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OK. You got me, bird. I cannot resist your fluffy roundness.
Could anyone ever be immune to the fluffy roundness?
Scientists are so clever with naming animals.
No you don’t even know these birds call actually sounds like its saying go away and what it does is it hangs around large groups of herbivores and when a predator shows up it will just start shouting GO AWAY GO AWAY and then all the gazelles and zebras and such will take off.
G’WEEEEEEHHH
Gweeehhh
please watch the video
cute date ideas:
- follow birds around
- talk to birds
- draw birds together
- go to the zoo to look at the birds
- go shopping and buy shirts with birds on them
- birds
so i saw this photo of a harpy eagle
and i thought “woah what a noble beast” so i searched for more photos and i just
even the babies
i mean
this goes with almost all predator birds
like look at this bearded vulture
such a majestic creature
but then it’s like
or this scretary bird like woah so beautiful
nope
even good old bald eagle
like wow so regal
what
it just looks confused 
LIFE LESSON: DON’T LOOK AT MAJESTIC BIRDS STRAIGHT ON.
Just a reminder:the natural diet of these birds is BONES. Not just bone marrow; actual bone shards. They pick up huge freaking bones from carcasses and drop them onto rocks until they get spiky pieces and then they swallow them. Their stomach acid dissolves bone.
look me in the eye and tell me that’s not a fucking dragon
And they aren’t naturally red like that. That’s self-applied makeup. They find the reddest earth they can to work into their feathers as a status symbol.
And they don’t scavenge other parts of carcases, just the bones. 85-90% of their diet is exclusively bone. Hence why it’s only a myth that these birds would just pick up whole lambs and carry them off. It’s not true, but in German they’re still called Lämmergeier as a result.
So metal
Bearded vulture, Gypaetus barbatus. For those who want to know!
You give this corporation your money, you’re the one paying for the abuse to continue.
I don’t work with mammals, let alone marine animals. The birds I work with are often endangered/vulnerable species, or non-releaseable rehab birds that wouldn’t survive in the wild. Often they’ll live longer under human care than they would in the wild.
Provided that I am not a marine mammal keeper and don’t have the first hand experience, I still have issues with keeping cetaceans under human care. Honestly, I think it needs to be phased out if we can’t provide them with a high quality of life, and it just doesn’t seem like we can do that no matter how loving and good the intentions of their caretakers are. I am staunchly against releasing cetaceans currently in captivity though, as they really don’t have the skills to survive in the wild (case in point, Keiko).
Here’s the thing that bothers me about this. Cetaceans in human care get unbelievable veterinary care, probably better than any animal…or even human (sadly), in the US. I do work as a marine mammal caretaker and can tell you that the cases in this post are ridiculously rare and a lot of the ones pictured don’t even show the true story behind what happened. US facilities haven’t captured from the wild since the 60s. And human care cetaceans get more veterinary checkups than you can believe, and at the facility that I work at (as well as Seaworld) the animals are living so old that they are facing normal geriatric issues such as loss of vision. The survival rate of cetaceans in human care is over 95%…closer to 97%. which is ridiculously high for ANY animal in human care. And I can’t even begin to start of the valuable research and education benefits gained by these “abused and poorly cared for animals”. The National Marine Mammal Foundation AND Hubbs-Seaworld Institute have done so much beneficial research for their wild counterparts in the past years that would not be possible to do in wild field studies. Unfortunately, orcas are on a steady path to extinction….and in just a few years, it’s going to be SeaWorld and NMMP to the rescue because they are the leading facilities which knowledge in marine mammal care, both under human care and in the wild. They are the facilities where our leading marine mammal scientists work. I will fight to the death for these facilities because unfortunately people are so quick to believe emotional, nonfactual “evidence” spewed by both Blackfish and PETA. This is my livelihood and passion, and will not take these lies laying down.
Yeah, I stuck my foot in my mouth. In all areas of animal husbandry there will be times when you do everything you can for an animal and things are just out of your hands. I’ve never met a marine mammal trainer who doesn’t put the utmost love, care, and passion into their work.
Honestly, I can only attest to avian husbandry and training, as that is my area of expertise. I respectfully defer, and admit that I need to learn more about this subject.
You give this corporation your money, you’re the one paying for the abuse to continue.
I don’t work with mammals, let alone marine animals. The birds I work with are often endangered/vulnerable species, or non-releaseable rehab birds that wouldn’t survive in the wild. Often they’ll live longer under human care than they would in the wild.
Provided that I am not a marine mammal keeper and don’t have the first hand experience, I still have issues with keeping cetaceans under human care. Honestly, I think it needs to be phased out if we can’t provide them with a high quality of life, and it just doesn’t seem like we can do that no matter how loving and good the intentions of their caretakers are. I am staunchly against releasing cetaceans currently in captivity though, as they really don’t have the skills to survive in the wild (case in point, Keiko).
DAMN
FUCKIN SAVAGE
GUYS STOP IT. Why would a fucking pop star have any idea about where animals under human care come from, or anything at all about animal husbandry?
ALMOST NO ANIMALS ARE COLLECTED FROM THE WILD TODAY. PRETTY MUCH ONLY FISH & INVERTEBRATES CAN BE COLLECTED FROM THE WILD, AND ONLY WITH SPECIAL PERMITTING.
Birds almost always come from 1 of 3 routes: born under human care (species survival programs, etc.), are transferred from one facility to another, or are non releasable due to medical issues. THAT’S IT. Yes, some older birds (in their late 20s or older) could have possibly been collected from the wild, but it’s been a long fucking time since people went out and caught animals from the wild. The only exception I can possibly think of is if a species is becoming critically endangered and remaining individuals are brought under human care in hopes of rebounding their numbers and eventually releasing them back into the wild.
Zoos and aquariums play a crucial role in conservation, research, and education, so you can fuck right off if your entire knowledge of how these kinds of facilities are meticulously regulated and maintained is based on Blackfish or other propaganda. Yes, there are some bad facilities out there that give all the wonderful facilities a bad wrap, but it happens in any field. Bad doctors, bad lawyers, bad babysitters, bad teachers, the list goes on. No profession is immune to having bad PR sometimes.
I love my job, and it pisses me off that sheeple just blindly fucking nod in agreement with shit like this. I’m incredibly passionate about the happiness, care, and well being of every bird I’ve ever cared for. I’ve never met a keeper/trainer/aquarist/educator who doesn’t bend over backwards to take of their charges in any way they can.
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