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This thread invites participants to share their favorite animal pictures, fostering a light-hearted exchange centered around various images of animals, often accompanied by humorous captions or comments. The scope includes sharing links to images, expressing emotions related to the pictures, and engaging in playful commentary about the animals depicted.

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  • Participants share links to various animal pictures, often with humorous captions.
  • Some participants express affection for the animals, commenting on their cuteness or expressing sympathy for them.
  • There are repeated inquiries about the identity of certain animals, indicating a playful curiosity.
  • One participant shares a link to a live penguin cam, suggesting a shared interest in observing animals in real-time.
  • Humorous interactions occur, with participants reacting to images and captions with laughter and emojis.

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The discussion remains largely light-hearted and informal, with no significant areas of disagreement or contention noted among participants. The focus is on enjoyment and sharing rather than resolving any disputes.

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Participants do not delve into technical discussions about animal behavior or biology; the focus is primarily on the enjoyment of animal imagery and humor.

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Animal lovers, those interested in humorous content, and participants looking for a light-hearted community interaction may find this thread enjoyable.

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BillTre said:
What about salmon? They navigate.
Navigation is a general animal ability. The goldfish is just doing it in an unlikely manner.
Could they learn to do so if in a fish bowl equipped with the kind of technology that the gold fish were using in the video? If so, then, I would become very poorly justified to eat salmon.
 
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They probably could. Goldfish are not considered the smartest of fish.

Furthermore I would expect all domesticated mammals would be able to do similar things.

Even furthermore I would expect most animals that move around in their environment would have an internal map (in their nervous system) on their outside world that would allow them to navigate their surrounding in an adaptive manner. (where adaptive means functionally advantageous to them).
 
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Dog and goose confrontation at the park.
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This little guy decided to crash land in the middle of the parking lot at work… so I relocated him somewhere safer.
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Why am I not surprised there's something like that in Australia?

Yo jaws, you talkin to me?
 
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The sign says: Be careful! The stork is stealing hot dogs!

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Too funny... :smile:

 
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This is one talented dog!

 
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berkeman said:
A friend of mine has put it this way: "Imagine what they [dogs] have given up [evolutionary]!"

We haven't deserved them.
 
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Humans provided a new niche for wolves to slip into.
To fully take advantage of this new niche, mutant wolves were selected that got along better with and were more useful to people and they gradually became dogs.
Could they return to and thrive in their original environment? Some dogs can go feral, many probably can't.
That's what they "gave up" evolutionarially, but they have drastically expanded the niches they could utilize and have even gone to space.
Similar things could be said of our gut bacteria., but they changed less.
 
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fresh_42 said:
A friend of mine has put it this way: "Imagine what they [dogs] have given up [evolutionary]!"
Very romantic, but the truth is, that what they 'gave up' was apparently almost-extinction.

Does anybody knows what was the ancestors of chickens?
What did they 'gave up'?
 
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There are other videos like that showing a dog with a long stick it cannot move through a passageway. Nice smart dogs but just do not understand to change the angle. It makes one wonder if a wolf could do it.
 
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symbolipoint said:
There are other videos like that showing a dog with a long stick it cannot move through a passageway. Nice smart dogs but just do not understand to change the angle. It makes one wonder if a wolf could do it.
I think we would have serious trouble talking a wolf into such a senseless task. The funny part of the video was that the branch was presumable as heavy as the dog was.
 
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symbolipoint said:
There are other videos like that showing a dog with a long stick it cannot move through a passageway. Nice smart dogs but just do not understand to change the angle. It makes one wonder if a wolf could do it.
See here, starting at 1.19.
 
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From this morning's walk:

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I hadn't seen anything in this pasture for many years. Looks like its owner finally decided to re-enter the cattle/dairy business.
 
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I have some of these masks left. Now I need a parrot! Two parrots! I mean, a pair of parrots, male and female! And just as I think about it, Keas! I need a pair of Keas!
(We have so many neobiota here: raccoons, greater rhea, nutria, golden jackal, etc. We even have red-necked wallabies and many wild Alexandrine parakeets! But I'm still waiting for someone to release Keas!)


 
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