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Dad Jokes
May 25, 2011

cat big (not mine)





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Snowglobe of Doom
Mar 30, 2012

sucks to be right
That's a goddamned panther. If it gets out people will be ringing the police.

It's happened before!

Birb Katter
Sep 18, 2010

BOATS STOPPED
CARBON TAX AXED
TURNBULL AS PM
LIBERALS WILL BE RE-ELECTED IN A LANDSLIDE

This is amazing

Triskelli
Sep 27, 2011

I AM A SKELETON
WITH VERY HIGH
STANDARDS


IslamoNazi posted:

This is amazing

This guy really is the best.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGeKSiCQkPw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sekLEG8xsOs

Oh, and a new "Dear Kitten":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBrSvHPY1NQ

Triskelli has a new favorite as of 18:19 on Jan 22, 2015

Zeroisanumber
Oct 23, 2010

Nap Ghost

Hype posted:

They actually pop up for sale at reptile shows fairly often. I did a lot of research beforehand, and got her from a breeder at the Columbia, SC Repticon.


To contribute, here are some adorable pics of my favorite possum, the golden brushtail. :3:







No one can convince me that this isn't a Pokemon.

TaurusTorus
Mar 27, 2010

Grab the bullshit by the horns

I have had the worst loving day. Please give me cute bird pictures.

edit: so many good birbs

TaurusTorus has a new favorite as of 23:05 on Jan 22, 2015

blunt for century
Jul 4, 2008

I've got a bone to pick.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRDLnopIqg4

Paging LITERALLY A BIRD...

Birb Katter
Sep 18, 2010

BOATS STOPPED
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TURNBULL AS PM
LIBERALS WILL BE RE-ELECTED IN A LANDSLIDE

TaurusTorus posted:

I have had the worst loving day. Please give me cute bird pictures.

Have a story first. Kookaburra are about as Australian as you get. To the point where I don't wear a watch in summer because I need to know two times, when to get up and when to wander down to the river to go prawning (shrimping? do Americans do that for food / sport). You're not sleeping through the morning wake up call and come 8pm (yes, it's 8pm I've won money on this many a time) they'll let you know to get your poo poo together.

Anyway, these guys don't care if you're people or not. They just care if they think you've go their back. I broke a phone once talking on it on the verandah because a wattle bird was chasing a kookaburra and it worked out the safest place to chill was under my chin on the railing, right between my arms.







AstroWhale
Mar 28, 2009

TaurusTorus posted:

I have had the worst loving day. Please give me cute bird pictures.



Zeroisanumber
Oct 23, 2010

Nap Ghost

IslamoNazi posted:

Have a story first. Kookaburra are about as Australian as you get. To the point where I don't wear a watch in summer because I need to know two times, when to get up and when to wander down to the river to go prawning (shrimping? do Americans do that for food / sport). You're not sleeping through the morning wake up call and come 8pm (yes, it's 8pm I've won money on this many a time) they'll let you know to get your poo poo together.

Anyway, these guys don't care if you're people or not. They just care if they think you've go their back. I broke a phone once talking on it on the verandah because a wattle bird was chasing a kookaburra and it worked out the safest place to chill was under my chin on the railing, right between my arms.









Their call is the strangest thing.

Birb Katter
Sep 18, 2010

BOATS STOPPED
CARBON TAX AXED
TURNBULL AS PM
LIBERALS WILL BE RE-ELECTED IN A LANDSLIDE

Are you sure you're not confusing a kooky call with a lyrebird?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjE0Kdfos4Y

Here is a pic of a bower bird nest I took last year.



edit: removed the brain fart

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BattleMaster
Aug 14, 2000

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8geGngFYzdw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddJwz6zRV1I

cptn_dr
Sep 7, 2011

Seven for beauty that blossoms and dies


Can we have more owls, please? A friend of mine is having a crappy time too, and they're her favourite.

ekuNNN
Nov 27, 2004

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS


Sociopastry posted:

Did someone say elephant shrew

https://vine.co/v/ODdrIJvggbl

There's so many versions of these Elephant shrew vines and I love them.

Take A Closer Look At That Snout!

Take A Closer Look At That Snout!

Take A Closer Look At That Snout!

Take A Closer Look At That Snout!

Take A Closer Look At That Snout!

Take A Closer Look At That Snout!

Take A Closer Look At That Snout!

FluxFaun
Apr 7, 2010



Ahahahahahahahaha thank you for these, I'm dying.

ekuNNN
Nov 27, 2004

by Jeffrey of YOSPOS
I forgot one of my favourites:
Take A Closer Look At That Snout!

AstroWhale
Mar 28, 2009

cptn_dr posted:

Can we have more owls, please? A friend of mine is having a crappy time too, and they're her favourite.

Joey Freshwater
Jun 20, 2004

Always playing with my meat
Grimey Drawer


Crossposting this from the schadenfreud thread because this is not shadenfreud, this is ADORABLE

blunt for century
Jul 4, 2008

I've got a bone to pick.

A friend of mine got a tiny pet pig, and it's adorable and tiny, and I want to chill with this tiny piglette :kimchi:



JEEVES420
Feb 16, 2005

The world is a mess... and I just need to rule it

MindlessHavok posted:

Crossposting this from the schadenfreud thread because this is not shadenfreud, this is ADORABLE

My parents have a 120lb black lab that does this. He has almost drowned me jumping in to "save" me.

ellie the beep
Jun 15, 2007

Vaginas, my subject.
Plane hulls, my medium.

blunt for century posted:

A friend of mine got a tiny pet pig, and it's adorable and tiny, and I want to chill with this tiny piglette :kimchi:


blunt for century
Jul 4, 2008

I've got a bone to pick.

