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badass creatures

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>>2363820
Prove that stripe hyena isn't best hyena

Protip: You fucking can't

>>2363820
Today I found out that they're in the "cat-like" carnivore class and are more related to cats than dogs.

Why the long face?

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If good and evil don't exist then how can anyone truly be the goodest boy?

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posting a medium good boy

Humans.

Also, all symbiotic relationships are crazy to me. It just goes against the natural fear of different species, even predator species in the case of 'cleaning' animals.

If life did really come from some abyssal region, pretty much anything that is not abyssal.

>>2361285
thanks for posting

>>2359885
Cats go inside.

That's pretty cute he seems like a chill bro

But
>outdoor cats
Tho

>>2359885
That's almost the situation I was in recently. That cat definitely reminds me of mine.

But then, things went seriously bad.

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>>2357864

>>2357864
It's not adorable it's actually repulsive. Delete this thread m8

>>2357871
t. yurocuck

What kind of dog is this?

>>2369307
Yea the world wants to know

>>2369307
obv a shit su

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I understand that some animals know they are playing like dolphin bros and monkeys, but I am more curious about cats in particular and other domesticated animals.

Here's another pic of my pudding pie.

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>>2369154

Only my theory: even in humans, play is practice.

I have a theory about cats in particular as it regards what we would call mental illness. In truth, most mental illness is learned in humans and an adaptation. A kid who learns to function in a dysfunctional family does function until the family is no longer the environment. Then the hardwired adaptation becomes a problem.

Look at cat behavior. They chase things that arent there. As kittens, it seems clear that they have an overactive imagination. We could be talking about human kids. The things we call illness in adults are a natural part of development in youth.

I have a theory that cats are quite literally psychotic even into adulthood. They are constantly in game mode. These apparent hallucinations actually add to survival because they keep the reflexes sharp by way of simulation. Nature doesnt seem to care too much about our sense of normal, and even if it were objectively possible, it cant force a creature to know fantasy from reality; everything is a best guess on the individual at every moment. Camouflage itself relies on this variable. Things are not always as they appear, and we have to make a decision on how to react anyways.

>>2369169
So they are psychopaths, but are they psychopaths that recognize the string isn't a live animal?

No, zoos can protect endangered species and allow people to be educated on them more easily.

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>>2369122

Agreed. Something that burned me up when looking at reviews on YT for a sea park I was going to visit was all the little princesses who paid to go the place and then yammered about animal captivity. Talk about phoney virtue signalling.

I have an abiding love of zoos and sea parks etc and so few seem to appreciate the good work they do. Not just counting rescues and such, but the vital experience of bringing animals to children to appreciate all the wonder of our world. Im old and still feel like Im in a blessed cathedral for the first time when I go to one, and am so humbled and grateful that people work hard to make such things available to nobodies like me.

I was at one three months ago and was so moved by it all, and then go online to see a bunch of brats whining about concessions, chipped paint and yammering on about the condition of habitats that they clearly knew nothing about. The audacity to scold good park workers online because a manatee tank had treats floating in the water and the visitor thought it was some sort of debris. Unbelievable.

Sorry for being triggered.

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She dindu nuffin.

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>>2369075

Pretty sure that's a brown recluse.

>>2369080
Haha I have tons of those in my bedroom

U have 24 hours.

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>>2369001

Here is where the fish smarties are OP

>>2364220

>not your personal army
Is your googles broken?

>>2368885
>This is supposed to scare badgers out of their dens so someone can shoot them

>>2368896
this. fucking teamwork anon

Wiener dog.
Hehe.
Wiener.

Looks like you pissed in a bowl and took an albino dump.

why?

>>2368838
Why the fuck is there fluid around it? Is there liquid in your closet? Do you shit in your closet too?

>>2368838
Looks like a Spruce cone. Why do you have it in water?

Squids with exploding ink projectiles, engineered to breathe air so they can operate on land

>>2368786
What's the point of that? You get inked, you laugh it off and keep going.

>>2368783
I read that as genetically modified orgasms at first

>>2368719
Fucking kevlar stuffed with cotton. Problem solved. Get to sewing.

Make sure you properly stimulate your dog so she doesn't get so bored that she destroys her beds

>bored, destructive dog destroys dog bed
Ya don't say