What is your favorite animal, /R9k/, and why? Mine is pic related,

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hard to pick a favorite, I really like toads and cats but I think I'll go for pig
ever since I was a kid I've always wanted a pig, a big fat pig that I can pet and hug, they seem so comfy

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these long necked honking birds

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>>37168587
owls are fucking cool too desu

Bullfrogs are pretty cool

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3uO2lO9JDk

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I love possums best of all the animals.
I love possums they're my friend.

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I like foxes. I don't know why, I just think they're pretty and cute and get a bad rap in fairy tales.

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>>37168731
JEREMIAH WAS A BULLFROG! HE WAS A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE!

That being said.

Owls

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ribbit
rrrribbit

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Capybara

Theyre so comfy

Also inb4 raven or crowfags

>>37168669
Pigs make me sad

Theyre destined to be slaughtered

motherfucking cuttlefish

motherfuckers can turn their skin different colors and patterns instantly and at will, as well as the texture of the skin. they could literally grow spikes if they wanted to. they can make their skin grainy like sand or smooth at a moment's notice.

they only have one ovular disk-shaped bone and they travel via a propulsion tube + a flesh skirt.

cuttlefish are the best animals on the planet hands down.

worst is the guinea pig. fuck guinea pigs.

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>>37168796
>Capybara
>Theyre so comfy
this, and wombats

also, nice reddit spacing

>>37168908
>Theyre destined to be slaughtered
this is good because when they start to get old you can eat them just to squeeze out the last bit of love from it

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>>37168587
A rock. They fear nothing.

>>37168587
where in nz? tauranga here

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A fennec.

Literally a cute little fox

>>37168669
...and tasty as well!

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White wagtails, they're cute and all over the place where I live. Love them.
I like all birds though.

>>37168587
tui, such a pretty bird

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So many plebs and kiwis. Nd is fulla robuts.

Binturongs are cool.

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Dogs are unironically my favorite animal. I know it's a pretty normalfagish answer, but I can't help myself. Everything about dogs is fucking great. They literally evolved alongside us, destined to become our best friends.

If it has to be a non-domesticated animal we didn't purposefully evolve into our companions, I'd go with elephants. They're pretty damn great animals and it's a shame niggers and chinks are hunting them to extinction just because their teeth are pretty. Maybe the chinks and niggers hunt them because they're jealous of how much smarter and stronger the elephants are than them?

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I fucking love pigeons.
People call them flying rats and have so much hate for them and I can't understand why. They're extremely gentle, trusting, inquisitive little birds and they have so much character. They're not aggressive like the robin or territorial like the seagull, they're just cute little puff balls. I keep going into my city centre, sitting on a bench with a coffee and feeding an entire loaf of seeded bread to the resident pigeons there.

Picture related, they know me so well now they've began flying up and sitting on my arms/shoulders.

>>37168669
They're also incredibly intelligent. Pig's intelligence is greater than dog's and equal to that of a three year old human.

>>37168908
One of the reasons I'm vegan.
If we did this to dogs there'd be a global outrage the same way there is with China's yearly Yulin festival, but for a creature that possesses even greater intelligence apparently it's good to gas them, slit their throats or boil them to death, sometimes even worse.

>>37170231
Why don't you just fuck a dog in the ass then? Hmm?

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Cows. After I moved and ended up living next to a farm I couldn't continue eating them.

>>37170264
Fuck off, pigeon-Chad. We know you're just trying to show off.

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red pandas are pretty neat

>>37170304
Anal sex is gross.

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>>37170313
You're just jealous I get all that pigeon-pussy.

>>37169640
I live in Bethells Beach

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>>37170264
>People call them flying rats and have so much hate for them and I can't understand why
because they are flying rats. just like rats they destroy property, shit everywhere and carry diseases like salmonella and E.coli
They also carry fleas and ticks which carry even more diseases and transfers to human

Pigeons are disgusting and dangerous, enjoy your aids

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>>37170290
>If we did this to dogs there'd be a global outrage
people already do that to dogs though. it's not even a secret

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Is this the ultimate robot animal?

>>37170333
>people already do that to dogs though. it's not even a secret
Yeah, that's why I said "If we did this to dogs there'd be a global outrage the same way there is with China's yearly Yulin festival".

