Animals are Magical

[Harmony]

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=uLSg_9hXCZ8

[RunningDeer]

Posted by Johnnycomelately (here)

Posted by RunningDeer (here)

Rescued rabbits hearing music for the first time.
Their little kisses tickled. 🥺❤️‍🩹

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=msMqT2ZufaE

Dear Paula, this is a really sweet video, but it is not real.

It appears to have been made by a AI which has not been programmed/trained to present proper correlation of actions to soundtrack. Please look at the guy’s fingering on the guitar: all of the hammer-ons of that beautiful tune don’t appear.

Relevant to the fakeness, but also of interest, and not really damning but still suspicious, are all of those camera angles. They are shown as moving, as if the cams were hand held and not fixed on tripods. The AI covered its tracks there, as the different camera persons’ locations were not obviously scoped by each other. Count is at least two, out of three POVs, but the puffballs don’t spook at any time, and there’s no sound of repositioning footsteps.

Those critters seem like pet rabbits. I only know wild ones, not sure if they are rabbits or hares, who I put out food for all this past winter. Those nature rabbits keep their distance from me, tho they relax and listen 40 or more feet distance away. I’m interested to know anybody’s experience with rabbits, wild or pets.

Cheers Paula, no worries. I’m just on a bit of a crusade to bring up awareness of this insidious agent. I think it needs a disclaimer, and then it might be fine, because some AI vids really are sweet.

Johnny, there's no need for me to add disclaimers when you’re here.

You say it's AI and I say it's not. Now what?

My repost: Some of the AI videos are helpful for learning and skill-building. I think it comes down to quality and relevance. I especially enjoy the heart expansion vids, such as people helping people, animals or nature... all reminders of what’s important.

[rgray222]

Stranger than fiction - The Fig Wasp

Fig wasps are tiny insects (superfamily Chalcidoidea, family Agaonidae) that share an obligate mutualistic relationship with fig trees, where the wasps pollinate the figs and the figs provide a nursery for the wasp larvae. This coevolutionary bond is so specific that each fig species has its own unique pollinator wasp species, and neither can survive without the other.

If your wondering if there are dead wasps in figs?

• Digestion: While dead wasps do die inside the fig, they are not eaten as whole bodies. The fig produces an enzyme called ficain (or ficin) that digests the wasp remains, breaking them down into proteins that the fruit absorbs.
• Commercial Figs: Most commercial figs sold in the U.S. (such as Mission, Celeste, and Brown Turkey) are parthenocarpic, meaning they produce fruit without pollination and do not contain wasps.
• Seeded Figs: Only certain varieties (like Smyrna or Calimyrna) require wasp pollination to produce seeds; however, even in these cases, the wasp bodies are digested, leaving only the seeds as the crunchy texture.

[Johnnycomelately]

Posted by RunningDeer (here)

Johnny, there's no need for me to add disclaimers when you’re here.

You say it's AI and I say it's not. Now what?

My repost: Some of the AI videos are helpful for learning and skill-building. I think it comes down to quality and relevance. I especially enjoy the heart expansion vids, such as people helping people, animals or nature... all reminders of what’s important.

Paula, your appeal to the educational opportunity of fake AI infomercials seems disingenuous. It seems like you bolster your mindset with this content, which really doesn’t help any readers’ pursuit of truth imo. I know that you are older than me, so I hesitate to say “grow up”. Cheers and love anyways. 👻♥️

[RunningDeer]

Posted by Johnnycomelately (here)

Posted by RunningDeer (here)

Johnny, there's no need for me to add disclaimers when you’re here.

You say it's AI and I say it's not. Now what?

My repost: Some of the AI videos are helpful for learning and skill-building. I think it comes down to quality and relevance. I especially enjoy the heart expansion vids, such as people helping people, animals or nature... all reminders of what’s important.

