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hes-a-plant:

K yall im tired and in pain and also curious.

In your opinion, what are the worst joints?

Hips

Neck

Spine joints

Knees

Ankles

Wrists

Elbows

Shoulders

Finger joints or knuckles

Toe joints

Pick one. Yes, just one, I know it’s hard.

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politijohn:

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Another inhumane ruling from our famously corrupt Supreme Court

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is-the-owl-video-cute:

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fesenmoon:

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no fucking way

I thought crocs were so dumb, they simply tried to eat anything that caught their eye. Now they’re learning?

What’s next?!?

Nah Crocodilians (the group containing all 23 extant species of crocodile, aligator, caiman etc) are actually really smart, they’re just a PAIN IN THE ASS to study in the wild because they’re stealthy, don’t eat or move that often relative to mammals, and are largely nocturnal. That said, we’ve found evidence of:

• Coordinated Group Hunting across many species of crocodilian- AKA, hunting like a pack of wolves.
• Advanced Parental Care- we knew for a long time that American alligators and Gharials built nests and mothers kept their young close, but GPS tracking has shown that the father(s) also typically stuck around and brought mom kills, but the young stay inside the territory of their parents for 3-5 years, until they reach sexual maturity.
• Nile crocodiles dig enormous and surprisingly complex burrows up to 40 feet deep that they share with other crocodiles- parents and children, but also adult siblings and Unrelated “Friends”- crocs that are frequently seen close together outside as well, but do not appear to be mates. many of these burrows are decades, if not centuries old, are actively maintained, and passed down through generations.
• Amazon Caiman (a type of alligator) recognize individual humans (possibly by voice), and alter their behavior around them based on past interactions. Some of them become quite playful with humans they’ve had positive interactions with in the past, and others hold “grudges” against specific humans for decades.
• All Crocodilians engage in all major types of play behavior- Locomotor play (engaging in a behavior because it brings positive stimulation), playing with toys (Sticks, leaves, carcass, and in one paper, a floating squeaky toy that had gotten into the Bayou) and social play (Playing with other individuals). Several species, but notable Caiman and Alligators also Play with animals outside their species- young caiman have been observed playing with Amazon Giant River Otters, and Alligators playing with sharks and dolphings off the US Gulf coast. Play behavior is associated with a high degree of intelligence in animals.
• Male Saltwater crocodiles in Australia employ a variety of complex mating strategies, including offering courtship gifts (tailored to the preferences of individual females), sucking up to larger males to get better introductions to females (A Long-Term strategy that pays dividends- while the beta males don’t typically mate the first two or three years they try it, the ones that stick with the strategy mate with more females as they age), and doing “Off years” where they pass on the fighting and displaying and just nap and get fat instead- another strategy that pays off long-term: Big Males that engage in Off-Years mated more in On years, and lived longer overall, for a larger lifetime genetic impact.
• Many zoos have had success in training captive crocodilians to do “tricks”- mostly pose behaviors that let keepers examine, vaccinate or medically treat the animal with minimal stress on all sides. But they’re also apparently good at “Sit up” and “Roll over”.
• And as far as “Trying to eat anything that caught their eye”- pretty much all carnivores, but especially crocodilians, make pretty complex calculations on whether or not to pursue something as prey based on, but not limited to: How hungry they are, what the future prospects for food are based on the weather/season/behavior of their prey/how many other carnivores are competing with them, the likelihood of injury (either in the process of hunting, or from the prey itself), and whether the effort expended is going to be worth the reward (based on projected strategies, how full eating something like that made them last time, and if they’re going to suffer weird consequences for it).

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I’ve worked with a few before and honestly if you ever make direct eye contact with a crocodilian, you can actually see the gears turning to devise new and exciting crimes to commit and weighing the pros and cons of getting in trouble vs. having fun.

They’re very trainable and I could almost swear they understand more phrases than they let on. They also have unique personalities and may panic or self mutilate if separated from their peers, which is rare for reptiles.

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hera-the-wizard:

mayonnaise-uncle:

hera-the-wizard:

undeaddfelix:

hera-the-wizard:

undeaddfelix:

hera-the-wizard:

oh so when a so-called “ARCHAEOLOGIST” goes around robbing graves and taking their contents back to their so-cakkklled “MUSEUMS” it’s all fine and dandy, but WHEN I, YOUR LOCAL, SMALL-TIME NECROMANCER-

Bro if I die you can raid my tomb

thank you so much! you wouldn’t have any issue with being RAISED IN UNHOLY SERVITUDE TO THE WORLD’S SOON-TO-BE TYRANT, now, would you?

Nah bro you’re cool

sweet! now if you’ll sign YOUR IMMORTAL SOUL TO MY NECROMANCEROUS WHIMS, uh, here on the dotted line:

Yessiree

hey what’s your name there

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disasterofahuman:

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headspace-hotel:

The connection between colonization, imperialism, and the biodiversity crisis is so fundamental that they’re basically the same thing, and yet people don’t link them together near as much as they should

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y'all, the OP on the Barbie breakup headlines post going around right now is a TERF. Please, I beg you, go into your preferences and blacklist common TERF tags like ‘terfs please interact’ and 'radfem safe’ so you are less likely to platform TERFs. :/

Since I posted this, I’ve seen one that was reposted by someone as annoyed by the TERF as I was.

But listen, this is a good time to update your filtered tags! Filtered tags a) work on desktop and mobile b) aren’t reliant on an outside service like Shinigami Eyes c) trigger on tags the OP and/or the current reblogger put on.

From mobile:

Your blog > cog icon > Account Settings > Content You See

From desktop:

Hamburger menu on the top left > Settings > Account > Filtered tags

Then add some common tags used by shitty people for their shitty ideas!

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This will screen these tags and make it so you have to actively tap/click to look at the post and thus warn you if OP has tagged the post with one of those things.

I have a bunch of dogwhistle stuff tagged, not just TERF stuff, but it’s a good way to avoid accidentally platforming people who hate my family. :)

I had a bit of trouble finding it on mobile, but I figured it out! You need to:

Your blog > cog icon > General Settings > Filtering

Might not be the same for everyone but this is what I needed to do for mine

It seems to be different on Android or iOS. The instructions I gave above worked on the Android version of the app, which is the only version i have access to.

animentality:

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