#Usually seals!

[slushyseals]

All videos showing people removing barnacles from sea turtles are not rescue videos, they're animal abuse- even if the video is "real".

Please report these videos as abuse and stop letting these people profit off rescue videos

There are many videos where the "rescuer" is actually the one who attached the barnacles in the first place (some you can even see the hot glue underneath as they pull off the pieces). Unless you see the animal in a rescue center with a vet tech treating it, that animal is being abused. How so?

The reason those growths are there is likely something far more dangerous that needs to be addressed. Healthy turtles do not get this level of growth on their shells. So if you see something like this, it’s a sign that this turtle is unwell and has been sick for a while. Scraping off the growths doesn’t solve the underlying issue. Also, doing so without any tools or pain medication can be extremely painful and stressful for the turtle. Often with this level of growth, barnacles will have borrowed through the turtle’s shell into live tissue. And just ripping them off like this without the expertise of a medical professional can do more harm than good. Not to mention that it is WAY stressful and not what the turtle needs most. Imagine if you had a the stomach flu or food poisoning and someone decided to “help” you by first detangling your hair, popping pimples, and exfoliating you when what you really need is fluids and someone to handle you very gently. It’s focusing on the wrong problem first and can worsen the underlying condition.

If you see an animal "rescue" video, always think- how did they find this animal? (Is it likely they just found an animal- or did they put an animal in danger to play hero for clout and ad profits? How did this animal get into this terrible situation in the first place? (The number of giant snakes found wrapped around a dog is pretty unbelievable- usually it's a person abusing two animals they own.) How is this person running into so many animals in dangerous situations? (Especially when you look at their other videos and they reuse the same animals to "save".) I am outside daily and I don't come across anywhere near as many animals needing help like these content farm channels.

Even when videos are real, if they are not a trained rescue worker they are often doing more harm than good! The people kidnapping tortoises and "saving" them by throwing them out into lakes and rivers might have just killed that animal. Many tortoises are land animals and aren't built for swimming like sea turtles, they can easily drown! A surprising number of people don't understand seals need to rest on shore, and end up killing babies and harassing adults by chasing them into the water. Baby seals can't swim for long distances, and chasing them into the water means their mom won't be able to find the baby after she's done hunting fish- the baby will slowly starve to death if actual rescue workers do not intervene!

Heck, some people have found perfectly healthy and happy baby seals waiting for their moms on the beach, but because the person doesn't understand that the mom isn't there 100% of the time think the baby has been abandoned; a man kidnapped a pup when the rescue wouldn't send someone out to get the animal which not only hurt that pup whom he caused to be an orphan, but now that pup is taking up resources that could have been given to babies that actually needed it. Rescues don't have infinite resources and I don't want to put to words what can happen when they reach maximum capacity. (The guy was also very lucky he didn't get bit- seal bite infections are much worse than regular bites!) So many others people mistreat because they don't know better, like the baby seal that had people dumping water and ice on it like it was Free Willy. Or trying to feed them sandwiches. Both of these actions make life worse for the animal.

That video of a dog as a service animal rehabilitating a baby seal? That was made by a couple idiots who likely scared the mother off and caused the baby to starve to death just so they could make their intentionally misinformative video knowing full well they were lieing! Dogs should be leashed and kept far away from any seal as they are a reason many seals are horrifically mauled to death each year! Videos like this are absolutely vile as they misinform the public who own dogs and may see a seal on the beach and think, "Oh! My dog is a good boy and can go play with the water puppy! They enjoy that!" Please do not do this! Seals shouldn't be encouraged to associate with or like dogs, that puts puts in danger not only of cross contamination with things that can make them very sick, but you don't know the temperament of any and every dog that seal will see in its lifetime. All it takes is one- and there are plenty of dogs who act fine around human children and vicious around a random seal they find. The babies don't even have a chance against a full grown dog! Their ONLY chance is that situation never happens; keep your dog leashed, because it will see that seal and shoot off before you can stop it. As well behaved as your dog is on the best day, it has free will and at the end of the day is a dog and will be an animal.

Let's face it, most of us don't know the proper care of any and every wild animal we could run into and can only guess when faced with a genuinely unexpected situation. Any legitimate rescue video should start with the person contacting the local rescue to ask the experienced and knowledgeable staff what should be done if they themselves are not a trained rescuer. Often times the animal is perfectly fine, humans just see something they don't expect and misread what's going on causing a situation that didn't previously exist. Other times if there is an issue, the rescue will instruct the person what to do- which may be to keep an eye on the animal until trained rescuers can arrive. And lastly, please be aware of fake animal rescue channels and report any videos you see and inform others about this so these channels stop being praised and profiting from animal abuse.

[lulla-bee]

three years of youth in a minute

[bunnieswithknives]

*kills you to death*

[goddamnshinyrock]

in the latest episode of the Smithsonian Sidedoor podcast, the host goes to great lengths to describe how elusive and hard to spot river otters are, meanwhile I've seen them in a city park?? during broad daylight??? in a major metro area???? many times????? She even interviews an otter researcher who is like 'I've been studying them for years and still only actually seen one in person at the national zoo :('

like girl, move to seattle maybe? idk what to tell you, I've seen them while walking my dog or birding or even just getting coffee.

