Everyone's favorite pill-popper Steve-O did a video on how "service animals" is total bullshit. Cringe or based?<br>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3Y<wbr>j2XmwEL0

>>4798566
Steve O is whack, and I'm not watching the video, but most times "service animals" are totally bullshit. The "legit" ones are the ones that actually do something like help the blind or smell heartatacks or whatever, but anybody anywhere can get something like picrel and bring their dog all over while telling people that "it's okay because it's a service animal".

The worst part is people who really need a service animal for the previously mentioned legitimate reasons, but have to deal with the decreasing status of said service animal now that so many people are abusing the trust based system of it all.

I wish service animals were federally regulated and the actual legitimate ones had to be obtained from a) a government body, and b) were issued licenses and ID like a human to prove they are legit.

I had two jobs where I had to put up with these assholes coming in with their "service chihuahua" who then pisses itself in fear of a leaf and I'm not allowed to tell them to gtfo even though the area has a no dog policy.

>>4798566
The opinions of someone who has had a tattoo of a man raping a baby can be ignored

>>4798566
>service dogs are so bullshit dude!
>*makes his dog a service dog*
uhm...?

>>4798566
All support animals are legitimate. I don't know what I'd do without my emotional support cane toad. I take him on planes and buses, and he helps me get over my anxiety over not carrying an invasive species with me at all times.

>>4801672
nah, too hard to steal stuff while carrying a dog around

>>4798566
The reason why this is readily avaiable is so people have the freedom to train their own service animals for different tasks. This makes those disability aids more accessible and doesn't lock service dogs behind a huge paywall. This is, obviously, a very good thing. Disabled people deserve to have tools to aid them not be prohibitively expensive.
However this system is, as we've seen, open to abuse from braindeads who don't care for the safety and comfort of the general public, least of all the most vulnerable of us.
So /an, what would you propose we do? How do we fix the issue of fake service dogs whilst also not making service dogs, as a disability aid, inaccessible to disabled people?

Just judge by the breed and go from there. If it's not a Labrador or some other type of smart, responsive breed, then you know it's utter BS.

>>4801691
>carry
Obviously just let it run loose, like they always do anyway

>>4801697
I have an idea.
>a standardized qualification that service dogs that aren't trained by a training org or charity must undergo
>similar to the good citizen dog test but government enforced
>ran by the kennel club. Every US state must have at least 5 kennel club affiliated training orgs willing to do the test, and something similar elsewhere in the world ofc
>the test MUST be capped at €30 per dog per test, and can be subsidized. Any more and the test becomes exclusionary.
>the test MUST ONLY test the dogs ability to behave in public and around other dogs, and NOT whether or not the dog can do whatever service it was trained for (This could be considered disability exclusion and open the kc up to lawsuits)
>the dog can be any breed (anything else will cause riots)
>the dog will be provided with a card, similar to a driving license, that the disabled person must carry
>the card MUST NOT provide any information about the person's disability or what service the dog is trained for, only that it is a certified service dog and will behave itself
There are pros and cons of this. If even one MUST from this list is out the whole plan won't work and will actively be working against the disabled people we're trying to help. Furthermore this test isnt airtight, people will still cheese it. But at the very least something like this should guarantee that, even if the service dog you meet isnt performing a service, at least it's going to behave.

>>4801700
>then you know it's utter BS.
Yet you're still not allowed to do anything about it unless you want to headline the evening news.

>>4801605
What a weird, insignificant thing to get so upset over

>>4802155
It's not insignificant when you have to enforce this kind of thing daily at work and your hands are tied, so you either get yelled at by your boss for letting dogs on the premises or you try to kick them out and get bitched at for "trampling their rights".

>>4802160
why doesn't your boss kick them out themselves?

>>4802160
So just tell your boss its a servicr animal fuck him


Anonymous

If the rivers of literal shit don't kill you, the leopards will. Such is life in the UK.

>>4798686
Saars, the UK is turning into Bharat

>>4798686
Europe's big wild carnivoran population restored

>>4798686
Imagine if they discover it and find that it likes sipping tea in its den and has crooked teeth

>Imagine if dey discoverings it and findings that it likings sippings tea in its den and has crookeds teething

>>4798686
Terrific news! Let’s drop a bunch of these in London and let nature take its course :)

>>4798691
The UK has always been like that. At least India is literally overflowing with pajeets, there's no reason why the Thames has to be so putrid.

>>4799044
england traded what nature had left to fuel its empire. right now it's the poorest region of europe in terms of biodiversity and natural habitats, and i bet that were not for the EU forcing environmental laws unto them during the 80s, great britain would look like easter island today.

>>4798686
It's the only black denizen of the British Isles whose numbers are decreasing.

>>4798686
is the literal rivers of shit the Muslim people who immigrated to your country.

>>4798686
That’s a weird way to say roaming gangs of various PoC

>>4799121
This is just a british man in an american flag shirt

The traditions of english theatre never change

>>4799121
I live in the British territories myself dude everyone can see how dire the situation is over there

It's the UK, what the fuck do you expect?

>>4798686
lmao did somebody really smuggle a jaguar into Britain and just turn it lose?

>>4798686
So megafaunal cryptids are possible?

>>4799355
Yeah, but now that there evidence for it, its not cryptozoology any more, just normal zoology. And any cryptozoology is still crackpot schizo pseudoscience without any evidence @:^)

>>4799395
Honestly the big problem with all "non-standard" forms of knowledge is the childish, agent Mulder-like need to convince other people of them. Who cares if everyone else is wrong. I saw the Loch Ness Monster and it turned out to be an incredibly big otter who speaks fluent old Gaelic. Why would I care if you believe me or not?

>>4799413
>Why would I care if you believe me or not?
perhaps we're not sociopaths like you?

>>4799433
>sociopathy is when you don't try to make everyone exactly like you
Clinically it is the opposite

>>4799413
If you were one of hundreds or thousands of people independently describing a giant gealic speaking otter, it woul be pretty rude to not at least consider it.
Imagine your a bong taking a walk at night an run across a panther, then everyone proceeds to question your mental state and soberness or thinks you're pulling a prank.
Eyewitnesses are routinely dismissed, because "expert say its nonsense".

>>4799464
Given the influx of pajeets on the Isles, I quite fully expect that the source of the DNA is because they've been smuggling exotic cats in from their homeland and they've been getting loose.

>>4799413
It's both human nature AND noble to be a truthspeaker. If you don't find the value in spreading news of novel discoveries and proving them, then you've got something wrong with you. As in, lower-than-NPC-type-behavioral-issu<wbr>es.

>>4799466
these sightings didnt start recently. might as well be someone rich bringing in a couple during colonial times and then quietly letting them go after finding that feeding big cats can get pretty expensive. or a circus at some point in the last century not being able to afford their kitties any more.

>>4799355
A big cat is not a cryptid... Very easy for them to have hid, and there have been plenty of reasonable sightings and video evidence, unlike with your made-up monsters like bigfoot, mothman, mokele, nessy, whatever. No, megafaunal cryptids are not possible.

>>4799355
I don't understand how unknown megafauna can exist anywhere outside of the most remote, dense rainforests. Literally just
>find game trail/water source/literally anything
>install remote camera
Congratulations, you now have video of even the rarest and most elusive animals.

>>4799737
doesn't work for most rare animals.

>>4799742
They must be rare indeed if they never have to eat or drink.

>>4799745
just go watch a doc about bili apes. Animals are very cautious with new stimuli, and some avoid areas that other animals frequent, like watering holes or trails...

>>4799469
Hell, Britbongs used to be able to buy big cats at the department store, not hard to imagine some of those getting set loose instead of being sent back to Africa.

>>4799467
>human nature
fake news
>nobility
abstract, non-quantifiable concept

>>4799823
nigga such an npc he talkin like a robot off star trek
>WE ARE THE CYBORGS. HUMAN NATURE IS IRRELEVANT. YOUR ABSTRACT CONCEPTS ARE NON QUANTIFIABLE. YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED.

>>4799835
>make statement based on false premises
I don't even need to finish this meme arrow chain. The first one conveys my point succinctly.

>>4799570
they will if you drop enough in

>>4799881
You got btfo bot boy

>>4799835
Based, epic win

>>4799885
facts don't care about your feelings (nobility)

>>4799823
What are you doing on 4chan if you don't like non-mainstream thoughts and opinions?

>>4799746
yeah, uhh
>The Bili apes, or Bondo mystery apes, were names given in 2003 in sensational reports in the popular media to a purportedly new species of highly aggressive, giant ape supposedly inhabiting the wetlands and savannah around of the village of Bili in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
>Scientists soon determined they were common chimpanzees

>>4799902
ESL? I don't like opinions that can't be justified non-esoterically. I never said anything about the mainstream. I especially don't like when people people try to make themselves appear better than others.

>>4800027
>I don't like opinions that can't be justified non-esoterically
I get what you're trying to say but personal opinions on certain topics can kind of come from anywhere. The justification comes in when you're trying to convince others that they should be thinking like you. E.g:
>I am vegan because I don't like the idea of eating animal products
VS:
>I am vegan because eating animal products is morally reprehensible
One of these is a simple personal choice based on personal opinion. The other is something the individual perceives as some sort of 'moral right' and therefore implying that you're morally in the wrong for doing something different, despite both of these statements coming from the same place (Feelings rather than Facts).
Appealing to some kind of made-up sense of nobility is the latter, by the way.

>>4800032
>noooo just make everything an opinion or say you were put up to it by a god or something with a concrete bible verse that way you cant hurt feelings and we can agree to disagree
Conviction is chadliness.
Opinions are cowardice.
Faith is cuckoldry.

You are afraid to have the right opinion and need to exist in a world of subjectivity so you can neither win nor lose
Your ancestors would be ashamed. You are a slave.

>>4800045
None of that is relevant to >>4800032.

>>4800032
I am not this retard >>4800045

Anyways, my whole post chain was in reference to >>4799467. This opinion wasn't presenting itself as subjective, and it is closer to the latter like you said. I hate things closer to the latter because they try to come off as objective.

>>4800425
>human nature isn't objective, there's no consistency to human behavior whatsoever

>>4800455
Human nature is, sure. When the person bringing it up can back it up with research. But we both know that there is so research backing up the statement 'being a truthsayer is in human nature' because it's nonsense fluff, as is the appeal to an arbitrary concept of 'nobility'. It's meaningless words that only mean something to a select few. And if you personally care about that shit, if it motivates you etc, good for you. But to pretend that there is any amount of objectivity there is silly.

>>4800460
>When the person bringing it up can back it up with research.
beep boop, human nature must be verified by (((trusted sources))) beep boop

>>4800462
Being gay is human nature because gay people exist and also I say so. If you disagree you're an NPC.


Bad Drawing/Animation

Post the worst anime animation ever. I lost my folder. Arigato~

>>4798832
You are on /an/ - Animals & Nature rather than /a/ - Anime & Manga

>>4798832
I’m not seeing the issue I see people who look like that everyday

>>4798838
That is the joke. He's incredibly funni


Does anybody else get ribberts in their dounstairs shitter?

