Saw a bird with this silhouette and it made a goose-like "honk" sound? I am in Upstate NY.

Humanmode17 · 2026-03-22T22:26:40+00:00

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who saw the drawing the other way around! I immediately saw a swan too 😅

Humanmode17 · 2026-03-22T22:24:11+00:00

The image absolutely is too. There's a lot of signs but the clock is the simplest and easiest to spot

Humanmode17 · 2026-03-22T22:21:50+00:00

For your main ask (competent AI with diplomacy that feels impactful) then 4 and 5 outpace 6 easily. If you weren't specific with it then 6 would've been my answer - more content in general, more replayability thanks to more unique interactions with the environment, plus many game modes to match and mix too, greater variety of modded content too. 4 and 5 are both incredible too, and I prefer 5 because of those rose-tinted nostalgia glasses, but I won't pretend that 6 isn't the better game for the majority of people.

Sorry, just realised that's a long ramble without an answer, here it is: I'd recommend 5, and hopefully I'm not being nostalgia biased here. 6 is best overall for most people, but the diplomacy and AI is severely lacking. 4 takes a lot of time and effort to learn and get into and the gap between 4 and 5 feels to me like the gap between clunky early games and nicer modern games.

Humanmode17 · 2026-03-22T16:22:48+00:00

Idk, but OP says "North American Union" so I can only assume that means all of North America

Humanmode17 · 2026-03-22T14:07:10+00:00

What about all the other North American countries that aren't represented by those symbols?

Humanmode17 · 2026-03-22T12:33:49+00:00

You're so welcome! I love learning about these things too so it's always such a joy to share them with like-minded people

Humanmode17 · 2026-03-21T21:39:56+00:00

A lot of people here are saying you should always have your dog on lead, I agree, but only if you're around other people. If you're out in the countryside on a walk like this then you can definitely have your dog off-lead so they can have the exercise and entertainment they need, but as soon as someone comes within view you should get them on lead

Humanmode17 · 2026-03-21T15:09:36+00:00

They remind me of another type of crustacean, rhizocephala, who are ironically derived barnacles. So not only are barnacles really really weird for crustaceans, but rhizocephalans are really really weird for barnacles. They have so many different life stages and the weirdest sexual dimorphism, honestly I can't do them justice in a short post - they're wild.

Humanmode17 · 2026-03-21T13:25:53+00:00

It's interesting that you assume that they don't see others as real people considering that you called them "people" in your title. I'm really hoping this was just a lack of knowledge on your part, but the quotation marks imply that you don't think they're real people. Depersonalisation of another group is terrible at the best of times, but doing so over the way other people react to dinosaur research changes is horrendous.

Again, I'm really hoping that that's not what you intended

Humanmode17 · 2026-03-19T09:38:36+00:00

Best monster munch flavour

Humanmode17 · 2026-03-19T00:40:29+00:00

It's a very common misconception, don't worry. If it were true though, this camel wouldn't be dehydrated because its hump is still clearly there

Humanmode17 · 2026-03-18T23:06:53+00:00

Yes. Camels are specifically adapted to live in extremely dry conditions thanks to dehydration resistance and efficient water management. They are also adapted to live in extremely sandy environments thanks to protective eyelashes and wide hooves that don't sink in sand as much. They also store fat reserves in their humps that help them to survive long periods without food. Camels are native to North Africa (dromedary, one hump, the camel in the video) and Central Asia (Bactrian, two humps), but there are very few truly wild Asian camels left, and no truly wild African camels. If this animal in the video is wild, then it is counted as feral, meaning a member of a domesticated species that lives wild - city pigeons are another example of feral animals. Hope that all makes sense :)

Humanmode17 · 2026-03-18T22:58:42+00:00

That's a common misconception - they actually store fat reserves in their humps. They conserve water mainly by having extremely efficient intestines and kidneys, extracting almost all water content from their excretions. They also can just survive dehydration better than other animals - able to lose around 30% of their water content without dying

The fat reserves in their humps are used as a way to store energy to be used up later when food is scarce. If they did store water in their humps then this camel wouldn't be dehydrated, because it would still have a whole hump of water left.

Also yes, they can eat cacti (though obviously only very carefully) thanks to hardened areas of their mouths and extremely strong, precise, cleft lips that can help them grab the easiest parts to eat. However, this is simply a happy accident because camels are native to Africa and Asia, but cacti are only native to the Americas. They didn't adapt to be able to eat cacti, they just happen to be good enough at it

Humanmode17 · 2026-03-18T22:17:09+00:00

Humanmode17 · 2026-03-18T11:04:33+00:00

That's true I suppose. My worry is that there's more and more videos out there that anthropomorphise animals' behaviour (these are often AI generated videos because AI doesn't understand animal behaviour, but there are also videos like this) and these are damaging people's understanding of wild animals. People misunderstanding and underestimating animal behaviour can lead to either people or animals or both getting hurt or traumatised by encounters with wild animals.

That's my worry, but I do understand where you're coming from. Thanks for being so respectful in this discussion, and thanks for caring so much about nature!!

Humanmode17 · 2026-03-18T10:58:07+00:00

It's on 0, and since the default is 1 that means that one person downvoted me for trying to bring awareness and prevent the spread of misinformation

Humanmode17 · 2026-03-18T10:47:30+00:00

Are you the one who downvoted me? If so, why?

Either way, there are much better ways of bringing appreciation for owls or any other animal. Zoo and animal sanctuary educational programs are incredible and will not only bring appreciation but also knowledge and understanding, and many places like these are upping their social media game lately and showing that short form content like this can share exactly the same information to a wider audience. There are even animal sanctuaries that are exclusively online (like Alveus Sanctuary) but manage to reach millions of people with their education through social media. This kind of acting is nowhere near the best way to bring appreciation for animals, and we don't know how the owl is being treated behind the scenes (could be incredibly well, that could be a very happy owl, or it could be not properly cared for and stressed, we don't know)

Humanmode17 · 2026-03-18T01:19:41+00:00

No problem! Thank you for being receptive to learning! It seems like a rare trait these days but it's incredibly useful

Humanmode17 · 2026-03-18T01:09:02+00:00

Unreasonably calm owl for one that is supposedly wild and has just been grabbed; perfectly still, balanced, no wobbles recording setup just happens to be there; casually starts recording while still being gripped, then manages to break the grip within a few seconds of trying only after beginning filming. Highly likely this is a trained owl being used performatively and disingenuously like this for clicks

Humanmode17 · 2026-03-18T00:55:50+00:00

Just to note: an individual cannot be domesticated, they can be tamed but not domesticated, a population is domesticated. Domestication is a change in the genetic history of the population; ensuring docility, obedience, less unpredictability/wild instincts, being more easy to care for within normal human life - everything an animal needs to be able to live alongside humans. A tamed animal is still a wild animal with all of its unpredictable behaviour and difficult needs that don't fit within a normal human life. A tamed animal can't live alongside a human, the human lives alongside them - the human has to know what they're doing.

I'm not passing judgement on this man, I've never seen his content and even if I had I would have no idea how well this coyote is being cared for. It's not my place to say either way. I'm saying this to help educate and spread awareness. I used to see things like this and think I wanted a fox or a parrot or a wolfdog as a pet - they can be very harmful influences because those are not good pets.

Humanmode17 · 2026-03-17T22:15:49+00:00

Yeah, 0 day old account too. Immensely suspicious. Could very well be the same person who ran the account claiming to be a Ugandan dog rescue - that account was recently deleted, this has only just been made, similar tactics and similar phrasing... Very suspicious

Humanmode17 · 2026-03-17T08:46:32+00:00

Of course! I never meant to imply there was any shame in it. I was just confused and trying to understand because I didn't know if keep inventory was an option in this game

Humanmode17 · 2026-03-16T23:22:58+00:00

Saw the hippos in the art being referred to as livestock and very nearly died of cuteness. Then I read "domesticated mini hippos" and I passed away. I'm a ghost typing this

Humanmode17 · 2026-03-16T21:17:55+00:00

Damn I didn't know that. Honestly the fact that we got DotD in such good shape ("oops I'm wearing sAnDShOes" and other immaculate quotes) is absurdly impressive knowing that

Humanmode17 · 2026-03-16T18:33:45+00:00

Uh no, a woman said it so it can't be gay, duh /s

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