Ex Astris Scientia

aromantic-goldfishdeactivated202

coolthingoftheday

A poodle clipped and dyed to resemble a pony.

0kkvlt

Every time I see this I go “oh, neat pony” and scroll past while my brain chugs through the caption like the slowest computer on earth and I have to scroll back up to it

cameoamalthea

@0kkvlt have you seen the bear?

It’s the same poodle

Her name is Bijou and her owner likes turning her into other things

0kkvlt

I saw the bear and said “oh, cool bear” out loud to myself, I think I may just actually be very stupid

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Anonymous asked:

What kind of pets have you had?

Oh boy oh boy oh boy

rats
mice
gerbils
hamsters
miniature hamsters
goldfish
painted turtles
parakeets
parrots
cats
dogs
pigs
calfs
crawdads
ants
frogs
toads
miniature horses
salamanders
bobcat, once
tortoise, once
deer
elk
moose
buffalo
gardener snake, as I was rehabbing it

i really love animals

Anonymous asked:

my sibling wants 25 dogs, but one of their roommates said that they couldnt have more than 2 so my sib was like ‘okay, only two dogs... and 23 cats.’ i swear to god, if they genuinely get that many pets, i will both be in heaven and in hell because i love animals but i’m like deathly allergic to fur and cats and dogs but i love them so much

Pls just have them make a petting zoo so that I can visit and pet all the animals

i have flea spray for my cats (it’s organic and like no chemicals we good) and the label says “works on horses, cats, dogs, humans, and other pets!” and im fughsn

im just imagining someone trapping a whole ass person in a bathroom or something and spraying them down while they hiss at you

i dont do that with the cats i put it on my hands and pet it into their fur they actually love it or ill put it on a cat brush and brush it in they go fuckin nuts for that shit

erthling91

catsbeaversandducks

This speech-language pathologist taught her dog 29 words, and he can even form full sentences.

Video by Christina Hunger

trustmeimanengiqueer

jenniferrpovey

Dogs actually do have a language center in their brains. They process language just the same way we do, just not as well.

They do understand our words. This is not true of all domesticated animals (horses, for example, can only manage to distinguish a relatively small number of spoken commands…but boy do they know what you’re really saying).

They don’t understand “just your tone of voice” as a lot of people think.

As of 2016 the record vocabulary for a dog demonstrating understanding of words is over 1,000.

So if you give them a way to talk back, they’re going to use it.

The development of language skills is probably a side effect of domestication and of being kept in close contact with humans. A dog that was a better hunting partner would be kept and bred and over time they developed a better understanding of language.

In other words, dogs are pretty dang smart because we need them to understand us.

And also that is a very good boy.

Source: instagram.com

dontfuckwithgeese

meropischao

youd think horses were one of those animals that has horrible health due to humans breeding unhealthy animals to achieve a certain look but no they really are just naturally that fucked up

meropischao

horses’ lungs bleed when they run at a certain speed

mesopelagic

if their diet is too rich / low in selenium their hooves fall off

meropischao

excuse me

theonlyleftydesk

The reason they have such poor health outcomes after breaking or otherwise injuring their legs is because their legs are actually hyper-specialized fingers; and as in human fingers, there is very little muscle supporting the bone, just a lot of cartilage and tendons and whatnot. You’d think an animal that literally evolved to run away to avoid being eaten would have ALSO evolved sturdier running appendages, but…

sounddesignerjeans

I fucking hate this post, it’s 1 AM I don’t want to know that horse legs are giant fucking fingers

their poor eyesight has been cited in likening them to ‘terrified couches’

kaijuno

Everyone so trusting of dogs. Ppl just adopt random stray dogs and THATs how you and your entire crew gets eaten by a parasitic alien on an isolated antarctic research base you FOOLS

kaijuno

no no you’re right, there’s no way this dog could be anything other than just a big babie. completely safe to give pets to. anyway come closer

yandereleorio

biomorphosis

Raccoon dogs look very similar to raccoons but have no genetic similarities between them. They belong to the Canidae family, which are known to have distinct dog and wolf like characteristics and appearance. These animals are both carnivorous and omnivorous mammals.

They are monogamous and will mate for life. It is only if the mate dies or is killed, will the other search for a new mate. Two mates will hibernate in one den. During this period they will maintain close body contact to keep each other warm and will groom each other as well. This is a trait not practiced by canines, as dogs neither hibernate and nor are they monogamous in nature.

why-animals-do-the-thing

Raccoon dogs are also known as tanuki, and they feature very heavily in a lot of Japanese folklore. They also get super fluffy and adorable when their winter coat comes in.

If you want to see one in real life, only place in the entire United States that houses tanuki is Zoo Atlanta - they’ve got two bonded brothers named Thor and Loki. Tanuki are really uncommon in zoos around the world, although I’m not sure why - IUCN lists them as ‘least concern’ so maybe they’re just so prevalent as to not be thought “worth” exhibiting. They’re super cool little canids, though, so definitely worth a stop if you’re in the area.

Source: biomorphosis

[Pets dogs but in a punk rock kinda way]

cooldragon96

bombcollar

I’m constantly seeing that crying cat meme on my dash and i gotta remind yall that cats and dogs do not cry naturally, those animals all have eye infections