Spraying them with saltwater worked for me.

>>4798840
>they simply eyeball me back
KEK

>>4798840
sweet, a free self-replenishing food source

>>4799475
Crazy that the world is just collectively okay with Frances cannibalism.

>>4798840
Yes I used to have these all the time
I would turn on the sink to wash my hands and one would fall out of the spigot
Often would have them in shower
Must add grating to pipes
Source: thirdie life

>>4798853
They’re frogs, not toads
Cane toads are really not very agile and can not climb walls or pipes well

Loled at the post. <br>But those aren't bullfrogs, right? They shouldn't ribbert.


Infected lips in Cats

Now this problem of infected lips was in my cat for a long time and i thought it was going to fade away and it was temporary and it actually dissapeared temporarily until it came back but destroyed her poor liittle lips.

She was a stray kitten but I raised her in my house and There wasn't an actual infection but as time passed she probably got it from eating trash or getting into some acidic shit since it has the smell of fishes. Anyways the problem is she cannot grow tall or get bigger, she's permantly small (in the form of kitten), And her right lip is completely destroyed, her left lip is also infected.

I wanna help her but i'm broke as fuck to even get her to a veterinarian

so what do you want? a magic homebrewn cure that costs nothing and will fix everything? animals are unfortunately expensive. that thing is just going to get worse and worse until she likely dies. loan some money or have a reddit fundraiser or something.

>>4798858
No dude, I could try to work and get some money, but what should i do about her, I mean is there like some cure to her shit ?

>>4798861
You know who could fucking tell you that? A vet.

You can go to a vet and say you caught a stray cat with a bad infection and you only have to pay for it if you take it back

probably needs an antibiotic

a vet trip shouldn't cost that much, just be firm with them that you don't have much money and don't want to do 100 types of routine tests and vaccines

>>4798841
Wish I could give you another answer but a vet visit is your best shot. Cat moths are especially sensitive


will a miniature poodle be too much for me to raise on my own? i'm a first time dog owner.

It's an excellent sign that your conscientious about your novice abilities. But poodles are fantastic. They're great family dogs of excellent temperament and disposition. The biggest concern of yours is going to be housebreaking (which is totally learnable and doable and experienced by all dog owners) and providing adequate space for the dog to exercise and play.

>>4798886
Imo there isnt any such thing as a good dog for a first time owner. Either you've done the research and are willing to put the time in or you haven't. But poods are great dogs all around, and so long as you're aware of the workload the dog will take, it shouldn't be an issue for you on your own.

I can't speak for their personality or exercise needs but be sure you can care for its coat. Either you have the money to take it consistently to a groomer or the commitment to groom the dog yourself. Slowly start teaching the puppy about grooming practices like brushing, nail clipping/handling its feet, handling its face and mouth, water, the sound of a blow dryer, standing still while being worked on, etc early to make it easier on it and the person grooming it in the future. Puppies don't have long attention spans so start with very short sessions that get longer as the puppy gets older and give a lot of praise when the puppy behaves well. For scary things like nails, water, and blow dryer, start small and build up exposure. Let it get used to the sound of water and the blow dryer and praise it or give it a treat then work up to putting a little water on it and briefly running the blow dryer over it (not on a hot setting) and give it a treat. Clip the very tips of the nail and give it a treat. Might sound silly to go to that extent but you want to try to make all of those things no big deal to the dog. Poodles have to be groomed all their lives or they will be a matted mess so it's better to try and make it as easy of a process as you can for the dog and whoever has to groom it. If you can get some clippers and get the puppy used to the sound and feel of those that would be good, too. Even if you send the dog to a groomer, it's good to have some clippers to keep the eyes and mouth trimmed between grooming appointments.

>>4798980
>If you can get some clippers and get the puppy used to the sound and feel of those that would be good, too
This might sound weird but a vibrator is unironically a good tool to use for this if you don't want to have to clip your dogs coat to get them used to the sound and feeling of the clippers.
Well they don't feel exactly the same but vibrators are much cheaper and easier to come by and you can touch your dog with it to it used to the concept of something that goes vrrrrr on their skin.

>>4798985
i mean maybe but who wants to say they own a vibrator lol

>>4798977
>>4798978
Thank you. Yes I've been doing a lot of research, I've found some good breeders now that do all the health testing and such (through Poodle Club of America). I'm very worried about the puppy stage, the housebreaking and stuff. I've been reading about crate training and starting them in a smaller area to keep things more manageable.

I also hear mixed information on temperament. I'm going to a confirmation breeder so hoping that results in a more mellow poodle. I'm good with energy and like go for walks, but I also will need to get work done and want to be able to relax on the couch at night sometimes. I realize during the puppy stage that's maybe not possible, but I'm talking when it's 9months old or something. Are poodles super needy or can they just cuddle a bit? Is that something that's trainable? I'm happy to throw the ball and exercise, but, also want to live a life where I have some down time. I'm getting a bit freaked out when I tell people I'm thinking of getting a miniature poodle and they say "oh wow that's a lot of energy those dogs!"

>>4798980
From what I've read I need to brush every few days. I'll be taking it to a groomer though. II've looked into costs. I think every 6 weeks I'll need to spend about 125 bucks or learn how to do it myself. My breeder says she introduces the puppies early on to grooming, so by the time I get the dog she'll have gotten the dog pretty used to grooming. I'm writing down your grooming exposure ideas down so that I remember to do them, I have a whole spreadsheet of socialization and exposure things and I'm adding these, thank you!

>>4798985
I'm a dude, so I have a shaver for manscaping. The breeder is going to do some exposure before I get the dog, but, I can also just slowly expose it to my shaver as well.

>>4799050
Yeah I'm already a dude thinking about getting a miniature poodle, people will make fun of me enough already


Let these little fellas cross the road today

>>4798734
The person in oncoming traffic hit the babies. Nah they ducked under the guard rail and disappeared. There's a river nearby. They're going home.

>>4798714
most or all of those ducklets will be eaten by predators within a few weeks

>>4798774
>*chomp* thanks for saving my meal!

>>4798714
Reminds me of a time I saw a duck and her hatchlings waddling toward a busy 4-lane business highway. I really wanted to run out there and stop the traffic myself, but before I got the chance, all 4 lanes came to a stop for them without any intervention from me. I felt really good about the world that day.


Need medical advice for a cat

Hello, /an/. Recently my cat (female, around 15 y.o.) started having health problems, namely weight loss and dark blood in her urine. 8 days ago I took her to the vet, who did 2 injections: antibiotics (Tylosin 0,5) and multivitamins. This continued for 3 days, with no improvements. During these 3 days, she once urinated something that looked like a small blood clot, which repeated one since.
On the 4th day, we went to a different clinic for ultrasound and x-ray, and kept going there henceforth. There, similar treatment continued, but with stronger antibiotics, the name of which I didn't get. I'll post an update once I do. Multivitamins were also present, now with some occasional painkillers. This new treatment continued for 5 days, today being the 5th, still with no improvements.
New problems have appeared, however. She became reluctant to eat, when before she was constantly checking her bowl for new food. Besides that, yesterday she had diarrhea and vomited, which luckily didn't repeat so far. At first I thought this was caused by antibiotics, but the vet said they were using ones that shouldn't cause neither diarrhea nor vomiting, so we went for an ultrasound scan.

>>4799021
Here are some oddities, though, which is a major reason for why I come here. This new clinic has several different vets, and there are no appointments, so which one of them you get only depends on which one is free at the moment. Strange, but ok, I thought. So, on the first day of visiting, the first vet did an x-ray of her kidneys and bladder, said the kidneys were fine, but one was a little bigger than the other; the bladder had some weird spots, which he couldn't identify, so he sent us for an ultrasound. He also tried to take a blood sample, but as my cat is easily scared, very wriggly and quick to use her claws, he was unable to do so. Second day, another vet does an ultrasound, says the kidneys are fine, but bladder has some blood and weird spots in it, and that we should continue with the same shots, wait and look out for improvements. Fifth day, as I already described above, loss of appetite, diarrhea and vomiting. They do another bladder ultrasound, same results, but new the vet finds a growth, which, likewise, she is unable to identify. Todays ultrasound image in picrel. She then suggests that we take a break from antibiotics for 2 days, and once again look out for improvements, no certainty. Another one of her suggestions is that we swap for different antibiotics, injected each 12 hours.
I might be overthinking it, but I really just can't stop worrying for my cat. I'm at a loss here, with all the differing results, 0 certainty and no improvements. So, I come to /an/, in hope for some advice from people who had similar experiences or maybe are vets themselves.

15 is a good age for a cat honestly. It might be kinder to let her go than to keep putting her through anymore. I'm sorry anon.

Your cat is nearing the end of her life man. I'm sorry. We don't get to have their company forever. You could have them run a bunch of tests, do more procedures, and stress her out even more just to extend her life a few painful months. Or you could choose to focus on pain management and terminal care, accept that she's going, and when the time comes end her pain. I'm not going to pass judgment. It's hard, it's always hard. Ultimately it's up to you, do you genuinely think she can be saved? Or do you think it's time to say goodbye? And are you holding on for your sake or hers?

>>4799041
the way you phrase the options kinda make it sounds like you are judging (I mostly agree though)


Are ants the closest to surpassing Humanity?<br> I know it will never happen but they're our biggest competitors right?

>>4799108
nothing can or will surpass us if your criteria is technological development if we consider that to be energy utilization. there are not enough easily accessible deposits of minerals, particularly petrochemicals to fuel a second industrial revolution.
if you're talking biomass ants are only at ~20% of human biomass, i think they're best in class among terrestrial invertebrates but still have nothing on livestock, cattle alone are at ~200% human biomass. Antarctic krill are the only complex animal species with greater biomass than humans at this point and it's pretty close.

>>4799108
>but they're our biggest competitors right?
in terms of sheer numbers, yeah
eusociality is both a big advantage and disadvantage because it hard handicaps the kind of development it took humans to achieve our current position

They're working on a quite different level.<br>They perhaps will survive human extinction, but they will do little productive work.

They are mindless, soil-shoving losers. Put on this Earth to serve us.

If your criteria for advancement is cooperation and creating things together, then our cells are much more impressive, since they can specialize a lot more and work together much more in sync.<br>What are even your criteria

>>4799108
colony species cant advance much because you need individuality, selfishness and competition to evolve culturally and technologically

>>4799219
But they don't serve you, cuck

>>4801775
Not him but they do help us out at least. Just indirectly.


I've heard of having blue balls before but this is ridiculous.

>>4799056
imagine being a bird and swooping down and picking at those thinking they’re berries


>>4799432
If Odonata are such successful predators, then how come no other insects have evolved a similar body plan? Have they just outcompeted everything that otherwise would have? The closest thing to an exception I can think of are antlions.