Did you seriously stop reading my post mid-sentence just to make a reply.

>>37170346
>Did you seriously stop reading my post mid-sentence just to make a reply.
yes i did because there is no global outrage. people dont care that much about animals

>>37170330
Humans don't get to destroy the natural habitats of virtually every species on this planet and then bitch when they move into our cities.

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Raccoons. They're so cool <3

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>>37168587
nice kiwi bird.
i like kiwibirds to.
have another kiwibird.

>>37170355
Apparently you haven't been keeping up then because it was the recent global outrage that finally caused China to step up and officially bad dog-meat at the Yulin festival this year.

>>37170357
>then bitch when they move into our cities
if it has the potential to hurt or kill you then you should bitch about it

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>>37170264
that's pretty cute desu

i like the sloth, cute and lazy

>>37170264
This one right here. Pigeons are great animals despite how hated they are by most people.

There's some in the car park I use everyday and they're pretty chill. They do their own thing, they don't bother you and they don't freak out when you get near them.

Most people in the car park try to hit them, but I always slow down and wait.

I'll never understand all the hate for them.

>>37168748
Scream
At
Own
Ass

cows n cats

>>37170363
china's word isn't worth shit. i highly doubt they're going to drop an old tradition just because the western world is mildly upset.
i'll believe it when i see it

>>37170370
Humans have greater potential to hurt or kill me though. So do dogs, even cats to an extent.

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>>37168669
>>37170309
I'm so ashamed I'm not vegetarian. I tried once when I was a kid, but I ended up basically forced to eat meat. I still rely on other people for meals, so it's still continuing in a way. No one in my family knows or taught me how to cook much, all the simple recipes are meat based, and all cheap/convenient restaurants have menus completely revolved around meat. It makes me dumbstruck to think that these days it's actually easier to slaughter/prepare an animal for a meal than to just have a plant-based diet. I don't crave meat, I'd give it up in a day if I had the money and skills to make decent food without it. Fucking meat-eating normalfags imposing this shit on me.

Also, while I certainly would like to become a vegetarian, I really don't see the point of being vegan. As long as the animals are well taken care of, I don't see anything wrong with using their milk/eggs/etc. I know most animals are treated like shit in these situations, but there definitely are cruelty free farms that can provide such luxury items.

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>>37168796
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>>37170376
>all this reddit spacing

GET THE FUCK OFF OUR BOARDS YOU FUCKING NORMALS!!!!!!!
REEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>37170330
You do realize pet pidgeons exist? Pigeons can be raced too. They're the perfect animal.

>>37170408
if you say so
enjoy dying from lyme disease when you hit 40

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Can't choose between panda and tiger

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>>37168587
original whale sharks

>>37170414
>what are paragraphs

That's a pretty neat animal choice, OP. Do you see kiwis in real life often?

>>37170449
>paragraphs
>on fucking 4chan
>also, those arent even paragraphs

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>>37170411

>I don't see anything wrong with using their milk/eggs/etc
Oh you sweet Summer child. I didn't either, and then one day I came home and decided to research dairy properly and I spend the rest of the afternoon sobbing after having discovered the reality behind the industry. Milk is probably the worst of all because it directly feeds into the leather and beef industries.

The basic process is, all dairy cows are restrained on a metal frame referred to within the industry as a 'rape rack', where they're then artificially inseminated, a painful process which involves the cow having its ass fisted by the person doing the insemination. When they become pregnant it's obviously then that they begin harvesting their milk, but it's common for farmers to abuse this to the extent that most cows develop infections in their udders or mastitis (fun fact, all dairy contains a degree of pus because of this). When the calf is inevitably born, if it's a boy, because it can't produce milk it's immediately removed from it's mother and then killed, or sent away to be restrained in a tiny crate barely able to move so that its muscle wastes away and then it can be slaughtered for veal. If it's a girl, they're fitted with a spiked nose ring to prevent them from drinking up all the milk that the farmers want to sell to you (picture related), and as soon as she's old enough to breed she gets to take a trip to the rape rack, just like her mother. The mother cow is then taken away to be raped and impregnated once more, and this is repeated on average for approx. 3 years.
They stop then because after 3 years of repeated pregnancies without rest, the cow stops producing as much milk, and becomes useless to the industry. She's then sent off to slaughter. Average life expectancy of a cow is 22 years.

