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i’m going to burst into tears. such a hauntingly stupid and wonderful phrase to immortalize somewhere. LOOK AT PIttbert!

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it's crucial that you untie "special interest" from "expertise". "it's true just trust me bro" doesn't have any extra weight when you add "I know because it's my special interest". you are not immune from falling for misinformation, and you are not immune from sharing misinformation. not to mention the fact that "amount of knowledge" isn't even a requirement for something being classified as a special interest lol!

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bugs you know I love you so much but please dear god do not take inspiration from this house centipede

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(via Ravelry: AMerryweather’s Blanket of British birds)

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for a website who talks about reading comprehension so much, no one has any idea what its like for animal videos. so here you go, sincerely im tired of your fucking bullshit.

are they applying human emotions to animals, and especially bugs? (ie, my spider/mantis/millipede wants uppies!, this coyote is smiling / showing affection in x way that humans do!, this reptile loves cuddles! (and the reptile is hissing, arching their back, etc etc, or is being anthropomorphized in any way or being held unstably?)

is the source actually good? cmon guys we learned this back in fucking middle school. is it a rehab? are they petting rehab animals / zoo animals etc? is this by an official account or a member of the public? check whether theyre an AZA accredited source here.

does the space theyre in look large and relatively clean? are they in a house? (generally a bad thing) are there stacks upon stacks of enclosures for huge reptiles? are the snakes in bins? etc

IS IT AI. do the babies look identical to the parents. is it smooth. please

are the clips different areas? does it seem like a video of animals showing "gratitude" (ie "otter brings a shell to human who saved her baby" (that video was 2 sp of otter btw))

is the animal domesticated / in the pet trade? or is it largely wild? (ie, otters, mustelids other than ferrets, komodos, etc)

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Shoutout to chocolatedelight on the arena for finding this store picture from 2005!!!

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Boyfriend needed enrichment so I gave him an air duster

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fuck you. fuck you. fuck you. fuck you.

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Thinking about Eurasian Bullfinches 😌

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ant doodle

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Me casually casting meteor shower in a safeway before leaving and going home

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ok note to self i gotta leave the house regularly so that i dont feel like im slowly transforming into an evil fucking shadow clone of myself

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more wetlands #morewetlands #please