Paula, your appeal to the educational opportunity of fake AI infomercials seems disingenuous. It seems like you bolster your mindset with this content, which really doesn’t help any readers’ pursuit of truth imo. I know that you are older than me, so I hesitate to say “grow up”. Cheers and love anyways. 👻♥️

Your message is built on false assumptions and comes across as condescending. I’m not interested in engaging with that.

[Ravenlocke]

Gabriele Corno

Last hug: The moment of this snow leopard's return to freedom leaves you speechless.

https://x.com/Gabriele_Corno/status/2051334219159232948

[Ravenlocke]

Gabriele Corno

May 3
Ferdinand and Nina in Real Life
( la vida Real)

https://x.com/Gabriele_Corno/status/2051001814456168681

[Ravenlocke]

Gabriele Corno

The male matador kills the bull, the woman ( torera ) conquers the bull through sharing a "fatal" passion and understanding his complex nature.

https://x.com/Gabriele_Corno/status/2051243487845077015

Gabriele Corno

The bond between kittens and bulls often focuses on overcoming stereotypes and the unexpected tenderness of "gentle giants" towards tiny creatures.


https://x.com/Gabriele_Corno/status/2051184926876184706

[Ravenlocke]

😁😁😁😁😁


Gabriele Corno

Apr 25
Nothing beats the pure, uncontained joy of a little donkey when he realizes it is time for breakfast. That big, funny smile is absolutely contagious and will brighten any afternoon.

https://x.com/Gabriele_Corno/status/2048075650183901278

[rgray222]

In today's world, it is hard to tell, but I believe this video to be authentic.

If a white deer is not completely white, it is not an albino but rather one of the following:

• Piebald Deer: These have irregular patches of white fur on a pigmented background (typically brown) and have normal-colored eyes. This is caused by a lack of specialized pigment cells in specific skin areas.
• Leucistic Deer: These have a white coat but retain normal eye color (brown or blue) because the genetic defect affecting coat color does not impact eye pigmentation.
• Partial Albinism: In rare cases, an individual may lack pigment in some areas but not others; however, these are often misidentified, and true albinism implies a complete lack of melanin production.

The key distinction is that eye color is the primary indicator: true albinos have pink eyes, while piebald and leucistic deer have pigmented eyes.

[Ravenlocke]

truthache

🐴🎸If this doesn’t make you grin, then something is wrong with you! 😅

https://x.com/truthache68/status/2051338139877454004

[RunningDeer]

What happens when you get too close to a porcupine? (1 minute)

"The porcupine didn't shoot her quills out. That’s a myth. The quills don't release easily unless they hit something and get pushed in first. They’re super sharp. Sharper than a hypodermic needle. The tip is covered in microscopic backward facing barbs. When you try to remove it, the barbs fan out keeping the quills lodged in."

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

Do not mess with porcupines. (1 minute)

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=_1yUhtTrhTY

[rgray222]

Sometimes it's the UPS driver who is magical.

[Johnnycomelately]

Here’s a story of the ongoing fight to protect and rescue male chickens, “cocks”, which are bred and used for fighting each other for betting and entertainment. I am thankful for folks who take up battles like this.


https://www.animals24-7.org/2026/05/...elf-on-tiktok/


Cockfighter-turned-cop-killer informed on himself––on TikTok!

May 6, 2026 By Merritt Clifton


Busted as Edgar Lara, cockfighter & murder suspect is known on TikTok as Edgar Arellano Holguin––& that isn’t all!


CAMERON, Oklahoma––What better cover for a cockfighter-turned-cop-killer claiming association with a major Mexican drug-dealing cartel than a dual identity?

What better cover for a cockfighting derby than to call it a fundraiser for a murdered cop’s family––and to falsely claim that the dual identity of the cockfighter-turned-cop-killer was as an informant for Showing Animals Respect & Kindness [SHARK]?

