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while i do appreciate non-'kin and non-therian trying to make positive posts about/that include us, it rubs me such the wrong way when it ends up just being a "its okay to do this childish thing" like. from posts that are like "let teenagers be teenagers" to "its okay if you're an adult but do this."

and like, im not confusing posts that are trying to say "this is not something that is childish even though it is sometimes viewed as such, keep doing your thing." i mean that there are posts out there trying to be positive posts and end up further adding to the idea/concept that our identity is a weird, childish thing. i understand the point is to say these things are okay, and i do seriously appreciate people outside of our communities trying to support us, but i wish people would be a little more mindful about how they go about it. like, yes, do encourage people to do what they want, including things that are often seen as childish behavior, but dont try to continue to add to the idea that theriantrophy, otherkindity, fictionkinity, etc. is "childish but okay." its not childish, period.

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Wolves trekking through mud

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Horse colors are easy. For example, the left horse is flaxen liver chestnut and the right horse is silver dapple

Left is mealy and right is pangaré

Left is flaxen chestnut and right is dark palomino

Left is perlino and right is amber champagne

Left is dun and right is buckskin

Like I said, easy!

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Woke up in a dazed state, made this, and promptly fell back asleep

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Your daily reminder to donate your money to organizations protecting wild whale and dolphin populations instead of organizations aiming to "end captivity". If you donate to those scams, such as shady sanctuary projects, it's pretty much guaranteed that your money will be stolen and never used for even 1% of the promises you're told.

And by "organizations protecting wild whales and dolphins" I mean ACTUAL organizations doing REAL work, not scams reposting stolen photographs of wild orcas with the same anti-captivity word salads in social Media post captions.

I mean organizations like orca conservancy, the center for whale research... Etc. Not the dolphin project, not anything PETA-esque, and most certainly not shady social media personalities.

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Indian Wildlife photographer Sadananda Koppalkar Captures Incredible Animal Photos In Indian Forests

Arabian Wolves

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Expansion

i believe myself to be reasonable at times.

i have noticed these past few weeks that the air regarding transspecies identity and the legitimate, literal transition of species has gotten stale.

nothing has moved. save for some few who have created ID cards, animal HRT, and have been writing essays and workshopping new projects (this is amazing and i want to see more.)

i am not a leader, i don't like leading the strays, but i do like talking and as a louse, i have found it in me to say something in regards to the transspecies symbol i made.

i do not wish this symbol to be used exclusively for transspecies affairs, and i see that it fits better if any/all experiences of literal, physical deviation from zoanormalcy be declared by use of the symbol.

yes, "literal, physical deviation from zoanormalcy" includes deviae folk, physical shifters, body modders, biohackers, physical/biological nonhumans and transspecies folk who are taking nonhuman HRT, or have body modifications, or are physically presenting (with or without permanence) as other than what is normally considered 100% human. this includes religious experiences, somatic experiences, bodily sensationa, and other altered realities of being.

no, this symbol does not include metaphorical physical experiences or otherwise experiences that do not result in literal transformation of flesh, organ, or bone. this of course, doesn't mean i don't support these folk for having metaphorical identities - the mere act of expressing something other than zoanormalcy in any way is almost taboo - but this symbol was made for those who are becoming else, not those who are exploring life through the body they are in now.

this symbol is hereby named "Metamorphosis sui" and refers to what was described above.

each part of the symbol means something. the anchor is for physical shifters, the triangle for holotheres, the line from the delta is for physical nonhumans/therians, and the venus(attached to the anchor)/mars/androgyne represents the spectrum of genders and sexes in relation to animality past human concept.

the symbol itself is not just a way to speak on transspecies folk, it is a way to speak on any single form of transition and metamorphosis from what is considered the normal; breaking boundaries of gender, sex, species, belief, and the body.

viva la metamorfosis.

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I remain baffled and disturbed by the sheer number of people who genuinely believe a zoo animal can survive, let alone thrive, in the wild. Animals that are bred for reintroduction programs are handled completely differently than general collection animals, and even with all that preparation, many will not make it. To think a random animal in a zoo can be set loose and do just fine is more ignorant than I can comprehend.

"Freedom" is a human concept. And projecting your very human desire for freedom onto animals is one of the most gross froms of anthropomorphism.

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Your dislike or phobia for certain animals never outweights the animal's right to exist and live, i keep running into this behavior and i don't know why some folks never got to learn that. Who do you think you are

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'some zoos pair their cheetahs up with dogs' is one of the worst things to have ever blown up on tumblr

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being precieved as the species i am would heal me i think

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iNaturalist has opened up a feedback form for their poorly received genAI proposal. Go make your feelings heard

here is a forum thread regarding all of the problems the community has with it, including a very length response by yours truly if you want more information

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Horse doing horse things

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some arctic animals ❄️

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happy pride month to all creatures out there!! :3

drew myself hehehe ↑

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slightly furious reminder that fish do in fact feel pain and do in fact experience fear and distress when in pain since people seem to love spreading the myth that fish don't feel pain. what is it with people assuming a creature is incapable of feeling pain or emotion just because it doesn't have complex facial muscles. come on gang