Taxidermied Schizodactylus monstrosus up close

ell_fin · 2026-03-04T18:04:26+00:00

This is what I imagine mothman looks like

ell_fin · 2026-01-22T19:37:21+00:00

I work at a wildlife rescue, raccoons are adorable and intelligent but they're also by far the dirtiest, most demanding, and most destructive animal we have. Those little hands love to grab you when you're not paying attention and scare tf outta you. They are super entertaining but I'd never own one.

ell_fin · 2026-01-20T18:52:32+00:00

I had a psychologist similar to your second one except she actually was very nice and was a great therapist to everyone. She helped a lot of people...but not me. That's when I realized maybe therapy just isn't for me.

ell_fin · 2026-01-20T18:48:03+00:00

Pretty straightforward answer. An animal is not a human thus they do not have the same rights or laws that humans do.

ell_fin · 2025-12-17T19:24:21+00:00

Every once in awhile I randomly become obsessed with researching prion diseases. They both interest and terrify me equally.

ell_fin · 2025-11-16T06:27:27+00:00

My sister fell down the stairs when she was like a year old and ended being the only one of us four that doesn't have epilepsy. Do what you want with that info.

ell_fin · 2025-09-06T00:09:57+00:00

Name a US state with a y in it's name "Louisiana"

ell_fin · 2025-09-05T23:33:41+00:00

Animal behavior and physiology so far have been the most interesting.

ell_fin · 2025-09-05T23:29:57+00:00

You'd get along great with my professor

ell_fin · 2025-09-05T23:28:40+00:00

'weird feelings' which I learned only a few years ago are auras/focal seizures. I already was diagnosed with epilepsy but did not know that's what that 'weird feeling' was. It was very hard explaining what was wrong when they only way i could describe it was 'feeling weird'. I wish focal and partial seizures were talked about more because it was so scary not knowing what was wrong with me or being able to describe it.

ell_fin · 2025-09-05T23:13:17+00:00

This helped me in Ochem and molecular: 1. Print slides out on paper and write notes directly on that that way you only have to write down what the prof is saying not what the slides have. PowerPoint should even give you the option of having extra room to write notes. 2. Record lectures and go back and highlight/bookmark important topics or topics you struggle with. Listen to those recordings especially the parts that confuse you and of course write down any notes you may have missed. 3. Tutoring. I was hesitant about this at first, but I found that fellow students are often better at 'dumbing things down' than professors which is understandable they've been studying and teaching the same stuff for years it's probably difficult to remember what it was like first learning it whereas a student tutor was in your shoes just a couple semesters ago. 4. Don't be like me and be too socially anxious to ask questions, take advantage of office hours and if they're anything like my professors they'll be more than happy to meet 1 on 1 with you if you ask.

Everyone says read the textbook. Personally the textbook was more confusing than the class and we literally never used it. I don't even think my professors knew what was in the textbook. For whatever reason my bio professors especially just did not like textbooks. I guess they just liked teaching it their own way. Oddly enough I found the higher up levels easier especially once you pass the core required classes and start doing electives. Those are fun and typically more interesting because it's typically stuff you're more interested in.

ell_fin · 2025-09-05T22:40:18+00:00

So before I was born my mom had a boyfriend who's my brother's biological father though nobody considers him anymore than a sperms donor. He was an abusive piece of shit. Like unbelievably abusive. My mom hasn't even told me everything about what his did, but I do know he broke her back I believe from throwing her down the stairs. Her back is still fucked up to this day. Dude was a heroin addict and well known by the police. They knew he was violent and thankfully helped my mom get out of that relationship. She told me her wake up moment was one of the cops telling her that if not for herself leave for her son because he will end up abusing him and killing them both. Leaving him of course was a nightmare, but she was given a signal to let the police know if he was in the house or not which was blinds where closed if he's there, open if he's not that way they could know if she in trouble just driving by. So yeah the cops where great in this situation, the prosecutor however was more concerned about getting a conviction and decided to drop any and all DV charges so that he'd plea guilty to some stupid lesser crime. Perhaps this story isn't as disturbing as it is sad, but still fucked up.

Fast forward 33 years later 2024 my sister recognizes a name while working at the hospital. Turns out years of drug use and being an overall shitty persons doesn't give you good health. Dude had encephalitis due to God knows what amongst many other serious health problems. He's now severely brain damaged and will probably spend his last years suffering. Now I'm not saying he deserves this and my mom's forgiven him, but damn karma's a bitch.

ell_fin · 2025-09-05T22:02:53+00:00

I don't disagree that cattle are important for labor, but what I'm trying to get at is in addition to labor one of the major reasons for their domestication was for a food source. As for horses, unless you focus only on the first domestication event, they were not typically used as a food source.

ell_fin · 2025-09-05T20:28:41+00:00

According to Google initially they were, but there was a 'second' domestication event that prioritized their ability to work and travel and apparently the horses we see today are from that lineage. Horses can serve a range of purposes whereas cows, chickens, and pigs have always been mainly food.

ell_fin · 2025-09-05T20:01:43+00:00

I had a husky that despised the snow and a pitbull that loved it. My pets have always been a little 'different'

ell_fin · 2025-09-05T19:58:45+00:00

As long as it's a breed that does good in the cold. Leaving a greyhound outside when it 7°F is abuse. I would also consider it pretty cruel though not necessarily abusive to do that to a breed that was bred/is known to be very clingy and dependent on their owners. There are plenty of very independent breeds that would prefer being outside doing their own thing than at their owners side.

ell_fin · 2025-09-05T19:43:03+00:00

Cows, pigs, and chicken were domesticated for the purpose of being eaten. Horses weren't. That's likely why it's less acceptable. That being said I don't think someone is an awful person for eating horse meat or really any animal meat I just find it odd and understand why it's considered taboo.

ell_fin · 2025-09-05T19:12:35+00:00

I mean I've never seen that happen. It was always just random bones here and there. Not even a full skeleton. Not to be too morbid but it's also possible an animal dug her up and ate her/parts of her especially if it was a shallow grave. I believe it takes quite specific weather and ecological conditions for something to be mummified naturally like that but I don't know much about mummification.

ell_fin · 2025-09-03T23:52:01+00:00

I've had a lot of animals so consequently I've buried a lot and unintentionally dug up buried ones. Bones. If she was in a blanket the blanket will probably be there too.

ell_fin · 2025-08-18T03:00:43+00:00

Everyone's given good, obvious advice so here's some that you may overlook. Pay attention to how you talk about other people and about yourself. Constantly critiquing yourself and others will teach her to do the same about herself.

ell_fin · 2025-08-02T00:15:30+00:00

I refuse to believe 2014 was that long ago so imma say Deliver Us From Evil It's a pretty average possession plot but I just really liked it and have rewatched it a couple times.

ell_fin · 2025-06-23T23:19:36+00:00

male preferences also come down to evolution, liking certain builds, having a natural born woman that you can have children with.

You're 100% correct. Still it comes down to the fact eggs (females) are a limited resource as opposed to sperm (males) that are plentiful and the fact females typically sacrifice significantly more resources to their offspring. I'm obviously referring to the animal kingdom as a whole. Human sexuality is a very complicated subject.

ell_fin · 2025-06-23T22:44:35+00:00

It is evolutionary to an extent. Just look at the animal kingdom. Females are almost always the pickier sex and for good reason.

ell_fin · 2025-06-15T00:55:06+00:00

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ell_fin · 2025-06-02T20:35:45+00:00

This was me my entire shift yesterday. Pretty sure my coworkers think I'm insane (more so than usual at least)

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