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>>2407581
Tyrannosaurus Rex.

>>2407607
Tyrannosaurus was not part of the surviving branch of Archosaurs. Relative, not ancestor.

>>2407581
>evolve to breathe air
>evolve to only survive in water
cetacean logic

Darwin and God both BTFO because that doesn't make sense either way

>>2406746
Giant Hogweed

Just google it. If you ever come into contact with it. Immediately cover your skin from all forms of light for 2 fucking weeks. Like ZERO light. Not even to look at it. Otherwise, you'll end up like all those people in all those google images who have touched it and that shit will last for YEARS!!!!

>>2406746
Just scoop it out with a net or rake

>>2406795

Never heard of this shit until recently. Luckily it doesn't seem to be around here in SW Pennsylvania.

Probably a spiders egg sac

mushroom recluse spores

>>2406352

Thats not good, the powder is spores. Hopefully you didn't breath any of it in. If you did go to the hospital immediately. You don't want mushrooms growing in your lungs

>>2406276
I don't know what it is and I don't think keeping a wild lizard is a good idea, but still feed it live bugs, they need to be moving to appeal to it. Any pet store should sell crickets or other insects. You'll want tiny ones or even fruit flies since it's so small, ideally the size of the space between his eyes.

Looks to be some species of gecko. It would help identification if you would post your location

I live in France it's obviously not a wild lizard. What can I feed it while I go buy insects? There are only flies around and I doubt I can catch those fuckers alive.

Kek. It can try

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I counter with chemical warfare.

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Go pocket salamander

>>2403296
are you a nervous little male?

>>2403297
No I'm 6'2 but my posture is shit desu

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>>2403299
>fuckin slender man over here doesn't know why dogs are afraid of him

>>2399967
More links for the next OP

>Phasmids
http://www.phasmatodea.com/web/guest/home
(caresheets are in Miscellaneous > Phasmid breeding > Care Sheets)
(general info is in Miscellaneous)

>Tarantula care sheets
http://www.theraphosidae.be/en

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>>2399967
I made a thread >>2400007

I was instructed to come here, does anybody know what type of spider this is?

>>2400029
check your thread.
Kukulcania hibernalis
southern house spoder

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First for cute droseras.

I just ordered me a Drosera Auriculata tuber because I just learned about these and they look fucking amazing. Any and all info about caring for these is welcome.
Also bought a Nepenthes veitchii x N. platychila from the same site (http://carnivoria.eu/, they have a lot of super cool species). I understand this is a low/highland hybrid, what can I expect from such a combination? I've only had an N. Alata many years ago, which required very little care.

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Newbie question here

I have this thingy and I'd like to grow something in it. My whole hobbyist portfolio is an avocado and two droseras grown off of seeds. My current room doesn't have windows that would let direct sunlight in.

Any suggestions?

>>2399336
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Re6A02XtdvM
http://inhabitat.com/diy-how-to-make-your-own-green-terrarium-to-keep-or-give-away-for-the-holidays/
http://www.instructables.com/id/The-Basics-of-Closed-Jar-Terrariums/
And so on and so forth.

Would you operate on your own pet?

>>2392867
I haven't needed to before but I would rather a colleague perform the surgery with myself assisting.

How far in debt are you?

>>2407293
The vet will let you take the body but don't mention your plans, just say you'd like to give your rabbit peace at home. We always keep some fur but that's just shaven - I know people who taxiderm their small pets (not cats or dogs) and don't think they're weird but it's deviation from the norm is probably area specific.

If you're keeping fur, shave a patch off and keep that. Keeping the bones will require more work, and you should probably skin the rabbit then put it in some sort of container of water that you can keep warm for a long time (weeks, a month) and at the end drain off the decaying fat and tissue to retrieve the bones. You could do the thing with the beetles, but I don't know how easy they are to source. If you're keeping the pelt, get prepared for things to get hella messy and sorta gross, but no more gross than retrieving the bones. The entire curing process should take about 6 to 9 days.

If you haven't done taxidermy before, you will need:

For skinning:
- a sharp blade (scalpel)
- small sharp scissors
- blunt butter knife
- something to dispose the rest of the body into
- somewhere well ventilated
- something to puke in if you're squeamish

For the curing:
- 1 8oz. bottle of Deer Hunter's & Trapper's Hide Tanning Formula
- 3 or 4 pounds of non-iodized salt
- Clorox
- 1 large bucket (10L+)
- A dry place to store the hide while you salt it
- Somewhere to hang the hide up to dry after you wash and degrease it, and then again after you apply the tanning liquid to soften the hide

Once skinned, you can roll the hide up and put it in the freezer in a plastic bag until you're ready to proceed with the curing.

Read the instructions on the back of the bottle of the Deer Hunter's & Trapper's Hide and Tanning Formula. It has step-by-step instructions on exactly how to cure your hide.

>>2407386
i was planning on using a more traditional method involving the sun and the rabbit's brain, but thank you

>>2407060
>i can only find heaters and not coolers
just search "aquarium chiller" online.

they're expensive. Plan on spending $300-$400. And they cost about as much to run as AC does.

>>2407068

we dont pay electric so thats fine, asl ong as they dont see our a/c is on were fine. not happy about opening the aquarium back up we just barely get by as is.

>>2407060
Would he be happy with just a school of green chromis? Maybe some sheepshead minnows too? Both are hardy af, cheap, look pretty, school nice, and aren't particularly aggressive.
Your temps would be fine and those fish aren't too demanding filtration-wise. Could throw in a bunch of grass shrimp too.

>>2406823
Being aggressive towards cats isn't a bad habit.
With the begging I trained my dog by offering him a plate of food and then smacking him on the head with an empty plate when he went for the food. He doesn't beg at all. You can offer him a steak on a plate and he'll turn his head and walk away.

>>2406835
Problem is that the house where he is right now has a cat. It would be great if they both could walk around freely without me constantly having to separate him.

>>2406823
No. Absolutely not.

Ignore the dog and leave, they bring cops every week because of noise violations.

>>2406808
Don't need to know the species to figure out what danger it presents, venemous spiders have narrow shapes.

I really hope you got rid of it. I'm usually good at iding shit but I'm not wasting time on google telling you that this spider needs dead or removed.

>>2406813
How do I kill it? It's just sitting on top of this couch I need moved.

>>2406814
Dude don't fucking touch it, the most accurate ID I have so far is Brazilian wandering spider. I'm not 100% but the variations in color, leg striations, butt size etc can be huge.

Get Tupperware and remove it. Check for more spiders. Slap it with something, HARD. Get it out, it's dangerous by any normal assumptions of what venemous spiders look like.

No idea what the snake is but where do you live lad?

>>2406727
looks like a keelback to me

>>2406769
How can you type if you can't read?

>>2406440
just change it.

>>2406441
Well,how the fuck do I do that?

>>2406443
>Remove fish
>put in someplace safe(in a baggy full of the old water
>dump old water
>replace with new water
>reacclimate fish to new water temp by putting the bag in the new water til they are the same temp
>add fish to water
>gg, I've never even had a fish