#|| thank you to everyone !!!!!!!!!!

[noodles-and-tea]

[evenlyevi]

Goodnight.

[filibusterfrog]

dorfs

[dogpuppy]

[beepboopappreciation]

Is this anything

[i23kazu]

how i feel when someone reblogs my stuff with a really really nice tag

[zorangezest]

soundwave knows what you are

[crowcrate]

The girlies!! &Silver <-honorary girlie I think

Also team chaotix because the idea was too funny and I couldn’t help myself

[why-animals-do-the-thing]

The Exotic Animal Photo Reference Repository is live!

You can find it at: https://www.animal-photo-references.com!

Here's how this repository works: all photos were taken by me, a human, at zoos, aquariums, sanctuaries, and other facilities with animals in human care. There is no AI involved in the photo editing or creation and there never will be. Right now there's 56 species on the site; my catalog has over 300 and I will be uploading the rest of them as fast as I can.

Artists creating derivative or transformative works (without AI) have blanket permission to use these references. Yes, even for work you're going to sell.

All other usage/reproduction requires permission, but assume I'm friendly and please do ask! That's educators, researchers, the media, people who need images for a school presentation, etc. This is just to retain copyright/control in case they're scraped/reused unethically - it doesn't meant I don't want folk to have access! So please do reach out via the contact form on the repository website, I don't bite and I'm most likely going to say yes.

Please don't repost the repository photos to your own blogs: I've created @animalphotorefs as a dedicated blog to share photos from the site, and of course I'll reblog a lot of it here! That again just helps with retaining copyright and sourcing of the images. If you really want to repost some for a specific purpose, please just ask me first!

Also, folks, this project has no funding. It's just me and my camera.

There will never be a paywall on the site - I believe resources like this absolutely must be free for everyone to access. So please, please, please support the repository if you use it. Want sneak peeks at photos, cute videos I take, or to help choose what I photograph and what gets posted first? You can do that through Patreon (and there's a free trial on the most interactive tier!) If you'd like to just drop a tip, I've also set up a Ko-Fi.

I can't wait to hear what everyone thinks of the repository.

To whet your thirst for cute photos, here's an Indian rhinoceros contemplating a goose.

[arguablysomaya]

oh thank god bro i thought jason was allergic to serving cunt

[phlondsbian]

i don’t really know how to edit videos but i have adobe premiere and a dream. @rpftourney thank you for your service it’s been real

[noodles-and-tea]

I am once again back with my Stan Pines is smart agenda

[mikqchoux]

I like to think i'm funny:,)

[redpapercraness]

all four of my sonic 3 movie trailer redraws in one spot 🫡

[sharkface]

PLAY RAIN WORLD

PLAY RAIN WORLD

[toodrunktofindaurl]

she heard the news