It’s not humane, no. Probably legal, but not humane, freezing causes ice crystals to form in the veins. It’s not a humane way to kill anything, except, possibly, insects, and that only because they may or may not have pain receptors.
If you must kill a reptile, destroy the brain as quickly as possible. A hammer does the trick. It looks nasty, but it’s the most humane method- an animal can’t feel pain if it doesn’t have a brain to feel things with.
The red-fan parrot (Deroptyus accipitrinus), also known as the hawk-headed parrot, is an unusual New World parrot hailing from the Amazon Rainforest. (xxx)
The Star Wars Wiki says, “While C-3PO underwent a memory wipe, R2-D2 was allowed to preserve his memories.” And I am delighted, because 1) I was pretty sure this was the case, but couldn’t remember exactly (R2 is a conniving sneak and I was pretty sure it wouldn’t have worked even if anyone had been foolish enough to try), and 2) this means one of my favorite Star Wars headcanons is actually canon.
It means that during that one scene in Empire Strikes Back, these two assholes know EXACTLY who the other one is.
You are decorated war veterans, you absolute trolls.
Yoda had 20 plus years to prep for this moment and this is probably what he picked on like the second day
Yoda had 20 plus years to prep for this moment and this is probably what he picked on like the second day <- Holy shit, this is the truest thing I’ve ever read. That is absolutely what he did.
Also, I have a couple of things I want to clarify on this post.
Because of the Luke and R2 exchange right before they land on Dagobah, when Luke is explaining that they’re going to find Yoda, an old Jedi Master, and R2 appears to be like, “whomst??” I now hold the headcanon that while R2 knew who Yoda was, he didn’t actually know Yoda’s name. So when they got down to Dagobah, R2 was absolutely like, “OH SHIT, IT’S YOU. HOW THE FUCK ARE YOU STILL ALIVE, GIVE ME BACK THE FLASHLIGHT, WHY DOES NO LISTEN TO ME, BACK OFF YOU GREEN SOCK, I’LL FINISH THE JOB MYSELF, I HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING AROUND HERE.”
And since droid rights are absolute shit, for R2, when I say “decorated war veteran”, I’m not referring to medals. (Although Anakin absolutely made medals for his droid too, because R2 was there and did, like, ALL the work.) I’m referring to arrest warrants.
Most of R2’s memory is called The Shit List (With Receipts), with file folders on some of the galaxy’s most notorious and significant figures. Yoda has three folders. Anakin/Vader has five. So does Obi-Wan. The person with the most folders is Threepio (Designation: Useless Husband), bc R2 has never really let an argument go in his life.
The only person who doesn’t have a shit list is BB-8, who has Never Done A Blessed Thing Wrong In Her Life. (R2 can and will fight you.)
In honor of orphan season (as we anxiously await the first arrival, any day/hour/second), I’ve decided to re-post an entry from a few years ago:
Below I have listed some of the common species in our area, as well as identifying characteristics.
Great horned owls (February-March)
Yellow eyes, dark beak, tan feathers
Barred owls (March-April)
Dark eyes, yellow beak, gray fuzz
Barn owls (any time of year)
Dark eyes, white beak, heart-shaped facial disk, very aggressive
Eastern screech owls (April-May)
Yellow eyes, greenish-grey beak, very small, “banding” pattern on feathers may be noticeable
Cooper’s hawks (May-June)
Bluish to lemon yellow eyes, very short beak compared to Buteos, greenish cere, long toe #3
Broad-winged hawks (July-August)
Brown eyes, yellow or greenish cere, smaller feet than red-shouldered hawks
Red-shouldered hawks (April-June)
Grey to tan eyes, longer beak than accipitors, yellow cere, very noisy, tend to lay down when stressed
Red-tailed hawk (May-June)
Grayish to tan eyes, greenish or bluish cere, large feet
American kestrels (June-July)
Dark eyes, falcon tooth, pink face, long toes, very tiny
Black vulture (March-August)
Long faces, buff-colored down
Turkey vulture (May-August)
Long faces, white down
Here is a THROWBACK post from a few years ago – we no longer call it “Orphan Season” because there are very few true orphans, we like to refer to it as “Nestling Season”.
this kinda stuff is exactly why i decided to try to buy as few nestlé brands as possible (they are unfortunately sometimes hard to avoid)
Nestlé is LITERALLY on an obnoxious campaign to privetize access to clean drinking water as we speak. They fundamentally do NOT believe that access to water is a basic human right: they believe that buying it from them is what’s a basic human right! If you boycott only ONE brand for the rest of your life, let it be Nestlé!
This has been a household boycott of my family’s ever since my childhood, because in the 70’s, Nestlé did one of the most disgraceful things imaginable: they went into some of the poorest countries in Africa, gave away free infant formula samples just until the mothers’ breast milk had dried up, and then started charging for it – which of course they couldn’t afford, so literally millions of babies died. You can read more about that here, and more about the history of the widespread boycott against Nestlé here on wikipedia. As for the water campaign, just google “Nestlé water scandal” and you’ll get more results than you can even read. This is NOT a good corporation to be giving your money to!
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