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dirty sack of shit/10

would euthanize

>>2367379

10/10 would pet

>>2367383

Wow is it summer already?

>>2367379
kill yourself for overfeeding your cat.

It was born with it

Molded by it

He didn't see the cashmere until he was already a man; by then, it was nothing to him but chafing!

what the fuck dude

I pretend to punch and kick my dog while saying shit like "bam! Pow!" to rile her up but no I don't look at my dog and think about slitting her throat.

>>2367303
*unzips katana*
Maybe not
*teleports behind your dog*

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>>2366983
Pet-rock tier:
>Rocks
>Arachnids

Maintenance once a week tier:
>Most insects
>Aquariums

Maintenance every 3-4 days tier:
>Small rodents
>Reptiles

Isopods are cute and easy.

>>2366983
supershrimp

try not to feed them more than once a month - but don't you know, not feed them at all either.

The whole site got a HUGE popularity gain jump in 2016 and it keeps rising due to constant media coverage.
/an/ is one of the most normie friendly boards.

>>2366931
I know what you mean, but I don't think it wasn't this bad in early 2016 though. I've only begun noticing this in the past week or two.

>>2366933
>I've only begun noticing this in the past week or two.
Well, to be honest it doesn't take much to liven up an almost dead board. I mean what is the maximum thread count? I think 5 at the same time per IP. So let's say a handful of people decide /an/ is their favorite board now. If all of them max out their 5 thread limit you get a quite lively board with just a couple active posters.

Its DNA is efficiently encoded. 99% of the information in the 46 chromosomes of the human genome is not even used.

>>2366861
>Posts picture of an ant
That ant is diploid, it has 2 chromosomes.

>>2366882

Well, it holds a place. I guess its how you look at it. Like I hear people say you only use 10% of your brain, but that simply isnt true. You *use* all of it, but only a small fraction of it is actively doing the work of conscious thinking. But all the non-thinking parts are essential too, and most of it is support for the part that does think, by mass at least.

I know what you mean and dont want you to think I am picking a petty fight in semantics. I just wanted to offer a different interpretation for other users.

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>>2366849
Here's another pic of the lil qt

>>2366849
Come on /an/ I already named him Ringo Starr.

>>2366849
From what I've seen they can't bite or sting except for one case on a forum of some kid getting bitten.
They eat nectar and other insects.
I can't find anything on their exact lifespan but their close cousin the firefly can live for 2 months, so that's a good metric to go by.

So he'll probably be as hard to take care of as a standard firefly. Look to see if you can handle that first.

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>>2366819
Definitly a diamond back anon. Better run; their moms are known to be really protective

>>2366825
Doesn't look like it to me

>>2366825
It doesn't even have a rattle

>bite my cock

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>>2366809
We already have Petco tier cages tho

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>>2366820

a fucked up poppy

It looks like the Dianthus caryophyllusm, but that's not it.

A brown recluse! Be careful, the babies are more poisonous than the mom!

>>2366666
Checked

>>2366666
HOOOOOOOOOOOO

Take it to a vet.

>>2366561
Gull eggs. What are you doing in my swamp?

>>2366561
step on them

It kinda makes me think of gulls and plovers. My guess is some species of plover. They have really half-assed nests like the one in your photo, while gulls tend to put at least a little bit of effort into their nests. Also, in my experience gulls get really angry if you approach their babies, and you probably should've noticed the parents.

However, I'm not an expert with their eggs and it's totally possible that my guess is wrong. There are a lot of birds that have brownish eggs with spots on them.

>>2366027
You might need to get a syringe if he won't take it willingly. Just get him used to being held first so the compound stress of being grabbed then force fed won't stress him dead.

He's got a pretty fatty tail and from what I know about leopard geckos that's a good sign because he hasn't depleted his fat reserves. Just try to let him eat when he feels ready or you could try warming his belly in order to stimulate his digestive system.

If this doesn't improve his condition I'd suggest just finding a nearby reptile or exotic animals vet who can check him over.

>>2366036
I got the thing to warm his belly, he is okay with being handled a little bit.

>>2366027
Look up vitamin c affects on lizards, helps pretty much all mammals

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>>2365843
bumping with pics of my mantis nymphs and their enclosure

L2 T. sinensis

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>>2365843
L3 nymph

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>>2365843
habitat af

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I worked at a nature reserve in the Appalachians for a couple of years, and the only times I ever saw them were when they came up to the porch lights on my cabin. I never went out at night to look for them, but it was pretty far back in the woods in a little valley and bears went through my trash a little too often for me to want to go out after dark.

No idea what trees they were on there. We didn't have any birches. Lots of hickory and beech, and tulip trees, with hemlock in the ravines on the ridge.

Here's one that landed on the front window one night.

>>2366081
that's cool. I guess I'm just gonna go out and try my luck at spotting some.
I'm in south western ontario, so there's a lot of old-growth forests around here that would be perfect habitat for them.

I also heard that these moths don't have mouths and just breed and then die from hunger.
RIP buggos :(

>>2366097
>I also heard that these moths don't have mouths and just breed and then die from hunger.
that's almost every moth