Some cockfighters and even some sheriff’s deputies in LeFlore County, Oklahoma might believe the “informant” story, but the actual dual identity of accused cockfighter-turned-cop-killer Edgar Lara, 36, was and is Edgar Arellano Holguin, @edgar.lara282 on TikTok.


“Informant” informed on himself

As a purported informant, and as a cockfighter for that matter, Edgar Lara also known as Edgar Arellano Holguin was completely unknown to Showing Animals Respect & Kindness until after he allegedly fatally shot LeFlore County sheriff’s deputy Walker LeMay on April 19, 2026.

But Edgar Arellano Holguin informed on himself in TikTok videos in which he displayed his dual identity as Edgar Lara. Holguin also posted multiple videos showing off his gamecocks and his guns.

Holguin further claimed in TikTok videos that notorious convicted Mexican drug trafficker Eduardo Arellano Félix, 69, serving a 15-year prison sentence since 2013, deported to a Mexican prison in 2021, is his “blood father,” and that Ramón Arellano Félix (1964-2002), involved in at least 20 murders, was his uncle.


Boasts of drug-trafficking kin

Ramón Arellano Félix died in a shootout with police bearing some resemblance to the killing of Walker LeMay.

One key difference, though, is that the police officer who died in the shootout with Ramón Arellano Félix managed to fire the bullet that killed Ramón Arellano Félix as his final act.

Wikipedia identifies Eduardo Arellano Félix, Holguin’s claimed father, as “brother of Benjamín, Ramón, Javier and sister, Enedina, all drug traffickers.

“The Arellano-Félix Organization,” says the Wikipedia entry, “also known as the Tijuana Cartel, has been responsible for numerous murders and the smuggling of thousands of tons of marijuana, cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine.”

But according to a LeFlore County sheriff’s office affidavit, Edgar Arellano Holguin, known to them at the time only as Edgar Lara, is actually the son of Miguel Lara, of Wister, Oklahoma.

Pulled gun on father before killing sheriff’s deputy

Miguel Lara, says the affidavit, on April 19, 2026 “contacted law enforcement requesting for them to remove Edgar from Miguel’s property.”

Miguel Lara, reported Reagan Ledbetter for KOTV news in Tulsa, told the sheriff’s office “that his son Edgar Lara pulled a gun on him and forced him from his home. The man told deputies Lara had been staying there for a few weeks, and he wanted Lara gone.

“Deputy Walker LeMay went to the house first, by himself,” recounted Ledbetter, “and talked to [Edgar] Lara. LeMay noticed Lara had two guns, so he left, called in back up, and they made a plan to have officers and deputies drive up the 400-yard driveway together, but before they got to the house, the shots started and didn’t stop for hours.

“Deputy LeMay was killed returning fire.”


The Poteau Pit

Fast-forward one day short of two weeks.

Posted Showing Animals Respect & Kindness to Facebook, “Today our team is at a new cockpit at 13299 Red Barn Road in Cameron, Oklahoma. This pit,” called the Poteau Pit, “is in Le Flore County, which is a well-known corrupt county when it comes to law enforcement.” Showing Animals Respect & Kindness charged.

“The Le Flore county sheriffs have been called several times over the last few years,” Showing Animals Respect & Kindness said, “all leading to no action from them.

“Today,” the Showing Animals Respect & Kindness post continued, “we need the power of our supporters to call and tell these corrupt sheriffs how important it is that they get out there and shut this pit down!


“Cockfighting is a felony in Oklahoma”

“Cockfighting is a felony in Oklahoma,” Showing Animals Respect & Kindness reminded, carrying potential penalties of “up to 10 years in jail and a $25,000 fine. But laws are meaningless without enforcement.

“Remind the sheriffs it is their responsibility to enforce the law.

“There are 100+ vehicles, that’s a lot of potential felonies at this location,” Showing Animals Respect & Kindness detailed, “sitting on hundreds of thousands of dollars of illegal gambling money. Plus there are children at this fight! That is illegal as well.”

