#THE ECOSYSTEM IS IMPORTANT

[ekkoh]

i really love it when people here are “not normal” about the things they love. yes!! break down the scene that you’ve been obsessing over for weeks! create incredibly intricate theories based on a few throwaway lines! explain why you love this character so much—458 reasons and counting, and with visual aids! i love to see people putting their heart and soul into not being normal!!!

[hyperlinkproxy]

I don't think Binghe dislikes SQH, I don't even think he finds the guy annoying. I do 100% believe he thinks of SQH as MBJ's emotional support animal though and that's why he lets him hang around without question.

[paynomindtotheinsanity]

[rlyehtaxidermist]

no animal on this earth is more disgusting than it is cool

[transformativeworks]

It's Rex Manning Day!

[mortemilla]

odo sketches

[cryptiidcrowe]

i love the arthur-lesters-[body part] blogs so much. every time i see one in my notes it fills me with the same delight as like. when i run into an outdoor cat

[astronicht]

Apparently there are people out there saying D&D is easy to learn and I’m here to tell you: the first time I tried to learn it I slept with the DM instead in some sort of instinctive escape from the difficulty of learning D&D. In retrospect this DM hookup could have been a good gentle place to figure out that I’m not into sleeping with men, but I was so distracted by not doing basic addition for fun that it took me another 7+ years to discover lesbianism. To be clear I think D&D is great! It is especially great when I just sit in the background (or on someone’s lap again I guess, for old time’s sake) drinking a beer and working on a paper. I just would not call it easy to learn, exactly. I should note that it probably helps if you have any motivation whatsoever.

[darkwood-sleddog]

things that the united states could do to prevent the spread of rabies & other diseases in canines that is not resorting to restricting dog importation to dogs above 6 months of age:

fund more low cost vaccination clinics across the country. this alone would do more than anything else on this list.

require that all municipalities/states require dog registration where a rabies vaccine is required (this is already the case in a majority of the united states). Additionally require additional vaccinations like dog influenza, and distemper (diseases that have been confirmed brought to the united states by dogs imported by rescue organizations). In my State part of the cost of dog registration goes to funding low cost veterinary services for those in need. Increased registration would provide increased resources for those needing low cost vaccination.

Fund and provide more resources for municipalities to enforce dog registration. Currently this is entirely on the budget of municipalities and in small communities enforcement officers are untrained volunteers with a small stipend because that's what we can afford. this needs to change.

set up a pet passport program with land bordering countries like Canada and Mexico for easier land traveling for PERSONAL, PRIVATELY OWNED pets with a well documented history.

I would also accept an actual veterinary check at border crossings over the 6 month rule seeing as whenever I have imported dogs whoever checks my documentation has been very blaise about looking at the actual dog. A veterinary check could prevent (some, but likely not all) untruthful situations and try to ensure the dog's age and health match any passport documentation. Note that I don't feel this is ideal, but would 1.) create jobs at crossings and import points and 2.) may prevent some of falsified paperwork dogs from crossing if that truly is such a concern.

Forgive student loans of veterinary students and provide resources and funding for veterinary scholarships. Veterinarians in the United States are at high risk of suicide and the industry is at a breaking point with many vets not taking new clients due to lack of resources. This prevents vaccination for many people. Forgiving existing loans and providing increased scholarships will ensure an influx of people new to the industry are not struggling and will also be more likely to stay in the industry.

Have clearly laid out containment agreement and importation exceptions from rabies free countries and not rely on a chat bot to answer people's importation questions with any nuance.

[boxingcleverrr]

We should all be nicer to each other about this. I'm not asking which season you like, I'm asking

[eldritch-bf]

The real mystery of the reanimator universe isn’t how Herbert died and came back in 2/3 movies but how they managed to get that iguana through international customs

[crazysodomite]

some mutuals post beautiful poetry

some mutuals share their insightful thoughts

some mutuals post music

me? im the weird furry art mutual

[ickypuppi3]

love to make it clear that billy and steve are fucking in anything i post ever. something something firing shots to keep the rent down

[transgender-chiroptera]

Can you share some of your favorite bat facts? I wanna add more to my lil arsenal of cool random facts. :]

Of course! Apologies for the late response, I saw this at like 1am four days ago, forgot everything I knew about bats, and then fell asleep and only remembered I even got this ask today. Anyways! Some bat facts :)

Common Vampire bats are some of my absolute favourites, mostly because of their ability to run on the ground! They can gallop with their forelimbs and take off from the ground by leaping into the air and catapulting themselves with their wings, which is speculated to be how Pterodactyls took off as well! Most bats cannot take off from the ground, and must be elevated to take flight, so this is pretty cool. Makes sense too, since they mostly feed from the ankles of large mammals and so need ground maneuverability!

Here's a video of a vamp taking off, and here's a video of one walking around! I think their skittery movements and lil' faces are just the CUTEST, but I know I'm probably in the minority there. Also there's a large dish of blood in the second video, so fair warning there!

All three true Vampire bats have evolved special grooves in their mouths in order to act as a gutter of sorts to funnel the blood into their mouths, but the exact arrangement differs between them. The Hairy-Legged Vampire bat has a groove along the roof of the mouth, whereas the White-Winged and Common Vampire bats have lingual grooves under the tounge! Speaking of White-Winged Vampire bats, they're the only bats in the world with 22 teeth, for some reason (likely no reason since the molars are vestigial), AND they have scent glands in their mouths that might be used to deter predators. Pretty cool stuff!

Finally, all three species of true Vampire Bats are cute as hell. Look at these lil' guys!!

(left to right- White-winged, Hairy-legged, and Common Vampire bats!)

[abyssalzones]

saw your gravity falls post a while ago and thought of this.

tldr, fiddleford got ford a pet axolotl because its frills reminded him of his sideburns (and named it frilliam), but since bill detested it so much he set it free. probably fucked up an ecosystem but that’s not important

anyway.

posted about this here already. one of the biggest highlights of the website's extra pages for sure

I hate that triangle.

[bluespring864]

he sounds like he's feeling sorry for the other players omg i can't even

from this ATP Tour video