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>>2084266
Stinker bugsy wugsy

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OP, contact the local fire department now and get out of the house.

>>2084272
Are you serious?

>>2084208
never keep bunnies alone and don't feed pellets

Watch out for brown recluses.

>>2084208
just get a cat you hipsters

>>2084202

Any changes in your life that could stress him?

>>2084238
No, things have been pretty easy as far as I can tell.

>>2084250

Okay.

Well, sometimes cats just want to be left alone.

Do you "force" yourself and your petting upon him?
If yes, then stop doing that, and let him come to you. Call on him and make cute noices and all that.

Maybe you haven't given him enough treats lately.
My two cats become savage annoyances if they don't get treats once in a while.

>>2084116
These videos of slow lorises aren't funny or cute. The slow lorises are terrified and ,most likely malnourished due to the way they're handled in the pet trade. They raise their arms in an attempt to gather enough hormones to get their attacker away.

http://archive.onearth.org/articles/2013/09/hey-youtube-rihanna-stop-promoting-the-illegal-pet-trade-loris

>>2084197
>replying to bait
OP literally found the slow lori gif and its responses in the funny gif thread, and decided to to use it as shitposting material.

>>2084199
thats not even a gif

Brown recluse.

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I'll try and get a better quality picture. My camera is pretty fucky.

UPDATE: He's gone into hiding underneath the label, because he probably hates the light. There seems to be tiny specs sprinkled throughout the packet, like tiny ant eggs or something. I'll try and get him out of the packet safely to see better.

WOW
the dog does not appreciate the help

Damn, I was happy when the dog was finally out of it, mostly unscathed too. The guy helping seemed to lose patience a bit at the end. I guess it's because of how futile a stray dog's life is anyway.

if it goes very wrong ...
Iraqi good soldier :)

>>2084026
Thats a dog

Pigdog

>>2084026
Cowe

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Fuck, I'm sorry about the angle. I'm on mobile.

>>2083957
stop posting. why do you feel the need to post this now? grossly huge, 3400x2400 2mb images rotated 90 degrees.

have some fucking respect for this place, is that too much to ask

>>2083888

Boy. See that row of dark little spots between his rear legs? Those are preanal pores used for scent marking. Only males have those. Also at the base of the tail you can see a slight bulge on both sides, those are his hemipenes.

>>2083888
Pronounced preanal pores and hemipenal bulge at the base of tale. Male.

meme

brown recluse

>>2083858
>>2083853

I don't get it.

>>2083838
You just need to look around and check reviews and do leg work. Not all vets are money obsessed bullshit artists. Most are though hence why you need to put in the effort of finding one that isn't. I learned the hard way and now I know exactly when a Vet is being honest or not. It is fairly obvious.

It's 2016. There has literally never been an easier time in existence to find good services and professionals.

Very true. The vet I used to take my dog to was highly recommended by cat owner friends but I decided to go since it was nearby. The doctor was condescending but seemed knowledgable so we continued going for like a year. Then, just last October, my dog developed some kind of swelling on his chest. We took him in, they took a sample from the bump. A few days later she called me to tell me the results. It was "maybe" a spindle cell tumor and it would cost ~4500 to remove "most" of it. The uncertainty was obviously a red flag plus the fact that my dog was 13 months old at the time and was displaying no other signs of sickness. Not to mention, in the time between the sample taking and the result call, the bump had decreased in size. Anyway, we took him to another doctor for a second opinion and he wouldn't even do a test because he was certain the swelling was just some kind of bruise from roughousing.

I've spoken with other local dog owners about that first vet and nobody has anything good to say.

>>2083739
We've had this discussion already. Bees win by a country mile. Literally nothing is busier than a bee.

They don't have time to do shit with you

>>2083742
Agreed

brown recluse

if you want to get all nihilistic nothing matters.

>>2083716
I mean if we can prevent a species dying out as a result from out activity, we should. We could probably stop worrying about pandas if china would devote their efforts to preserving their environments more than captive breeding.
but with their low birth rate and overly specific and inefficient diet, pandas weren't a very 'stable' species to begin with.

>>2083716
It's really difficult to tell all the cascading effects on the ecosystem.

So it's better safe than sorry.

Maybe we already fucked up, and the effects will be seen hundred or thousand years down the line.

Far fetched scenario is ground erosion because there is no longer free-roaming grazers.

But no, not everything needs to be saved. We just barely have an idea what we are doing.

>>2083637
I have a degree in zoology and I own an environmental company.

those are two very fucking different things. Almost entirely unrelated.

anyways, I've never worked in zoology, I'd guess school first on that one though. Not that it'll do you much good getting a job from what I've seen.

environmental science you absolutely want school first. Get the degree, it's about the only way you're getting in the door unless you just want to drive heavy equipment or fix pipes or some such.

>>2083637

It really depends on your life. If you have the ability to go to school without working full time, that is what I would recommend.

Go to school and volunteer/intern in your spare time. If you can find a related job that will be flexible with your school schedule that would be great on your resume in the future, but definitely go to school first.

Volunteering and getting out there is really important. For one, it will help you focus your interests. I started with animals thinking I wanted to work with domestics, but quickly found out through volunteering that I hate working with domestics and I like being involved with wildlife and marine biology a lot more. Additionally, networking is important. You'll have a lot better opportunities if you can say "Oh hey, I remember seeing you at ____" or "I heard you give a talk at ____ about ____" etc.

>>2083637
Check out USAJOBS.gov

It's where the federal government posts official job offerings (EPA, Beareau of Land Management, etc)

I'm a Bio major and I got an internship through that

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do they make good pets?

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>>2083506
Just got myself a cat snake the other day. Sable mask female. Ordered her a little hoodie like so.

>>2083543
What is wrong with it :(