I used to live on a farm and I'll never forget the screams and the wails these poor creatures made when their babies were taken from them. They do it for weeks.

>>37170526
ah fuck i was drinking milk man

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>>37170526
That's pretty hot.
Someone should make a TGTF comic centered around a farmer being turned into a cow girl and taken to the 'rape rack'.

>>37170526
not only this, but milk can contain some nasty shit in it (quite literally) and isn't all that good for you
there's a reason why a large percentage of the world is lactose-intolerant

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>>37170526
Also not trying to guilt trip you or anything but if you ever seriously consider going vegetarian, the best advice I've ever received is before you even consider taking anything out of your diet, you must first add to it. Not many people are capable of going cold turkey completely, most fuck up a lot at first or make a lot of excuses in the beginning, and it's normal, and it's fine because it's not the journey that matters, it's the destination.

Seriously though once you go vegetarian or vegan you come to learn that it's actually easier to eat this way than it is on an omnivore diet, you just have to learn to cook is all. Once you start learning recipes it all becomes so simple and so cheap. I never realised just how expensive cheese and meat was until I stopped eating it. Now I make all my own cashew, almond, hazelnut butters, hummus, soups etc. and it's great.

>>37170526
>american farms

>>37170526
Like I said, I know the big business side of the industry is shit, but there are certainly cruelty free farms out there that obviously charge more so they don't have to resort to such tactics.
>>37170602
I don't know much food costs in general. I'm a broke ass NEET moving mooching what I can. There's no way I'd be able to do this any time soon. I certainly can't keep fresh produce in this horse because of how disgusting my living situation is which also means none of the cookware is ever clean. The animals can suffer for a little longer while I get myself out of this hellhole, it's not like the industry is going away any time soon whether in vegetarian or not.

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cats
or civets, they're nice to work with

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>>37170618
These aren't American standards senpai, this is the global standard. Pretty much every big dairy farm is like this. Farmers like to pretend that they love and care about their animals, I always immediately ask them "so what do you do with the male calves then?". Ofc they don't answer that one. They never do.

>>37170618
>but there are certainly cruelty free farms out there that obviously charge more so they don't have to resort to such tactics
Oh I'm sure their are, but there in a pitiful minority, and you've probably never purchased a 'product' from them before.

One of the principles that I'm big on endorsing is that it doesn't matter how kind or how caring a farm is. There is no such thing as humane slaughter, as much as there is no such thing as a humane rape. Slaughter is just another word for murder, and you cannot humanely take away the life of a being that does not wish to die.

>>37170737
I'm not trying to guilt trip you or anything so I'm sorry if that gave you the impression. I guess I just get enthusiastic when I see other people talking about animal rights and caring about animals as much as I do. Good luck with your living situation Anon, I hope it improves for you soon.

>>37170361
raccoons are one of the primary carries of rabiesm spooky stuff

>>37170737
Cruelty-free farms still practice this, why would they keep an expensive and profitless male calf alive just for the sake of it? Every dairy farm kills male calves
And it's not going away sure but the rise of vegetarianism and veganism is having a huge effect on the industry.

>>37170898
Oh for sure. The dairy industry is currently shitting its pants in the wake of the surge of alternative milks right now, and the better news is that it's only growing. There really has never been a better time to go vegetarian/vegan, and I'm glad I did it sooner rather than later. Hazelnut milk is fucking delicious and I'm addicted to Vego bars.

>>37170936
coconut milk is DA BOMB, YO

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>>37170907
fuck off ya sick edgy fuck

>>37170995
Oh god yes, hmmuhmmm.
Do you have a favourite brand? Like Koko or Coconut Dream?

>>37170907
wow you're so cool you sure spooked us

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>>37168587
i like turtles
i call mine mister turtle

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>>37169042
>this, and wombats

Ah, I recognize that wombat picture, it's Patrick. He passed away in April of this year, at the age of 31 -- as a virgin, never having had any mates or offspring his entire life.

