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BigglesSWE posted:Shut up and read this: Aw.  We have a fat one living under the giant pile of miscanthus and privet cuttings I've accumulated over the years in the garden. Should be coming out from hibernation any day now 
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we used to have one in the neighborhood that my mom put out cat food for.
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My friend has a hedgehog in her garden in central(ish) Malmö. Hedgehogs rule. Top 5 animal.
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Beeswax posted:Top 5 animal. In the spirit of fostering a better spirit of discussion in the thread, I think everyone should Post Their List.
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1. Giraffe - majestic, goofy, long blue tongue. Not a predator but also something that can kill you in a single kick if you're unlucky 2. Moose - the Nordic giraffe 3. Bear - the original Big Old Lunk. The very definition of att göra sin egen grej 4. Elephant - one of the iconic greats great but needs to be more discerning about gigs like being the republican party symbol 5. Hedehog - another sin egen grej-görer, only brought down by its propensity for carrying all kinds of icky parasites and stuff
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ScanPol getting in on the listicle content in the year of our gently caress, 2023.
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Five: Bears. Fuzzy, cute, adorable Four: Elephants. Incredibly smart animals Three: Cows. Big, but cuddly and usually very friendly Two: Dog family. By that i mean wolves, foxes, dingoes, etc Number one is of course, cats. Lions, tigers, your average house cat, if anyone says cats aren't the best, they're a cop
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Five: Ants. Ants are cool. I don't really want to be around them, because they have their own... Plans. But who didn't grow up with SimAnt? Four: Bees. Oprah meme picture here. Three: Little birds. gently caress you, that's an "animal" category. They make the loveliest songs, I love hearing them. Two: Doggies. Dogs are great. Just don't abuse them, those dogs can get awful. Be nice to all doggies  One: Cats. This is like the free bingo, right? Cats are absolute assholes, but they're adorable. What's that Pratchett quote, if they looked like frogs, we'd like them a whole lot less? Honorary shout-outs go to elephants and octopuses for being smarter than we are.
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McCloud posted:Number one is of course, cats. Lions, tigers, your average house cat, if anyone says cats aren't the best, they're a cop https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/731179989113765909/1074617132802912256/big_baby.mp4 Yeah, checks out.
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I feel like dolphins deserve a honorary spot for spending all their time playing around in the water. We've only managed to build a civilization in order to give us a bit of leisure, but think of all the playtime and fun they've had.
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BlankSystemDaemon posted:I feel like dolphins deserve a honorary spot for spending all their time playing around in the water.
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BlankSystemDaemon posted:I feel like dolphins deserve a honorary spot for spending all their time playing around in the water. only to the fairest
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BlankSystemDaemon posted:I feel like dolphins deserve a honorary spot for spending all their time playing around in the water. Dolphins are rapists
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Konec Hry posted:In the spirit of fostering a better spirit of discussion in the thread, I think everyone should Post Their List. 1.  2.  3.  4.  5. 
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Crows are cool and smart. Cats are adorable but also selfish pricks. Dogs are stupid as poo poo but adorable and often unselfish. Animals are good. Some of them are also tasty.
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Nidhg00670000 posted:Some of them are also tasty. According to my great great granduncle, badger does not fall into that category.
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Cats are fine, but there's been a lot of studies done, and they're not very capable of feeling affection. like from best to worst it's dog pig rat crow horse cat cow lizards most birds except for crows snakes and fish
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Esran posted:https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/731179989113765909/1074617132802912256/big_baby.mp4 Look at those adorable murdermittens Crespolini posted:Cats are fine, but there's been a lot of studies done, and they're not very capable of feeling affection. I think most people who've owned cats will tell you that this is untrue, cats are extremely capable of affection, they just don't show it the same way dogs do. Edit: This is going to cause a 20 page derail, won't it
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McCloud posted:I think most people who've owned cats will tell you that this is untrue, cats are extremely capable of affection, they just don't show it the same way dogs do.
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Ulf must be rock hard that he got to go to Ukraine.