Showing Animals Respect & Kindness drone video surveillance confirmed the number of vehicles parked around the alleged cockpit, the presence of children, and men carrying roosters in and out of the building.


Deputies were “too busy” to stop cockfight

Most indicatively, an eight-minute segment of the Showing Animals Respect & Kindness surveillance video showed the attendees discovering the SHARK Facebook posting, calling others over to see it, and then rapidly absconding the scene.

“The cockfight at the Johnson property started at noon,” recounted the Showing Animals Respect & Kindness event report.

“Drop cages, men carrying fighting roosters, and many cockhouse trailers were spotted. SHARK called in to report the cockfight at 12:40 p.m . and [the LeFlore County Sheriff’s Office] dispatcher recorded the call.

“Soon afterward, deputies reported that they were too busy to check on the cockfight and that it would be at least 2.5 hours before they could.


“Driving out in a mad rush”

“At this time SHARK posted a photo of the cockfighting event on their Facebook page, which cockfighters are known to monitor. Minutes later, men began fleeing from the pit and rapidly driving out of the property in a mad rush.

“It wasn’t until almost 5:00 p.m. that an officer reportedly went to check on the location–– long after everyone had fled,” SHARK added.

Meanwhile, property owner Rich Johnson posted to Facebook, at 3:07 p.m., “Big thanks to everyone who turned out for the Poultry Show today. Between the auction and donations we raised $8,700 which we will deliver to the family of fallen officer Walker LeMay!”

Other suspected participants commenting on the SHARK photo, however, seemed to disagree about the nature of the event.


“It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s Rooster Man!”

Said Alfredo Gallardo, “I don’t see no chickens. Looks like a car auction to me.”

Offered Jose Rodriguez and Joann Wheeler, “It’s a birthday party.”

Said someone using the screen name Cross Hatch, “What’s the issue? It’s a family wedding.”

Countered Buddy Brock, “That’s an auction. Vehicles, furniture, and antiques.”

Several other commenters chimed in that in their opinion, cockfighting should be legal; issued threats against Showing Animals Respect & Kindness; and remonstrated with others for giving away that the discussion was about an alleged cockfight.


Chance Campo started “informant” rumor

Beneath Rich Johnson’s post, on his string, Chance Campo asked about Walker LeMay, “Is that the deputy that was shot and killed by the informant for SHARK?”

Chance Campo, of Lone Grove, Oklahoma, was charged in July 2023 in Carter County with servicing or facilitating a cockfight. Arrested as the result of a June 19, 2023 cockfighting bust, he subsequently resigned as a district director of the now legally dissolved Oklahoma Gamefowl Commission.

(See Oklahoma Gamefowl Commission cofounder Anthony Devore convicted.)

“Carter County District Attorney Melissa Handke dismissed a felony case against Campo on February 22, 2024. The next day, Campo pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of being a spectator for a cockfight. He was given a two-year deferred sentence and ordered to pay a $500 fine,” updated Nondoc.com editor Michael McNutt on January 1, 2025.


The RJ Event Center LLC

According to an Animal Wellness Action investigative report, the site of the alleged May 2, 2026 cockfight “is listed as property of the RJ Event Center LLC, which is owned by Richard Johnson.

“Contiguous blocks of property which were used for accessing the [alleged] cockfight are property of the Johnson Richard L Living Trust. On part of that property, Mr. Johnson has a gamefowl farm,” the Animal Wellness Action investigative report charges, “where he raises approximately 50 to 100 roosters of the specific breeds used in cockfighting.

“The RJ Event Center, LLC,” the Animal Wellness Action investigative report continues, “is a Domestic Limited-Liability Company organized under the laws of the State of Oklahoma on June 30, 2022.

“The Registered Agent on file is Richard L Johnson,” who is also “the sole principal on record.”


Johnson Materials

“Richard Johnson is the owner of Johnson Materials in Cameron, Oklahoma,” the Animal Wellness Acion investigative report adds.