[tearwolfe]

I just realized how you give every Rui from your Ruiverse like a different hair color too. I mean its not a different color but like for example when you draw basic Rui you give him like his canon hair color plus the blue ombre. For the cyberidol au you make the colors more vibrant(??) in a way. For seal Rui the colors look a bit more "greyish" and so on. Like i just think thats really cool. Im in love with all of the Ruis from your aus btw seal Rui is my personal fav tho

good eye! i do this with tsukasa, too actually. though it's less noticeable.

[lunarharp]

when an obsessed orufrey person plays ace attorney for the first time in a while

[thebramblewood]

Even when she's fending off hunger pangs, Helena's got a weak spot for the sexy brash alternative girls (bonus points if they're named Lilith).

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Chapter 4: The Art of Dark Meditation

Helena, thinking: You are not hungry. You are not hungry. You are not h-

[stomach grumbles loudly]

I guess it's back to the drawing board.

-

Julia: Whoa. Where ya off to looking like that?

Helena: Ugh, do I look ridiculous? Is my makeup awful?

Julia: No, you actually kinda look like a million bucks. No more migraine?

Helena: It's under control for now.

Julia: Wait! You didn't answer my question.

Helena: Maybe because it's none of your business. Keep out of trouble, kiddo, and don't stay up past your bedtime.

Julia: But-

Helena: Don't make me call a babysitter.

-

Darling: Helena! You managed to track me down. Guess I owe you that free drink now, huh?

Helena: Oh, I really don't need-

Lilith (Pleasant): One more round, Dar?

Darling: Another round of EAPAs coming up! I'll make you the cocktail of your dreams once I'm finished here, H.

Helena: [stealing discreet glances] No worries. I can wait.

[indistinct conversation]

Darling: Helena, you've barely even touched it! Are my mixology skills that hopeless? I've been practicing!

Helena: Sorry. It's great. I'm just a little... distracted.

Darling: [chuckles] Yeah, that's obvious.

Helena: Who is she? I thought I knew everyone in this place.

Darling: She's new in town, I think. Looks like a tough nut to crack but seems nice enough. Good tipper at least. God, what is her name? I think it's...

Lilith: [faintly overheard] Well, I should pack it in or I'll hate myself in the morning.

Helena: Thanks for the drink, but I've got to go.

Darling: What's with you and the hasty exits these days? [sighs resignedly] Well, good luck chasing down your new lady.

[sinusoidaldisfunction]

woahg. OC be apon you.

Her name is Auk and she's a costal Icewing. Her pattern is based on Chinstrap penguins, which are my favorite penguins :)

[lesbiangiratina]

Sorry i went on twitter again and i think this is the most ive ever been confused by someone saying that pre-strive testament was Jacked. They look like a gust of wind would knock them over in their x artwork. You are looking right at them. What.

^ frail baby deer that didnt get enough nutrients in the womb. Youre scaring me.

[mymp3]

Ryoji and Minato are so eternally precious and sweet. So soft with one another.

Ryoji talking to Minato with such innocence and kindness with their first interactions in Reload. Wanting to pursue him, but not knowing exactly what that means or how to do that. All he knows is that Minato is precious to him and he doesn't want to hurt him. He wants to treat him with the same level of kindness Minato treated him.

They circle around each other in an endless loop of genuine and unending love. Ryoji's choice, his actions, everything reflected being his kindness Minato brought out himself.

Everyone misunderstanding Minato leads right back into everyone misunderstanding Ryoji. They're misunderstood together and nobody quite understands how to perceive them, or how Minato views the both of them.

They're perfectly happy in that odd way, nobody knows if they were ever happy or sad. Everyone tends to get details wrong, nobody will ever know.

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

i love haircuts. i cant stop petting the back of my skull

[ghost-t-cryptids]

Did it hurt when you fell from the Sacred Realm?

[tchaikovskaya]

for those of you who grew up in a detached house with a garage (like the stereotypical usually suburban single family home) (ie primarily aimed at americans and canadians here and maybe some australians) did you have a separate Garage Fridge? like a fridge + freezer unit that was totally separate from the one you used in your kitchen for daily stuff?

[milogoestogreendale]

sad little gay people in my phone how are we feeling about the geothermal escapism painting i started today

[transingthoseformers]

Megatronus moaned softly against his lover, his helm tucked tightly under the larger mech's own. Shockwave merely huffed, not wasting any time on affection in favor of pushing the mech against the wall more in order to gain a better angle. After all, this was Megatronus's payment for the soon frame change.

Shockwave had asked Megatronus what he had in offer for an upgrade off the books, and the gladiator drove a hard bargain: his seal for his frame before the upgrade, and his new seal after the frame upgrade.

Megatronus always found it difficult to find appropriate lovers willing to not go beyond anything casual or make assumptions about interfacing preference, but he trusted Shockwave to not care about details such as this. After all, maybe once he broke through this invisible boundary of his own, Megatronus would feel more comfortable with asking others to spike him in the future.

For now, he considers this a win-win of sorts.

[poisoned-pearls]

watching seal videos for research (<-lying) is so wild because why are you guys just standing like ten feet from a fucking leopard seal. Those dude will fuck you up get AWAY