I've dreamed more than once that I can fly. I've never dreamed of swooping down on prey, but the concept of bringing down sudden big bore hell from the sky in the form of stomping and flinging the victim against walls does have a sort of primitive allure.Vrede too wrote: ↑Fri Jul 28, 2023 2:17 pmThe kick after the first bounce looked like hacky-sack. Commenters speculate that it was trying to crack the "egg". Others just call it playing.If neoplacebo was a bird . . .Seriema: Behaviour and ecology
... When seriemas catch small reptiles, they beat the prey on the ground (Redford and Peters 1986) or throw it at a hard surface to break resistance and also the bones....
'Once in a lifetime': New Hampshire man's video shows 3 whales breaching at the same time
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neoplaceboraptorneoplacebo wrote: ↑Sat Jul 29, 2023 8:28 amI've dreamed more than once that I can fly. I've never dreamed of swooping down on prey, but the concept of bringing down sudden big bore hell from the sky in the form of stomping and flinging the victim against walls does have a sort of primitive allure.
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Awesome!Vrede too wrote: ↑Fri Jul 28, 2023 2:17 pmThe kick after the first bounce looked like hacky-sack. Commenters speculate that it was trying to crack the "egg". Others just call it playing.If neoplacebo was a bird . . .Seriema: Behaviour and ecology
... When seriemas catch small reptiles, they beat the prey on the ground (Redford and Peters 1986) or throw it at a hard surface to break resistance and also the bones....
'Once in a lifetime': New Hampshire man's video shows 3 whales breaching at the same time
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He needs a sandwich, or maybe some lox and bagels.
An Old Bear Has Returned To Get Fat For Another Year, And People Are Celebrating
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Not watching that.Vrede too wrote: ↑Sat Jul 29, 2023 11:05 am
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Go Floaty Otie Go!
Sorry. Maybe this to atone?
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... Below, we’ve rounded up 35 funny tweets about pet-sitting ― from hilarious mishaps to heartwarming moments.My friend whose dog I am watching has just text to say there is yoghurt lollies in the freezer for the dog if he wants them. Yoghurt lollies. For the dog. In the freezer. If he wants them.One of the cats I’m watching rn doesn’t come to me when I call her but she’ll come when I sing to her
I love my fanspetsitting for my parents and my dad cooked chicken, rice, green beans, and sweet potatoes for the dog. they did not leave me any food.
Pet sitting is such an emotional roller coaster. At first theres just this annoying/weird cat or dog in your life who smells and/or hates you and by the time you say bye your bond is so strong you will literally jump in traffic for the little weirdojus walked the dog i’m watching and this old woman asked me what strain she is so i said maltese and indica
Awww. Many more at the link.The dog I’m sitting just yipped pathetically for 5 minutes because I hadn’t gone to bed yet and she was already under the duvet. Are we married?
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Vrede too wrote: ↑Sun Jul 30, 2023 10:53 amGo Floaty Otie Go!Sorry. Maybe this to atone?Funny Tweets About Pet-Sitting
"the cat i’m watching rn screams whenever i get too close to her and also whenever i get too far away and i am suddenly feeling a lot of empathy for my ex boyfriends"
... Below, we’ve rounded up 35 funny tweets about pet-sitting ― from hilarious mishaps to heartwarming moments.My friend whose dog I am watching has just text to say there is yoghurt lollies in the freezer for the dog if he wants them. Yoghurt lollies. For the dog. In the freezer. If he wants them.One of the cats I’m watching rn doesn’t come to me when I call her but she’ll come when I sing to her
I love my fanspetsitting for my parents and my dad cooked chicken, rice, green beans, and sweet potatoes for the dog. they did not leave me any food.
Pet sitting is such an emotional roller coaster. At first theres just this annoying/weird cat or dog in your life who smells and/or hates you and by the time you say bye your bond is so strong you will literally jump in traffic for the little weirdojus walked the dog i’m watching and this old woman asked me what strain she is so i said maltese and indicaAwww. Many more at the link.The dog I’m sitting just yipped pathetically for 5 minutes because I hadn’t gone to bed yet and she was already under the duvet. Are we married?
Much more my style.
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Wow. By comparison, I once tried to bring a likely grey whale vertebra into the US from Mexico (Customs seized it) in a large tote bag. It was bulky, but not that heavy.Heaviest animal ever may be this ancient whale found in the Peruvian desert
In this 2023 artist illustration by Alberto Gennari, Perucetus colossus is reconstructed in its coastal habitat.
a single vertebra
There could be a new contender for heaviest animal to ever live. While today's blue whale has long held the title, scientists have dug up fossils from an ancient giant that could tip the scales.
Researchers described the new species — named Perucetus colossus, or "the colossal whale from Peru" — in the journal Nature on Wednesday. Each vertebra weighs over 220 pounds (100 kilograms) and its ribs measure nearly 5 feet (1.4 meters) long....
The massive fossils, which are 39 million years old, "are unlike anything I've ever seen," said study author Alberto Collareta, a paleontologist at Italy's University of Pisa....
They calculated that the ancient giant weighed somewhere between 94 and 375 tons (85 and 340 metric tons). The biggest blue whales found have been within that range — at around 200 tons (180 metric tons).