“Johnson Materials is a Domestic for Profit Business Corporation organized under the laws of the State of Oklahoma, on February 26, 2004.

“Richard moved to Cameron from Alaska in 1985. He is a member of the Cameron Public School Board,” the Animal Wellness Action investigative report notes.

ANIMALS 24-7 has record of a “Rich Johnson” commenting on media coverage of recent cockfighting busts in the Texoma region of northern Texas and southern Oklahoma.


Michigan cockfighter convicted

The events in LeFlore County, Oklahoma overshadowed the April 21, 2026 conviction of cockfighter Jesse Gamino, 57, in Paw Paw, Michigan, as result of an earlier Showing Animals Respect & Kindness investigation.

Reported WilcoxNewspapers.com contributing writer Elizabeth Ferszt, “According to the Van Buren County Prosecutor’s Office, defendant Jesse Gamino pleaded guilty to one count of animal fighting.

“Gamino agreed to forfeit all animals, weapons, and related equipment allegedly ‘used to hurt birds’ in exchange for the plea deal, according to the prosecutor,” Ferszt detailed.

“In addition to his pending sentence, Gamino must pay restitution to Hidden Acres Safe Haven, an animal rescue outfit in Dowagiac, Michigan, that took in forty abused roosters allegedly used for cockfighting at Gamino’s house.


“Much like what happened in Hopkins”

“The original charges included five felonies,” Ferszt mentioned. Currently, Gamino is out on a personal recognizance bond, but faces a sentencing hearing on May 26, 2026, in front of Hon. Kathleen Brickley, a judge in the 36th circuit.”

Objected Showing Animals Respect & Kindness campaigns director Jodie Wiederkehr, “Gamino should not have been allowed to plea, and should have been made to give up the names of the others who were there.”

Observed Ferszt, “Apparently, other alleged cockfighters all fled during the raid” that nabbed Gamino, “much like what happened in an October 2025 cockfighting incident in Hopkins Township in Allegan county, leaving 36 birds dead and only one person arrested and charged.”


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[RunningDeer]

She let her baby approach.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=xkvfnMfi6vk

[RunningDeer]

How to Use Telepathic Communication with Living & Deceased Pets!

Ditte Young: I was standing there in front of this mare and I asked her, “What do you have in there?” and she said, “It’s a boy. You have a boy too.”
I ran home and I took a pregnancy test and I was pregnant with my son.

Dr. Mayim Bialik

• September 19, 2025
• 2.2M subscribers
• 407,000 views

Can You Really Talk to Animals and the Dead? Meet Telepath Ditte Young

World-renowned animal communicator, telepath, therapist, and clairvoyant Ditte Young (as featured on the viral Telepathy Tapes podcast) reveals her jaw-dropping journey into the world of animal communication, animal telepathy, and intuitive healing—and trust us, you’ve NEVER heard stories like these.

Ditte opens up about the exact moment she discovered she could communicate with animals telepathically, the 3 ways she experiences telepathy (and how you might be doing it too without realizing it), and how she protects herself energetically while tuning into animals and spirits. She also shares how she helps frustrated pet parents solve behavioral issues through deep animal communication, and how her neurodivergent, nonverbal son expanded her abilities—they now communicate telepathically every day.

Whether you're skeptical or curious about telepathy and animal telepathy, Ditte offers insight, proof, and powerful personal stories that will change the way you look at your pet forever.

