disgustinganimals:

kazoohira-miller:

erraticartist:

cupsnake:

You know what the Green Heron is basically the best heron because it is like 90% neck so when it is all folded down it looks like a giant head with wings and legs

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but then suddenly ZOOP

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fucking green herrons

What the fuck

In case you need proof that animals can lie.

Also, they nest in trees, except their feet aren’t made for trees. Their toes are too long and don’t really curl around thin twigs. It’s like watching someone walk around on a jungle gym in snowshoes. The babies are even more hilarious.

Have you ever heard of those mesh bags sometimes used to groom cats? I’m considering getting one because one of my cats frequently gets fleas (he’s an indoor outdoor cat because of my parents) and it’s really difficult for me to trim his nails. But I’m worried that that might make bathing more stressful. Is restraining a cat to make the process easier for me ok for him? Thanks in advance!

why-animals-do-the-thing:

They look incredibly stressful for the animal, and like they could pose a potential injury risk if the animal struggles too hard. I absolutely do not recommend their use. 

Restraining an animal for grooming stuff is fine – if you’ve trained them to engage in it voluntarily beforehand. (Or if there’s a legitimate emergency, but at that point, I’d hope you’re working with a groomer or a vet). Shoving an animal into a restrictive bag where it has no ability to defend itself or even really change position is not. You’d probably get your cat into it once, ever, and then the moment he sees the thing you’d never be able to get near him because that would be such an unpleasant experience. 

Honestly, in your situation, I’d just work on training him to allow nail trims (there should be posts on that in the blog archive, but if not, just google it – there’s lots of articles on using r+ training for nail care). I’d talk to your vet about the flea issues – I’m pretty sure you don’t need to bathe a cat to kill fleas now that we have chemical treatments and preventative care, so hopefully you can just address the issue that way and not have to put your cat through baths. 

Our cats are indoor/outdoor (same here, parents), and we use flea treatment on them. Monthly treatment, a little dab of stuff on the back of the neck, alternating brands on the advice of a vet who said it would help prevent the fleas building up an immunity. If we’re on time with the treatments, no fleas. If your cat will keep a collar on, that can also work. 

Go ask a vet about treatment. Don’t bathe your cat, it’s bad for them. Bathing strips the oils out of their fur and dries out their skin. Plus, for most cats it’s incredibly stressful, and restraint would make it worse.

You can absolutely train him to make it easier to trim his nails. Gradually train him to tolerate having his feet handled by rewarding him with treats as long as he tolerates it, then work up to trimming claws. Or give him better scratching toys indoors to let him wear the claws down himself, our cats don’t need their claws trimmed at all because they scratch on trees and the like.

exotic-venom:

(Bungarus candidus)

Malaysian

krait

Habitat:
Most common in lowland forests & moist areas, in Cambodia, Indonesia (Java, Sumatra, Bali, Salawese),
Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, & Vietnam. 

Activity and Behavior: Nocturnal & usually very timid (especially in daytime). Active at dusk & after dark. Usually inoffensive; will
not usually bite unless stepped on. Often found near inhabited places & on trails at night. Mainly prey on
other snakes, their eggs, & available other small animals. Oviparous, no clutch size reported (other
observed related spp. usually lay 3-12 eggs/ clutch). 

Venom Characteristics: Potent neurotoxin. Most victims bitten while asleep in huts at night. Local symptoms generally minimal.
Symptoms may include abdominal discomfort, headache, & giddiness. Neurotoxic symptoms include
ptosis, facial paralysis, & inability to open mouth, or extrude tongue. Human fatalities have been reported
but are rare.

“Giddiness” as a symptom amuses me because I have this mental image of some guy being like “dude!! you won’t -haha- believe this, it’s awesome, a snake BIT me, come look, it’s the BEST THING also maybe get a doctor”. 

chronolith:

thesilencedmasses:

adminover20:

radglawr:

haedia:

thewolfofnibu:

stahscre4m:

there are guys in my dorm who decided to play cards in the elevator

see what intrigues me about college isn’t the intellectual pursuit or the bonding or whatever, its the fact that people have the freedom to do random shit like this

Okay, everybody, I have a story about random shit in college. When I was in college, there was a particular class I took where, no matter what time you walked into class, if you made it into the room before the professor, you wouldn’t be counted late. I mean, that’s a pretty cool policy, given how some professors are really obnoxious about attendance. 

