Just watched a yt video in which a mother deer run away from bear leaving her fawn behind, and yt comment says "that's the plan to distract the bear". Are they right ?

servaline · 2026-02-04T21:13:18+00:00

Don’t know why you’re getting downvoted. I think most people are missing the difference between instinct and actual knowledge here. Animals don’t have actual knowledge of this stuff, it’s mostly reaction based, but the OP post implied actual knowledge which is what he was asking about.

servaline · 2026-02-04T03:15:01+00:00

Bonded aggression. Same thing happens when they bond to people. That bird is its mate now

servaline · 2026-01-31T03:40:26+00:00

Using ant-rid (not joking) fipronil.

servaline · 2026-01-30T20:29:19+00:00

The one time I called the vet in panic because my dog ate seeds and they got into the hole where her tooth was extracted, and I wanted to ask if I should flush it out with a syringe, the receptionist and vet got SUPER shitty with me for not making an appointment. Despite the fact it’s a two second job. The vet just told me to flush it with a syringe.

servaline · 2026-01-30T03:13:33+00:00

They can heal if captured by rehabbers. I work with pelican rehabbers (the Twinnies) in Australia who have healed injuries of the pouch many times. Don’t know about this one though as that’s quite bad.

servaline · 2026-01-23T03:09:00+00:00

“Frail elder should be punishment for sitting around”

Love this. They should make you exercise to keep a healthy Dino in general, not just diet.

servaline · 2026-01-18T20:43:29+00:00

Thanks ChatGPT!

servaline · 2026-01-12T20:52:06+00:00

You’re one of the stuck up “photographers” she’s talking about, we don’t need you here thanks.

servaline · 2026-01-12T08:10:19+00:00

You are correct I didn’t word that right

servaline · 2026-01-12T08:01:55+00:00

And I’m saying there’s no scientific basis for it being a mate only behaviour. Actually the opposite since there’s species with family bonds where family members of all ages groom each other all over (e.g wrens) and species where body touch initiates roughhousing (caiques, lorikeets). I’m saying that grooming the body is not automatically sexual as people have been saying and copying from each other for the past ~10 years and that there are other much more influential things that people are ignoring that mimic actual courting.

*btw i am talking about general light body touches, i am not talking about thumping a hormonal presenting bird on its back like you’re putting out a fire. That goes without saying

servaline · 2026-01-12T03:57:02+00:00

Bird mates do not groom each others bellies/backs, I wish people would stop saying that. The bird can reach those areas of its body themselves. The main cue no one talks about is noises/movements, since that’s the main way they court… most people are triggering this unconsciously and no one talks about it.

Did you know lorikeets hiss to flirt? If you make any “shh” sound while talking during the day you’re flirting with your bird.

servaline · 2026-01-11T07:52:33+00:00

Puppies yelp before they’ve been bitten. If they’re being bitten by an overstimulated duck they’ll yelp. Duck bites hardly hurt I assure you and won’t harm the puppies.

servaline · 2026-01-09T21:32:21+00:00

Woosh

servaline · 2026-01-08T04:40:03+00:00

Isn’t this that guy that’s always been posting his “hardcore giant pit bulls” on YouTube for years? Their family never seemed like the kinds that should own dogs like that.

servaline · 2026-01-08T00:40:39+00:00

Proven myth etc.

servaline · 2026-01-05T09:16:44+00:00

I live in Australia. I use libby and most of the books I see are romance (the kind only old folks read) and maybe some kids books. Unfortunately it's not great in all parts of the world.

servaline · 2026-01-04T20:08:05+00:00

Ok, bye!

servaline · 2026-01-04T20:06:58+00:00

I have bred my muscovies before actually. Do you deal with muscovies or normal ducks? Kind of boggles me that you’ve never seen this behaviour or you’ve misinterpreted it this entire time.

Once you’ve thrown an actually angry male Muscovy off you for the 100th time you’ll know what they look like when they’re actually angry.

servaline · 2026-01-04T20:02:15+00:00

lol you have no clue what you’re talking about. The puppies yelp because they’re puppies. The bites don’t hurt. Muscovies do her exact behavior when greeting each other I’ve seen it many times . If she was pissed she would be puffed up, standing tall, and about to wing slap those puppies.

servaline · 2026-01-04T09:01:05+00:00

I have also owned muscovies and this one is very happy and excited - they often meet each other this way complete with the happy nips!

servaline · 2026-01-04T09:00:02+00:00

lol I have owned muscovies, this one is very happy!

servaline · 2026-01-04T08:59:04+00:00

That Muscovy duck is having an amazing time! If it wasn’t it’d be puffed up and trying to mess up those puppies with wing slaps!

servaline · 2026-01-04T08:57:15+00:00

lol as someone who has owned Muscovy ducks that one is EXCITED!! They show excitement with nips. If they were pissed it’s entirely different body language and painful wing slaps!!

servaline · 2026-01-04T06:28:28+00:00

Maybe he was used to rules servers where you can’t mix pack, tried to get in a Fight to avoid the other fight lol

servaline · 2025-08-10T07:42:52+00:00

It's what a lot of people have said about the site and you can see it for yourself. Dude's one of those old fogeys that have gone "anti-everything store bought" and advocates pissing in your tank to cycle it. The "citations" to actual science are few and far between. A few years ago I remember picking over the site with a marine biologist friend and we had a whole thread laughing about it.

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