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ternwithatmblr · 11 days

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yeah, you might be cool but can you wiggle one ear without wiggling the other one?

#therian #therianthropy #alterhuman #otherkin #dhole therian #canine therian #bird therian #canine theriotype #seal therian #bird theriotype #thoughts with the tern #i dont know why i can do this #its just a weird thing i can do #but yeah #i can wiggle my ears independently from each other #fun fact i guess #the beauty of the hyperactive vestigal nervous system

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ternwithatmblr · 22 days

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my seal brain is not built for college level math :')

#therian #therianthropy #alterhuman #otherkin #seal therian #pinniped theriotype #dhole therian #thoughts with the tern #i cant do math #canine therian #bird therian #canine theriotype #bird theriotype

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ternwithatmblr · 27 days

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there's so many options

I have decided to create a picrew chain

I love this picrew!! It has lots of antlers, horns, ears, and some tails! It also gives much neurodivergent vibes heh

Me:

No pressure tags!! @canine-brained @sunfl0wersapphic @roe-deer-link

And ofc anyone else who wants to join!

#picrew chain #picrew #therian #otherkin #alterhuman #therianthropy #nonhuman #dhole therian #thoughts with the tern #reblog #yall this is super fun

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ternwithatmblr · 27 days

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what tiktok makes theriantrophy seem like:

what it’s actually like:

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ternwithatmblr · 1 month

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i love it when the "get your life together" energy hits in the middle of the night because now my room is super clean and i built a little cave :D

#thoughts with the tern #therian #therianthropy #alterhuman #otherkin #dhole therian #canine therian #bird therian #canine theriotype #seal therian #bird theriotype

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ternwithatmblr · 1 month

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not me reblogging my own art. ANYWAY i made two more so i have one for all of my theriotypes because why not. first one is still definitely my favorite though

ANXIETY

Drawn on my laptop with a mouse in 20 minutes because I be feeling ANXIOUS

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ternwithatmblr · 1 month

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ANXIETY

Drawn on my laptop with a mouse in 20 minutes because I be feeling ANXIOUS

#therian #therianthropy #alterhuman #otherkin #dhole therian #canine therian #canine theriotype #therian art #dhole therian art #my art #thoughts with the tern #caniform theriotype #caniform kintype #caninekin art

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ternwithatmblr · 1 month

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fun little question for therian tumblr

Any of y'all have shifts that just, never go away? My phantom ears and tail never go away, unless I'm having a shift for one of my other theriotypes since they usually don't blend together. Them phantom ears and tail be going HARD all the time. Paws are also a near constant.

#therian #therianthropy #alterhuman #otherkin #dhole therian #canine therian #bird therian #canine theriotype #bird theriotype #seal therian #my therian experience #my therian experiences #therian shifts #question for therians #i need answers #thoughts with the tern

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ternwithatmblr · 1 month

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rousing sounds exactly like this thing i have since labeled a nervous tic. now im not so sure

Hi bird therians! I'd like to present the following list of definitions of avian terminology; instincts and anatomy. Specifically, terms for things that many birdkin may already be aware of due to their own shifts, but not know the word for or even that it's a real and normal thing. Why do I make that assumption? Because my own mind was blown every time I discovered one of these words, the way things I would do or phantom parts I would feel suddenly made sense. So I hope to induce the same reaction in at least someone.

Behaviors

Mantling is mostly a bird of prey thing, the action of leaning over a kill and shielding the spoils with your wings so as to defend it from thieves. I can do no better of a description than a photo, included at the bottom of this post and for raptors it will probably spark recognition.

Rousing is the word for that "slowly fluff up the feathers and then shake the whole body" thing that birds do. Yes, it does have a name! Birds do it when relaxed or just chilly. It is not a threat display. I experience this as like an near-involuntary action -- like scratching an itch or sneezing -- and because I'm not actually raising physical feathers it feels kind of like shivering. But it sort of feels frustrating that I can't seem to achieve it. Like when a sneeze goes away.

