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My local zoo did an experiment testing the stress hormone levels in "demo" animals (they piloted the study with armadillos) that the public gets to interact with compared to the same species just kept on exhibit. They found that animals that are used to being on public display are actually got more stressed when taken off their demo rounds and were put on exhibit instead. They're now doing a much more extensive study to make sure all the demo animal species are happy and comfortable in their role. I also found out that they were tested for high levels of stress hormones regularly even before the study because they really want to be sure their animals are happy  Yay for happy armadillos! 
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Speaking of zoos, I visited the San Diego Zoo today, and got plenty of cute pictures which will appear in this thread later. I regret that I only saw one capybara, which was largely obscured by a tapir. I understand if the thread is disappointed in me.
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After caring for our friends Bengal Scooby for 10 days we decided we coudln't live in a cat free household. So now we have his brother, Scoopy! He's a bit stressed out at the moment and I also think he's teething so he's taken to gently biting my finger. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVi_JsRFKNw E: He's finally asleep 
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If you're having a not so good day, trawling Lin-Manuel Miranda's tweets might lift up your spirits. Like these old tweets:    
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http://i.imgur.com/WRB8zfR.webm hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot hot ahhhhhh CJacobs has a new favorite as of 06:45 on Jul 19, 2016 |
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We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars
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I have posted my zoo album. Some highlights:  Majestic Dinosaurs!  A grumpy hyrax!  Snuggling mountain lions! And much more!
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Excellent album. Thanks!
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nerdz posted:how is this cat possible Lookit dem cheeeeeks
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nerdz posted:how is this cat possible Are you sure that's not a hamster?
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That cat is literally Officer Clawhauser.
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nerdz posted:how is this cat possible Picking a fight with a bee is my guess. Edit: It came from PI.
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JackMann posted:I have posted my zoo album. There are no pictures of the pandas so I'm assuming you took one look at the line for the exhibit and nope'd right out of there like I did 
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I could have gone to see pandas. But I wanted more to go see sneks. Priorities, man.
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I'm 19 pages behind so I hope none of this has been done already.               
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These were cute up until the end when I noticed the size of the cat, and then they got awesome. Ultraman is truly a friend for life.
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Asked my cat to smile for the camera:
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That is a ridiculous amount of articulation on that Ultraman figure. I'll take one each of it and the kitten.
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Cythereal posted:Picking a fight with a bee is my guess. Unfixed toms sometimes get crazy cheeks as they get older. Guess a bit like orangutans?
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Guess it's my turn to polish the owl again 
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For some reason I read this all in Solaire's voice...
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this is the look I get when I ask my boy if he wants to play (the answer is always yes)
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my cat is norris posted:For some reason I read this all in Solaire's voice... I got my characters confused and now I can't not hear it as Siegward
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Blue Footed Booby posted:I got my characters confused and now I can't not hear it as Siegward I can also hear it in his voice. Oh-ho!
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NLJP posted:Unfixed toms sometimes get crazy cheeks as they get older. Guess a bit like orangutans? I did not know this--it explains this feral colony sire I used to take care of. He fathered a bunch of kittens that we did our best to trap and adopt out--we eventually TNRd him but not before we managed to name him Cabezon (big head) because of his big fat cheeks. We figured it was scar tissue from fights, though.
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I... I can't stand videos where they don't get pets!! I need to vicariously scritch something (when my own cat doesn't want to be bothered)! These dogs need it worse though https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcSgOYcvxu4
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My dog does this too, if you are petting her and you stop you'd better be ready to withstand 30 solid seconds of doggie pouty eyes before she forgets what she's doing and runs off to do something else.
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