>>4799438
A bunch of robber flies are pretty similar

>>4799438
>have evolved a similar body plan?
Because that isn't how evolution works
The median phases are likely less fit in a present environment, thus aren't selected for

>>4799432
How old are they exactly? How have they survived like this

>>4800131
theyve been around since when creatures with a spine got on to land, the only thing that threw a wrench in their evolutionary plan was aerial predators, but you know, theyre still around and all those predators kept going extinct

>>4799438
The niche has been filled. It's like asking why manual laborers don't own the banks.


NO CHORDATES ALLOWED

Spinefags get all the attention despite making up only like 3% of all animals. This thread is dedicated to all of our favorite inverte-FRIENDS!

>it's not ready yet sir!
>use your slippers sir!
>is that a cigar? i don't want THAT THING puffing on my carpet!
>do you have any idea how long did it take me to polish those ming vases of yours?
>USE A COASTER SIR! that's mahogany!
>sorry sir, steamed rice and vegetables for tonight. doctor's orders.
>have some manners sir! just because you have a servant it doesn't mean you can live like a pig!
>my poor mother always said i should've been a nun!

Despite making up only like 3% of all animals, vertebrates account for 100% of apex predators

>>4798981
Apex predator is the single most overrated niche of them all

dear veterebrates: whenever a mass extinction arrives, you will be the first ones to go, your niches are limited and fragile and tumble away at the first sign of adversity, your supposed smartest and most awesome specimens which you worship reached space a mere few decades ago while we have been able to reach the upper atmosphere for billions of years, you are nothing but a short term experiment, you have no adaptability, you have no extreme hardiness, you cannot thrive in the macro and micro ecosystems, and once you go extinct your ilk will never evolve again, nor will you evolve on any planet ever again, you are doomed to go extinct alone and without prospects for any future.

>>4799024
How so? Not being predated upon seems pretty nifty

>>4798930
>inverte-FRIENDS!
why not inverti-mates?

>>4798981
>vertebrates account for 100% of apex predators
False, on some islands and in a number of marine habitats the inverts take the top spot over the native vertebrates

>>4799024
Sounds like something a prey item would say.
>>4799033
> Marine invertebrates suffered the greatest losses during the P–Tr extinction. Evidence of this was found in samples from south China sections at the P–Tr boundary. Here, 286 out of 329 marine invertebrate genera disappear within the final two sedimentary zones containing conodonts from the Permian.
Reality says otherwise, cope.

>>4799098
>>4799444
Everytime the paradigm shifts, you will be the first ones to go

>>4799504
Your only use is to serve us as a host for easy food and transport, kneel.

>>4799507
I've eaten isopods before. No isopod has eaten me.

This was the peak of invertebrate design, it was all downhill from here.

>>4799493
… What? Who typed this?
>>4799507
Oh…

Greetings fellow invertebrates it sure would suck having a backbone amirite?

>>4801254
since when are centipedes apex

>>4801286
Since he needs to cope. Mammals were recently extirpated from the island.

>>4801286
Since a Cormocephalus became an island giant and began eating seabirds
>>4801327
The island has no native mammals to begin with

>>4802085
>native
There we go with the cope again.

>>4799098
Educated people don't say "predated upon."
We say "preyed on."

We also round pi to 3.

you sound like an idjit when you don't do these things.

>>4802117
>mammals aren’t native to the island
>the mammals that were introduced have now been exterminated
>centipedes now sit comfortably back in their apex predator niche
You may be retarded

>>4802120
Educated people also don’t say “idjit”. You’re both in the wrong.

>>4802444
I see you don't know any educated people
We speak the vernacular

That's the point. If you want to pretend to be educated, use proper grammar, not formal language

>>4802448
>We speak the vernacular
Giga cope but ok

>>4802479
If you hang out with educated people you'll quickly see that we speak slang, but often a bit outdated or somewhat incorrectly. This is because of a desire to appear normal, but lack of opportunity to learn how.

People here on the other hand wish to appear educated, which is something most educated people don't actually want. So if you're going to pretend to be educated, you have to start by pretending to be uneducated and failing.
That doesn't mean use of formal scientific jargon in casual conversation. Educated people don't do that.
Educated people do use slang, often in weird or unusual ways.

The easiest way to demonstrate that you lack education is by using big words when small ones will work just as well.

>>4802479
the problem with "predated" is that it has 2 different meanings, and one of them is never used in casual conversation.

It is correct to say that neanderthals predated romans. This does not mean that neanderthals killed and ate romans. It means they existed before romans.

A biologist would never say a cat predated upon a mouse. Nor would they call the mouse a prey item. These are formal usages that don't occur in casual conversation.

when someone uses them in casual conversation without realizing the error, it demonstrates that they read formal biology papers, but lack formal education that would inform them that those terms aren't used outside of scientific papers and lectures. Biologists speaking to each other or to outsiders aren't going to use those terms. That would be weird. It happens all the time on /an/ though, and that is weird.
Presumably we have one anon trying just as hard as he can to pretend to be educated. Or perhaps several anons use formal terms inappropriately and it has become board culture of some sort. Either way it's odd, and any neophyte to the board encountering it will see it as a lack of sophistication rather than proof of it.

>>4802509
The best way to appear uneducated is to try too hard to appear educated. Only uneducated people want to appear educated.

>>4802120
>anon talking like a backwater country bumpkin insisting he is le edumacated
it is a poor choice of words when you’re trying to lecture someone about language

>>4802540
Do you know any biologists irl?
Have you ever heard them say "predated upon" or "prey item" in casual conversation?
Do they say it every day in casual conversation to impress you?

my guess is no to all three.
This board actually reads like a bunch of backwater hicks.

>>4802544
stop obsessing over this preyed upon prey in autism dude im talking about the irony of you saying “idjit” while talking about proper grammar/terms

>>4802559
>im talking about the irony of you saying “idjit” while talking about proper grammar/terms
yes, I'm explaining that seeming contradiction to someone that has no experience with actual expertise.

the simple explanation is actual experts don't try to look like experts all the time. We go out of our way to talk down to normies like you. When I say "idjit" it is because I imagine that's how you poor fools actually speak.
no cap frfr on god skibbidi toilet rizz

>>4801248
>that taxonomic name
Wasn't expecting that.

>>4802544
This isn't casual conversation this is The Namibian Goat Fucking Forum. Everyone here is trying to sound smarter than everyone else to gain imaginary social points, it's like being in a room with a bunch of male STEM undergrads. That's just how we talk round these parts.

>>4802674
The fact you're using 'we' is completely undermining your (pretty good) point. WE know you're not an expert. WE know you're just as retarded as the rest of us. You will never escape you larping fuck.

>>4802769
>WE know you're not an expert.
I know what "predated upon" means, just like your pretend expert.

but I also know that nobody says it in real life, unlike your pretend expert.

meaning I know far more about real life biology and biologists than your pretend expert. Only the very worst of pretenders would make his mistake.

>>4802735
>it's like being in a room with a bunch of male STEM undergrads.
I don't think even undergrads would make such a childish error.

>>4802785
>I don't use the big words so the experts think I'm one of them
It isn't working.
>>4802787
Using big words to look smart? Have you even been in a room full of male undergrads?

>>4802791
>It isn't working.
It's absolutely working
the experts know I'm one of them, they've read my work

nobody here knows I'm one of them. There are no experts here to impress.

>>4802803
This is one of the saddest larps I've seen in a while :(

>>4802791
>the big words
>Using big words
do you consider "predated" to be a big word?

it's not a big word. It's just the wrong word.

>>4802804
so the 150 incorrect uses of "predated" in the last few years isn't sad to you?

or signs of an obvious larp? You might be the retard the other retard is trying to impress.
Are you impressed?

>>4799104
I would like an inverti-mate :^(

can you guys just like… post pics and webms of bugs and squids and stuff?

>>4802674
Lmao so now your story is that you’re actually imitating the “uneducated” yeah man I totally believe it
you’re one of the most pretentious insecure posters on here in a long time and that’s saying something

This is now a jelly thread<br>Post jelly

>>4802925
>so now your story is
If I have to tell you the same thing 10 times before you understand, you don't just sound uneducated.
At that point you're retarded.

>>4803365
Lie through your teeth harder. You embarrassed yourself by showing your bare ass and are now doing damage control - everyone can read the thread. You’ll be getting no more attention from me now.

>>4803431
Everyone that is a biologist or knows a biologist knows I'm right. You look like a fool every time you speak.


The /an/lympics 2024: Nominations

Mr. Sir The Guymanbro

KEEP ALL TOURNAMENT TALK ITT!

—Timer: https://itsalmo.st/time-for-qualifi<wbr>ers-to-die-lmli

►Nomination Process
Post full name of your nomination, a nomination must receive 5 replies to qualify.
►LIVE Nomination List:
>https://rentry.org/anlympics2024qu<wbr>allifers
CHECK and CTRL+F to see if your organism was ADDED!

►Rules:
>Submission must be /an/-related or or have appeared in a /an/ tournament prior to this rule (Grandfather Clause)
>Organism of choice must be a living thing or virus (including extinct ones)
>The previous winner (Crow) and previous year E8 members are ineligible
-All organisms must be known to exist for at least one month (FOTM rule)
>Organisms cannot be Board-Tans, OC Donut Steels or anything fictional like Pokémon, Audrey II or whatever the hell ALF is.
>It is not required nor will you be penalized in any way for doing so, but it is recommended that you nominate general species instead of specific members (People are more likely to vote for "Crocodiles" instead of "Black Caiman")
>In the event of several human or human-like organisms are flooding the qualifiers, only the 3 with the most votes will be allowed in.

►Judges: Yotsuba, /an/-tan, a baker's dozen of Crows in a trenchcoat
►The following Elite 8™ members are barred from participation:
>Crows
>Tyrannosaurus Rex
>Mantis Shrimp
>Gorilla
>Giant Pacific Octopus
>Axolotl
>Orangutan

Dill Clinton

>>4799223
Nature isn't all about living beings, so I'm here to host a possibly smaller tournament inside of this one for everything else that is part of nature. Here are the rules:

>Anything that is part of nature is allowed; geographical formations, weather, types of stone, elements, space objects, scientific laws, etc.
>Organisms that can enter the main tournament are not allowed
>Things that are created by animals or man-made, such as a nest or a dam, are also not allowed, as it encroaches on the main tournament.
Nominations will work the same as the main tournament, replies and all.

Anonymous

Nominating megalodon
>>4799233
Shut up nigger we don’t need rocks and shit

Nominating the dung beetle<br>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMH<wbr>49ieL4es

>>4799229
>Anamalocaris
Pathetic Fraud

Nominating the largest living organism in the cambrian period, Omnidens

>>4799223
Nominating Ichthyotitan Severnensis, the (possibly) largest marine animal ever

In memoriam of ballsanon I will be nominating as many 'ball' or round animals as possible, or animals that can attain ball status

first, I will be Nominating Hedgehog

Nominating Brontosaurus, the thunder lizard

the voices are getting more agressive.png

>>4799282
Supporting (this is my cat she is dumb but friendly)

>>4799318
You fool, tyrannosaurs was one of the elite eight

>>4799321
No, tyrannosaurus REX was, this is tyrannosaurus mcraensis

Nominating the pistol shrimp
>>4799342
I only knew they looked like this from jimmy neutron lol

BRUUUUUH MY DINOSAUR HOMIES REALLY 4GOT ABOUT ME?<br>SHEEEIT MAN I NOMINATE Nigersaurus

Fun fact: this plant genocides herbivores.

