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#TO CLARIFY ON THE SECOND POINT: VAMPIRES *HAVE* A REPRODUCTION METHOD THAT IS NOT SEX-BASED#THAT IS THE MAJOR POINT OF THAT ONE. THAT VAMP REPRODUCTION IS BASED ON CONVERTING INTO UNDEAD AND NOT PREGNANCY#what i think i keep coming back to is that a vampire is like. a form of pathogen or perhaps parasite#is the individual vampire meaningfully distinct from that? maybe#sort of a made up question#but that’s not a mammal#so neither is a vampire#but also like. a human is a mammal#this question sponsored by my friend who said she was done keeping mammals bc ‘they have so much fluid in them’#and my thought that a vampire Wouldn’t#not a lot of fluids. happening there
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Serval (Leptailurus serval), MELANISTIC, family Felidae, Amboseli National Park, Kenya
Photograph by nicolas.urlacher.photographer
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Walrus
By: Fred Bruemmer
From: Natural History Magazine
1977
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don't ever put them in a situation
#the last seal lol 😭😭😭#seals#marine mammals#marine mammal rescue#these noises are RIDICULOUS#i love them
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"not looking at someone when they're talking to you is rude"
okkaaayy welll i cocked my imaginary ears in your direction to communicate that i was listening so whose fault is it really
#txt#therian#otherkin#foxkin#wolfkin#catkin#(most)mammals will be like#dogkin#therianthropy#copinglink#alterhuman
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An Anatolian pars, a leopard subspecies, is seen by a camera trap set up in Turkey. It was thought that the endangered animal was extinct for years until 2013 when two of them were spotted
Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
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here’s a fun animal I saw in Borneo: the mammal!
unlike the rest of us, mammals are endothermic and produce their own body heat—but they’re not birds! it is covered in a thick coat of hair (you guessed it, separate evolutionary origin from feathers) and secretes a fatty liquid from special glands to nurture its larvae. mammals can be found almost worldwide and are highly adaptable. this one was making odd squeaking noises, possibly begging for morsels of food.
here’s another mammal I saw. pretty sure it’s a different species but I’m not an expert on identifying them
fun mammal fact: some are curiously soft to the touch! try palpating the next mammal you see, but please be careful. some may bite!
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little cenozoic guys
(hyaenodon, langstonia, smilodon, dromornithidae, stegotetrabelodon, glyptodon, moropus)
#art#cenozoic#mammals#ancient#extinct#chibi#hyaenodon#lagnstonia#smilodon#dromornithidae#stegotetrabelodon#glyptodon#moropus#these will be stickers when I run merch again in a couple months wheee
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I just realized that apparently I never shared this series here on Tumblr??
I call it Living Paintings, as they are recreations of extinct animals that some artists actually saw and painted from memory, a long time ago.
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#palaeoblr#paleoart#cave paintings#mammals#cenozoic#mammuthus#aurochs#horses#coelodonta#moa#cave lion#pelorovis#cave bear#megaloceros
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Albino harbor seal (Phoca vitulina)
@ René Pop
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Snowshoe Hare (Lepus americanus), in white winter coat, family Leporidae, Alaska
photograph by Loren Merrill
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Hello! I run the social media for my local library and I was just wondering what sort of plant or creature might emerge if I talk about books here. Just a lil guy perhaps, to encourage public library use. A new library mascot to say "Books are cool! Reading is fun!" etc. Thank you for your time and efforts. 📚
String identified:
! t ca a ca a a a t g at t at cat gt g ta at . t a g a, t cag c a . A a act t a " a c! ag !" tc. Ta t a t. 📚
Closest match: Lutra lutra genome assembly, chromosome: 14
Common name: Eurasian Otter
#tumblr genetics#genetics#asks#requests#otters#water mammals#mammals#sent to me#eurasian otter#SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY!!!
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Thylacines sunbathing at the Hobart Zoo
By: Unknown photographer
Unknown year
#extinct#captivity#thylacine#marsupial#mammal#1900s#1910s#1920s#1930s#i mean it's gotta be one of those decades ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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Learning anything about marine mammal training will make you re-evaluate so much of your relationship with your own pets. There is so much force involved in the way we handle domestic animals. Most of it isn’t even intentional, it just stems from impatience. I’m guilty of it myself!
But with the exception of certain veterinary settings where the animal’s health is the immediate priority, why is it so important to us that animals do exactly what we want exactly when we want it? Why do we have to invent all these tools and contraptions to force them to behave?
When a whale swam away from a session, that was that. The trainer just waited for them to decide to come back. If they flat out refused to participate in behaviors, they still got their allotment of fish. Nothing bad happened. Not even when 20-30 people were assembled for a procedure, and the whale chose not to enter the medical pool. No big deal. Their choice and comfort were prioritized over human convenience.
It’s almost shocking to return to domestic animal medicine afterwards and watch owners use shock collars and chokers and whips to control their animals. It’s no wonder that positive reinforcement was pioneered by marine mammal trainers. When you literally can’t force an animal to do what you want, it changes your entire perspective.
I want to see that mindset extended to our domestic animals.
#‘oh I can walk my dog off-leash down a crowded street’ why does that matter?????#the horse world is ESPECIALLY bad about this too#edit: the whips is referring to horses I have not seen anyone whip their dog#pets#horses#animal training#dog training#dolphin training#dolphins#belugas#orcas#killer whales#cetaceans#marine mammals#zoos#aquariums#cooperative care#vet med#vetblr
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