i'm not aiming for perfect comparative scale here, this is more vibes-based from my own experience birding and trying to convey relative sizes for beginners. is anything here too egregiously off? i'm really tight on space idk how much i can alter, especially if i need to re-ink it x_x
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Honestly? i'm kinda glad China is so protectionist over their pandas. Dominica entrusted their national bird, the critically endangered Sisserou (Imperial Amazon), to a German-based "conservation" organization (It's essentially a glorified private aviary that covertly trafficks rare parrots) that's now refusing to repatriate the animals back to their rightful homes and is still illegally exporting birds from Dominica to Germany as recently as 2018 despite outcries from both local and international experts. Many of the OG zoos were stocked via colonial conquest and now the western hegemon that's responsible for so many of these species' decline also imposes itself as the stewards of their recovery. we have to collaborate with and respect the people who share an ecosystem with the animals we love, without local support recovery programs will not thrive.
this would also include following the wishes of the indigenous tribes to repatriate orcas who were captured on their land without consent. Sk'aliChehl-tenaut (Lolita/Tokitae) was stolen off Puget Sound over 50 years ago and the Lummi people still did not forget her. Unfortunately she died in Miami in 2023 before her planned repatriation to the Salish Sea. Her cremated remains were returned and given a traditional burial.
#do i think a captive orca can be successfully released into the wild after 50 years of captivity? no probably not#but i do believe that a company worth billions of dollars and the government can feasibly work together and create a care plan#in collaboration with the people to whom these animals are sacred and considered family#iirc there are no more captive southern residents#Youtube
Honestly? i'm kinda glad China is so protectionist over their pandas. Dominica entrusted their national bird, the critically endangered Sisserou (Imperial Amazon), to a German-based "conservation" organization (It's essentially a glorified private aviary that covertly trafficks rare parrots) that's now refusing to repatriate the animals back to their rightful homes and is still illegally exporting birds from Dominica to Germany as recently as 2018 despite outcries from both local and international experts. Many of the OG zoos were stocked via colonial conquest and now the western hegemon that's responsible for so many of these species' decline also imposes itself as the stewards of their recovery. we have to collaborate with and respect the people who share an ecosystem with the animals we love, without local support recovery programs will not thrive.
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Good news bunny breeders and owners!
Lop eared rabbits and short faced dwarf bunnies are not inherently unhealthy as some veterinarians were starting to believe. Instead, these issues are more likely linked to genetics, and the fact that domestic rabbits tend to live longer lives than nature may have intended them to. It’s interesting that they are finding other potential problems that we don’t know the implications of too, highlighting that more research is needed, especially considering the increasing popularity of small animals as pets.
This study was done all on purebred pedigreed UK rabbits. While there were no breed specific differences, there are still a lot of dental issues in all types of rabbits. With more research and guidance, breeders may be able to further lower incidence of dental issues in rabbits (cheek teeth especially are quite difficult to observe without an x-ray).
“-Many rabbits had no obvious dental issues with 68.28% of rabbits having no incisor abnormalities and 55.40% having no issues with their cheek teeth.
-Lop-eared rabbits were not more likely to have dental problems but were 4.03 times more likely to have watery eyes – a symptom that could be linked to other health issues.
-Flat-faced (brachycephalic) rabbits did not show more dental abnormalities than those with longer faces.
-Longer-faced rabbits (dolichocephalic) were slightly more likely (1.39 times) to have a specific dental issue known as “step or wave mouth”, where the premolars and molars have a step-like pattern and don’t align normally.
-Older age and sex were more consistently linked to dental abnormalities. Male rabbits were 2.06 times more likely to have an incisor abnormality and 2.23 times more likely to have slanted or curved incisor occlusal surfaces. While females were 2.18 times more likely to have long first cheek teeth, although the clinical significance of some of these findings isn’t clear.”
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Harry Rountree - Male lion (1915)
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this picture is so funny to me like the faggot radiating off this image is so warm i could heat my home… he literally went to home depot and bought the finest grade finnish wood 1x12 that cost at least $15 and then put it in a tiny plastic bag…. camp
the tight $3 fruit of the loom shirt tucked into those straight leg denim jeans, he may as well be in drag
merry christmas and happy 2 years to this post
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made a milli off that bobby brown now they got me smoking stranger things
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