Nominating the Acacia Tree.

>>4799223
>samefag redditor spamming the shit out of the thread with nominations, then samefagging replies to himself for support
Yeah, this event has already run its course now that it has attracted the resident fucktard who takes it way too seriously. Nearing image limit after less than two hours lmao, if IP count was still there the thread would show less than 10 unique posters.

>>4799396
Only person taking things seriously is you apparently

>>4799396
Are redditors in the room with us?

>>4799402
>he said, as he spent another hour hammering the reply button to fill 95% of the tournament with his own nominations

>>4799407
>He's still seething about nothing

Mr. Sir The Guymanbro

>>4799402
Ehh... I do agree that it's a little fishy that we're almost at the limit already when last year took us nearly the entire 24 hours to get there.
Maybe there's just more hype this time?

Anonymous

>>4799410
It’s definitive proof that no matter how good a tournament is regardless, they’ll ALWAYS be at least someone complaining about something

>>4799411
Maybe it's hype, but there's definitely only a dozen people.

>>4799411
At least I didn't nominate anything last year.

Wait a minute...look at some of the file names
>IMG_[numbers].jpg
Oh shit....maybe that anon has a point

>>4799416
Yeah some of that was admittedly me, got a little carried away there since I got quite excited and was nominating anons favorites on their behalf while they weren’t here at the time but there are definitely quite a bit of different anons here anyway. I’ll probably just stop now if it got annoying

>>4799434
yeah, but this one is more accurate!

>2nd tournament is more popular than the 1st
>this is clearly the product of samefagging!!

everytime

>>4799223
I nominate Dr Egg- I mean the Walrus! Definitely the Walrus!

I love how you can tell which users are from /tnt/

>4799502
you're getting your anime tournaments soon, be patient

Nominating Jadera Haematoloma, AKA Goldentree bug

>>4799223
On behalf of /bun/,
I nominate Rabbit

>>4799523
And on behalf of /k/,
I nominate White-Tailed Deer

>>4799279
I’d make an entire tribe worth of hybrid babies with this neaderthal woman.

Mr. Sir The Guymanbro

Alright I'm back up, I'll try and add everyone who got enough votes to the rentry asap

Anonymous

Nominating the Whale Shark

Ok that should be the last one from me for now, I'll come back if I remember more cool bugs/fish

>>4799342
how could i not vote for my nigger the bacteriophage?

Mr. Sir The Guymanbro

Good News: Rentry finally came back and I've updated all the contestants who've made it in
Bad News: We've hit image limit.
There's another unused /an/lympics thread conveniently up, but I think I'd rather keep using this one to help minimalize as much possible confusion for any newcomers as possible.
TL;DR: Do you guys want to continue by using catboxed images or not.

Anonymous

>>4799272
>>4799287
>>4799314
>>4799350
Nominating Venus Flytrap
https://files.catbox.moe/qiv8j6.png<wbr>

Nominating Lion's Mane Jellyfish<br>https://files.catbox.moe/zh64du.jpg<wbr>

Didn't know the image limit was so low on /an/

Only 2 hours left 'till sundown.<br>Everyone sure we got all bases covered?

Nominating the BEAST Honey Badger because it wouldn't be right to have an /an/ tournament without it<br>https://files.catbox.moe/w0hx3w.jpe<wbr>g

Dill Clinton

>>4799233
Less than two hours left, I am still taking nominations for this. I'll be forgoing the need for replies, due to low interest.

Anonymous

Can we address the elephant in the room?

Nominating Elephants.
https://files.catbox.moe/g17tt2.jpe<wbr>g

>>4799979
An eternal classic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r7<wbr>wHMg5Yjg

>>4799789
Is tyrannosaurus mcraensis allowed in due to it being a different species or is it not because it’s the same genus as T. rex?

>>4799789
I suggest that you rename "this dude" to Pearly Nautilus

Mr. Sir The Guymanbro

TIME!
Will update rentry and then it's the Qualifier poll!
Wildlife do their best now and are preparing. Please watch thread warmly until it is ready.

>>4800004
>Is tyrannosaurus mcraensis allowed in
yeahj

Dill Clinton

>>4799539
Due to this being the only nomination I got, I suppose that means it wins by default. Congratulations!

Anonymous

>>4799997
Elephants are SHIT and FINISHED!

>>4800060
Ahahahaha, WRONG AGAIN, look at (this)4799378

>>4800063
A true top tier could get enough replies more than once.

>>4799223
I’m so confused what this is supposed to be but looks like I missed out anyway :(


Sup bitches I'm Goosie!

Goosie

hello bitch I'm Goosie the big fucking Goose that will kick your fat fucking ass!

Anonymous

>>4799105
He typed it and sent the selfie

>>4799123
Oh really? Well how did he hold the phone? Or type on the keyboard? And frankly I'm not sure if I even like him, he was quite rude to me and called me fat.

>>4799047
Stop shitting on my car every single migration you nasty fuck

>>4799127
He has a nokia and types with his feet.


ITT animals that make humans feel insecure

>>4799613
I wish asian women would eat me alive too.

>>4799653
No one cares enough to do that

>>4799667
Noone here cares enough to go there.

You want it bad enough, you go on reddit yourself.

>>4799653
>fringe zionist terrorists that murdered for power are bad

woah

>>4799678
Before he died,
Stalin was preparing to extend "the doctor's plot" to all jews.
He was preparing to commit another pogrom.

There is also the fact that the soviet union had nearly launched a nuke at israel during either six day or yom kippur war.

*Sigh* Wholesome duderino here...I guess I'll have to do it. *Unzips pants*

https://www.reddit.com/r/InformedTa<wbr>nkie/comments/1cuwshd/how_could_bas<wbr>ed_soviets_kill_innocent_doggerinos<wbr>/

>>4799694
You're gonna get banned bro. You need to go on a sub that's explicitly about debating tankies or else they just plain won't engage with you.

>>4799694
Why's your entire account just you asking about drugs?

>>4799631
>>4799611
Yeah, I'm thinking fuck Judeo-Bolsheviks

>>4799694
Reddit hates dogs

Get ready for a flood of vegan tier ANYTHINGBOT WOOOVES IS ANIMAL ABOOSE BECUZ MUH NATOOR and BOORGOOSE DECADENCE and some r/dogfree schizo garbage mixed in

>>4799694
>2 hours ago
>zero comments
fucking reddit knows how to deal with bait better than nu 4chan, sad to see

>>4799765
just like fishing, you need different bait for different fish

>>4799694
>filename
Nice
>>4799765
Pretty much. It’s the easiest thing to piss people off on Reddit, especially because if you say something bad enough the wrongthink filter sends you to the bottom of the pile once you’ve accumulated enough downboats

>>4799611
so just like cats and other pets during the cultural revolution
commies just hate animals methinks

>>4799765
>>4799862
>admitting to being a redditor
The absolute state of this place.

>>4799873
knowing how reddit works ≠ being a redditor

>>4799763
they're working through the mental gymnastics trying to formulate a rebuttal. With the meager combined brainpower that tankies could theoretically muster, it could take them a loooong time....

>>4799611
>on mass
learn English (and French)

>>4799681
>muh pogroms
the post deboonking this was deleted but that’s a myth and always has been

>>4799784
They didn't, but they had high membership rates. But by that logic they invented facism too.

>>4799611
PLA did the same with Tibetan breeds in the 50s. Fuck commies.

>>4799949
No, they definitely did. Marx was one. As was his mentor. They also had high membership rates yes.

>>4799611
>humans
communists aren't human

>>4800010
Ohhhhh, you mean by a pure ethnic standard. I was getting ahead of myself and assuming your meant organised as a whole by non-seculars, my bad.

i was just going down this rabbit hole the other day<br>guess i'll dump

A dog’s life in China as surge in middle classes creates boon for pet industry.png

german shepherds Around the World in 80 Words A Journey through the English Language, by Paul Anthony Jones.jpg

The Coming Of The Vizslas – Conquering Hearts Hungary’s Iconic Companion.png

The British pet massacre was a week-long event in 1939 in which an estimated 400,000 cats and dogs, a quarter of England's pet population, were killed in order to prepare for World War II food shortages.

In 1939, the British government formed the National Air Raid Precautions Animals Committee (NARPAC) to decide what to do with pets before the war broke out. The committee was worried that when the government would need to ration food, owners would decide to split their rations with their pets or leave the animals to starve. In response to that fear, NARPAC published a pamphlet titled "Advice to Animal Owners." The pamphlet suggested moving pets from the big cities and into the countryside. It concluded with the statement that "If you cannot place them in the care of neighbours, it really is kindest to have them destroyed."[3] The pamphlet also contained an advertisement for a captive bolt pistol that could be used to kill the animals humanely.

When Neville Chamberlain announced on 3 September 1939 that Britain had declared war with Germany, many pet owners flocked to pet surgery clinics and animal homes to kill their pets.[4] Many veterinarian groups such as the PDSA and the RSPCA were against these drastic measures, but their hospitals were still flooded with pet owners in the first few days. PDSA founder Maria Dickin reported: "Our technical officers called upon to perform this unhappy duty will never forget the tragedy of those days."[5] Hilda Kean wrote that lines for London clinics stretched a half mile. The event triggered a shortage of chloroform and a waste management challenge.[2]

>>4800368

A year later, when London was bombed in September 1940, even more pet owners rushed to kill their pets. "People were worried about the threat of bombing and food shortages and felt it inappropriate to have the 'luxury' of a pet during wartime".[5]

Battersea Dogs & Cats Home, against the trend, managed to feed and care for 145,000 dogs during the course of the war and provided a field in Ilford as a pet cemetery, "where about 500,000 animals were buried, many from the first week of the war".[6] A famous opponent of pet culling was Nina Douglas-Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton, a cat lover, who campaigned against the killing and created her own sanctuary in a heated hangar at Ferne.

Kuvasz Dog Breed Information & Characteristics.jpg

The Soviet Union once hunted endangered whales to the brink of extinction – but its scientists opposed whaling and secretly tracked its toll.png

>>4800368
>>4800370
Seems wasteful; just imagine how many meat rations for Tommies could have been made from those cats and dogs if properly butchered.

story Morie Sawataishi Saviour of Japan's akita Samurai dog.jpg

>>4799882
>w-well you see they're acsksually coming up with...
that's some mental gymnastics if i've ever seen any

>>4800352
>>4800362
heroes, glad they did what they could

jewish communism is incredibly evil and was never brought to justice for all the murder they carried out, instead fleeing to (((new york city))) and (((columbia university)))

>>4799611
Wasn't there a euro country that genocided minks because they were afraid of the coof?

