#animal culture

[falconthropy]

★ Animal culture 🦴

-WRUFF! *ੈ𑁍༘⋆

Fox photos + editing :3 (yes the fangs are "real", sadly they are just plastic x-x) I love my paw gloves tho, looking at them makes me go AGRRHH💜💙🩵💛💚

I also have my taxidermy fox tail on my guitar strap, cool, right?

[acti-veg]

So animals have culture?

Cultural practices in non-human animals have been observed for decades, the only reason it isn't more widely recognised is because of the anthropocentrism that is so prevalent in the sciences. Many animals have been observed mourning, creating art, giving gifts, decorating their spaces, establishing and adhering to fashions, enjoying music, developing language, using tools and engaging in ritualistic behaviours, all of which are clear indicators of culture.

It isn't just mammals either, such behaviours are commonly observed across the animal kingdom, including birds, reptiles and many invertebrates; particularly cephalopods. Non-human animals often behave in ways that bare striking resemblance to our own cultural practices, especially around mourning, we have just always dismissed these as 'instinctive' under the false assumption that culture is unique to the human animal.

Of course, we also have a significant vested interest in denying animal intelligence, emotion and culture. The more animals resemble us and the more complex they are, the harder it is to justify exploiting them, even under existing ethical systems that don't generally consider animals who aren't pets to be very important. It's harder to eat a pig when you have seen them decorate their barn with flowers, as has been observed in sanctuaries.

If you'd like to read more about this, I'd recommend checking out The Emotional Lives of Animals. You can find a few good articles below as well:

New Scientist

Science.org

Science.org 2

Psychology Today

[nerdy-arty]

Venezuelan Miku!!

[dial-p-for-placey]

A little late to the party but after seeing so many Mikus in other cultures decided to do one from my own and well I’m from Pittsburgh and let me tell you our culture is road rage

[soulspark]

[blessedscavengers]

blessed be the scavengers

I have stickers of this print up on my etsy shop for anyone who’s interested

terfs fuck off

made in 2024

[icryink]

WELCOME TO CRINGETOBER 2024

As promised, the list is here one month in advance to allow for preparation time! Just like last time, there are no hard rules. Just a fun exercise to draw things considered “cringe” by popular culture! No stress needed :)

I go more in depth on the list here, so check that out! of course, feel free to send asks my way if any questions remain <3

I’m really proud of this year’s list, honestly. And I’m incredibly excited for October! I hope everyone has fun!!

[exilley]

I do sort of wish western anime fans would analyze anime and manga from a framework of japanese historical and cultural context. Specifically a lot of works from the 90s being influenced by the general aimlessness and ennui that a lot of people were experiencing due to the burst in the bubble economy and the national trauma caused by the sarin terrorist attack. I think in interacting with media that’s not local to our sociocultural/sociopolitical sphere it’s easy to forget that it’s influenced and shaped by the same kinds of factors that influence media within our own cultural dome and there ends up being this baseline misalignment of perception between the causative elements of a narrative and viewer interpretation of those elements. It’s a form of death of the author that i think, in some measure, hinders our ability to fully understand/come to terms with creator intent and the full scope of a work’s merits

[eizaamkc]

POLISH HATSUNE MIKU?! 🇵🇱🦅🔥

[falconthropy]

Therian music - Prey drive

When a predator, who is supposed to hunt down the prey, is instead driven more by the loving feeling. It's wrong, but it feels right.

Little soul, little mouth, begging me to steal your heart

but I think my fangs will end you, think that i will end your love

By the way guys, Merry Christmas!! if you celebrate ofc, if not, have a great day anyways! <3 stay wild

[myfathersjoy]

[beardless-bearded-vulture]

My favorite part of the exhibit: the very last quagga! The mare died on the 12th of august in 1883 in the zoo in Amsterdam, without anyone realising she was an endling. There are only 23 taxidermy specimens of quaggas, and a lot of them aren't on display due to their fragility

This is one of the two taxidermy quaggas in the collection of Naturalis, and has recently been restored

Link to a short video on the instagram page of Naturalis about the restoration, where you can see some of the damage that had to be restored

[getmotherd]

Alces alces | Moose

[germplush]

do what u want live ur life

[feddy-34]

HOW CAN YOU HATE HER??????????