She also breaks down:

1. Her clairvoyant school training and how she mastered her extrasensory gifts
2. Her advice for parents of nonverbal children who want to connect beyond words
3. The moment a horse told her she was pregnant—before she even knew herself
4. Why tuning into pets' health issues can be so draining—and what she does to recover
5. Communicating with deceased animals: what it feels like and what they share from the other side
6. The truth about whether animal communication is really just therapy for humans
7. The biggest questions your pet wants you to ask—and what they’re likely trying to tell you
8. Why lasting behavioral change in animals is the ultimate proof of her abilities
9. The difference between communicating with pets, people, and spirits
10. And what our beloved pets are REALLY doing after they cross over

If you've ever wondered what your pet is thinking, if they’re okay in the afterlife, or whether you might secretly have the gift of telepathy, this episode is for you.Prepare to open your mind and heart because Ditte Young, the animal communicator the world is talking about, is about to show you what’s possible.

00:00 - Intro
04:23 - Ditte First Discovers She Can Communicate with Animals
21:55 - "A Horse Told Me I Was Pregnant"
24:15 - Ditte's Neurodivergent, Nonverbal Son Expanded Her Psychic Abilities
28:20 - Can Anyone Learn Telepathy?
29:23 - Training Your Telepathy Skills
39:54 - Different Personality Profiles in Animals
44:20 - Insights People Seek from Animals
58:10 - What Are Our Deceased Pets Doing On the Other Side?
01:01:10 - Do Deceased Animals Miss Us?

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=i2Br3Gseuj0

[Johnnycomelately]

My new fav bug chan, by a uni-going (he mentions in the comments* that that’s why he’s sleeping on his uploads) Aussie chap. Narration is imo excellent, same with vid quality. He has clips of him talking facing his cam.

*re the (WHY CAN’T AUTOCORRECT FIX THE COMMON TYPO “TGE” FOR HEAVEN’S SAKE!) comments section, it is one of the best I’ve seen. Lots of contributions, responses, and troll-defense statements (only 2 trolls; I thumbed them up too lol). 😊

So, TIL there are freakin jumping ants, and they have extra big and strong mandibles for to grab onto you so they can stab you repeatedly with their butt venom poker. They don’t navigate by chemical pheromone trails, but by eyesight and memory.

L=17:14. OP name is Griffin Johnson. Also shown are some other type bugs, as comparisons to ants — more than spiders, and same good vid quality.


Australia's Scariest Insect is Worse than Any Spider

Bugs and Biology
39.4K subscribers

May 5, 2026

REFERENCES:

https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2011/1... - Ant venom allergies in Australia

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16503... - Myrmecia phylogeny

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science... - Ant sting mortality in Australia

https://journals.biologists.com/jeb/a... - Learning walks

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles... - Visual navigation

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rs... - Landmark removal effects


Bull Ants comprise a genus called Myrmecia, which contains 93 currently described species, and potentially many more awaiting classification. With their large size and long, serrated mandibles, Myrmecia are difficult to mistake for any other ant. And here in South East Queensland, one rather feisty species appears to be especially prolific: Myrmecia nigrocincta, the Jack Jumper Ant.


Music:

Teller of the Tales by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song...
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Midnight Tale by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song...
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Suonatore di Liuto by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song...
License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license
Griffin Johnson explores the complex world of Australian bull ants, focusing on the unique

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=gIl5zKywM-Y

[Ravenlocke]

Dennis
@DennisLWenger
·
4h
Today is World Donkey Day!

🫏 🫏 🫏 🫏 🫏 🫏 🫏🫏🫏🫏

Donkeys are one of the most misunderstood animals in the world. They are awesome.




Dennis

Today is World Donkey Day!

🫏 🫏 🫏 🫏 🫏 🫏 🫏🫏🫏🫏

Donkeys are one of the most misunderstood animals in the world. They are awesome

https://x.com/DennisLWenger/status/2052745775155937434

ContempraINN🌹

World Donkey Day is celebrated annually on May 8 to recognize these intelligent, hardworking animals and raise awareness about their welfare.

https://x.com/CONTEMPRA_INN/status/2052780373717745860

[Harmony]

I hadn't realised there was a World Donkey Day as Ravenlocke posted above. My two donkeys had to have a few more than usual carrots and apples today

[rgray222]

I don't think this is AI but it is very funny and very true.