>>4801133
The Dutch government tried to force farmers to kill all their minks. The farmers resisted and the government backed down

>>4800993
once again communism is the greatest evil in the world

>>4801212
Good on the farmers. What a deranged attempt by the government

>>4801133
>be denmark
>have 17 million minks because of fur industry
>wild chinese bat flu escapes from a lab
>panic
>decide to cull the minks because minks can get the bat flu too
>mink holocaust happens
>bury them in pits
>first they taint the ground water
>and then they start to reappear from the ground like zombies because of decomposition gasses
>have to dig up like one-fourth of the mink mass graves and burn the corpses

>>4801300
never forget the multiple million…

>>4799611
Good. Aristocracy shouldn't exist.

>>4801405
Didn’t realize dogs could be aristocrats but anything is possible with commoids i guess

>>4801405
Aristocracy:
>this guy is naturally pretty good at this thing, maybe his son will be too. Lets cultivate their lineage to this purpose.

Communism:
>we killed all of our diplomats, bureaucrats, financiers along with their families and put in their place gangsters and socio political opptunists that will become aristocrats but without any of the natural talent of qualifications that come with it!
>...oh and their dogs too...

>>4802109
don’t forget criminals and rapists and whoever else because it inherently appeals to freaks and losers mad that they’re freaks and losers

>>4799765
>I make a rude post on 4chan to stir up problems and get 0 replies or just an "Ok retard".
when in doubt, mention trannies

>>4802109
>Aristocracy:
>>this guy is naturally pretty good at this thing, maybe his son will be too. Lets cultivate their lineage to this purpose.
Worked out great last time.

>>4802109
monarchist apologists are fast becoming the most insufferable group on this site

>>4799763
It's because reddit users are now predominantly normies who actually go outside and know how the real world works. So when they see some schizo saying something stupid they just roll their eyes and scroll on my.
4chan users can't, and haven't ever been able to, do that. My fellow brothers on this blessed forum have a deep-seated, insecure need to be smart because we're so fucking terrible at everything else. So when we see someone who we think is wrong we can't help ourselves but to say something. It's the narcissism.

>>4802760
>My fellow brothers on this blessed forum have a deep-seated, insecure need to be smart because we're so fucking terrible at everything else
too bad we're all missing a few chromosomes too

>>4800368
>>4800370
Man, if a war broke out I'd just take my dog and fuck off to become a vagrant of some kind, if we starve, we starve, but we'll do it together.

>>4802760
Most of the internet will drag their balls through miles of broken glass to tell you how retarded you are so it’s not something 4chan exclusive

>>4802751
>cherry picks the worst possible example from over 300 years ago
meanwhile we can look at any commie dictatorship and see the same shit everywhere

>>4802109
>this guy is naturally pretty good
>naturally
lol. lmao even. surely his family's vast fortune and access to education and unleaded drinking water has nothing to do with it. no, surely it's his latent superman genes.
soviet communism is retarded for completely different reasons, but you don't have to defend a different kind of (literal, in the case of inbreeding) retardation.

>>4799611
>>4799784
Damn communists can't let us enjoy Pringles dog. Remember the only thing the enclave did wrong was not go far enough.

>>4803128
There is no longer a state-enforced eugenics program, they just do it to themselves now.

>>4802966
how about you go live in saudi arabia, they have a monarchy there.

oh you don't want to go? curious!

>>4799838
No, I've seen your posts, you always end up getting into arguments since you agree with your supposed bait posts

>>4802751
Oligarchy is the antithesis to aristocracy.
>>4802755
Aristocracy is a separate to monarchy dumbass.
>>4802760
You clearly have never posted on a site other than 4chan. You are only arguing with the most intelligent of the retarded on the whole Internet. Fuck off somewhere else and you will see, we don't need a fag who champions redd*tors of all things.
>>4803141
At that point you have a chicken and the egg scenario, which is why aristocrats didn't have themselves as a baseline to compare to. The nobility of Europe competed against each other heavily with aristocrats going abroad to act as consorts and advisors all the time. If you couldn't compete with everyone esle you fell out of favor and your whole family would lose it's prestige, leading you to become upper to middle class. If you still failed then up against the now up and coming new blood families who are in a constant scrap to become new aristocrats, congrats you are lower middle class to working class ect ect ect. True aristocracy was not entirely pampered luxury, you ran the constant risk of disgracing yourself and your family. The hamburgs were successful in their failings because just about everyone became a hamburg and gave a blind eye to their 2nd cousin shiting the bed (literally) as it would affect themselves too. But at that point it is no longer aristocracy, it's oligarchy and is what aristocracy again tries to avoid.

>>4803248
Yeah that's how you bait someone retard. You don't just stop after the initial bait post, you follow up on it. Just get here last week?

>>4803167
To think that the US pioneered eugenics is astounding.

>>4802760
>redditors are normal
Only redditors are deluded enough to believe this.

>>4802751
Democracy somehow has even more demented geriatrics propped up by entire noble dynasties worth of nepotistic executives that run everything from the background. Nothing has changed.

>>4799653
Any real Russian boomer that grew up in USSR would just say one of two things in response. Either
>it never happened
or
>it's not a big deal, they deserved it anyway

>>4803246
Strawman harder faggot. Go back.

>>4803281
based knower debunking libtards

>>4803618
US state funded eugenic sterilisation programs were so prolific in the 20th century that the fucking nazis were directly inspired by them, basing their own programs intially on the american model. It got to the point that when the germans were out perfoming the US in their own eugenics program (prior to the planning stsges of the final solution) that leading US eugenicists spoke out and lobbied that america is falling behind europe and should invest even further into the field.

>>4799838
>admitting to being a thread-derailing troll
oopsies?

>>4804103
Ok but they didn’t “pioneer” the field, Britain did, they might have been the first to put it into practice on a large scale if that’s what you mean but that’s not the same, and also several other countries had their own eugenics program so it’s hardly surprising for Germany to follow suit

>>4801300
It doesn't stop there.
>landslide occurs with millions of tons of polluted dirt from a company that has been praised for being green
>it's a huge scandal with fingers pointed everywhere especially by people in government
>cleanup will be expensive as fuck
>government says the companies whose trash dirt it was should help fund it
>a huge portion of it turns out to be from the mink culling
It just keeps coming back to bite them in the ass.

>>4804381
Moral of the story: don’t fuck with musties

>>4799763
now theres one saying its capitalist propaganda, lmao

>>4800374
commies arent human, nothing new

>>4804468
no, they shouldve just cremated all of them at first
actually, those minks shouldnt even exist

>>4805537
So business as usual
>>4805542
Why not?

>>4799611
>killed on mass
The phrase is "en masse."

>>4800350
>Dogs killed because they represent the rich
>Country gets rich
>People acquire more Dogs

Well the commies weren't entirely wrong

>communists tried to exterminate dog breeds because they were entwined with a nations culture

hmm yes curious

>>4806113
>>4806116
unmmmmm let’s stop noticing these problematic patterns k chuddie??


If XL bullies are allowed to be kept as pets then I should be able to own a lynx or a bobcat, it's just that shrimple

I want a gray fox
they're not even dangerous
they eat mice and voles

>>4799638
Also they're really quite tolerant and friendly to people in the wild. I think they want to be pets. They will enjoy it.

>>4799635
Fuck that. Where my snow leopard at (this is a joke)

>>4799638
That fox's face looks profoundly autistic. I guess pets really do look like their owners anon.

>>4800218
it's the proximity to video game animal mascots that tips you off. that fox could be a homosexual sly cooper villain

>>4799635
It's bad for the cat you dingus. They're not suited for captivity.

>>4803599
Shame those games died so unceremoniously. Never got to play them


>>4799645
Is that thing hue shifted or do they actually get that blue?

>>4799650
they do, theyre blue, red or anything in between

>>4799650
What do you mean? it's white and gold.

>>4799650
It's actually been desaturated, they're more vivid in reality

>>4799645
Is there any actual proof for this? Can someone show it?
>>4799774
Only the OLDEST of GODS remember

>>4800143
>OLDEST
you're a literal child

>>4800159
the expiration date is funnier than whatever could have been in that third speech bubble

>>4800159
>purple life saver complains about his situation
>red life saver points out existential demise showing that life does not care
deep.

>>4800159
I see this post on tumblr a lot but with funny characters instead of colored circles.


>>4799617
I thought that was Bill Clinton for a second. Also I’m almost sure this isn’t the first “emotional support alligator” I’ve heard of

> "The swamp is very large and the trapper said the chances of them finding Wally is slim to none," it continued. "But this is Wally ... Joie and friends are currently headed to the swamp to search and will continue daily."

This is just sad. Humans are actual fucking garbage.

>>4799617
>emotional support reptile
jfc, liberals are embarrassing

The tracker is being a coward and hiding from what he did. He likely euthanized the alligator and his lawyers are telling him to keep quiet.

I'd gouge his eyes out personally, and let him live blind for the remainder of his days. Assuming that's what he did, of course.

>>4800124
The trapper/killer is a coward and knows he's in enormous fucking trouble.

>>4799617
Can you stop spamming this thread dickweed?

>>4800129
>>4800124
Whats more likely
>this hysterical conspiracy theory
>the guy dumped his pet because it got too big

>>4799617
best thing I have heard in all week, wild animals belong in the wild, not as accessories for mentally retarded idiots. I hope the disgusting old fart dies soon so no more animals can get enslaved by the fucking idiot

As someone with an emotional support cane toad, my heart goes out to this guy. NPCs go ballistic when they find out you have anything other than a ball of fur.

>>4801052
I mean, I feel like there’s some room in between mr fluffball and an actual alligator

>>4799617
If Wally wanted to he would've came back on his own.

Next time get a cat or a dog like a normal person

>>4801052
NPCs go ballastic over seeing a field of trees.
The parasite cant keep its hands off the chainsaws and trash a place with ugly concrete boxes that trap heat
oh and add 2000 cars polluting breathing space

lol at the low iq retards who can’t fathom bonding to a reptile lmao

point and laugh

>>4801115
not even the first recorded instance of a brain damaged crocodilia becoming completely docile with no record of harming humans since injury.

>>4801329
Didn’t know it disabled. That does make this more understandable

Poor poor man. Fuck the guy who took that animal from him

>>4799617
>emotional support animals
I feel bad for the gator
but relish the suffering it inflicts on people with emotional support/erroneous service animals

>>4799617
Nobody cares. Should have protected his stupid pet better. Hunter did nothing wrong

>>4799617
What kind of monster steals a man's emotional support alligator? Grim times.

>>4799617
There's no reason for your "emotional support animal" to be anything other than a dog

>>4802115
Other way round. Dogs are extremely poor emotional support animals because they cannot live in apartments, have a huge carbon footprint, are aggressive towards small children, and need to be exercised regularly - a prospect impossible for anyone living with anxiety. The best emotional support animals are reptiles or amphibians because they are small, carbon neutral or carbon positive, show little aggression, are extremely friendly, and require little exercise.

>>4802118
odd take, cats are based ESA option

>>4802119
Cats are an invasive species that destroy bird populations.