Its body stretched to around 66 feet (20 meters) long. Blue whales can be longer — with some growing to more than 100 feet (30 meters) in length.
This means the newly discovered whale was "possibly the heaviest animal ever," Collareta said, but "it was most likely not the longest animal ever."
It weighs more in part because its bones are much denser and heavier than a blue whale's, Amson explained.
Those super-dense bones suggest that the whale may have spent its time in shallow, coastal waters, the authors said. Other coastal dwellers, like manatees, have heavy bones to help them stay close to the seafloor....
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Great, something new to worry about. River otter be like, "Hold my beer."billy.pilgrim wrote: ↑Sat Jul 22, 2023 6:09 pmAn otter in California is on the run from local and federal authorities, wanted for aggressively confronting locals and stealing surfboards at a popular beach. But its outlaw status has turned the slippery sea otter into an international icon, with growing support to leave her in the wild.O Really wrote: ↑Fri Jul 14, 2023 12:37 pmA headline you don't see very often:
"Authorities issue warning after aggressive sea otter seen going after surfers in Santa Cruz"
https://abc7news.com/sea-otter-steals-s ... /13490929/
The 5-year-old female otter, known officially as otter 841, has been deemed a public safety risk by state and federal wildlife officials
"There are several petitions circulating online in support of 841's freedom, one of which has gathered over 50,000 signatures."
Montana officials are more accepting and tolerant than California snowflakes.Rare otter attack injures three women floating on inner tubes on popular Montana river
... One woman's wounds, on her face and arms, were so severe that the helicopter was used to fly her out, Jefferson County Undersheriff James Everett said. Her condition Thursday was unknown. The others had injuries to their arms.
“It's just not something you run into very often," Everett said. "Bears do it, moose too and ocasionaly a deer, but otters? That's not normal.”
... No otters have been seen there since Wednesday and there will be no efforts to catch or remove any of the animals because it's believed to have been a defensive attack, he said.
... Last month in California, a sea otter gained widespread attention for aggressively wrestling surfboards from surfers off the coast of Santa Cruz.
30 years in Montana and I don't recall ever seeing otters. I did see beavers.
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But you didn't have a surfboardVrede too wrote: ↑Fri Aug 04, 2023 12:42 pmGreat, something new to worry about. River otter be like, "Hold my beer."billy.pilgrim wrote: ↑Sat Jul 22, 2023 6:09 pmAn otter in California is on the run from local and federal authorities, wanted for aggressively confronting locals and stealing surfboards at a popular beach. But its outlaw status has turned the slippery sea otter into an international icon, with growing support to leave her in the wild.O Really wrote: ↑Fri Jul 14, 2023 12:37 pmA headline you don't see very often:
"Authorities issue warning after aggressive sea otter seen going after surfers in Santa Cruz"
https://abc7news.com/sea-otter-steals-s ... /13490929/
The 5-year-old female otter, known officially as otter 841, has been deemed a public safety risk by state and federal wildlife officials
"There are several petitions circulating online in support of 841's freedom, one of which has gathered over 50,000 signatures."Montana officials are more accepting and tolerant than California snowflakes.Rare otter attack injures three women floating on inner tubes on popular Montana river
... One woman's wounds, on her face and arms, were so severe that the helicopter was used to fly her out, Jefferson County Undersheriff James Everett said. Her condition Thursday was unknown. The others had injuries to their arms.
“It's just not something you run into very often," Everett said. "Bears do it, moose too and ocasionaly a deer, but otters? That's not normal.”
... No otters have been seen there since Wednesday and there will be no efforts to catch or remove any of the animals because it's believed to have been a defensive attack, he said.
... Last month in California, a sea otter gained widespread attention for aggressively wrestling surfboards from surfers off the coast of Santa Cruz.
30 years in Montana and I don't recall ever seeing otters. I did see beavers.
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I did a lot of tubing, though.billy.pilgrim wrote: ↑Fri Aug 04, 2023 2:05 pmBut you didn't have a surfboardVrede too wrote: ↑Fri Aug 04, 2023 12:42 pmGreat, something new to worry about. River otter be like, "Hold my beer."
Rare otter attack injures three women floating on inner tubes on popular Montana river
... 30 years in Montana and I don't recall ever seeing otters. I did see beavers.
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Could be worse than Montana rivers, though:
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Agewall.billy.pilgrim wrote: ↑Mon Aug 07, 2023 11:11 pmhttps://www.instagram.com/reel/CuwnpKIvp4-/
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When I click the link I get the Singing Donkey., nothing restricted or requiredVrede too wrote: ↑Mon Aug 07, 2023 11:28 pmAgewall.billy.pilgrim wrote: ↑Mon Aug 07, 2023 11:11 pmhttps://www.instagram.com/reel/CuwnpKIvp4-/
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Weird, your other Instagram link works fine for me.billy.pilgrim wrote: ↑Mon Aug 07, 2023 11:47 pmWhen I click the link I get the Singing Donkey., nothing restricted or requiredVrede too wrote: ↑Mon Aug 07, 2023 11:28 pmAgewall.billy.pilgrim wrote: ↑Mon Aug 07, 2023 11:11 pmhttps://www.instagram.com/reel/CuwnpKIvp4-/
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Thanks. What an ass.
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