i think it is good to warn people in advance about the circumstances that will cause you to bite them and i think that having given that warning it is good to follow through when the time comes
the rattlesnake is an admirable creature whose virtues we should emulate
The rattlesnake I met while hiking seemed an agreeable girl. She said “I am here, please do not step on me,” and my companions and I made sure to not do that. I found her nicer and more charitable than many politicians.
This Big Boy is a Brahma, the largest breed of chicken. They’re also one of the gentlest and tamest chickens out there, a bit like the Great Danes of poultry. He lives in Kosovo with his (very proud) owner Fitim Sejfija, and two hens, where he is a good and gentle man and very loved.
Brhamas typically don’t get quite this big (He’s 16.5 lbs and almost 3 feet tall. most are closer to 14 lbs and 2′6″) but they’re really nice and cuddly birds.
@coelasquid I saw this and immediately thought this is where they got the fluffy space-future raptors from
Those happy elephant sounds cleared my skin and watered my crops.
Me: I wish to spend an extended time rubbing my fingers over some small patch of pleasantly-textured surface. Perhaps the fur of an animal?
The miniaturized apex predator with which I share my home: [vibrates at a soothing frequency to encourage this behavior]
have also been contemplating the possibility of having a pair of particularly large OCs just take turns sitting on the series villain until he chills out.