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How do you feel about the creatures that live on your body?
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literally cant digest food without em
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>>2546575
Red, itchy eyes, burn when rubbed or tears form because allergic to those shits. Gene drive them to extinction I say.
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yogurt
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>>2546575
That monkey on my back is rather cute actually.
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>>2546575
>Has no anus
>When it dies its corpse splits open and all the built-up shit comes out
I know it's my dead skin but I'm still upset I'm essentially a shitface.

plan to start a greenhouse soon

can anybody help me understand this?
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Your picture is not a greenhouse.
A greenhouse is a structure which allows for a controlled environment in which to grow your plants.
you could however place your picture inside a greenhouse.
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>>2547407
That's a hydroponic I think. If there's fish involved that an aquaponic.

There's thread about farming in /out/ you should check it out.

>>>/out/1155539
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>>2547407
Shitty fish water fertilizes and waters your lettuce. What were you having problems grasping?
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>>2547422
Or >>>/diy/ if there's lots of hydroponics design and setup involved. Like pump electronics.

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/dec/06/smuggled-fossil-very-weird-new-species-of-amphibious-dinosaur-halszkaraptor-escuilliei
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>>2546424
That is terrifying
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>>2547157
Dinosaurs have been speculated to have been birdlike since the days of Darwin and it has been known that many theropods had feathers since the 80's.
This shit is neither new nor revolutionary.
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>>2547419
Not saying they were not bird-like, but Trey likes to over-extend this past the point of evidence to assume that every dinosaur had feathers in some capacity and most had large amounts of them.
>>2547287
Thank you, JSTOR I had to make an account for, but Google Scholar seems good.
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>>2546285
That's just a geese at this point.

Why is everyone suddenly obsessed with making dinosaurs as bird-like as possible? Even non-raptors get the bird treatment.
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>>2547429
>why is everyone suddenly obsessed with making dinosaurs as bird-like as possible?
They didn't make them like that, it's what the evidence suggests they were actually like.
>Even non-raptors get the bird treatment.
This is a raptor though.

ITT: Badass, beautiful, aesthetic photos whose primary focus is animals.
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>>2547336
What even is that?

>>2547338
Jesus Christ where's his head??
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>>2547394
>What even is that?
Kakapo.
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>>2545429
Brazil obviously
>uma delicia

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Really makes you think..
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>>2542547
Snakes too.
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>>2542467
Upvoted
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>>2542486
lmao
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>>2543210
It was a joke told among biologists, and it originally went something like "bees are aerodynamically unsuited for fixed-wing flight" with the joke being that bees don't fly that way. Then it filtered into normie circles, where the "fixed wing" part was often omitted, and the factoid repeated as gospel truth
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>>2543271
I guess all those meteorites are just spontaneously combusting then.

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What's your favorite animal and why is it the possum?

>fluff
>rawr xd
>nice chomps
>immune to rabies because it's already filled to the brim with rage
>eats disease for breakfast
>buffed against snakes
>can be pets
>have skull faces to pose as cats with costumes during Halloween
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I am American and people in my area say the 'o' in Opossum.

Anyway I think they're pretty neat when they're not eating the trash from the trash can. Here's one that was in my yard years ago.
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>>2545877
Probably. Definitely not worth the investment and risk considering the short life span.
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>>2545922
Why are people so protective again trash? Your literally throwing it away. I just attached some bricks to mine to keep them from tipping and I've never had a problem. It's a hell of a lot better than it going to a landfill
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>>2545949
1. It's a mess to clean up.
2. Opossums climb, they're going to get in whether they tip it or not.

It's not that big of an issue really, just one night a week where an opossum may or may not flip a trash can lid. I understand that "Why are people so protective of..." is a common phrase on /an/ but I don't think it applies to me not wanting to clean up scattered trash on my property.

In general I'd rather have the opossums here than not.
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little fuckers are stubborn. had to chase them and raccoons away because outdoor cats :^)
raccoons little bitches. I prod possum with bat he still wont budge

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hey, /an/, i am trying to figure out this mix, something with collie?
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>>2547398
Rotty?
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>>2547401
she's not very big, i believe she would be bigger if it was rottweiler/collie, but yes, her face does indeed remind of me of a rott too, man

any other guesses? appreciate any help.
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>>2547403
Doberman? Not as chunky as rotties but same colours
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some of the google pics for doberman/border collie do look like her, except for the colors. might be mixed parents, she's very beautiful anyways.

thanks.
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https://www.petrescue.com.au/listings/408353

oh well i guess she's a border collie with doberman, rottweiler and kelpie, cause she looks just like this good boy over here

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My wife has a single male guinea pig who is about 3 years old we believe. we need to get him a friend but he didnt come with another and were at a loss on whether to put him with another male or female, we have no intention of breeding, in fact id like not to. After having asked several sources we keep getting conflicting info on how to proceed, help me bros, I hate seeing him all alone.
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>>2547365
Didn't you post another thread like this? Just try getting a younger male guinea pig to introduce him to but have a cage divider until you feel like the older one won't bully the younger one.
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Guinea pigs are social animals. Just get a young male or get your current male neutered if you want to out him with a female.

