Animals are Magical

[Eva2]

'Photographer Tony Austin recently captured an extraordinary moment during a 3-hour nature walk. As a murder of crows landed nearby, one of the crows caught his attention with its unusual behavior. Curious, Tony started taking photos—and what he documented was fascinating!
The crow was “anting,” a unique behavior where birds land on anthills, letting ants crawl through their feathers. The ants release formic acid, which acts as a natural insecticide, fungicide, and bactericide—helping the birds rid themselves of harmful pathogens. Nature’s self-care routine at its finest! '

[Ravenlocke]

https://x.com/BornFreeFDN/status/1910398984872403260

[mountain_jim]

https://x.com/ClownWorld_/status/1911007710897971343

Living his best life

— Clown World ™ 🤡 (@ClownWorld_) April 12, 2025



https://x.com/_emergent_/status/1910898669156512164

Emergent Perspective
@_emergent_
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Did you know that a group of lemurs is called a "conspiracy?"

Looking at this picture, I can see why. 🤣


https://x.com/_emergent_/status/1910926862861082700

Emergent Perspective
@_emergent_
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7h
/3 If you're not careful around Lemurs, the conspiracy could get a hold of you! There's no telling what they might do. 😬


https://x.com/_emergent_/status/1910933489148453319

Emergent Perspective
@_emergent_
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7h
/4 Of course, if you don't think you could stand up to them, you could always *join* the conspiracy.

Your family might never forgive you, but at least you'll be alive. 🤷‍♂️

[Eva2]

Bird catches fish with bread

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=7erNcaqx53M

[Vicus]

fun! fun! fun! and then some...

[Harmony]

Elephants at San Diego zoo huddle to protect calves during earthquake

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=zvgyl5l7Y6Q

[Ravenlocke]

https://x.com/TheInsiderPaper/status...64976581132400

[rgray222]

Have you ever heard a cow purr with pure happiness or contentment?

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Mx9xHW5xCm0

[onawah]

I have experienced that too. Cows are very sweet, friendly creatures!

Posted by rgray222 (here)
Have you ever heard a cow purr with pure happiness or contentment?

[rgray222]

This is the fist live observation of a Colossal Squid, this one is a juvenile, but a mature squid can grow to 23 feet long and weigh 1100 lbs.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=lzPoG9H8Hlo

This is the first confirmed live observation of the colossal squid, Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni, at depth in its natural habitat. Pilots filmed the young 30-centimeter-long (one-foot) cephalopod at about 600m near the South Sandwich Islands as the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s remotely operated vehicle SuBastian descended through the water column on a dive aiming to discover new marine species, in partnership with Ocean Census during the #SouthSandwichIslands expedition.

Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni was formally described and named 100 years ago, in 1925, based on two partial specimens found in the stomach of a sperm whale near the South Shetland Islands. However, no one has ever captured footage of a living colossal squid until now.

Seabirds, marine mammals, and fishes prey on juvenile colossal squid. At full size, their only known predators are sperm whales and sleeper sharks, although remains of large adults have also been found in toothfish stomachs, likely scavenged. Experts believe colossal squid may reach total lengths of 6 to 7 meters and weigh about as much as a small Italian Fiat at more than 500 kilograms, making them the heaviest known invertebrate.
Dr Kat Bolstad, associate professor and lab leader of the Auckland University of Technology Lab, NZ, worked with glass squid expert Dr. Aaron Evans to help confirm this observation, and she narrated this video.

[Eva2]

Wonderful, well timed photograph:

[onawah]

Too cute for words!

Posted by Eva2 (here)
Wonderful, well timed photograph:

[Ravenlocke]

https://x.com/siberian_times/status/1428584490482364417

[Johnnycomelately]

Am currently watching this, learning about a very strange type of critter. Highly recommended. L = 53:10, am less than halfway.

Starts with general anatomy, lineage and differences from other spiny mammals.

About 10: or 13: in, gets crazy with reproduction. Bizarre mating rituals, even more bizarre private parts and how they are used, and then the cute-weird babies, forgot the delightful name they are called.

Am about 20: in, Henry is talking about their brains and smartness. Apparently they have the most brain to body mass-ratio of all mammal critters.

Echidna - The Spiky Enigmas

Henry the PaleoGuy
95.5K subscribers

Posted 4.17.25

“ Spiky, and walking around their varied habitats with a swagger because of their atypical posture, Echidna are some of our planet's most unusual denizens, and are animals that are some of the most fascinating to still be living today. On a surface level regarding their appearance, they alongside a range of other spiny mammals, like hedgehogs, tenrecs, porcupines, and the lesser known golden spiny mouse all look rather similar and would be all thought to be rather closely related to one another based on their appearance alone. As we’ll get into over the course of this rather long video, this is very much far from the truth, and they’re all quite different from each other, in some cases having split off from one another well over 170 million years ago, with echidna being some of the most peculiar of them all.
I hope you enjoy!”

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=E3nBGL21uto

[Bill Ryan]

Posted by Ravenlocke (here)
https://x.com/siberian_times/status/1428584490482364417

Thanks! I never knew about this story. Here's Scott Manley, who regularly comments on current space missions, with a 10-minute video documenting the whole remarkable thing.

Soviet Space Dogs Crash Landed in Siberia, Saved by 'Christmas Miracle'

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=vGtrdBjFlLc

[onawah]

New FDA Head To END Animal Testing!
The Jimmy Dore Show
1.51M subscribers
Apr 19, 2025

"Newly minted U.S. Food and Drug Administration head Dr. Marty Makary has announced that the agency plans to replace animal testing in the development of monoclonal antibody therapies and other drugs with "human-relevant methods," including the use of AI-based models.

The new approach would help improve drug safety, lower research and development costs and drug prices, the agency said.

"This initiative marks a paradigm shift in drug evaluation and holds promise to accelerate cures and meaningful treatments for Americans while reducing animal use," said FDA Commissioner Martin Makary.

Jimmy and Americans’ Comedian Kurt Metzger discuss the horrors of animal testing and whether chimpanzees, rabbits, rats and monkeys are placed on earth for humans to do with whatever we want."

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=xD8ObPdOsaY

[rgray222]

The Venus girdle, also known as Cestum veneris, is a comb jelly found in the family Cestidae.

This species resembles a transparent ribbon with iridescent edges and can grow up to a meter in total length. Canals run along the length of the ribbon, and bioluminescence activates when the jelly is disturbed. The Venus girdle is pelagic, meaning it lives in the water column away from the bottom and shore, and is found in tropical and subtropical oceans worldwide in midwater.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=IEKTbX20byM

[Johnnycomelately]

Chan has been dormant for a few years. This vid is the second one back. Her last vids back then, she had a babe in arms, so her absence was fine. Chan name has changed, iirc it used to be Fable the Raven.

Fable the Raven | It's Fable's Birthday!

Wings and Wildlands
245K subscribers

Posted 4.23.25

“It's a few days since her birthday but I finally got chance to pop a video up to celebrate. How is she 7 years old already! Thank you to every single subscriber who has followed our journey so far. There are many more exciting things to come soon!”

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=dzS4flZDczM

[RatRodRob...RRR]

Posted by rgray222 (here)
Have you ever heard a cow purr with pure happiness or contentment?

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Mx9xHW5xCm0

Cows are giant dogs

[RunningDeer]

Posted by RatRodRob...RRR (here)
Cows are giant dogs

Your comment reminded me of this: