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>>2372647
Last photo of otis @16 years old.
Was a good doggo, my first as an adult and probably the last/only dog I'll ever personally own.
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>>2372650
That looks like a damn good dog. They're so loyal and friendly too, I love having him just be around the house waiting for affection.

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Look at this thing how does it even exist

Wood mice spread hanta. White belly = no-go

>>2372609
They don't domesticate well and are not likely to bond with you as domesticated mice will. Just go and release them 2 miles away from your friends home. It is possible to tame them, but the chance of disease and the fact that they never interact with humans make things difficult. Even people that hand raise them from pinkies have very mixed results.

hold it down and take a shit on it

Vape in its face to teach it a lesson

>>2372540
Scratching has to do with marking territory.
http://www.petwave.com/Cats/Behavior/Scratching.aspx

This site suggests putting double sided tape on the areas you see scratching until the cat gets the idea and leaves then alone.

Does he have a post or tree? I have some cheap small rugs (they're actually berber carpet samples) laid in various rooms throughout the house for my cat to scratch. He also likes to lay on them. They have become his rugs, and those are the only places he scratches.

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bug on a bed

>>2372472
>chrysalis

That's my best guess at this time

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>>2372452
>It's a handmade fishing lure.

What the fuck are you fishing for giant catfish in the amazon to use a lure that big

>>2372452
fishing lure?

I though it was just a handmade craft bug made to look cute

A cat in a hat

a brown recluse. dont touch it.

>>2372349
Well it's a tortoise. Why do some people have trouble differentiating the two?

Probably a brown recluse.

blurry

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>>2372167
Sorry. Is this better?

>>2372165
>>2372171
The first pic is blurry but for once there was no need for a decent one because that's blatantly a wolf spider.

>>2371972

<3

goodnight, sweet prince

;_;

Husband goes outside to take out the trash. Sees a little dog, is like "oh great I'm gonna have to chase this dog all over the neighborhood", and calls for the dog.
Dog doesn't give two shits about playing chase and practically jumps into husbands arms. Super affectionate and happy and a total sweetheart.
His tags say he's from like 20 miles away. We fawn over him, all "poor thing he's been through so much", he loves it. Call the number on the tags, they never pick up.
Turns out the little shit escaped from foster care at a house down the street. Foster owners find us with him and said they were looking for a permanent home.
Kept him, give him vidya name, all is well.

He's our little old man now, he's gonna be around 12 this year. He's super cuddly, and the perfect balance of energy and chill. He is also the most trusting thing ever. He's the best.

>>2371948
Yes. Unless they are actually a blind species. Then they care about other things like smell.

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>>2371948

I think they respond to looks in others, but not in themselves. Your peacock, for example. A potential mate will find it interesting, which is how he has been naturally selected to be born with such wonderful plumage. But its not an issue he controls.

This doesnt discount 'rituals'. Animals do care to attract mates. But you have to understand how they see things. I think the germane reference here would be 'Theory of Mind'

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_mind

This is relevant in what we see in animal communication and how we define communication.

For example, if I am angry, I might bear my teeth and growl. But it doesnt mean that I expect you to make any association and react, I am just expressing a feeling. Even if I snap my teeth at you. In order for me to intend communication, I have to first be able to abstract that you have a mind like me and can make associations from what I am doing.

Likewise, maybe you are bearing your teeth and growling at me. I might notice the unusual behavior and be uncomfortable enough to respond by retreating. And that might please you. But it was because I was uncomfortable with your behavior, not because I imagined that you were trying to tell me something because it would never occur to me that you could.

We can say cells communicate with each other too. But there is reaction and, for lack of a better term, expression. That is, I do something to do it with no intent, hope or grasp that it can be understood. Then something else reacts to it. Animals do this constantly. But *our* level of communication is a bit different because we *intend* to create a reaction.

Being able to *know* (or even suspect) that another creature has a mind to react to what I do is a huge leap. Most animals chirp, dance etc and hope things work out without a clue or hope that anything will have the ability to react to them. They are constantly expressing without the empathy to expect cognitive reaction.

>>2372115
Fascinating, thanks!

>>2371985
The question first occurred to me because I saw an emperor penguin reject one of two mates that looked the same in size and everything, but maybe it was using smell.

>>2371917
It probably wont survive in the wild.

>>2371919
So what's the best action?
Should i sell it to a pet shop or find someone that will take care of it?

>>2371937
Re-home it.

>>2371666
Probably because of the shitty sound effects added in.

Sharks burst to the surface to catch seals, not attack people. Either the shark had mistaken the humans identity or its going after bait with a camera attached.

>>2371670
Good footage though.

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What is interesting about sharks to me is that its a fairly large and physically articulate animal, and yet still a fish.

Every single thing in it, from the complex nervous system to its muscle refinements and its senses are all the most you can see manifest in a fish.

The nervous system is especially interesting for a fish. Think of all the refinements for sensory input and motor skills for something that size, and all that biological hardware is maxxing out the capacity of a fish.

Surely there were other species in the past, and Im sure there is much to be said about others today. I just think its interesting that after so long, to see a hunter take its fullest neurological form with all the millions of years of physical refinements and advancements, the apex of fish capacity is in a shark.

It makes me wonder about hunters like spiders. I notice that food collection seems to shape animals in big ways. Predators seem to become smarter problem solvers, or thinkers.

I wonder what spiders would look like if allowed to prey for millions more years and scale up in size. And they are even more simple than sharks.

I guess its down to birds and mammals if one expects to see anything more than eating machines. Birds seem far behind mammals in capacity for thought, but there is a lot of really intelligent ones also; crows, parrots etc.

I remember my first time encountering a parrot at a pet store, an African grey. I found it both enchanting and eerie to see such personality and intelligence from a bird. And yet it was clearly a thinking creature, complete with measured curiosity and thoughtful deliberation.

And I just think its odd that we see that in no species of fish, no matter how advanced.

>>2371390
Oh, hello /co/!
what brings you here?

>>2371390
Of course not. At best it's like the panda, fucking useless and with no natural predators

>>2371490
>Lettuce

Full Story: I found this bunny outside on my lawn, the neighbors dog killed the mommy :(( I couldn't let it die so I took it in my house I cant keep her cause I have a cat plus Guinea pigs and I couldn't take good care of her

Google will stop you from killing it with those carrots.

Yeah...she didn't eat any so I threw them out once I realized they where bad and I cant find anything for the warmth

THICC

Never understood faggots who are afraid of whales

>stretch marks

would not bang