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British people think these are birds.
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>>2545900
Ayy lmao
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British people think these are humans.
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British people also think muslims agree with feminism
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Virgin British: ladybird
Chad Russian: God's cows
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>>2545894
they have all been replaced by 'asian' ladybirds anyway, so who cares?

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This is the ideal feline body. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.
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>>2546716
I prefer the pallas cat.
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>>2546720
Memecat is shit pet.
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>>2546757
all cats are memecats ergo all cats are shit pet
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>>2546759
That was stupid ergo everything you say is stupid, meaning you're stupid.

Alright guys. So i have my first puppy who is 4 months now. Shes a quick learner but a bit stubborn. Heres my question. When it is feeding time and im bnring her food to her shesx already doing the commands with out me telling her what to do. So what ends up happening is she gets confused and starts barking. What can i do to fix this ? I tried setting the food away and restarting over but the same thing happens. She sits and the lays right after without my command.
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teach her some new commands, mix it up for her each time. Never do the same commands each time or they'll get used to it.
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My dog does this too and she’s around 9.
They think they’re slick.
You have to change up the commands and restart. Eventually your pup will understand that it won’t be the same every time and she’ll have no choice but to wait for the command.

I’m sure that there’s other people on here with better advice, but this is from my own experience with my older dog. I’m not sure how well it would work with a puppy.
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>>2546738
>teach her some new commands
any good examples u can help me out with ?
>>2546742
thanks

So yesterday I noticed and pulled a tick off my dog. I put the tick on isopropyl to kill and preserve it in case my dog needs testing for Lyme. But the thing is he’s always been a lethargic and lazy dog for the most part. He’s about 8 1/2 and he grew up with his “brother” who passed a little over a year ago, and I noticed his behavior changed then (he became alpha of his pack I guess) so he would eat less and was more aggressive towards people on the sidewalk

So how long should I wait before getting care for my dog? We’d need to get him doggy insurance before we went, and it’s hard to tell if he’s any lazier than usual. For reference, the tick was on him for about a full day, from at least the middle of Wednesday to yesterday afternoon
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I lost a dog to lyme when I was growing up, took roughly two years. Lyme disease is a absolute wrecking ball for dogs, I wouldn't wait more then a few months. At least you got it off your doggo properly, if the ticks mandible gets stuck in his skin it can make matters worse and potentially give the poor dog an infection
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>>2546685
How long should I wait? I should note I live in a suburban area and he’s never had ticks before he’s a short coated dog I would’ve noticed

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Have you ever seen a higher quality animal?
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what if aliens came and took us as pets and did the same thing with us
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>>2546542
bella hadid would be in a cage right now, covered in awards
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>>2546542
>tfw you will never be a superb human
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>>2546542
>aliens arrive and establish a hierarchy of human beings
>negroes are bottom-tier yet again
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>>2546542
That is my fetish

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spell out the sound the elephant makes
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*infrasonic screaming*
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RRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
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>>2539892
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drj8Y4BLojs

VAGINA
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>>2539892
gwaOOOPPPPHHHHH
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Trumpet!

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What kind of fly is this? I thought it might be a common house fly, but it doesn't have a grey/black thorax. My next guess was a blow fly, but it's not blue or green, it's gold. Any ideas? I found this guy in my house earlier today.
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>>2544556
Just realized that's why they're called "bloat flies" in Morrowind

mind = blown
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>>2544556
lucilium cuprina means bronze blowfly
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>>2544529
It’s a fly AI sent from government to spy on you
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>>2544529
you beginner luck
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You really need a microscope to properly ID flies to family. Given the picture though id guess blow fly --Family Calliphoridae.

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Hi! Help me name my cat!
He is less than one year old, I found him on the street malnourished and with his eye poking out.

He took a dose of antibiotics, got neutered and I chipped him.
But I haven't found a full name yet.
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>>2545755
Any and all good cat names are two syllables so the cat understands when you're talking to or about it.
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>>2545773
Phemus is a cool name. Polyphemus is too long but still a rad idea if you don't want to just call him Cyclops.
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>>2546339
He has some reflexes but mostly to light, that's why the vet decided not to take his eye out, he still goes against stuff and it hurts his eye for a while but besides that he has no other changes.
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>>2545755
Mittens.
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Buck
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Maxwell

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Explain me the wisdom power of mandragola
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>>2544821
For years I was wondering what the fuck a mandrake is but never bothered to look it up. Now, thanks to this post I don't have to anymore, thanks anon
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>>2545373
Remember those string and cup telephones you used to make? It'd be like that.
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>>2545425
Only there wouldn't be any cups involved so you couldn't hear their screams. It would just be vibrations.
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Test
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>>2546555
You failed

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Do dogs and cats really *love* being scratched behind the ears? They never seem to react to it much.
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>>2545853
You're doing it wrong
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front legs are hands, back legs are feet. Obviously the left is correct.
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>>2545866
e621 confirms
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>>2545866
Both pictures are incorrect. Dogs already open their anus all the time, to expel their anal glands. They do so by flexing the muscles around their anal sphincter. So they don't require hands at all.
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Can confirm that ferrets love that shit

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Hi /an/,

I need some ideas on how I could entertain my cat more. Ever since it got cold outside, he has been out less, which means he's bored. This manifests in him living out his destructive tendencies on whatever he can find in the house, usually on electronics in my room.

