Month: June 2018

snowflakeeel:

benevolentwanderer:

all-that-slithers:

when people ask what kind of fish they can keep in an unheated, unfiltered 1 gallon tank

Alternately:

…but you have to be willing to do 100% water changes every other day (after you feed), and have a basically undecorated tank except for large rocks and smooth plastic hides. And also technically not be keeping a FISH.

Obviously axos do appreciate having more space, but from what I’ve seen even experienced fishkeepers seem to have a lot of trouble keeping axo tanks cycled properly, so that isn’t always the best option. They’re extremely hardy to pretty much everything, which makes them great for beginners.

Axolotls can get about 8-9 inches long. 

That’s longer than a 1 gallon aquarium.

This person has basically just suggested keeping a Great Dane in a dog crate it can’t even stand up in.

six-legs-and-more:

I saw this from a distance and wasn’t sure what I was looking at until I got close

That is waaaaay too many winged ants.

I know a spot near the river where, as soon as an ant nest swarms and sends up the winged ants, a tornado of dragonflies converges on them and eats them all. You can grab twigs and stuff covered in ants and make a flicking motion to throw the ants and the dragonflies eat them before they touch the ground. Fun way to help keep invasive ants from spreading any further. 

erydumaenhir:

wireslide:

badgerbits:

unfitting things ive heard used as jungle ambiance;

  • bleating sheep
  • guinea pig wheeks
  • squirrel chattering

animal sounds I’ve heard attributed to the wrong animal;

  • Giraffes making that Gobi the Camel groan
  • Ostriches making peacock noises
  • you know that tiny screaming/squeaking rain frog? Cartoon Network loves that one recently as a noise for any small animal. Ranging from a cave salamander to a young badger.
  • coots making quacking noises
  • so many. so many i cant even name

animal sounds that will always make me laugh and are underrated;

  • animals being voiced by a purposedly unconvincing actor going “meow.” or “bark.” or just making noise

There’s always the ‘red-tailed hawk scream representing literally any kind of large bird’ one. Or the rattlesnake rattle for any type of snake (frequently pythons).

those last two tho yes the struggle is real.

Or kookaburras being used for every monkey sound ever. 

wait when you say its safer to dive w sharks than to dive w cetaceans are you talking abt orcas as well? could you go further into that? sorry if this is a dumb question !!

why-animals-do-the-thing:

I want to clarify that the statement was about wild cetaceans and wild sharks. I was mostly thinking about wild bottlenose dolphins when I stated that, because they’re what everyone wants to swim with, but it can also apply to pretty much any marine mammal. (And yes, I know killer whales are dolphins). 

I’m hesitant to say anything about if swimming with wild orcas is “safe” of “unsafe” because there’s actually a ton of weird history behind how western culture viewed / views them as a species. In the 1950′s we literally thought of them as monsters that would eat people alive and supported killing them en mass – it wasn’t until the first one was accidentally captured (instead of killed) and brought into an aquarium setting that the public mentality shifted to wild orcas being “sweet puppies that would never ever hurt a human being ~uwu~”. Reality is likely somewhere in between.

But, think about it this way: all cetaceans, including orcas, are large, powerful, highly intelligent mammals. Sharks are fairly prehistoric fish that – while they can be smart – exhibit less behaviors indicative of complex cognition. Sharks get a bad rap because they investigate everything with their unfortunately toothy mouth, but cetaceans are also really well known for fucking with people and things. Bottlenose dolphins get the worst reputation for like, having sex with literally everything, but some killer whale populations also tear apart baby whales and then play with their eyeballs. 

If I had to pick one wild animal to be more comfortable sharing water with, it would be a shark over any cetacean, no matter the species.  

Same. I don’t trust marine mammals at all. Sea lions are way bigger and faster than me, so even they make me a bit uneasy. Even male sea otters are nasty, nasty little creatures, worse than dolphins in the “having sex with everything” department. You don’t want to know. 

Marine mammals make me nervous because they’re unpredictable and have no reason not to mess with me. Sharks, as potentially deadly as some are, are largely predictable and also largely uninterested in humans. 

I’ve been snorkeling near wild sea lions, and I’ve encountered a leopard shark of roughly the same length, and I can tell you right now I would much rather meet the leopard shark again. It was fast, sure, but had absolutely no interest in me or anyone else. It just wanted to eat fish. The sea lions were checking out every single diver, and, though they were mostly focused on eating the squid (night dive, lights, lots of small squid), they were definitely interested.

That’s not all marine mammals, though. Baleen whales are chill and might not even notice you if you don’t get close. I’ve seen monk seals, and they also seem pretty calm. I wouldn’t try to get close to them, but I wouldn’t actively avoid any water containing them. 

I’m not actively afraid of sharks. If I saw a large one while diving, I’d keep my eyes on it, but I wouldn’t try to leave unless it was getting way too close. Dolphins, on the other hand, I’d start trying to avoid as soon as they were within my vision. They make me uneasy. 

I’m not saying you should be afraid of marine mammals like people are afraid of sharks. I’m saying they’re wild, unpredictable animals, stronger and faster than you, that like to mess with things. I’m also saying you should not go and pet them. 

stokerbramwell:

squishysoul:

gif87a-com:

The Book of Names lists each person murdered at Auschwitz

#and you have to remember how many names are most likely missing#from rushed trains and burned lists#from rushed transports and people who died on the death marchs#what about the names from people who died after their liberation#and then…#this is only Auschwitz#this was the biggest camp yes#but just one of many#and then remember sobibor and belsec#and try not to feel sick

This is why we punch Nazis. This is why this vile ideology must be stamped out viciously every time it tries to come out of its hole.

Never. Again.