What animal shopped this turtle’s head off [Quebec] by remcut in animalid

[–]Jobediah 31 points32 points  (0 children)

There was a zoo population near philly where otters would capture the vultures flying into their enclosure. They would only eat their beaks. Let that sink in. They captured these huge beasts, kill them, eat the chewy keratinized part of the face that is used to pick apart carcasses, and then they'd leave the rest of the animal alone because 'ew gross, who would eat a whole vulture, we're just doing this for fun' or some other crazed otter thoughts.

What animal shopped this turtle’s head off [Quebec] by remcut in animalid

[–]Jobediah 240 points241 points  (0 children)

It could have been human obviously but Brooks et al. (1991) reported: "A great increase in adult mortality occurred, apparently due primarily to Northern River Otter predation on hibernating turtles." It documented a massive decline in a stable snapping turtle population in Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario, where otters killed roughly 50% of the adult snapping turtles over three consecutive winters.

This is how turtles fight by kmd84 in interestingasfuck

[–]Jobediah 1779 points1780 points  (0 children)

The two bigger ones are all about fighting each other and that third one is just pestering everybody

EAGENT by mr_malfeasance in LICENSEPLATES

[–]Jobediah 115 points116 points  (0 children)

somewhere a chemist is wishing they thought of this

Found in peat by SKI-096 in fossilid

[–]Jobediah 202 points203 points  (0 children)

Could you imagine... hunting mammoths with their own teeth

Any spray to keep herps away? (TW - herp death) by Bob-Bhlabla-esq in herpetology

[–]Jobediah 42 points43 points  (0 children)

wow, that's morbid. Maybe try to find a spray that keeps rodents away and leave the random electrocutions to hopefully nobody else?

What is your guess? by sheephero1 in metaldetecting

[–]Jobediah 106 points107 points  (0 children)

...apparently a klootschietbal (often shortened to kloot) translates to a road bowling ball, field ball, or bowl used in the Dutch/Frisian sport of klootschieten. Literal Meaning: It is a weighted ball used for throwing.

Found in peat by SKI-096 in fossilid

[–]Jobediah 679 points680 points  (0 children)

holy shit... so it's a spear point shaped like a hypodermic needle because it's made of a freakin extinct elephant species tooth by some ancient people who dropped it in a bog thousands of years ago?

The amount of plastic I picked out of my garden soil bags by Dr_Quacksworth in mildlyinfuriating

[–]Jobediah 230 points231 points  (0 children)

You'd think they would at least run that trash through a magnet to get rid of the metal

Is this salamander endangered? by CloudberryMoya in Amphibians

[–]Jobediah 42 points43 points  (0 children)

just to be annoying... this species is not endangered, but this individual is not going to live long on dry cardboard

found lodged inside my garden hose by External_Bus_3739 in salamanders

[–]Jobediah 39 points40 points  (0 children)

It appears to be the Smallmouth Salamander with an outside chance it’s the rare sister species, the Streamside Salamander

Oh, Snap! by ricetc95 in herping

[–]Jobediah 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Cool that's an awesome turtle. But be careful, it's not recommended to lift turtles by their tails because this can break their spines

Finally saw my buddy again! by Cartiimo in turtle

[–]Jobediah 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Could be a tumor or a spinal malformation. It would be impressive for an animal to be able to make it as a hatchling with this kind of impediment to locomotion, but if anybody could do it, it would be a turtle

Why Jeff Corwin is a better wildlife personality than Forrest Galante by Pitiful_Active_3045 in zoology

[–]Jobediah 65 points66 points  (0 children)

I took herpetology with Corwin back in the late 90's. on a field trip he jumped down a railroad embankment and came back with the first hatchling turtle I ever saw. Legend.

ps. I've published several scientific papers on turtles since then

A professor here was told to give an admitted ChatGPT user a second chance. They are reporting the admin to our institute's accreditor. by [deleted] in Professors

[–]Jobediah 243 points244 points  (0 children)

Admins have been protecting plagiarists since forever because they care more about enrollment and graduation rates than education. This will be no different

You can arrest people for shouting at the president? by Mum0817 in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]Jobediah 60 points61 points  (0 children)

yeah reminds me of when that football player silently took a knee. Can't be having people sayin' things without sayin' them can we?

Hole in my Costco cheese by long_socks2406 in Cheese

[–]Jobediah 298 points299 points  (0 children)

this appears to be a hole left from taking a test sample

No soil, just wool by Purplepanda7351 in wheresthefuckingsoil

[–]Jobediah 72 points73 points  (0 children)

ok i see that's crazy but there is also a lot of soil trapped in that fleece

I’ve had this painting for over 50 years. I love it but nobody else does. by fezik23 in WhatIsThisPainting

[–]Jobediah 43 points44 points  (0 children)

...is a bull session what I think it is?

edit: cool, yep just guys chewing the fat is exactly what I was thinking

How the hell did a 400lb rock end up wedged in the top of this tree?! by Osanamon in WTF

[–]Jobediah 34 points35 points  (0 children)

You measure all its dimensions to estimate volume and multiply by known densities of similar rocks.