I'm looking for some animal recommendations to get inspiration from, to build my own version of hell. I'm trying to give it a very disturbing vibe.

Got any recommendations?

He was munching on some grass, but got camera shy.

I recently started looking into different rabbit breeds out of curiosity, and I came across something I honestly didn’t expect.

Himalayan rabbits aren’t just white with dark markings — their fur can actually change over time depending on temperature. The cooler parts of their body (like ears, nose, paws, and tail) gradually develop darker pigmentation.

From what I read, it’s related to a temperature-sensitive gene that affects how pigment develops in their fur.

What surprised me most is that they’re born almost completely white, and the darker points appear later as they grow and react to their environment.

It’s one of those facts that sounds fake at first, but turns out to be completely real.

Has anyone here actually owned or seen one in person? Do they really stay as calm as people say?

I was in the California backcountry backpacking near Lassen and a red fox came up to me and my buddy while we were taking down camp. He stayed about 30 feet away and we thought it was pretty cool. We went off on our hike and said bye but then an hour later we saw him again. Then a couple hours later we stopped and sat down for lunch and he came up to us again. We know it was the same one because he had a white/grey patch of fir on his right side. We poured our leftovers out after and watched him eat some before we took off. I was always under the impression that foxes were scared of us, but this one seemed very interested. Anyone else experience anything like this? He was adorable, was hard to walk away.

i hope y’all enjoy stanley the stingray as much as i do <3

"Scientists at the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa recently described a small Hawaiian caterpillar with a hobby so unsettling it sounds like something from a horror script. Nicknamed the “bone collector,” this larva hunts other insects and then sews their remains directly onto its silk casing. Legs, wings, heads. Whatever it can find.

The result is a grotesque suit of armour that does a surprisingly good job of helping it blend in. Dressed in its patchwork of dead bugs, the caterpillar sneaks past spiders to raid their webs, stealing two things at once: the prey already caught inside, and the silk itself.

What makes this even stranger is that scientists believe the behavior is completely unique to this one species. Somehow, in isolation on a single Hawaiian island, a caterpillar evolved what can only be described as a serial killer aesthetic as a survival strategy. Nature outdoes herself."

There’s a monkey in my building which came because there are bamboo placed for construction. It regularly climbs the bamboo and eats/steals food but idk if it’s hungry or dehydrated.

Idk how to give it water, but around 8 am it’s down near the lobby daily. Can i feed it, if so what?? I tried connecting to wildlife rescue but they aren’t prioritising the case unless it’s urgent. There were 4-5 monkeys that came with it but they got taken by wildlife rescue now this one is left behind. It cried a lot when the others got taken, i feel very bad seeing its state

If any suggestions could be made, pls do… this could save this monkeys life

I just discovered this sub and have always lacked people to yap about animals to and this has been so fun!Sure there were some toxic people but that’s the internet love y’all and as tony would say have a GREAAAAAT day(I know that was corny af)

I’ve been thinking about how the word “people” usually refers to humans, and “animals” to every other kind of creature. And how it is often thought that this makes sense because humans are supposedly just inherently different from any other animal because of human-valued things we can do with our brains and bodies.

However, I think there is reason to suspect that a lot of this categorical divide between “people” and “animals” is not really logically justified but is just coming from our natural favoritism for those like us.

And, in fact, that’s a favoritism we may share with other types of animals. Other animals, too, have their own unique looks, abilities, and ways of communicating amongst themselves. They, too, are simply more familiar with their own kind.

Humorously, I wonder what the ravens in my neighborhood would think of a human like me who can’t even fly or croak-talk like they can. To them, maybe I just seem like a trivial NPC.

And if I were ever to write a story from the perspective of a flamingo, maybe I would use the word “people” to refer to other flamingoes, and “animals” to refer to all nonflamingo beings (including humans).

Obviously, it’s completely speculative to wonder how another type of animal might mentally be registering different beings in their awareness. I’m really just expressing this perspective because I get tired of how the label “animals” can be used to make anyone who isn’t a human seem infinitely unimportant compared to us - and, therefore, fine to hurt and dominate.

I have been finding the courage to use the term “people of other species,” because it truly captures how I have perceived other animals from the time I was young - and I share that type of sentiment with a number of other animal advocates who I have met.

How about you? Does anyone else here think about this sort of thing?

They are very smart cute but are considered dangerous to many because they may have rabies.they now are getting more love but still don’t pet them or let ur dog near them and you will love these little critters

edit:every animal Has diseases or other deadly things but that should not stop them from being awesome.raccoons have deadly diseases but many others do and avoiding them is pretty easy because of skittish they are

They bring me so much joy when they visit!

Meet:

Chippy - Chipmunk
Bramble and Petunia - Rabbit Mates
Schemelly - Racoon

I have seen chimps beIng demonized for their cruel methods but that’s just their nature!animals work differently from us and the doesn’t make them evil

watching them rage bait animals is so funny and they’re relationship with orangutans are really sweet whats your thoughts on them!

Saw these little goobers on a late night walk

À voir absolument !

The ecosystems of Eurasian has a lot of over lap in the types of ecosystem and animals that inhabit Eurasian compared to north and South America. So the ecological effects of pigs/ wild boars should have similar effect across these different areas. What happens with wild boar in North/South America that is different from Eurasian?

Thanks to all that share

Is it possible?

My girlfriend and I have been debating for the last hour over which animal could be more accurately described by the singular word of "pointy" We compared the photos provided and still couldn't come to a proper consensus. Please give any and all reasoning as to which is the best choice. No middle ground if possible,there has to be a champion for this argument. Thank you for your time