Feather-plucking (pterotillomania) is a maladaptive habit birds in captivity develop when they are stressed. You see it most often with parrots, because they're kept as pets more than other birds and are also extremely intelligent so more easily understimulated. Sometimes this does feel like being a bird in captivity and a lot of you might experience this instinct without knowing what it is your brain's asking to do because you have no feathers. Calling it pterotillomania is helpful to me because I have actual dermotillomania and if my body had feathers I'd be plucking them.

Anatomy

Nictitating membrane. Starting with this because you may already know it by now. The third eyelid of birds, translucent, drawn sideways across the eye so that you can keep it moist while still being able to see. Also, as you may know, relevant to cat therians!

Crop. Part of the digestive tract of a bird in the throat where food is temporarily stored before being digested. If you had these shifts it would feel like, according to Wikipedia, basically an enlarged portion of the esophagus.

Keel. An extension of the sternum, the structure to which flight muscles are attached. If you had these shifts it would feel like a thin bone going beneath (or I guess on a humanoid body plan, in front of) your ribcage.

Cloaca. In the interest of not having to mark this post mature, I will not define or describe this one. I encourage you to look it up. Mammals are already working to reduce the stigma surrounding these types of shifts and instincts; we can do the same. There is no shame in it. You're a bird and birds have these. Accept it.

Birds do have sensation in our beaks. There are nerve endings in the beak. Not as much as, say, human skin, but yes, birds can feel touch on their beaks. If you can feel your beak, great! That is anatomically correct, and it certainly does not make you fake!

And now for your enjoyment, a mantling eagle:

#birdkin #bird therian #avian therian #alterhuman #therian #resource #reblog #white tern therian #thoughts with the tern

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ternwithatmblr · 1 month

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s h o e s

i am an avid shoe hater

Things that only humans have to do that I think are stupid:

• Wear clothes

• Wear coats when they're walking outside for quite literally 10-15 seconds

• Apologize for universal bodily functions

• Work/School

• Feel okay all of the time

• Travel crazy distances for work

• Communicate with everyone who talks to them

• Use money

• Look presentable

• Brush their teeth

• Socially must use products to smell acceptable

• shower and use soap

Community additions (feel free to suggest more) :

• sleep for survival (from a vampire)

• pay taxes

• wake up before the sun rises

• wear coats (again)

• follow dumb laws

• fit into social norms

• have legs (from a mermaid)

• walk on 2 legs

• have 2 arms

• stay awake during the day

• talking

• mobility-limiting vaccines

• animal testing and abuse

• experience debilitating emotions forced by society

• only chew socially acceptable things

• take a super long time in the bathroom

• having inverted knees

• not curling up in a ball

• take meds to function in society

• push off pain for others emotional comfort

Will update when I think of more/more are suggested

#therian #otherkin #therianthropy #alterhuman #alterhumanity #nonhuman #therian community #dhole therian #bird therian #thoughts with the tern #seal therian #abolish shoes dammit #reblog

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ternwithatmblr · 1 month

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i love it when people don't think i'm 100% going to follow through on my biting threats. because i totally will.

“I will fucking bite you”

-something I’ve said and followed through with at least 3 times this week alone

#alterhuman #therian #nonhuman #therian community #therianthropy #bird therian #bird theriotype #alterhumanity #alterhumans #avian therian #aviankin #dhole therian #harbor seal theriotype #seal theriotype #canine theriotype #caniform kintype #caniform theriotype #i absolutely bite be afraid

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ternwithatmblr · 1 month

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you get it

Idk if this is just me but bunk beds are the therian dream for me.

Climbing? Check.

Nesting on top of a (bed) mountain? Check.

Having a cozy (bottom bed) cave? Check.

Looking down upon the humans? Check.

#therian #theriotype #otherkin #nonhuman #therianthropy #caninekin #canine theriotype #canine therian #thoughts with the tern #reblog #bird theriotype #bird therian

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hold up this is super fun i love doing bingo, allow me to hijack this >:D

The clear version for you!