>>4801257
How the fuck?
I saw that video yeaaars ago. How long do crocs take to reach their full size?

>>4802118
>have a huge carbon footprint
its a fucking dog get off the soapbox

>>4802121
So are humans, and humans are also based

>>4802121
Dogs also do that and way more. Like killing children

I fucking hate humans so fucking much

I know there’s good out there, I just hate how it’s outnumbered

Human trash is the norm

>>4802145
Snapping turtles actually make great pets.

Not sure about that one, though…

>>4801230
he was in a totally different state hundreds of miles away from his home.

>>4802118
>Dogs are extremely poor emotional support animals because they cannot live in apartments, have a huge carbon footprint, are aggressive towards small children, and need to be exercised regularly - a prospect impossible for anyone living with anxiety.
Get better at choosing breeds then. there's plenty of low energy, small, non aggressive dogs.
>have a huge carbon footprint
wait r u bait?

>>4803584
>perversion of man co-designed by satan for middle-aged white women
vs.
>creation of god that is just naturally pretty chill

>>4799617
They saved his life desu. Does this guy think he's going to be cuddling with that gator when it's fully grown?

>>4803592
So to continue your trend of lying, you act as if satan can impose his will on creation

>>4800129
>Wally was most likely killed and then harvested for meat.
Has anyone here tried alligator meat fresh? How good is it? I've bought it frozen and the meat tasted awful. Way too fishy.

>>4803569
Those are snapping turtles too. :)
>>4803592
>perversion of man co-designed by satan for middle-aged white women
???

>>4803614
Are you retarded, or are you retarded?

>>4802169
iirc wally had a medical condition that prevented growth to full size

>>4800124
>>4800129
Personally I would castrate him, then lock him naked in a cage with a bunch of giant HIV positive gay niggers

>>4804969
sounds like a fate worse than death, anon

>>4801357
it had a mental disability and a midget

>>4802449
the number of small animals killed by cats is far greater than the children mauled by dogs count

>>4805534
Maybe. Not really the point though. They still do it regardless.

>>4803565
tl;dr: kill yourself.
Then why don't you kill yourself to be an example?
If not, then what are you, a lizard?
Remember that everyone who wants human extiction will never kill themselves first.

>>4805534
I care more about a toddler being killed than a bird.


>>4799804
mutt probably german shepherd, maybe some rottweiler

just guessing, you could do one of those dna tests, they aren't much and it's not a big deal to add your dog's dna to a commercial database, unlike your own


Quick question someone here might know the answer to

Is it safe to feed store bought, pet food jerky, that was bought a year ago, to dogs?

tl;dr - I like to buy my dogs treats for their birthdays. Two of my dogs are 3 years old yesterday. I bought them some chewy dog biscuits this year. Last year I bought them some "soft venison jerky" which they seemed to enjoy. Early today while doing a bit of a clean up of my laundry closet, where I keep their dog food, I found a sealed plastic baggie with a couple of left over pieces of jerky that I never gave them. There's no mold or signs of it having gone bad and it smells normal. Is it safe to give to my dogs? Or should I just throw it out?

>>4799676
Considering what you've described, the dogs will be fine.

Wolves and feral dogs eat rotting, festering carcasses filled with maggots and flies. He’ll be fine.

>>4801016
Those dogs and wolves have stomachs adapted to doing that at this point

They should be ok, but most jerky is marinated in sauce that contains onion and garlic powder


As very social creatures, prairie dogs will become depressed or sick if not given enough attention. If you don't have at least six hours per day to spend with your prairie dog, then plan on having a full colony of prairie dogs or none at all. With the right training, pet prairie dogs can be leash trained (using a special prairie dog harness) and even learn to come when they hear their name.

>Once they are bonded to you, they expect you to spend at least an hour or two with them per day or they will get lonely and act out.

>>4799839
Cool another animal to neglect, abuse and breed into torturous forms

>>4799839
How much area would I need to maintain a colony?

>>4799839
Where do you even get some?
They look like giant chipmunks/squirrels

>Prairie dogs may have a vocal communication system more complex than that of dolphins, whales and non-human primates.
>These squeaks and yips make up the most elaborate animal vocalizations we humans have yet translated. Indeed, the prairie dogs’ communication system is so detailed and specific that some researchers are “comfortable calling it a language,” says Con Slobodchikoff, the animal behaviorist who introduced this concept after studying prairie dogs for decades.
>A given call might contain information about a suspicious figure’s identity (“hawk!” “coyote!”), speed of approach, and size—or, if they happen to be a nosy researcher, their height and the color of their shirt. These messages are responded to with the appropriate behavior—craning a neck for a wheeling falcon, diving into a burrow for a close-by dog. By hanging cutout shapes above a prairie dog colony, UFO-style, Slobodchikoff and his colleagues learned that the rodents can even differentiate between circles and triangles (although not, for whatever reason, between circles and squares).

>>4799843
Not sure about colony but the way I've seen as many as 5 kept is a big cage in the middle of a lively area with a high vintage point over the room.
Or maybe in your bedroom. They are diurnal like us so they won't be waking you in the middle of the night.

Why is nobody actively domesticating these dudes?<br>Seems like they'd make much better pets than retarded hamsters.

>>4799878
Hamsters are fairly easy to take care of whereas these guys are somewhat difficult.

>>4799854
>They look like giant chipmunks/squirrels
Because they are.


>>4799845
If only it’s looks matched it’s behavior

Post animals that are the peak of aesthetics


>>4799858
descendants of the rulers of the earth

>>4799858
They can fucking fly. How many animals can fly? Also flapping your wings fast enough until you stumble into the place you want to be isn't flying.

>>4799904
>moving your legs back and forth until you stumble into the place you want to be isn't walking

>>4802673
They're the last living descendants of dinosaurs.

>>4799858
Whatever they do they already won.


NAP TIME


>>4799898
The best to ever do it. That fucking thing would lift all fours off the ground and thunder punt the ground with unbelievable force. Unrideable from start to finish in his career.


Post /an/ images with schizo energy

>>4800088
I hate this, this scares me :(

>>4800021
>>4800054
>>4800088
This is triggering my flight or fight

>>4800228
But I was made in God's image anon.

They're watching bros, always watching...

>>4800627
So this is the Baron of Harkonnen I have heard so much about...

>>4801002
The closest thing to a real /x/ animal.

fuck i havent saved it but i saw some time ago a pic of a dinosaur snout that resembled a human face<br>does anyone have it saved

>>4801153
>Into that darkness
>Into that darkness
>Like jackals howling
>Like flowers unfolding

>>4801272
thank god for the diligent fact checkers over at reuters :)

>>4801587
>>4801639
these are just people

>>4801587
He’s smiling because he eats skin


The /an/lympics 2024: Qualifiers

Mr. Sir The Guymanbro

KEEP ALL TOURNAMENT TALK ITT!

—Timer: https://itsalmo.st/time-for-qualifi<wbr>ers-to-become-extinct-w9nk
►Bracket: To be decided (by your votes!)

►Previous threads:
Discussion...?: >>4797374
Nominations: >>4799223
Qualifiers: [YOU ARE HERE]

►Judges: Yotsuba, /an/-tan, a baker's dozen of Crows in a trenchcoat
►The following Elite 8™ members are barred from participation:
>Crows
>Tyrannosaurus Rex
>Mantis Shrimp
>Gorilla
>Sharks
>Giant Pacific Octopus
>Axolotl
>Orangutan

►Hosts:
All me baby

OC ANCHOR

Click Here to Vote: https://forms.gle/Y87AdJuT1rESfscD6<wbr>

>>4800077
Should be. If something is wrong with the link in the OP Anchor then just tell me and I'll hotfix

Anonymous

>>4800070
I don't see Dill or Oak on the form

>>4800080
Forgot video lol https://youtube.com/watch?v=MLMRHSc<wbr>Rnhs

Mr. Sir The Guymanbro

>>4800079
Could've sworn I remember adding Oak alongside all the other trees.
Fixed.

Anonymous

What makes blue jays so great?!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSQ<wbr>DU9YihxI
And that’s why blue jays should win

Look at this hard-working fella. Don't you just want to give him a hand? Of course you do! Vote beaver!

>Hey anon, we'll let you join us if you vote for White-Tailed Deer~
Well, anon?

Vote for all round and ball shaped animals

>>4800085
EAT DAT WATERMELON EAT DAT WATERMELON
https://youtu.be/mDfWAr8ut_I?si=BS0<wbr>fL_5dXj6fcRAH&t=35

Fun fact about the Ginkgo biloba and the Coelacanth, both are living fossils (species that resemble extinct ones only known through fossils).
The Ginkgo is the last living member of its 290 million-year old order and, while it is currently endangered, the trees themselves are very tough and can live for thousands of years.
The Coelacanths have two remaining living species and their fossil records go back 400 million years and were thought to have been extinct 66 million years ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-b<wbr>0VtKAVVw

Fennecs are my favorite animal of all time. I've been obsessed with them for the last ten years and they are one of God's greatest creations. I love them so much.

Vote for dolphins. We're watching after all.

>>4800095
The Valonia ventricosa is one of the biggest single-celled organisms, you can't get a better ball than this.

Gustave has killed 300 Africans and he will kill 300 more only if YOU vote for him

>>4800115
This would be the most fun non-animal to make Elite Eight or even win.

>>4800126
Bigfoot didn't mean to be here in the first place, he just ended up passing by /an/ on his way to /x/

>>4800070
wtf don't let garloids in, nigga
>>4800085
I'm on your side this year

Vote for the charitable and helpful sea louse. They have chosen to help the epidemic of fish with no tongues and sacrifice themselves by being the fish's new tongue. Really quite honorable creatures.

>>4800160
Voting for Meat cause I'm a HUGE Vinny guy.

Did you fuckers seriously forget to nominate the Kiwi?

>>4800192
I do not respect New Zealand
That is my answer to that question

>>4800070
Someone please explain what this is

>>4800241
It is an offshoot of a board tournament event that originated in /co/ half a decade ago, only instead of cartoon and comic characters we are voting on the best animal or whatever else.

Be honest, would you do a Neanderthal woman?

The cockroach is the perfect organism.
>hundreds of millions of years old
>can eat literally anything
>survive weeks without food
>survive poison
>survive decapitation
>fly right at you in the middle of the night
>love getting wasted
>will inherit the earth
Vote cockroach.

Reasons you should vote for Rabbit
1. Bunnies are cute
2. Bunnies make good pets
3. This rabbit is very friendly
4. You would want to pet this rabbit and give it a carrot

>>4800080
Voting for smelly apes? Couldn't be me. Lizards all the way

>>4800184
I'm voting for this thing because it's probably the only animal in the running that has a bizarre musical number in an artsy indie game
youtube.com/watch?v=7u_O9adxtRM

Last year our run may have been SMASHED short but this year we're ready to SLAM the competition. If you're as smart as Heisenberg you will VOTE Toadline.

>>4800251
Ah ok thanks sounds fun
>>4800442
I get the reference

Garloid! Garloid! Garloid! Garloid! Garloid!