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Crespolini posted:Cats are fine, but there's been a lot of studies done, and they're not very capable of feeling affection. You know that replication all of psychology crisis had? It still does.
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5 duck 4 beef 3 pork (cured) 2 chicken 1 lamb Honorable mention: oysters, tuna, eggs
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Also, when you're claiming that "lots of studies have been done", you should probably link them.
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maybe you just have bad vibes
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BlankSystemDaemon posted:Also, when you're claiming that "lots of studies have been done", you should probably link them. There's too many to link, unfortunately.
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i read the studies and actually they say the opposite E: more importantly cats, dogs, corvids, cephalopods, rats Zulily Zoetrope fucked around with this message at 07:05 on Feb 16, 2023 |
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Crespolini posted:There's too many to link, unfortunately. Sounds like sinister canine propaganda to me
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Rats Capybaras Pacaranas Nutrias Hedgehogs are cool too
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5 hägg 4 alm 3 tall 2 ask 1 sälg
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1. Five 2. Four 3. Three 4. Two 5. One imho
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BlankSystemDaemon posted:Is this like the scientific study that claimed to show that lots of animals can't pass the mirror test, therefore no animal can and that humans are therefore special animals? Sort of. Cats find it easy to identify large quadruped mammals like cows or horses, and comparatively difficult to recognize a small bipedal mammal like their owners. Basically the smaller and less-legged something becomes, the worse it gets, until you have them unable to tell a cucumber from a snake. This is why they're so often distant. They're not sure who you are, and sometimes think you're a hatrack. Or so the studies say, ofc.
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anatomi posted:π. Five
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Crespolini posted:Sort of. Cats find it easy to identify large quadruped mammals like cows or horses, and comparatively difficult to recognize a small bipedal mammal like their owners. Basically the smaller and less-legged something becomes, the worse it gets, until you have them unable to tell a cucumber from a snake. Cite the studies please! I am curious about why my cat thought I were a hatrack, that sounds like a novel.
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Guess my cats are weird because they’re super affectionate, and two of them, their mom was as well. Same with their sister.
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I regret to inform you that your cats were in fact three crows in a trenchcoat.
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Nidhg00670000 posted:I regret to inform you that your cats were in fact three crows in a trenchcoat. That's way better!
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I find the results questionable based on what I am reading. Like cats have an excellent sense of smell and dogs have even poorer vision than cats but rely on their sense of smell to identify people instead of purely visually like humans. So why assume cats don't? It's like it assumes cats using visual ID soley like a human. I also own what appear to be two very affectionate cats ATM. Years ago I used to have one cat who could ID my car, when I came driving up to the house from work he'd recognize my car as I turned ff the road and drove up the property. He'd run towards the car and turn and run next to the car (had a hectare sized property then) and be waiting outside the car door when I stopped, meowing at me and jumping into the car. Other cars than my run down lovely Opel would not get the same treatment.
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His Divine Shadow posted:I find the results questionable based on what I am reading. Like cats have an excellent sense of smell and dogs have even poorer vision than cats but rely on their sense of smell to identify people instead of purely visually like humans. So why assume cats don't? It's like it assumes cats using visual ID soley like a human. This is my own supposition, but it'd seem like the ideal shape would be a gigantic spider, looking at it from the perspective of a cat. I agree that there has to be a component beyond just visual ID (you obviously don't have eight legs), so perhaps they just find your mannerisms to be pleasingly spider-like?
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Crespolini posted:This is my own supposition, but it'd seem like the ideal shape would be a gigantic spider, looking at it from the perspective of a cat. I agree that there has to be a component beyond just visual ID (you obviously don't have eight legs), so perhaps they just find your mannerisms to be pleasingly spider-like? As a goth, despite the lack of evidence, I am inclined to fully agree. I am a big spider lady and I love my affectionate callous cats
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Our three cats used to recognize the sounds of our shoes as we walked up to our apartment, and wait by the door to greet us with chirps and purrs. It wasn't a food thing, 'cause their bowls were always full. They liked to sleep with their heads nestled beneath your chin. I miss them terribly.
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