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What's up with my cats eye?
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>>2547260
Just looks like there's some eye goo smeared over the lense. Try wiping it off if the cat will cooperate. Happens to mine all the time. Don't eat the eye sludge or you'll get sick.
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>>2547260
My cat had an eye problem like this when she was a kitten. I took her to the vet and they said she probably just scratched her eye and gave us some drops. Honestly, I don't think the drops worked that well, her eye healed on its own after I stopped using them.
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Eye ulcer.
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>>2547260
Has he been scratching at his eye or favoring it prior? Any changes in how it looked when reflecting light? Our cat developed uveitis which presented somewhat like this and cleared up over time with drops (but there are numerous things it could be) but meds are needed. Do NOT let eye issues linger ever ... please. Hopefully its something easily fixed. If not tonight, I'd take him in asap tomorrow.
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>>2547279
>not using your tongue to remove a cats eye-goo

How do you prevent your pets from escaping through the door when you come home and open your door?
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>>2547250
My cats don't try to leave. One night the wind blew the front door open and it was open for at least 6 hours and they still didn't runaway.
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>>2547250
I trained my cat with a bottle full of pennies to stay away from the front door. One rattle and he generally runs away.
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>>2547250
Just put your food through the door first, so that it blocks them from scurrying through
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I unscrew all the door handles and leave through the window when I'm leaving.
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>>2547271
I'm thinking about adopting a former stray and I just wanted to consider all angles before making that decision.

pls.. i beg
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>>2546029
They're sad, man.

>>2546053
That's why there's the high def version below it.
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>>2546163
Did he just have a cold or something? Poor kitty
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Bump
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Sorry guys I know I said that I would remind you every day to want a platypus but a work emergency came up and I'm going to be without internet for a month on sight. I'm basically bootlegging a Sat phone right now.

So this will have to be your monthly reminder to want a platypus.

I won't be able to reply to this.
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>>2546602
>20:50:46
>late morning
pick one
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>>2544665
>>2544230
I don't know which one I want most.
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>>2547104
Why not both?
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Bump for wanting a retarded duck beaver thing
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>>2544665
Echidnas are for pussies

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We all love animals here!
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>>2547004
>animals getting grinded to produce crops for humans vs animals getting grinded to produce crops for humans and animals, the later also killed by the millions for food

not a hard choice
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The point of veganism isn't perfection. Perfection is stupid and impossible with nearly every thing out there. It's about doing the best you can.
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>>2547006
Who said anything about suddenly abandoning all those animals? We could just stop breeding them, and either use the ones that are left or send a few off to sanctuaries and the like
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>>2547006
Its the same way with horses.
Some loser faggots want horses to stop being "maltreated" in captivity, and instead all be wild Mustangs (which arent even native to the americas anyways) that are born filled with parasites and die of a fucked up hoof at 2 years of age.
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>>2547002
>Internal organs.
>Instrument strings.
That's fucking metal.

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how do we destroy the monkey hate part of youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZONUYLzlfY&list=PL918870025E36D0F2&index=2
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There's no need to be so violent

Brazil already found the solution
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>>2546259
How did this reach meme status
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In essence they are a nuisance like rats but they can cause more damage and aren't afraid to just fuck your property up in the daylight
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this is fucking hilarious
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>>2544601
Monkeys are like cockroaches with gats and kleptomania there.

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The Plant General - Nepenthes bicalcarata Edition

Welcome to /plant/, the magical green place on this blue board. ITT: bonsai, '''bonsai''' and a high influx of normie houseplants.

/Plant/ is for the discussion of plants (obviously). Horticulturists, hobbyists and botanists welcome! Questions about plants? Want to show off your two inch dick-I mean plant? Maybe you want to start growing something new and exciting? Well come on over to /plant/!

Introducing a new basic caresheet with every thread: N. bicalcarata edition:
>simple lowland nep temps - hot days and warm nights (~30c/~20c as a very rough guide)
>the usual well-draining nep/orchid mix of peat/perlite/sphagnum/bark/etc. - do not allow to dry out
>hiiiiigh humidity - especially at younger sizes when thin leaves are still present
>good light, though no direct sunlight
>a healthy dosage of patience before you can experience the truly monstrous pitchers thrown out by large adult plants

For our carnivorous plant newbies:
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Finally harvested my stapeliad seeds.
I just tore of one of those pollen carrying things and shoved it somewhere else on the flower and it apparently fertilised?
I tried searching if the species was self fertile but couldn't find anything, it's not a common plant as far as I can tell.
>>2547441
>>2547444
Yeah so aztekium stayed the same size after the seed pod fell off, around .5 mm for 6 months. After that it grew to about 1mm. Lophophora is like 2 mm in 1 month but I haven't given them good conditions at all.
Are you thinking of trying?
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>>2547165
That is fucking cool, can you tell us more?
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>>2547543
i have never had any type of aztekium, i have seedlings of lophs and other things that i should graft in spring
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>>2547712
luminous mushrooms
easy to grow as shiitake
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>>2547793
What conditions do they need, and where can I get them?



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