Please look at these rabbits
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVY<wbr>GQ38M1TA
They are happy, you can be happy too if you vote bunny

>>4800515
Also reminder rabbits are so powerful they can take on even the mighty crow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yje<wbr>kCuv6sZU

Look at this Red Panda. Isn't it cute? Then why don't you vote for the Red Panda, one of the cutest animal out there.

I'm only voting for the things I could take in a fight

>all insects and microorganisms
>all plants
>all fish
>cats
>dogs
>beaver
>chicken
>penguin
>echidna
>platypus
>fennec fox
>frogs
>goats
>hedhehog
>humans
>jerboa
>cobra
>koala
>meerkat
>opossum
>pet rock
>rabbit
>raccoon
>rat
>red panda
>seal
>bats
>elephant

>>4800545
>He thinks he can take on a fucking elephant

>>4800551
Anchorin' it for the based retard that forgot >>4800071

>>4800548
What can an elephant actually do though? If you hug its hind legs it can't reach you with its truck, and its too sluggish to get away while you repeatedly pommel it from behind. If you stand to the side of its hind legs then it won't even be able to hit you with a back kick. If it raises its leg to perform a stomp then all you have to do is back off until it finishes its slam, then move back in to continue punching.

>>4800559
Ok, let's put this logic to practice. Go to Africa, find an elephant and attack it. No, you can't use a gun. See what happens.

>>4800523
except for when they can’t…
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0Caxd<wbr>EWZt-s&pp=ygUQQ3JvdyBlYXRzIHJhYmJpd<wbr>A%3D%3D

>>4800565
anon, it’s pasta, you need more training

>>4800573
No, he posted the pasta, he NEEDS to show he can take on an elephant.

>>4800559
I knew the pasta was coming as soon as I saw the OP

>>4800575
I can take on 5 African Elephants

>>4800134
Oh no no no Ichthyotitan bros... Are we FRAUDS???

/bun/ member here<br>any other frequenters of generals reporting in?

>>4800545
>can take insects in a fight
>but not arachnids
Good to see you know what happens to anyone who crosses the Arachnid Alliance :)

>>4800675
Thanks for the blowjob, fucko
>reproduces

>>4800675
Bro, you're just spreading the seeds.

>>4800070
I suggest we have the voting link in the OP for this. This isn't exactly main tourneys, most contestants won't realistically get OC so there's nothing wrong with the silent majority of /an/ influencing the outcome here.

1 hour before the tournament really begins. I have a good feeling about the Red Panda this year.

>>4800713
Red Panda will do well. It is, however, an insect year.

>>4800731
Yeah right. Most people aren't fans of insects, especially cockroaches. Hell, most people want cockroaches eliminated off the face of the earth. You'll be lucky to get past round 1.

>>4800731
Wrong, Plants will win.
Get in.

>>4800747
I'm not a fan of cockroaches bring in my house but I still think they're pretty metal in general so I'll be voting for them if they're in (just find a better picture)

Mr. Sir The Guymanbro

>>4800701
Yeah I was starting to think the same thing.

Anonymous

>>4800493
Allosaurus stands unaposed as one of the most successful macro-predatory animals of all time.

Okay but what organisms do you NOT want to get in?

>>4800701
Is rather have /an/ons vote on this than I would /tnt/

>>4800774
Humans
>I’m voting humans because I am one!
Is super lame and actually retarded

>>4800701
I really think we can just move the forms back up to the OP again for all tournaments, but I agree that /an/ should be fine with it regardless.

>>4800776
To be honest humans are pretty fucking rad

>>4800776
>>4800780
Yeah, objectively humanity has made every other organism its bitch. It's just a bit on the nose.

Post your predictions before the results are shown.

>>4800797
>>4800798
I have a feeling Cats and Dogs will have an extremely high seed

Mr. Sir The Guymanbro

AND THAT'S TIME!
Now please bear with me, as this part is usually the hardest thing to set up with any tournament. I'll have the results and Round 1 as soon I can muster.
If I take a little long I'll throw you guys a bone and reveal Top 10 seeds

Anonymous

>>4800805
Alright. I just hope this dosen't take an hour.

>>4800814
Smooth allo with some smooth moves

>>4800774
Garloid because it's a meme and not even a real animal
>>4800791
I'm pretty sure stuff like extremely widespread microorganisms, tardigrades, ants and cockroaches beg to differ

>>4800805
Bro are you typing everything manually or what because it has been 14 minutes and you haven't even told us the top 10.

>>4800822
The top 10 normally doesn't get revealed that fast either way
Let him cook

>>4800442
>>4800772
>>4800797
>>4800816
What's the difference between a T-rex and a allosaurus?

>>4800827
An Allosaurus didn't job to a bird.

Mr. Sir The Guymanbro

>>4800822
>it has been 14 minutes and you haven't even told us the top 10.
Fine... just for you.
1 - Bumblebee
2 - Frogs
3 - Watermelon
4 - Owls
5 - Coelacanth
6 - African Elephant
7 - Chicken
8 - Grizzly Bear
9 - Pistol Shrimp
10 - Praying Mantis
Don't worry too much. This isn't Tag Team 2021, we're not gonna take another 2 days. at worst I'll be like an hour behind at worse

Anonymous

>>4800831
>Watermelon that fucking high
What the fuck?

>>4800832
I'm surprised it's top three, but I think it's the funniest plant pick. It's so dumb, yet everyone knows it. I can see why it got a lot of votes.

>>4800835
Also I'm surprised /an/ REALLY likes bees.

>>4800827
Superficially and to the untrained eye, they look almost identical but they have a LOT of differences. For starters, Allosaurus is smaller, a lot smaller. T. Rex sits at around 10 tons while Allosaurus sits at 2 tons. Allo also had meat hooks for claws and possessed extremely well-developed arms for grappling unlike rexy. Allo also had a shorter, slimmer and thinner face and two crests atop of his eyes.

Allosaurus might seem like a straight downgrade from T. Rex but it couldn't be further from the truth.

Mmissedd the qualifiers. Hoping some good plants, fungi and rocks made it through. This board is heavily biased towards animals.

>>4800827
>different family so 3 claws instead of 2
>wasn't wanked as much by pop culture in an effort to make it the #1 dino
>was smaller but actually had usable arms
>lived in Jurassic instead of Cretaceous
>had a distinctive skull with trademark growths above eyes (not horns)
>was the alpha predator of its time and arguably a more active hunter than T-Rex
>might have hunted in packs
>supposedly hunted Stegosaurus instea of Triceratops, though in reality both Al and T-Rex likely mostly hunted weak defenseless prey and only occasionally attacker tougher dinos when hungry

>>4800845
>though in reality both Al and T-Rex likely mostly hunted weak defenseless prey and only occasionally attacker tougher dinos when hungry
You're kinda wrong in this aspect actually. If I am not mistaken there was a recent paper published on allosaurus bite marks on the dinosaurs on morrison formation, and allo bite marks were EVERYWHERE. Even large sauropods had them, even other contemporary theropods had allo bite marks. There's even a documented case of a dick-shot on allosaurus by a stegosaurus. The big al specimen was found to have around 19 severe injuries and infections all around his body meaning that allosaurus were among the most aggressive and effective predators in their environment. Not to mention, they were cosmopolitan.

>>4800849
It's an old ass fish, it looks cool, and it likely benefits from Animal Crossing exposure. Not every animal needs a whole myriad of reasons why people like it, and even then the coelacanth is still fascinating just for its endurance and lineage.

>>4800851
Didn't one allosaurus just have his entire jaw fucking pulverized but not only survived but it healed and somehow lived afterwards?

>>4800831
>Bear and Gorilla will alternate being in the elite 8 so they'll never have their fated matchup
Bros...

>>4800855
If you think that's bad, just wait until what I have foreseen.

>>4800855
I could have sworn we got that match or at least some other common hypothetical match.

>>4800854
I can't stress this enough, but allosaurus is one of the most fucking rad prehistoric predators.

>>4800858
Stfu Homelander, you ain't got shit.

>>4800859
We actually got it... somewhat? Well, T. Rex also had a thematic match with two of them, faced both of them and won.

Wanting thematic matches is why I spite vote certain animals.

>>4800849
You know the thing that got out of primordial soup and became everything we know as land vertebrates? Well, this is its closest relative.
This fish is closer to us than it is to any other fish.

>>4800851
I mean, even if allosaurus actually did attack sauropods, it was likely very young or very old specimen, or wounded or dying ones. I.e. those that would have a handicap and have a hard time defending themselves.

>>4800849
Everyone thought it was extinct for a while, then turned out it still lives on. It's a happy ending for an ancient animal you rarely get to see.

>>4800876
Allosaurus belonged to a group of dinosaurs called Allosauroids, which includes the Carcharodontosaurids. They were specialized on hunting large animals like sauropods and were adapted to essentially bite a massive chunk out of their preys muslce, sinew and arteries and make them bleed out. Sure an allosaurus can't possibly bring down a single fully grown brontosaurus, but a mob of 10 all taking a bite and you're looking at a dead sauropod.

Mr. Sir The Guymanbro

ALRIGHT.
After several re-checkings, 3 separate heart attacks and enough mouse abuse to warrant a restraining order, I think we're done.
I PRESENT TO YOU:
https://rentry.org/jesusfuckitsdone<wbr>

Anonymous

>>4800898
Oh yeah, Red Pandas in the top 40, let's go.

>>4800898
Why do some entries have an extra number next to them?

>>4800898
>allosaurus
>99th place
Um, allobros, we shouldn’t have shittalked T. rex…

>>4800898
>Nigersaurus is the highest seeded extinct animal

>>4800898
Time to SMASH the bracket and SLAM the competition into oblivion

>>4800907
I'm not surprised it's high, but I am surprised that it's at the top.

>>4800907
>inb4 Nigersaurus vs Watermelon match up

>>4800898
Emperor Scorpion has made it in?

>>4800898
>humans missed top 10 by one spot
Okay, now that's funny.

>highest seeded prehistoric animal is nigersaurus at 21
So no one beat T Rex’s record of 14

>>4800909
Hey, at least the second highest seeded extinct animal is none other than the Trike.

>>4800886
We know Allosaurus ate sauropods, but that's about it. Everything else is speculation. I can believe they might have sometimes hunted younger, smaller sauropods in groups (which is another speculation), but everything past that is too much into the unknown.
And Cretaceous Carchatodontosauridae like Giga hunting sauropods is another can of worms, since the BBC documentary that popularized the idea of Gigas pack hunting Argentinosaurus is hardly the most credible source. I wouldn't use that as proof, and for a different genus too. It's just a big fat "maybe" at the end of the day.

