because she also had coccidiosis at the same time, I kind of thought that all her walking issues came from that. Doesn't seem to be the case after all. She doesn't like jumping up or down and sits down a lot. Any ideas? Already gave her Vit D, E and A and tomorrow I won't allow her to run with the rest of the flock so she can recover a little and not get peer pressured into walking all day. O-Shaped legs in pic not included.
>>5137805My first thought is metabolic bone disease but other than that idk
>>5137805Don't risk the wrong advice anon. Your chicken needs to see a vet because /an/ cannot perform a physical examination. It could be splaying due to strains/injury, it could be a micronutrient deficiency, it might be neurological, it could something else. All with different treatments. It's impossible to tell from the other side of the screen.
>>5137976thank you. Vet appointment is booked for Tuesday. I am so attached to the little one already cause she's my only hen out of this year's hatch...>>5137910I thought so too. Gave her Vit D already.
update ladsshe is finehas bow-legs but it's apparently not that bad. Seems to be genetic cause she couldn't get out the egg either when she tried hatching. Vet gave me the okay to just keep her.
>>5139338Cheers for the update OP. Excellent news that Abraxas is okay.
Post some animal maps.If you want we can make it a guy to try to guess the animal?
>>5140567that's a duck
>>5140492Homo Sapiens XD
>>5140573Close, it's Pinus sylvestris.Pinus nigra is more confined to the Mediterranean.
>>5140500Tapir
>>5140747there are no homo sapiens in china and russia. and especially in india.
Is a 500 sqft 1b1br not cruel for cats? Locking in on a place, thinking of a cat (since they're allowed), but I still feel apprehensive for some reason. Anyone have experience with having one or two cats in a place of that size?
>>5140694cats and very small dogs (like teacup chihuahuas and super inbred drooling retard mop mutants) dont have very complex brains or understand the idea of freedom, space, and what could be out there like a large dog wouldthey’re more focused on familiarity, territory, and diversity of experience within that. set up cat trees and tunnels throughout and you will be fine. just remember wherever a cat goes once it wants to go forever until something makes it think that place is dangerous. its just how their program works. you cant close doors that are usually kept open or the cat gets mad. even with a large house.
>>5140694I live in a two down / two up terrace which practically is just a bedroom, lounge and kitchen for cats to roam around in during the day. I own two very high energy ones and never had any problems as:>A) They sleep for most of their routine>B) They play when they arn't sleeping>C) Cats don't care about space, they care about elevationThe last point is the most important one. As long as you give them something like a tower or tall furniture that is safe and secure they will feel secure in turn. Failing that they might just hangout on your shoulders a lot. Cats care about food, stimulation and elevation and when you fill in all those means they don't care about small spaces.
Chubby bunny
Gorilla thread
I feel like gorillas are the only intimidating-looking creatures in the animal kingdom that are actually gentle giants. For example, compared to the other great apes, orangutans are usually pretty chill, but they can be assholes or aggressive, and bonobos can get violent, too. But you genuinely never hear of a gorilla being violent.
>>5136968>not to be confused with Gorilla gorilla
>>5136933I know gorillas are docile but i can imagine the silverback would like it if that thing kicks his baby in a skittish reaction
>>5136922>looks away so the people get distracted before throwing the waterKek what an asshole. I love gorillas so much
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>>5139766>Do farmers really?Use reddit? God I hope not.
>>5139766WowWhat a garbage thread
>>5139766Go back.
>>5139766Farmers buy more birds than USPS will ship and use dedicated couriers. These are hobbyists.
>>5140720That depends on the scale of operation, really. If you're finishing just 300-350 birds for meat you can expect roughly 1200 pounds of meat. If you're doing heirloom breed, organic, pasture raised you can get 4-5 dollars per pound wholesale to the right markets. If you can secure bi-weekly deliveries from markets you're looking at around 10k-12k gross per month. Without paying workers you can expect around 6k profits depending, which is not a bad supplement if you're also doing eggs. With that said it is much better to find a local-ish supply because a lot of online vendors can't supply 350-400 chicks every other week, but that size of delivery is totally possible. Usually 80 chicks are put in a box, so it would only be 5 boxes.
My favorite is macaque I wish I could own a pet one
>>5138416what happened
>>5139217I just held and pet it while it clung to me and lip-smacked
>>5129240baby swansvery fuzzy very cute
>>5139255that sounds disgusting, sorry to hear that
Previously on /jef/ >>5132116Who is Jefrey (with one F)?He was found abandoned in some bushes filthy and covered in fleas late one night in mid-July 2024. He’s all grown up, and enjoys car rides, climbing trees, going to new places, and most of all, his capybara. Some believe him to be a goblin or gremlin. Jefrey was named after the Pixies song “Space (I Believe In)”.Jefrey suffers from mild ear-ectile dysfunction.Originally posted him here back in July 2024 seeking advice for potential health problems due to his folded ears, some /an/ons wanted more of him, and so now you’re stuck with him.
>>5140620jef doesen't approve of all the trash in his apartment building
i would be very sad if jef stopped posting....
Looks like this one hit the image limit, so I’ll try to make a new thread tomorrow
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It's now spring, hungry hedgehogs are coming out of hibernation.
>>5139935I'm still on vacations but I assume they are doing fine: I've asked my ex to leave food and water for them every evening.
>>5119158How to enter the draw?
>>5139996Send an email >>5133677
>>5140122>tickorb@protonmail.comThank you. I must have been super tired last night because I missed that post.
>>5131841>>5131842Outstanding. Lynchian.
