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"Deep Sea Anglerfish ...

the females and males are extremely sexually dimorphic. Like the most different any two animals of the same species could be ...

[The 500 times smaller male] bites into her and releases an enzyme that digests her flesh and also fuses the skin of his mouth

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#animals



"Why are there no wild cows?"

Narrator refers to the torah as the hebrew bible.

The aurochs was the domesticated ancestor of modern cattle. They first appeared 700,000 years ago and became extinct about 1627

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#extinctions #aurochs #animals #domesticlivestock #jewish


"This Latinx Geologist and TV Show Host Is Disrupting Stereotypes of Who Can Be a Scientist

Michelle Barboza-Ramirez never saw themself represented as a scientist. Now, as the host of a popular PBS science program, they are inspiring the next generation of Latinx and queer scientists."

Source: luzmedia.co/latina-scientist-p…

#lgbtq #animalcruelty #latinx



"Since the 1980s, more and more scientists have argued that traits such as cognition are intrinsic not just to animals but to all life – a stance that Pamela Lyon, a philosopher at Adelaide University, calls 'biogenic'."
#science #intelligence #pagan #animals
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Monsters of God S01E05

"[Anson Wong] would put legal animals on top that were so frightening to the inspectors that they won't look below. ... The illegal animals were always in good shape, because that would be a loss of money to him. He would have to

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#tv #animals #madagascar


"Others, like gorillas and other great apes, are capable of breeding year-round, which means zoo staff need to devise birth management plans to keep males and females from reproducing too rapidly. (For example, most female zoo apes are on birth control—

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#animals #dating #courtship #breeding


There is a crystal inside [the leatherhead turtle's] brain that connects them to Earth's tectonic plates [which is how one such turtle migrated at least 12,774 miles]. ...

The strongest current in the world flows between Madagascar and Africa.

Source: youtube.com/watch?v=8rWk7Z7q32…

#animals #reptiles



Man Among Cheetahs released in 2017

Out of curiosity wildebeest come close to cheetahs (who are not a threat to them).

But their attention can draw lions putting cubs at risk.

Lone lions steal kills from lone lionesses. This lioness patiently waits to

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#film #animals #bigcats #predators






[I observed the neighbor's cat, Beast, sniffing its produce before burying it.]

Why do cats smell their poop before they bury it?

...cats are territorial creatures. They mark their territory with their scent, and by burying their waste, they ensure that their scent remains dominant in the environment. Sniffing before burying is a way for them to check if their scent is still present and strong enough.

Source: 21cats.org/why-do-cats-smell-t…

#cats #pets #animals



depressing bit of advice, because it seems radioactively obvious, yet year after year it is not followed and the inevitable becomes a constant drip of news:

do not go near #bison in #Yellowstone

it is not a zoo. bison are not pets

cowboystatedaily.com/2026/07/1…

i don't know why #australia gets all the bad vibes about its #wildlife. #northAmerica has it beat in terms of scary #animals


Maybe it’s not fair to use the word “ugly,” but a goblin shark, said to be one of the world’s ugliest, has been caught on camera for the first time. “Seeing the most iconic of all the deep-sea sharks alive and looking healthy in its natural habitat is a unique honour,” said Dr Aaron Judah, a doctoral candidate at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa’s Department of Oceanography. Read more about the goblin shark, so named for its retractable jaw that quickly shoots forward to devour unsuspecting prey, from @sciencefocus:

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#Science #Animals #Sharks


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Today's dose of cuteness - a puggle.
A baby echidna is called a puggle.

📽: Taronga Zoo #animals #globalmuseum #zoos





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🌌 🌊 I just this love Raven Space Wizard person from this illustration I did a while back:

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I think they could be on a shirt, or something, what do you think?

(Though now that I've seen it the left wing is very small compared to the other one ^__^)

#JfmlArt #art #illustration #creative #DigitalArt #FediArt #CreativeToots #MastoArt #ArtistsOnMastodon #cute #adorable #fun #happy #surfing #space #raven #crow #bird #birds #magic #wizard #fantasy #animals #witch #weltraum


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This absolute queen is one of the numerous chickens who have the run of the farm.
#farm #animals #chickens


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In other farm news, these guys are earning their keep clearing brush from a spot in the horse pasture that needs to be cleared so holes can be filled in.
#farm #goats #animals


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Enjoy this brief video of a pig who is ecstatic because I am rubbing his belly.
#TimelineCleanser #farm #pig #animals




When business hours are over
ensure that no animal rover
will call all his friends,
jump over the fence
to dance with your big golden plover.

#limerick #party #animals

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