#therian #alterhuman #alterhumanity #therianthropy #nonhuman #dhole therian #tern therian #thoughts with the tern #harbor seal theriotype #seal theriotype #seal therian #canine therian #canine kin #caninekin #white tern therian #therian bingo #pinniped therian #pinniped theriotype

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I never really thought to actually vocalize, or I guess write down, how my therianthropy affects my life. Which is kind of funny to me because it affects my life so much. I've only recently been actively involved in the online therian community, for years I just lurked on the outer edges, so I'm not 100% sure what are considered "standard" therian experiences. But for me, my therianthropy is something that is always there. I might not be consciously thinking about it 24/7, but it's a very integral part of my baseline personality and person. It never turns off or gets less present or intense. I am very much feeling animalistic 100% of the time.

When I first realized I was a therian about 7 or 8 years ago, so many things clicked for me. The way I look at and interact with the world and with people always felt so disconnected from the way everyone else seemed to go through life. It helped me better understand how I was feeling and what it was that was so different about me that I couldn't seem to explain in an accurate way to others. As I've had years to come to accept myself and settle into my skin, I've changed the way I live my life to better line up with my identity in a way that makes me happy. I don't worry as much about societal pressures to be more social and go out and do things constantly. I don't try to act differently than how I really am when out and about anymore. If people want to get to know me, they'll know exactly what they're getting into. I've learned to build new routines into my life to better fulfill my more animalistic desires and behaviors. Like time set aside to go out into the woods or to the river and just unashamedly be myself. Or to nap in the sun on my roof. Or small things like having a nice stick to chew on.

I haven't changed my criminal justice career path, but I set more time aside for things I like to do outside of it, like working with dogs or other animals. And as I've gotten closer to the people in my life, I've definitely noticed the little things in my own life that are so vastly different. I wouldn't change it for anything. If anything I think I'm happier than a lot of the people around me. And I don't know any other way to be. In a perfect world, I think the only thing that would change would be that I could finally figure out a good way to explain to someone the way I look at things, or how I feel.

Telepathy would be very helpful in that regard.

I've spoken to others about this several times over the years and I finally feel confident enough to condense it into something coherent. This topic was brought up recently in a search for a defining word for the "density" or "depth" of one's therianthropy, but it's meaning was misunderstood, likely because of the language barrier (OP isn't a native English speaker) and because most people seem to be focused on behavior, which is only one piece of the puzzle. A brief conversation with them in private confirmed what the true intention of that discussion was about.

First, consider three levels of therianthropy:

1. The raw experiences that give rise to therianthropy, e.g. mental shifts, memories, nonhuman behaviors and whatever other feelings or instincts one might have. There is no definite minimum amount or mixture of these.

2. Therianthropy itself and/or your interpretation of your seemingly nonhuman experiences - e.g. you have these shifts and/or this feeling that you are a particular nonhuman animal in the wrong body, and you identify as said animal(s) in conjunction with that. And...

3. How you feel about your therianthropy, whether or not it changes the way you see the world and your place in a society full of humans as a nonhuman-identifying being, whether it changes the way you see your relationships with humans and nonhumans alike, and to what degree. What will you decide / have you decided to do with your life as a result of this perspective, if anything? Is there some spiritual or past-life element to it? Are you passionate about the fact that you are therian, and would "believing in yourself" mean an amplification of this passion and any associated drives or experiences? Essentially, what and how much does it mean to you?

I know some therians who have #2 and #3 but have very little of #1, but that makes them no less valid.

And while #3 may not necessarily be therianthropy itself, it is a result of therianthropy that would not exist without it, and it would likely make many therians feel more fulfilled if they were able to be confident about it. One might say this relates more to deriving some kind of "religious" construct from one's nonhumanity, but not by any organized means or in a way that would be definable as a religion, since it is entirely personal. I want to talk more about this.

