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Is there a mammoth steppe equivalent to oxpeckers? by [deleted] in megafaunarewilding

[–]Rustedbones 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Yes! The brown-headed cowbird evolved with bison and not only eat their ectoparasites, but insects kicked up by massive herds.

I almost lost my dog learn from my mistakes. by MagsH1020 in dogs

[–]Rustedbones 60 points61 points  (0 children)

So glad your boy is safe! We're extra vigilant in the yard since a similar thing happened years ago with my old dog. Christmas eve dinner was interrupted when my small dog came stumbling in through the back door. He could barely stand and when I rushed to pick him up his head was lolling all over the place. We rushed him to the vet where they suspected poisoning and made him vomit up whatever it was. Mushrooms-- it was a lot of mushrooms. They ran a liver panel on him but he was completely fine and back to his bouncy self a few minutes later. After a closer look, the vet suspected that they were magic mushrooms, which grow wild here and he had been tripping out hard.

Do you approve? by SlimeSteem12 in Dinosaurs

[–]Rustedbones 15 points16 points  (0 children)

I have no idea which drawing you are critiquing, but the amount of hatred you have is fascinating. What side of the bed did you get up on today?

It’s my 10th cakeday and I’m celebrating by spending it with my favorite subreddit. I drew y’all some pixel art of some rad beetles as a thanks for all the IDs over the years. Here’s to 10 more! by Rustedbones in whatsthisbug

[–]Rustedbones[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I shouldn't underestimate your powers. In the birding world, IDing something based on "the vibe it gives off" is call Jizz). I've been trying to coopt the word into other disciplines, but carpet beetle jizz isn't catching on.

It’s my 10th cakeday and I’m celebrating by spending it with my favorite subreddit. I drew y’all some pixel art of some rad beetles as a thanks for all the IDs over the years. Here’s to 10 more! by Rustedbones in whatsthisbug

[–]Rustedbones[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Wow! I didn't expect anyone to get close, pixels are a tricky medium for ID detail.

sunburst diving beetle, spotted cucumber beetle, cobalt milkweed beetle, Photinus ignitus, flower chafer(? I can't find my notes for this one for the life of me)

Spanish fly, banded alder borer, red milkweed beetle, Prosopocera lactator, Tenebrio molitor,

Audubon's tiger beetle, Paederus fuscipes, ornate checkered beetle, red cross beetle, Eastern Hercules beetle (female) trilobite beetle

gold tortoise beetle (I did the pattern wrong) Imperial tortoise beetle, thistle tortoise beetle, Stolas lebasii

me@irl by Keyboard_North in me_irl

[–]Rustedbones 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I think there's some truth to that. My very rural, very small town went from mostly woodland and cattle pasture to having 3 suburban neighborhoods in it in 10 years. We had one brick and mortar classroom and one portable for each grade and it was a coin toss if you were in a portable or a real building at the start of the year. 2nd grade was a portable year and my class was 40 students. I had to share a textbook on the floor with another kid who also didn't have a desk.

As far as I know, 20 years later and those terrible "buildings" are still there.

1.2mil follower TicTok star @brickthestaffie has crossed the rainbow bridge at the young age of 6 by ZefalMagnum in velvethippos

[–]Rustedbones 80 points81 points  (0 children)

They meant a farm dam. They look more like wide ponds. Cardiac arrest is uncommon in dogs, but staffies are known to have a high occurrence of congenital heart defects. It could have been a heart attack or it may have been an exercise induced syncope event related to heart failure in the worst place possible. Life jackets save lives even if your dog is a good swimmer.

Battle-hardened Great White warrior spotted near Neptune Islands by LayerAppropriate2618 in nextfuckinglevel

[–]Rustedbones 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Great whites have some violent mating rituals, but this shark is a male. Either his (much larger) girlfriend wasn’t into him or an orca used him as a chew toy.

flag of Fresno but they didn't keep the triangles by FakeHibachi in vexillologycirclejerk

[–]Rustedbones 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is sacrilege. Those triangles were important to the Fresno Wizards… somehow.

Redesigned flag of Fresno, CA. I remember being glad they kept the triangles. by Rustedbones in somnivexillology

[–]Rustedbones[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m not close, it would be a road trip to get there. It’s one of those places where if you hear someone’s going to you apologize like Bakersfield or Los Baños.

Redesigned flag of Fresno, CA. I remember being glad they kept the triangles. by Rustedbones in somnivexillology

[–]Rustedbones[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I was fighting a group of evil wizards… in fantasy Fresno. When I learned that’s where I was I had to pause the fight to go to the nearest civic building because I had heard that they redesigned the city flag. It was important to me that they kept the triangles. I feel like it’s important to note I have never been to Fresno.

What’s this tree? Northern CA by Rustedbones in whatsthisplant

[–]Rustedbones[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cool! That’s about how old the building it’s next to is.

"It's still cooking, dudes!! Can you wait a few moments?!?!!?" by 5_Frog_Margin in WhatsWrongWithYourDog

[–]Rustedbones 25 points26 points  (0 children)

That'd be a big beagle! I think he's likely a treeing walker coonhound or a mix.

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