>>4800915
I assume host still had the lower seeds listed while figuring out the final order. If you want the ones that didn't qualify:

Koala - 7
Northern Cardinal - 7
Palaeoxodon Namadicus - 7
Rafflesia Arnoldii - 7
Tegu - 7
Jerboa - 6
Gustave The Man-Eating Burundian - 6
Destroying Angel - 6
Ginkgo Biloba - 6
Valonia Ventricosa - 6
Dragon’s Blood Tree - 5
Lagerstroemia Indica Reimu - 5
Ryegrass - 5
Gojirasaurus - 4
Jadera Haematoloma - 4

>>4800919
It’s kinda lame that
>lol it’s got le funneh N word name ecksdee
Has that much appeal

Mr. Sir The Guymanbro

>>4800915
>>4800924
Basically yeah. Funny story about that
I thought I'd have to redo a whole chunk of the rentry because missed Venus Flytrap who had around 20+ votes
turns out I just misspelt it as "Venis" on accident lol

Anonymous

>>4800914
Why the fuck isn't at least anomalocaris in the top 10 seeds? Isn't he supposed to be a massive meme?

>>4800930
Homo erectus is funnier, and it ended up with a lower seed.

Mr. Sir The Guymanbro

anyways here are the brackets
https://challonge.com/WELCUM2THEJUN<wbr>GLE
now onto the google forum. Praying not as much of a bitch this time

Anonymous

>>4800905
We will stride on. Even if our first battle will be our last, we will still struggle to the top.

>>4800934
>>4800936
I didn't know it was hunting season.

>>4800898
>dogs: 29
>cats: 48
Lol I knew the cat general was just an autism circlejerk

>>4800934
Already some fun match-ups to start off.

>>4800934
Porpoises are finished this round.

>>4800934
>Red Pandas are up against Frogs
This will be easy.

>anglerfish vs dolphins
>dolphins are the lower seed
This is bizarre seeing how dolphins are THE normie marine animal but I'm not complaining. Anglerfish is cooler anyway, hope it can win.

>>4800930
Not really. People like goofy things

>>4800940
how
that’s also what /dog/ is what with the truckerfag and all

>>4800947
Dolphins are assholes, so you either love or hate them as a result.

>>4800934
>the birds and the bees in the first match
Hip tournament

Emperor Scorpion is in the match-ups twice, one should be replaced with the next lowest seed.

Mr. Sir The Guymanbro

>>4800961
oh shit, u rite
Koalabros, it's your lucky day

Anonymous

>>4800898
Wait, where's Carnotaurus? I could've sworn it was nominated and on the form

Mr. Sir The Guymanbro

>>4800965
disregard this last post I've appeared to somehow miss the Carnotaurus, who received 11 votes
>>4800966
thank you for your inquiry!

Anonymous

Kowalski, analysis about the tropical pitcher plant.

Mr. Sir The Guymanbro

Oh thank god we're almost there <br>expect new bread in like 20-30 minutes. Might extend R1 a day if people want the extra time to campaign and stuff

Anonymous

>>4800994
Maybe call the round an hour later than normal and go back to normal time afterwards.

>>4800361
What is it about these fucking things that are so horrifying, even still images of these bastards on a web browser are enough to jumpscare me when animals like sharks and snakes don’t.

>>4800764
A picture of a Giant Cave Cockroach would do wonders for their poll results, the different shape and colors are less offputting than the shit brown that people usually associate with these bugs.

>>4801332
they are freaky but not that freaky anon lol

>>4801335
Actually I think the bright colors are worse on them.


What's the deal with cicadas? There's all this talk about how they're only supposed to come once every five, seven, 12, 15 years (the number changes every time this "fact" is mentioned,) but in reality, there are cicadas every single year. Every year. What's up?

>>4800161
>there are cicadas every single year. Every year.
Those are annual "dog-day" cicadas. Picrel and make a different sound

Annual Cicada - Swamp Cicada Neotibicen tibicen tibicen 2008 1.jpg

>>4800161
The Cicadan overlord beneath the earths crust sends his vanguard forces out in waves in preparation for the real heavy hitters to come in and sweep things up

>>4800161
>(the number changes every time this "fact" is mentioned,)
anon there's a bunch of different broods. Some come out every 13 years, some 17, (like our 2 current ones this year), some 9, some 11, some 3, some every year. So there are always cicadas, but some broods only come up sometimes. 13 years we'll have the 13 year brood again, and 4 more years after we'll have the 17 year brood again.

>>4800494
Seems like that sort of defeats the purpose of staying in the ground so long no one can specialize in eating you.

>>4800161
There are different species of cicada, anon.

some lag behind or emerge early aswell so its not uncommon to hear the bastards nearly every year to a degree

>>4800161
What's the deal with cicadas?
>doot doot-doot-doot-doot
>doot doodoodoodoot

>>4800683
Exactly, every year I hear "Oh yeah, this is gunna be a BAD YEAR for cicadas, they only come out every TEN YEARS ya'know, you can hear their obnoxious rattling from two miles away, BUT WAIT, in a beautiful and sentimental twist, the (local pretty bird) will get to flourish this year since they'll have such an abundance of food!

Even if there are multiple breeds emerging every year, why is this a news story reported and then repeated line for line by brain-dead normies every summer? Why not just take cicadas as a given?

I just scooped a bunch into my hands and became a lord.

>>4803696
nature loves prime numbers and the fibonacci sequence

Are these guys safe for my box turtle to eat?<br>Also what’s the best way to kill it before feeding it to him (so it’s not flying everywhere), or should I just feed him ones that are still white?

>>4800161
every year emerge cicadas that have been underground from the previous 17 years or so,each passing year and so on
dumbass

>>4800792
Normal people try to find wonder and mystery in everyday life. I know, it's really pathetic. This post is not sarcastic.

>>4800726
And each follows it's own cicadian rhythm.

>>4800161
People will says it's because of the noise but holy shit if you sit on your porch after a hearty meal and listen to their droning you WILL fall asleep


What type of dog is this? We had it for 3 years. Her nickname is cuckold.

>>4800170
Is it really worth it, bikecucks?

>>4800222
Listen mr trips, last thing I want to do is behead a heckin pupperino labradoodle. But I REFUSE to sit on a seat that comes with my Tesla electric bike...its not ergonomic for my thicc man bussy!

>be dog named cuckold
>literally do nothing her whole life

what is her problem actually?


Would you watch a show about tranimals busting each other's crustholes?

How can there be tranimals when transexuality is a human concept anon?

>>4800205
I’ve never heard that expression before. What is its meaning?

>>4800239
Crust?
It's a joke about the TLOU series, there was a episode with to fags and people started asking how could they waste water during the apocalypse for "anal prep" and then started joking that they didn't wash their asses and fucked with hardened excrement in their assholes called "crust", and penetration is "breaking the crust".
Yes, /tv/ is fucked in the head.

I'm drunk and didn't see the middle eyes so I thought the top lion had a giant misshapen head at first.

And then for no reason at all, people voted Hitler into power.

>>4800383
Well. I never would have guessed that. Probably won’t ever watch the show but that is kinda funny lol


>this is the closest living relative to a T-rex

>>4800240
someone post the giant white one

what, the chicken specifically? what about all the other birds?

I don't like when people say birds "are" dinosaurs. It triggers my jimmies.

The main difference as a layman is that dinosaurs have teeth and birds don't. I think that's a pretty good distinction.

It's like humans are not apes, because apes are hairy. It's not a scientific distinction maybe but a linguistic one.

>>4800346
I do think that scientists, especially some palaeontologists, need to improve their science communication skills to get the public on-board with their discoveries (the more the public cares the more funding you get). But birds ARE dinosaurs, same as humans ARE apes. Why lie to the layman? People can grasp these concepts.

>>4800346
>dinosaurs have teeth and birds d-ACK!

>>4800346
You have to understand that normalfags think evolution is like Pokemon where it's just 1 species changing into 1 species.

>>4800348
> But birds ARE dinosaurs, same as humans ARE apes.
See I would say humans are not apes (but yes primates). Apes are what we evolved from, not what we still are. Dinosaurs are what birds evolved from.
Because if you go back far enough we're all fish.

>>4800385
Fuck you I'm not a fish. I'm an ambulatory multicellular bacterial mat.

>>4800346
Dinosaur is not a type like pitbull or husky where if enough traits change it stops being a pitbull and becomes a toadline or klee klai, and every sufficiently similar dog is part of the type, like staffordshires, american bullies, and APBTs are all "pitbulls" and malamutes, alaskan huskies, and siberian huskies are all casually referred to as "huskies".

Evolution is not dog breeding, and classification is for scientific purposes, not social purposes.

Dinosaur is a clade, it's a hierarchical classification system. Remember "all toads are frogs, but not all frogs are toads"?

And you can not evolve out of a clade because the classification system is a hierarchy. You are not an ape because you are hairy, you are an ape because you ARE AN APE. You are the direct descendant of apes. You are a derived type of ape. You will never stop being an ape. As your descendants change they will always just be "An ape, but, and, with a"

Because this is how we classify life. It's arranged according to evolutionary descent.

>>4800385
Yes, humans ARE apes.
>buttttt i consider that insulting
Trannies consider being called men insulting but no matter what, they were born from men, as men, and will live and die as men. They will never be women. You will always be an ape. And a lobe finned fish. In fact, your mother goes further than that and looks like a whale. But your skeletal remains will tell the story - you are an ape as much as a troon is a man, now and until the end of time. You'd have to draft a fake anatomy book and cremate your body to convince the future otherwise.

Jesus Christ

Sup dudes, your buddy Jesus here

I spoke to God and he confirmed that birds are dinosaurs and humans are apes.

Also, I wasn't an ugly jew. My contemporaries described me as handsome and fair. And yes, I DID smoke weed, but only a little, and it wasn't the strong stuff. Big deal. God said it was ok as long as I got a job. Now stop wearing mixed fabrics or you're all going to be sent to hell if you get caught defending that shit in front of st peter.

Anonymous

>>4800292
They are all equally related to T-Rex because they are all more related to each other than they are to T-Rex.

>>4800454
>Cladelord with common sense tries to educate literal brainlets that use religion as the basis of social construct.
/an/ has been dead for a long time man, not worth trying...

>>4800624
and what is it that you use as “the basis of social construct”?

>>4800454
>Dinosaur is a clade, it's a hierarchical classification system. Remember "all toads are frogs, but not all frogs are toads"?
Actually "Toads" do not exist, all Anura are Anura.

>>4800290
this species is brahma and second largest compared to the jersey giant. i love brahmas they’re idiots

>>4800504
theyre not even that related to trex either since their ancestor is not trex because it existed at the time as trex, and even then, you have go back to early jurassic, to find their last common ancestor, maybe even the triassic since that was when the major groups of dinosaur lineages started

>>4802133
It seems like the retard who added the text to this image believe that avians actually evolved from the bird hipped dinosaurs. kek

>>4800240
>closest living relative
not true. all birds are equally close to any non-avian dinosaur.

>>4800385
>Because if you go back far enough we're all fish.
small price to pay for making 'fish' monophiletic.

>>4806154
to clarify: they are closer to some dinosaurs than to others. but once you choose a non-avian dinosaur, all birds are equally close to it.

>>4800240
through the miracle of science, it's completely possible to turn him back into a dinosaur right now anon


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