Well, one time, a fellow student of mine was running late to class. As she reached the edge of the building, she saw her professor making it to the front steps (super long rectangular building here). He looks up from walking and he sees her. He then points to his watch, gives her a well-meaning “Look who’s late” face, and walks on inside.

What he didn’t know, though, was that this particular student was like freakishly good at bouldering and related climbing skills, so she was just like “Fuck it” and SCALED THE BUILDING!

She tapped on the window of the 4th floor classroom (the floors had like 20ft ceilings, so, she was quite a ways up there), nearly making one student piss himself. They opened the window, she rolled through, onto the floor, and slid into her seat about five seconds before the professor opened the door to the classroom. 

He did a double take, started to say “How the hell d—” when a security guard ran in, red-faced and panting, pointed at her and bellowed “STOP DOING THAT!”

omfg the amount of fucks college kids don’t give astounds me

IVE ONLY SEEN THIS POST IN SCREENSHOTS

I LOVE THE IMPLICATION THAT THIS STUDENT HAS A REPUTATION FOR SCALING THE BUILDINGS

Okay. So. I teach Constitutional Law at a relatively well-regarded university. This is a 500 level course and you need my permission to enroll. 

My students are, by and large, good students who are used to being good students.

I present to you a list of shit my students have pulled:

  • Climbed up to the fifth floor to slip through a window as in the aforementioned example. Only: I do not take attendance. I give not a fuck if you are late as long as you are not disruptive. She did it anyway.
  • while playing Humans vs Zombies: One of my students spotted an opposing team member through the window. Looked me dead in the eye and said: “I have to do this. Don’t hate me.” Pulled their headband on, popped open the window, scaled down the side of the building and pelted pel-mel after said opposing team member. 
    • Later collected their things from my office shame-faced, but only because they had not actually captured the opposing member.
  • Sang the entirety of Cabinet Battle #1 from Hamilton to me.
    • the entire class.
  • Emailed me at 1am to settle an argument regarding the implications of the Murr v Wisconsin case on urban development projects in California
  • A trio of them–also all on the moot court team that I coach–spotted me outside the local cigar bar, pointed to me, and, while visibly inebriated, recited the entirety of Preamble of the Declaration of Independence to me.
    • When queried as to why they did this they said “It looked like a thing you needed to hear right now.”
  • Spent two months responding to any question I asked them during lecture with: “If it pleases the Court ….”
  • All showed up with barrister’s wigs and spent the entire class acting like they were not, in fact, wearing ridiculous white wigs on their heads
  • Emailed me at 3am to ask which case was controlling regarding search and seizure cases: US v. Padilla or Warden v. Hayden
    • answer: both are still technically good law, please provide context?
      • context never given.
  • flooded my mail box with little origami cranes made from different pages of the US Constitution
    • I keep all of them in a little glass jar
  • Sang the entirety of “I’m Just A Bill On Capitol Hill”
  • changed all of their ring tones to “Lawyers, Guns and Money,” sent off a mass text triggering everyone’s phones so it was just 146 phones all playing that song for 30 seconds.

College is a weird time for everyone involved.

Super Duper 100% Serious Steven Universe “Who Shattered Pink Diamond” Theory

azuresquirrel:

azuresquirrel:

azuresquirrel:

-No one. The whole thing was faked (JUST LIKE THE MOON LANDING) by Pink Diamond herself who was just goddamn sick and tired of dealing with Yellow and Blue’s shit for all of eternity because c’mon, look at them, you’d rather pretend to be dead too.

1/8/18 – HONESTLY THIS JOKE POST IS BECOMING A STRONG CONTENDER RIGHT NOW

5/7/18 – FUCK!!! FUCK!!!! FUCK????? FUCK!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!