I'm like 60% sure that's gonna happen to my friend too

Pharnakes
Aug 14, 2009
Yeah that pig is definitely a standard porker. We had one when I was a kid that was given to my parents as a joke wedding gift. She had a happy life as a plow and died weighting over 250kgs. Also she bit my grandfather in the rear end once.

the_sea_hag
Oct 9, 2012
LOAF FANCIER
A small hawk.

BetterToRuleInHell
Jul 2, 2007

Touch my mask top
Get the chop chop

Pharnakes posted:

Also she bit my grandfather in the rear end once.

Thank you so much for this, the image of a big ol' pig biting a old man in the rear end had me cracking up almost to the point of tears.

Say Nothing
Mar 5, 2013

by FactsAreUseless
Cat indeed big.

Enos Shenk
Nov 3, 2011


Catte big you say?

blunt for century
Jul 4, 2008

I've got a bone to pick.

Pharnakes posted:

Yeah that pig is definitely a standard porker. We had one when I was a kid that was given to my parents as a joke wedding gift. She had a happy life as a plow and died weighting over 250kgs. Also she bit my grandfather in the rear end once.

What's it like training a pig? They're supposed to be really smart, which should make them easier to train than a dog, but I'd be worried about them using their intelligence for asserting dominance. With the size they can get to, if they get bossy, you could end up pretty injured I'd think.

mycot
Oct 23, 2014

"It's okay. There are other Terminators! Just give us this one!"
Hell Gem
This is my favorite bird video to watch when I'm feeling down.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_lMOtk7AJ0

Weltlich
Feb 13, 2006
Grimey Drawer

So we started buying hay off of this one old time farmer here in Vermont and he was looking at our pigs one day when he was dropping it off. He liked the look of them and said he hadn't seen pigs that good looking since he was a kid. He had a pig back then that lived in the house, and they fed it honey sandwiches and Miller High Life. One day his dad said it couldn't stay in the house anymore because it was so heavy, he was afraid it might put a foot through the floorboards. Old man said he never kept pigs after that one, since there was no way to ever get a better pig than that.

Moon Potato
May 12, 2003

cptn_dr posted:

Can we have more owls, please? A friend of mine is having a crappy time too, and they're her favourite.
We have a bunch of Short-eared Owls in my area for the winter. Here are some of them.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TclKth2vXg

Synthbuttrange
May 6, 2007

mycot posted:

This is my favorite bird video to watch when I'm feeling down.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_lMOtk7AJ0

Nooooooo! :ohdear: He's dying! He's dying under the rice! Oh! Oh phew! :3:

Neddy Seagoon
Oct 12, 2012

"Hi Everybody!"

mycot posted:

This is my favorite bird video to watch when I'm feeling down.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5_lMOtk7AJ0

Pretty sure that little guy's coming gasping for air like mad at the end there :ohdear:.

MikeJF
Dec 20, 2003





And that's why if you live out in the bush you are never ever gonna get to sleep in in your life.

Bobby Digital
Sep 4, 2009

Weltlich posted:

So we started buying hay off of this one old time farmer here in Vermont and he was looking at our pigs one day when he was dropping it off. He liked the look of them and said he hadn't seen pigs that good looking since he was a kid. He had a pig back then that lived in the house, and they fed it honey sandwiches and Miller High Life. One day his dad said it couldn't stay in the house anymore because it was so heavy, he was afraid it might put a foot through the floorboards. Old man said he never kept pigs after that one, since there was no way to ever get a better pig than that.

Must have been Some Pig.

ellie the beep
Jun 15, 2007

Vaginas, my subject.
Plane hulls, my medium.

blunt for century posted:

What's it like training a pig? They're supposed to be really smart, which should make them easier to train than a dog, but I'd be worried about them using their intelligence for asserting dominance. With the size they can get to, if they get bossy, you could end up pretty injured I'd think.

from what I'm reading get it spayed/neutered ASAP, make sure it's properly fed so as to avoid food aggression, and make sure not to overfeed because they absolutely will eat everything you give them.

here's a decent FAQ to get started. it's ostensibly for potbelly pigs but it should be okay for regular pigs as well.

Say Nothing
Mar 5, 2013

by FactsAreUseless

Enos Shenk posted:

Catte big you say?

Cat huge!

BattleMaster
Aug 14, 2000

They say you shouldn't swim after eating, but they didn't say anything about eating while swimming.




Also if you didn't think capys could move because they're fat and lazy, check this out

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=752929388136674&pnref=story

Pharnakes
Aug 14, 2009

blunt for century posted:

What's it like training a pig? They're supposed to be really smart, which should make them easier to train than a dog, but I'd be worried about them using their intelligence for asserting dominance. With the size they can get to, if they get bossy, you could end up pretty injured I'd think.

I was pretty small but she was never trained at all really. She was a pet but she wasn't allowed in the house or anything, quite apart from any other issues once they get to full size they would probably go through floorboards if you aren't careful. I've always liked pigs, and they have always been friendly in my experience, I would think allot of that comes from my confidence in growing up with one, I would say that the important thing to do is be calm and confident, and take no nonsense at all when they are young, because as you say they are capable of loving you up when they get big. Pretty much like any animal I suppose really.

I'm not sure I'd really want to keep a porker in the house, they will get seriously, seriously massive, and they really want to be able to dig and root around. Pigs will be perfectly happy with a small shed and some straw in a paddock. They will destroy everything in said paddock though and reduce it something that makes pictures of the Somme look like Kew Gardens. At least the soil will benefit immensely from it once everything grows back.

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TaurusTorus
Mar 27, 2010

Grab the bullshit by the horns

Neddy Seagoon posted:

Pretty sure that little guy's coming gasping for air like mad at the end there :ohdear:.

That's not a bird who's gasping for air, he's mad his nice little hole was disturbed by the mean lady tapping on it.

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