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They were bred for killing, but faggots are in denial and will defend them for being "sweet" right up until they kill a child.

I fucking hate pitbull apologists.

>>2371062
The niggers of dogs.they should all be killed

I absolutely do not understand the controversy with pit bulls.

Dogs are companion animals foremost, with a select few breeds still being relevant for their specific traits to do a certain job. Any "companion animal" that was initially bred to kill and fight other animals and still harbors hyper aggression and a tendency to be deadly and unpredictable when they attack simply shouldn't be around anymore. Individuals pet dogs may be fantastic but that doesn't change the fact that nobody should be breeding them. The breed needs to die out. Why risk it? What on earth does a pit offer cosmetically or performance wise that is beneficial today and isn't available in another breed or combination of breeds?

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>>2370469
Red-eared sliders, and:
>Move them to something bigger
>Yes, preferably with a basking lamp
>Depends what you're keeping them in
>I fed my turtles usually around twice a day, turtle pellets and occasionally bloodworms
>Nah, just a rock to sit on or something
>Not if it's big enough.
>Wash your hands after handling to minimize salmonella risk

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Terrapins. Red-eared sliders.
Here's a care sheet. They're easy to care for.

http://www.reptilesmagazine.com/Red-Eared-Slider-Care-Sheet/

The link answers all those questions, but an extra word of warning, they ARE prone to biting and you should wash your hands WELL after touching them or their tank to reduce the risk of salmonella.

>>2370473
>>2370477
THANK YOU

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>>2370405
He's been in the company Hululu almost non-stop in the two or so weeks since she was put up, variously staring at her or resting at the bottom of the rock. What devotion to his waifu!

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>>2370414
There has been no shortage of fanart of the two either.

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>>2370416
The zoo has put up a lot of Friends, each with their corresponding animals, and has gotten a lot of visitors since.

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>>2370042

To be fair, there was almost no evidence at all that dinos had scales. The first remains were just automatically assumed to resemble giant lizards, based on their physiology. We don't have any modern mammals/furry creatures that resemble dinosaurs, so it was assumed they all had scales [like their known descendants, reptiles].

And to be fair, modern reptiles like alligators and crocodiles are still more closely related to dinosaurs than birds.

This is all transient, and things change over time. Pluto used to be considered a planet but now it's not. Not all dinos had scales, and not all had feathers. There's probably reasons, but we don't know them yet.

FYI Mammoths had fur because it was COLD AS FUCK when they existed. Elephants only live in hot/humid places, hence no need for fur.

>>2370042
Yutayrannus lived in a very cold forested climate, so needed downy feathers for insulation
Tyrannosaurus lived in hot open plains like African Elephants, and had no feathers otherwise it would have overheated
I agree with you
People need to realize that there was variation in tyrannosauroids in feathers or scales, similar to how there is variation in hair or skin in elephantids

>>2370062
Plenty of dinosaur fossils have been found with scale prints, T. Rex and Psittacosaurus are prime examples.

Also wasn't Yutyrannus in a colder region, while T. Rex was in a warmer? It's larger too, so it's body heat would probably suffice more.

Good points, though.

>>2370064
Yeah I thought so.
Glad to hear.

>>2369651
I sex my pussy

>>2369643
No step on snek

>>2369643
>how to get a new ball python to eat
when I first read this, I thought you ate your snake and wanted more

Usually start with small food. I fed my little one pinkies at first until it felt comfortable as a hunter in its environment.

Granted mine was almost adult. It already knew mouse was good eats.

Like, probably not very well, dude.

>>2369367
How do you mean, what would happen? Would the animals just like die out, or eat each other, or would it cause the downfall of civilization, what would happen?

>>2369373
The Americas would be in huge trouble. Most people, assuming they are not aware of the rabies endemic, would get rabies and die slowly. Rabies is only treatable before symptoms show up; after you begin to actually show signs of rabies, your chance of survival plummets. It is a little zombie-ish in the idea that the last few stages before coma include aggression and delusions, and the bite is obviously a great way to spread the virus. However, once aggression kicks in the animal is usually unable to move very far or very fast, just sort of stumble around. Even if people aren't largely in contact with these animals, their pets would be. Honestly our dogs have the best chance of survival, more dogs than I believe any other creature in the US, including humans, have the rabies vaccine. The UK would be hit real fucking hard because rabies is extinct there, they no longer require any rabies vaccine nor do they ever assume rabies.

I'm also assuming that in this scenario, somehow birds and squirrels are able to carry rabies or the virus is somehow altered to infect them too, as squirrels rarely get rabies and birds never do.

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Ginkgo biloba, from middle Jurasic

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The whole family of stingray beetle species

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>>2366984
The maned wolf, which neither has a mane nor is a wolf. Does sound like something right out of a nightmare though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBSGEl-yB7A

Why does that thing have fangs again?

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These weird things. I'm still not 100% convinced they aren't a bad photoshop.

Meanwhile neets with their burnt with monitor lights eyes are enjoying nosun immensely.

Texas here. It started to warm up and beginning to feel like summer already. Just had a cold front come through over the weekend but the temperature is already climbing back up. I'd gladly take the extended 40 and rainy rather than have that feel of Texas summer heat being around the corner.

It was regularly 70 degrees until late November in nyc last year and 60 degree days came back sometime around mid February. Winter? What winter? The last real winter I remember was in 2013.

Flightless bowling balls of meat with the intelligence of a rock.

>BUC-BUC-BUCKAW
SHUT UP YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE I'M TRYING TO SLEEP
>BUC-BUC-BUC-BUCKAW
JESUS FUCK I HATE YOU
>BUCKAW

>>2364072
You could go for a quieter breed like a Cochin, or go a full size lower and go for Quail to all but eliminate sounds altogether.

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>>2364072
>muh "haha chicekns are le st00pid that means it okay to factory farm them" meme that isn't borne out by research and is in fact entirely fueled by anecdotes

>>2341358

Too THICC

They are our pets already without us knowing, why make it complicated?

theyre really cute !

Kek, good one anon, gave me a reasonable chuckle.

>>2372271
They do actually.

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No, but they bite open the bases of flowers to drink nectar without actually helping to pollinate it.

Bumblebees are rude.

Refer to >>2366072 for why you should not eat anything you have no ID on

I think it's one of the species from this genus, but I'm not sure which one:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morchella

Also, listen to the other anon. Don't go eating mushrooms if you're not absolutely certain which species it is.

>it just keeps going