When I first joined the community back in 2013-2015 or so, I asked some folks how they felt about their therianthropy and whether or not it mattered to them in a way that reflects in their lives somehow (for example, if they would go to college to be a conservationist, vet, or researcher of some sort as a result of their identity, or at least want to do such a thing if they had the opportunity). The answer I received was essentially "Why should it matter? It's just therianthropy," and it often seems that this third level doesn't matter to most therians seeing how little it's spoken of. Maybe some of us just feel more connected to it than others...or perhaps whatever passion others feel in association with their therian identity has been quelled by society, adjusting to adult life, work, exhaustion from the late-stage capitalistic hellscape we've been living in, attachment to social media in the absence of physical contact with other therians, lack of exercise / maintenance of health, and/or a fear that they might not be considered "therian enough" by those who like to engage in spirited inquisition while watching those same people use their therianthropy as an excuse to be less than virtuous. Some might ask why that matters, but we are their peers - and that means something. For years it was suggested to me that such "exhaustion" was a sign that I wasn't really therian, which couldn't be further from the truth. As someone who was conditioned as a child by threat of physical violence to always be policing their behaviors and expressions, therians that seem "shallow" or "surface-level" may be struggling with something unseen that this "McCarthyism" of therianthropic validity "education" will do them no service. This is not how you get people to open up.

That aside, this third point means so much to me. Therianthropy is the reason why I started making music and never stopped. It's why I took all of the psychology courses at my local college while still in high school. It's part of why my therianthropy survived years of dissociative amnesia. I am an inherently passionate being - I have always been curious about the inner workings of the universe and such, but when it comes to therianthropy, my passion can be described as nothing short of conviction. Such passion is a very strong part of my identity and will eventually drive me to return to college to do neuroscience research when I am able. I want others to be able to feel confident enough to follow through with whatever they dream of too, even if the odds are against them, therian or not. Especially if it feels like the odds are against them. Everything is up to chance anyway, but chances can be improved in many ways. I didn't get to where I am in life by shying away from what's difficult, and now things that I once thought impossible are now imminent.

I'm not sure if "conviction" is the word I'd want to use, though. It doesn't encompass the breadth of what therianthropy can mean for others or even for me, either. If y'all can think of a better word to use, fire away. Not that we need one, necessarily. The more important questions here are: How do you feel about your therianthropy? In what ways does it currently color your life? And how would that look in an ideal world?

#therianthropy #therian community #therian #reblog #thoughts with the tern #canine therian #dhole therian #tern therian #seal theriotype #harbor seal therian #seal therian #my therian experience #therian experience

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real shit

Whenever we go somewhere with my dog, I can't help but feel a tiny bit jealous.

He is quite old, and not energetic at all, but he is still a very sweet boy. Everyone around asks to pet him, and comments on how polite and nice he is.

Seeing how their faces light up with joy, I catch myself thinking IF YOU COULD ONLY SEE WHAT A SWEET DOG I AM TOO

I AM VERY WELL BEHAVED AND I WOULD LET YOU PET ME AND GIVE A SHAKE FOR A TREAT

#dog therian #therian #canine therian #otherkin #therianthropy #alterhuman #dhole therian #reblog

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my theriotypes might not be nocturnal but i sure as shit am. i can only be productive at night why am i like this.

#therian #therianthropy #alterhuman #otherkin #dhole therian #canine therian #bird therian #canine theriotype #bird theriotype #seal therian #thoughts with the tern #I am nocturnal

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ternwithatmblr · 2 months

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Peak seal is climbing the old antenna next to your house and sunbathing on the roof for 2 hours. I feel great now since I've become a translucent being over winter. SUN :D

#therian #therianthropy #alterhuman #otherkin #dhole therian #canine therian #canine theriotype #bird therian #bird theriotype #seal therian #pinniped theriotype #pinniped therian #thoughts with the tern #sunbathing :D

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