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>>2353104
I've never met anyone that was scared of frogs.
Only some people that didn't want to touch them because wet and slimy.

>>2353104
>get girls to hold snakes fine
>always too scared to hold frogs
I think it's just the slimy

>>2353632
Ah. Would it be different with toads then on account of the dryer skin.

Try lightly singing them with a lighter?

>>2353082

They look kind of like skin tags. Can get them randomly, but usually in places where there is dirt and friction. People often get them under the armpits or between the thighs. They're usually not very serious and removal is often for cosmetic reasons, but if the tags can get caught and cause minor bleeding, which is the other reason to get them looked at.

>>2353082
>>2353109
Your dog probably does what mine does, when his belly is itchy, he crawls on the floor and legs the carpet scratch him.

Or, this could be from something else, like a harness you walk your puppo with.

So much shitty bait lately and it's not even summer

>>2352981
I saw if your skin is supple enough for a little cat to cut through then you are not living to the extreme and you should leave.

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>>2352983
Pity on you for not saging a thread you think is bait.

I guess I will elaborate;
I don't think declawing is ethical in the slightest, but the bill that an animal rights group is trying to pass would make any and all declawing illegal. There are cases where cats, for medical reasons, would need one or more toes amputated. Also, there is the case for cats with neurological issues. I'm not talking about cats that people just think are mean and crazy, I mean cats that will continuously scratch a place until it bleeds, and vets not finding an underlying cause for the behavior.

On the other hand, these cases are rare and so far with my research I've found that not only do declawed cats get surrendered more, but they are also more likely euthanized at shelters for untreatable issues and are also harder to adopt out.

nigga i ain't know

>>2352956
Their jade plants

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>>2353070
:(

Long Island Natural History Conference has a bunch of lectures on youtube.

>>2352943
Bump

>>2352943
Unironically, wikipedia. Just look up the details of claims you're interested in. Documentaries are extremely low-information. If you like looking at pretty pictures, watch docs, if you want information, start reading.

>>2352640
cool

>>2352640
Cute!

i love her!

Bluegill* my bad

>>2352618
carp

Eat it they're good.

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What about these?

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This is a very silly thread Op, good job.

LITTLE

>>2352562

WHITE

>>2352308
He's old. Must be time to have vet look inside and take care of the inside.

urinary tract infection
kidney/bladder stones
cancer

>>2352308
Implying /an would know better than a vet. There's plenty of things that could be wrong with him at this age, but I hope it all resolves in the end, anon

Blah blah blah your mom's friend is a shitty BYB if she's not doing extreme vetting + health testing etc. If she's a legit breeder then cool.

If you're getting a puppy for free then eh, why not? If your mom's friend is a shitty BYB and she's gonna make you pay, don't. It isn't worth it to support shitty breeding practices and get a pup that will likely have health issues. /an/ will tell you to always adopt, but if you're getting a dog for free there's little harm. You can find puppies in shelters, you can find purebreds in shelters, and most dogs in shelters were surrendered because of shitty people (he's too energetic! I'm moving! I'm having a baby! grandpa died and no one wants the dog!) rather than aggression. aggressive dogs get put down.

Anyway, labs are a pretty good first time dog if you're actually willing to commit to having a dog and not just a decorative fixture. They are dogs that were bred for a specific, high-energy job, so make sure you're willing to commit to exercising every day.

Five minutes of exercise for how many months old a puppy is, twice a day. So 4 months = 20 minutes of exercise twice a day. Most dogs top out at an hour when they're adults, but some can go longer. A well-exercised dog is a well-behaved dog.

Exercise is also important for labs because they're really, really prone to obesity. Why? They live to eat. They will eat well past the point of fullness, and they aren't picky. Do a caloric requirement calculation and measure out their food, and buy a high-quality food. If you're willing to put more brain power into calculating macronutrient needs, do so. A really really hardworking dog needs higher fat content in his food; a lazier one, not so much. Because they eat so much, they get really fat, and they become barrel-shaped. Many people haven't ever seen a lab at a healthy weight so they think labs *should* be barrel-shaped.

>>2352306
cont.

training a lab is a little harder than a golden but not by much, because they will do *literally anything* for food. if you held a handful of dried chicken bits in your hand and said, "Buddy...destroy," New York would have fallen before you could have pointed at it to tell him which way to go. They're that obsessed with food.

You can go to any website to learn about puppy training, but I highly recommend the crate and advise highly against puppy pads--they just teach puppies to shit in the house and then they become confused when you suddenly don't like it anymore. look up crate training before anti-crate fags try to convince you it means caging your dog all day and never letting him out.

make sure someone has time to spend with the puppy for a long time. the rule for how long they can hold their bladder is 1 hour for every month old they are. 3 months = 3 hours. this means you will be getting up every three hours, every four hours, every five hours, etc. for at least 3 months.

if you've got the time to potty train him, the energy to exercise him, and the self-discipline not to overfeed him when he looks at you with the big ol' puppy eyes, a lab is a great first-time dog.

>>2352310
a note about the exercise: it's really important. I know I said most dogs top out at about an hour of exercise at a time, but that doesn't mean an hour of lazy walking, that means an hour of running, jumping, fetching, swimming, etc.

luckily most labs are pretty dumb though, so as long as you have a good strong chew for them, you don't have to worry about mental exercise in addition to physical exercise like with a husky or collie

>>2352214
five lined skink maybe

one is a fivelined skink with the yellow lines
the other one looks like a ground skink

My dad wanted to do this stuff as he is a bored rich man in his 50ties, I'd be interested to follow this thread and see your progress though.

>>2352209
I'm curious.

How do they manage to do this kind of shape?

>>2352209
Hey man, where do you live? It's cool you are starting a hive. Also what strain of bee did you get?

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Jerboa

>>2352580
>>2352235
very good

>>2352079
Muscari comosum, stay cucked libtard

>>2352316
That escalated quickly.

>>2352316
typical drumpftard.

>>2351842
Makes sense, thank you!

pleb vanilla ass cat breed #327462897
almost every fucking one outside here looks like this

a fatcat. Usually classic cats you fed too much