how do the rest of you animal lovers cope with not being able to save them all? it’s getting to freezing temperatures and i get so depressed around this time of year… i am taking care of kittens i found outside and im not able to keep them for long. i can only warm them up for time being and hope they feed from their mom. i just wish i could do so much more

Some of mine are conspiracy of lemurs, flamboyance of flamingos and of course a murder of crows.

Hi all! I’m currently doing a report at college on ‘The Ethics and Origins of Docking and Cropping in Dogs’ and have to gain some first hand research. To do this, I’ve created a Google form that takes literally about 1 minute to complete. No personal questions are asked and no personal data will be received or linked in the report. The report may be uploaded for public access when its been completed so if you are uncomfortable sharing your views or opinions then please do not fill out the report. I would really appreciate it though if some of you could take the time so that I may have more diverse data to include in the report. (If any of you are interested to see the final report, let me know and I’ll upload it in a few months when its been submitted and graded!)

Thanks guys!

A few days ago I was looking with my girlfriend at some toys to buy. My favorite Disney movie is the Jungle Book and my favorite sequence in that movie is King Louie and his Bandar-Log, so I wanted to recreate this scene on my shelf for a diorama. This meant I had to browse toys of monkeys that are native to India + an orangutan for King Louie himself.

To my surprise there is a genuine lack of Asian primates toys out there. The most that exists is proboscis monkey, the occasional lion-tailed Macaque, Gibbons (and Siamang) and Orangutans. Aside of those, there’s really nothing.

It is mostly just primates from Africa and South America continents, especially Africa. It is genuinely fucked up that Asian primates don’t have more toys made based on them. Asia has so many wonderful primates (and other wild life as well) that gets extremely over shadowed by the other two main primate continents.

That’s just my little observation rant.

I love all animals, so I watch a lot of vet shows. It makes me so angry when the vet asks someone how long their animal has been suffering from the ailment, and they tell the vet weeks or months. Why would anyone wait that long to get help with their animal? It is a really sick world.

I'm talking about the more territorial and pact mammals like guerillas and horses (especially horses). I saw a documentary about a group of bachelor male horses finding a pact and the strongest of the group will go and fight the stallion and after 5 min the bachelor lost and the group left the stallion and his family alone.

My question is why another horse don't just come right after the fight to defeat the stallion and claim the group? Do they have a code of honor or something? Surely the stallion is exhausted after one fight so it's safe to assume it's easier to take it down now than any time. It's not just horses. Cows or any other herbivores as well. I understand why lions won't do that cuz the lionesses will help the lion in that case but idk about the rest of them

I’m curious—what’s the weirdest or most surprising interaction you’ve ever had with an animal?

For me, it was the time a crow dropped a shiny button on my porch after I left some snacks out. Totally felt like I was in a Disney movie lol!

Hey guys I have a question , I recently graduated with a degree in laboratory animal science last May and want to pursue a masters degree in public health (with an emphasis in veterinary public health ) I have no plans of pursuing veterinary college as of this moment so what I wanted to ask is that what career opportunities would it take me to with getting this masters ? Is the degree in itself worth it , I’m also currently working as a lab animal technician as well trying to get my (ALAT) certification as well and also gaining some skills. But again for those out there who are vets or not would this particular masters take me anywhere ? All opinions and statements are welcome !

Sperm whale is final boss. Seriously, the more I read and research about this special and fantastic animal, the more blown away I am. Smart, big, strong, loud... Unpredictable. Even the orcas can't do anything to them except the cubs.

Whales are such fascinating animals, it's sad what humans have done to them during the 20th century.

“Male sperm whales have been observed to attack and intimidate orca pods in competitive feeding instances. An incident was filmed from a long-line trawler: an orca pod was systematically taking fish caught on the trawler's long lines (as the lines were being pulled into the ship) when a male sperm whale appeared to repeatedly charge the orca pod in an attempt to drive them away; it was speculated by the film crew that the sperm whale was attempting to access the same fish. The orcas employed a tail outward and tail slapping defensive position against the bull sperm whale similar to that used by female sperm whales against attacking orcas."

This query was prompted by

#####this scene

in the recently released move Gladiator II .

I'm aware of the criticisms of the movie (some of which are very severe!) … so I'm not treating the scene as any kind of accurate zoological disquisition … the baboons in that scene are like some kind of nightmarish hyper-baboon from another planet, or something! But it did get me wondering just how ferocious baboons can get. If, say, the hunters who'd captured the animals had made a point of finding the most ferocious baboons that could possibly be found, from some remote corner where for some reason they'd evolved to extraordinary ferocity, and, in addition to that, the keepers had starved them in their captivity before releasing them into the arena, just how close to the ferocity of the animals in the scene could their ferocity get?

They say hyena jaws are the strongest and most powerful jaws of any land animal. Is that true?

Every evening a neighborhood cat comes by to chill ( I named her Greyson, no idea what her real name is), and she gets some love, and snacks, and then goes home. It was getting cold outside so I purchased one of those heated cat houses but she hasn't gone in there (yet). However, the other day I walked to greet Grayson as she was pawing at the sliding glass door and while she was nonchalant, I noticed a freakin' POSSUM just chilling in the heated cat house right next to her! Oh man, I wish I had taken a pic. I was shocked, but then the animal lover in me calmed down and kinda thought it was cute but then got hyped up again worried that the Possum would bite Grey, so I let Greyson inside while I shoo'ed the Possum out. Possum was not happy. It showed me its gnarly teeth. I felt bad because I'm sure the heated house felt good.

I have seen gorillas at zoos eating paper and cardboard and wondered how they are able to digest it.