/r/Creatures_of_earth
Our community is for people to share information about the life we share our planet with, and discuss those creatures and the issues surrounding them.
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Welcome to the Creatures_of_earth community!
In this community anybody can share interesting facts and information on the bizarre beings inhabiting our planet. Feel free to talk about any creature from lizards, fish, microorganisms, or even plants! Living or extinct, as long as they existed on earth at some point. Just try to make it as interesting and informative as possible!
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RULES
1) Absolutely NO harassment of any kind is permitted.
2) No witch-hunting.
3) Giving and receiving criticism is part of life- make sure to be respectful of others' opinions.
4) Reposting is limited. See content guidelines for more details.
5) Please don't post questions directly, rather ask them in the comments or send a message to a moderator if necessary, we're here to help.
6) Feel free to request posts on certain creatures. Requests should be entitled [REQUEST] (or using the request flair) and name of creature. There will usually be a request thread each month, if you prefer to wait for that.
7) Read through the content guidelines before submitting a new post.
8) Have fun!
Content Guidelines
All posts must contain at least one picture of a creature along with informative text about it. Example of high quality post. Gifs and videos are allowed in addition to the minimum requirements.
Posts must be related to creatures. This does not mean specifically animals, but anything that is/was alive on our planet. This includes plants and microorganisms (viruses, bacteria, fungi, etc). Strictly no fictional/fantasy creatures.
A post does not have to focus on a single species, but can focus around a certain group or type of creature if you want to include multiple species.
All creature posts must be informative in some way. It is allowed (and encouraged!) to include some humor, but the main content of the post should be informative.
An album may only be reposted to the sub 8 months after it was originally posted. The repost must also link to the original thread and be flaired appropriately. If you are posting someone else's work, you must credit them in the comments. We encourage you to rework or update old information if it is necessary.
Remember to flair your post as NSFW if it contains excessive gore or sexual/disturbing images.
We reserve the right to remove any posts that we find lazy, uninformative or in violation of these guidelines. You can message the mods if you feel any content removal is unfair or unjustified.
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(feel free to contact the mods to suggest other related subreddits)
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This is Why Canadian Lynx Scream Like They're Possessed!!
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This is Why Bush Dogs Stink So BAD!
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[COE] Rats are mostly perceived as vermin. However, they help humans in numerous ways. They aid in finding the bacteria that causes tuberculosis, find earthquake survivors within the rubble and even detect landmines to prevent human casualties.
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2024 - Wildlife movie
Since time flies incredibly fast, and we often fail to truly appreciate the value of the moments we experience, it has become a habit of mine to summarize the most beautiful moments spent in nature at the end of the year. I don’t do this for views or likes but so I can return to these moments in the future and relive them in my thoughts. This year was, once again, completely different from the previous ones. I started using trail cameras more often, which helped me document shots even when I didn’t have time to go out and photograph. For the first time in my life, I had the chance to observe hoopoes and badgers. I even managed to photograph hoopoes in flight, something I never thought I’d accomplish this year. The roe deer rut turned out well for me, but due to traveling, I missed the red deer rut and only attended the fallow deer rut once, which I regret (though it wasn’t entirely up to me).
Next year, I’d like to focus more on filming videos, perhaps at the expense of photography, so I can put together what I’d consider a “proper” film. I hope you’ll enjoy this recap of 2024. If you have any constructive criticism, I’ll greatly appreciate it because that’s the only way to improve.
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Stumbled accidentally this crazy creature the other night. Any ideas what it is?
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This is How the Fastest Bird on the Planet Fought World War 2
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what is this?
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This is Why Lions and Crocodiles in Africa Don't Go Hunting Solo
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Unknown creature
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Wtf did I see
I was driving with my roommate to a friends late at night, I missed the turn and so had to keep driving for a bit each house has quite a bit of land, rural but not farmland. As driving at the side of the road we both saw a creature’s silhouette looked about 3-4 feet tall, pill shaped but fuzzy/furry, had a beak and skinny chicken like legs. It walked into the grass with a bit of a bounce in its step. We drove by it seeing it I was slowing down the car but didn’t stop. We both saw it both described it to each other the same exact way. Neither of us on any sort of substance. Telling the friend that lived in that area looked at us if we were crazy. Definitely would feel crazy if she didn’t see the same exact thing. Anyone know what that could be?
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10 Famous Places with Mythical Creatures
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40,000 Years Ago This Flying Beast Ate the Biggest of Animals and Now Fights for Survival
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GIANT RIVER OTTER ─ Caimans, Jaguars and even Anacondas are afraid of this Beast !!
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OSPREY ─ Nothing Can Escape the Claws of this Diving Fisherman Hawk!
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Feeder Cam July 2024
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Feeder Cam July 2024
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I need help finding a creature
Last night my parents and I were in the northern Pennsylvania part of the Appalachian mountains, we were camping out on private property so I know no one was there but us. when we got to the campsite earlier that day the grounds had a weird Erie feeling almost like there was some sort of ghost or spirit. Middle of the night probably around 1 am. We were sitting by the fire when we all felt like we were being stalked. About 20min goes by and we look in the distance and see 2 massive green glowing eyes probably about 6-7 feet off the ground the eyes were big round and very far apart probably 8 inches apart. My father told us to get in the car and he proceeded to try to communicate with whatever this was, “saying hey get out of here.” It did not respond. My dad shined a flash light in its direction and saw a big humanoid looking creature And the creature immediately started running erratically. that thing was fast like tiger speed. We all hoped in the car and drove out as fast as we can. I don’t know much about what it could be if anyone has an idea lmk.
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Monotremes the egg-laying mammals
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Feeder Cam June 2024
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BOBCAT ─ Even Rattlesnakes and Deer Wouldn't Dare Cross Its Path!
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Feeder Cam June 2024
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Feeder Cam June 2024
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HIPPOPOTAMUS ─ Lions and Crocodiles Fear the Most Dangerous Animal in Africa
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Does every creature have a different number of chromosomes?
I was wondering if every creature had a different number of chromosomes.
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GRAY WHALE ─ Orcas' Most Underrated Rival!
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I caught these cute Rhinos on camera. They were grazing, I followed them. They can move up to 40 miles, trekking for food.
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