This situation isn't fun for both me and my cat; he'll try to rile me up by biting into things he knows he shouldn't bite into just to get my attention, and I try to dissuade him from doing it and ultimately have to lock him out of my room.

Playing with him myself is what I already do, but my cat has insane amounts of energy, which means he'll easily play for half an hour or more before taking a break.

He's also reasonably smart (I hate to admit it), he figured out how to use the catflap after a few minutes of me showing him when he's never seen a catflap before. He also enjoys carrying around things, for example his toys, which is why we put them in a small basket so he can get them out of the basket each day and carry them around the house.

Pic related, it's him about to bite into an old PSU of mine. He also recently stole a microcontroller dev board and ran off with it.
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>>2546075
alright, thanks for the tip, I've found some fire and bent it around a bit of rolled up cardboard to make one of these, and my cat did predictably go insane for it, but some of my family members don't think that him potentially biting on a metal wire is a good idea.
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>>2545673

I can highly recommend pic related, Anon. You can put toys or treats in it and it'll keep him occupied for a while. Some of these are made with formaldehyde in the pressed wood so you do need to be mindful if kitty bites the wood.

There's also interactive toys like

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Three-Layers-Toys-Intelligence-Crazy/dp/B00QK64QGC/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1512740187&sr=8-3&keywords=interactive+cat+toys

stuff like this lets him explore and play and takes some pressure away from you.

Have you tried him with catnip? Does he respond? If he does, and he carries toys around, he might like something like the Kong range cat toys

https://www.amazon.co.uk/KONG-Refillable-Catnip-Hedgehog-Cat/dp/B0051BGP0W/ref=sr_1_3?s=pet-supplies&ie=UTF8&qid=1512740279&sr=1-3&keywords=kong+catnip+toy
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>>2546454
this looks like a cool thing, thanks for the advice. Will look into it. I know he likes sticking his paw in holes because there was a little cardboard box I had which has a hole in it that he loved to play with.

Haven't tried catnip on him yet, so I have yet to find out what his reaction to it is.
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>>2546454

I forgot probably the cheapest and most cat-friendly toy of all, Anon.

A cardboard box. Don't underestimate how happy this can make your cat. For maximum lulz you can cut out 'murder-holes' all around the box for him to play with and explore. Throw some toys all around the box when he's in it and watch him try to reach the toys. Cheap, easy fun that'll keep him occupied.

I fill my boxes with crumpled-up newspaper, recycled Amazon paper (or something similar, so long as it's clean) and sometimes treats or catnip and my kitties love it.

If you have wood/tiled/lino floors, I have a kitty that fucking loves these

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Colorful-Springs-Wide-10-Pk/dp/B000CMKHDG/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1512754231&sr=8-2&keywords=cat+springs

My youngest kitty is obsessed with these. They move unpredictably on hard smooth floors and she just never bores of them.

Top tip - if you get those springs, they can be trimmed in half and the ends smoothed off.
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>>2546437
Cade will not hurt itself with the wire, the only issue is if the wire has any lead in it.

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I moved to Brazil a few months ago and started noticing a funny little fly gathering in my shower.

They are super small little fuzzy moth fly things and i was wondering if anyone knows their name.

They spend most of their time in the corners of the shower and are normally seen jumping rather than flying althoigh i do see them fly as well.

The picture is a 15x macro shot of one on a bath towel so you can maybe underatand the size compared to the towel fibers.

They seem harmless and actualy kind of personable to watch jump around and interact with fellow flies.

Thanks!
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>>2544504
drain fly
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>>2544507
>>2544508
thank you! maybe i should try harder to get rid if them 0_0
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>>2544738
Why? They're cute and harmless.
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We have a lot of those here. They're pretty harmless, you don't need to get rid of them.
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>>2545447
because bugs on your house is weird

Post your favorite gelatinous buddies. Accepting Ctenophores, Cnidarians and Tunicates.

Pictured here is a Venus Girdle, a kind of Ctenophore. The slit in the middle is its mouth.
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>>2546503
>tfw no non-addictive jellyfish derived pain killers yet
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>>2546514
Hmm, do you think that's actually a possibility? That'd be pretty neat. Too bad people really like their opioids.
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Siphonophores are badass

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>it's a protostome with indeterminate clevage episode
>it's a protostome with a blastopore anus episode
Why do these things even end up being considered protostomes?
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because adults have no anuses

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Reptiles eat them. Birds eat them. Even other mammals eat them. Face it, if you are born a small rodent you're entire purpose in life is to just be dinner for something more important. What a depressing and ultimately pointless existence.
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>if you are born a small rodent you're entire purpose in life is to just be dinner for something more important.
it applies to every living organism except top consumers
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>>2543502
Arthropods have it worse.
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>>2543502
I guess you've never been attacked by a rat swarm after kicking up a colony. Rare occurrence, but it happens.
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>literally kills everything
>only reason it doesn't wipe out all life is because it would get boring
Face it, if you aren't a fungus you've already lost.



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