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>>37170264
>Picture related, they know me so well now they've began flying up and sitting on my arms/shoulders.

Dude, you're like a /r9k/ version of Snow White.

>>37170602
I know there are plenty of tasty vegan snacks, but what kind of vegan meals are there? Nothing vegan seems like it'd be filling enough to be considered a meal. I could make do without meat, but meals without meat usually end up having eggs or cheese to make up for it in a way.

>>37171213
>but what kind of vegan meals are there?
>nothing vegan seems like it'd be filling enough to be considered a meal

Well I mean unless you're talking about packaged meals/ready meals, it just sounds like you don't know how to cook. There are literally hundreds of thousands of vegan recipes, you just don't know about them is all.

I like to bookmark a lot of recipes so here are a few:

facebook dot com slash veganhuggs/videos/1891933071083897/
facebook dot com slash bosh.tv/videos/1315849898493507/
facebook dot com slash momo.eats/videos/412288882461007/
facebook dot com slash Tastyfoodrecip/videos/759087424260455

>>37171357
>normiebook
C'mon man, just list some of your favorite vegan meals. If it sounds good, I can look up the recipes myself.

>>37171391
Yeah but these actually show you how to make the dishes.
They're convenient o-okay.

>>37170526
>>37170796
It's weird how "into" this you are. Are you a woman or homosexual? If not, you're surely some kind of vegan Chad or at least a normie, right? While many robots care about animals, I just can't see anyone who regularly browses this board to be this into veganism. Mostly based on the fact that everyone here has a super shitty diet and chicken tendies aren't just a meme here.

>>37171446
I can figure out how to make food. My problem is whether or not I'd be interested in eating this stuff in the first place.

>>37171467
idk. Before I became vegan I was pretty much like everybody else here. I was apathetic, listless, without a goal in life, didn't give a shit. Veganism changed more than just my diet, and although I didn't plan for any of it I'm glad it did. If I seem enthusiastic it's just because I really care.

>>37170192
Love for animals can't be pleb, anon. All animals are cool

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island foxxos
they're smol, and i like their fur pattern

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Dogs, they are loyal, they'd follow you into space if they could. There is nothing better than taking your dog for a walk in the fresh smelling pine woods.

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>>37168587

Owls and chameleons are rad for obvious reasons

I like animals that observe and hide in plane sight, they watch carefully while those dumb mammals get killed

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Puppers and doggos. I'm a traditionalist.
>All of this Reddit spacing itt

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Kangaroos are really cool for me. Its kind of biased because I'm Australian and grew up seeing them everywhere. Kangaroos just always seem so relaxed and comfy.

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>>37168587
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>>37173223
>vertebrates
Get that normalfaggot shit out of here.
This is a velvet worm. I'd give them a Google. They can do some pretty cool stuff.

>>37173356
Waterbears are better desu

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>>37173356
Steven is that you?
bls resbond

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>>37168587
Penguins <3

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>>37168587
Kiwi's secret

I like a lot of animals. Penguins, any type of cat, reindeer, racoons. I could expand on the list some more, but I can't choose my number one spot

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these guys, weasels, ferrets, cats, gibbons, pigeons, chickens, crocodiles, tigers

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cats!! especially the flofeh

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I don't really have a favorite animal. I'll go with cats.

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>>37174905
On the other hand, I also really like penguins.

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>>37172840
This is what I was gonna say

Pic related, my doggo who is my favorite animal atm.

>>37168669
My neighbor has a pig. Even has a little kiddie pool for it to cool off in.

>>37170231
I have two dogs and both individually are nicer than all the people I've ever met combined even if one of then has trouble minding his manners.

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The gentlemen among birds.

>>37170526
>artificially inseminated, a painful process
Wrong.
>most cows develop infections in their udders
Wrong.
>all dairy contains a degree of pus
Wrong.
>sent away to be restrained in a tiny crate barely able to move
Wrong.
>they're fitted with a spiked nose ring
Wrong.

>>37168587

I thought these birds were extinct. Did they recover the species or something?

>>37170796
>this is the global standard
Wrong.

>>37177206

You can't just say wrong to everything, without giving any argumentation whatsoever

>Inb4 wrong

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I've always had a thing for badgers like pic related.