#animal doing normal animal behavior

[rose-colored-tarot]

I think people have become so far removed from the natural world that "witnessing nature do it's thing" is often misinterpreted as having mystical significance.

This is not meant to be a judgement of anyone, no one here is the reason we live in a society away from the wilds. But I think that the little to no exposure people have with non-human spaces turns perfectly ordinary occurrences into something of a spectacle.

"I keep seeing large groups of crows around, who is trying to reach out?" Probably no one, crows are diurnal flock animals that actively seek out people because they are smart and know we have lots of stuff they can scavenge.

"This tree in my yard put out SO many flowers but seems to be dying now, did someone curse me?" Nope! Trees, particularly fruit trees, can stress bloom, where they put out tons of flowers in response to any number of stressors. Might wanna see if you can fix the stressors to save the tree.

"I was walking around during a storm and lightning hit a tree I was near, what does that mean?" It means you should thank your lucky stars you didn't get hit yourself. Lightning wants to touch the ground so badly and will zap the tallest thing around because that is the fastest way there.

"A cat gave birth under my house, do I have a familiar now?" Maybe. But under the house is dry, warm and relatively safe. She picked that spot because its a good place to keep her babies.

All of these things and more happen ALL THE TIME, we just aren't as aware of them as we used to be. Seeing nature in action is incredible and special in it's own right, just maybe not in the way you want it to be.

[canisalbus]

Your art tastes like aged paper, sugar, and chocolate to me, with a hint of salt every so often

Machete looks like white chocolate, and Vasco's like buttery caramel

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[purplepixel]

Spur of the moment out of context sketches from Spider's Web with Strings Attached. Might not seem like it, but I've been going through a mini burn out spell due to overworking myself the past week and allowing myself to create messy sketches of this fic has been a small comfort. So once again, thank you @psychologicalwarclaire for writing this fic. Will always be incredibly thankful I found this gem in the depths of my ao3 searching.

[werewolf-transgenderism]

trying to watch nature documentaries is like. is this going to be in the david attenborough vein of calm documentary with facts about animals or is it going to be some hellish anthropomorphic "these animals are at WAR doing MISSIONS and being taken out by RUTHLESS ENEMY COMBATANTS" nonsense while talking about the very normal cycle of predation. get that shit AWAY from me thank youuuuuuu

[is-the-owl-video-cute]

Did you see the part where Meg was annoyed that only dogs can be qualified to be service medical dogs? lol guess she's mad a bird can't be a service cardic arrest animal. Once again pulled up the "people think only DOGS can be trained to do this!!! How dare they!!!" *grumbling about mammalian bias* argument. I'm sorry Meg but your fucking bird or a rabbit cannot be a service animal for the blind or anything that dogs have be bred to do

me when they won’t let my service crocodile into Walmart:

[pummelingbat]

like. to me. i feel like Herbert is very aware of the fact that he is "missing" something that most people seem to consider fundamental. he's just coped with this by being a huge cunt 24/7 & developing a complex about how dumb and wrong everyone else on earth is. u know.

[honeysuckle-venom]

Sprocket's acting worse this morning, and he hasn't defecated in at least 24 hours and very little in the days before that (extremely unusual for him) so we're going to the vet again in an hour, because I'm very worried he might need emergency surgery/he might have gotten blocked. Send good thoughts our way.

[robotricksanchez]

wrt the last video seeing people say not to anthropomorphize bees playing is so annoying. play isn't just a human term, it's a means of learning for animals, especially immatures!!!!!! it's why we see play behavior in mammals (think of puppies and kittens) and birds and reptiles and fish, it's a means of cognitive development and necessary for most animals to learn and develop certain skills.

people hear that it's bad to anthropomorphize and assume that means you can't apply any term used on people to animals, ignoring there's a broad and historic field of research dedicated to understanding the origin and application of these behaviors!!!!!!!!!

[anothermonikan]

me when my asexuality means I'm asexual and do not find people sexually attractive

[jonny-b-meowborn]

My dogginess always manifested in my dreams, but since there's some new stuff in my real life my dreams are getting more interesting too. Today I had a dream that I visited my cousin and her bf again, and their cute friend was also there. We keep kinda low-key flirting irl, and I keep thinking about him so not surprised he's in my dreams sometimes lmao. In this one, we all were just hanging out, I think we were all playing/watching someone play Subnautica? But the important thing is, he treated me like a dog person. There was still a flirty vibe between us, but I was getting pets and scratches and was allowed to rest in his lap. Like that looked like how I'd like to be treated in like, romantic situations or whatever. It was cool

[s00nyoungie]

im so sick of roommate A slandering my cat

[mobday]

reigen getting more screentime, whore!!!!!!!

[blueslight]

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[corvidcall]

i think everyone should take time to think about their religious background and how it impacts their morals, manners, and their idea of what a religion even IS

But also when i do that for myself i think the results are really funny

[penisliker-moved]

CHIHUAHUAS R SO IMPORTANT OK!!!!! THEEEE BEST DOGS IMO....

[muffinrag]

I'm going absolutely insane over the total lack of training my roommate's mom's dog is getting