The Animals That Aren't Dogs or Cats Thread

[Colonel Midnight]

Potter's Angelfish checking out coral on the Sea Tiger wreck…



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-CM-

 

[Worf factor9]

checking out coral on the Sea Tiger wreck…

Curiosity finally got the better of me Colonel, is this the Sea Tiger that you dive on?

https://www.scubadiving.com/sea-tiger-wreck-in-honolulu


Me and my bud were in Fort Lauderdale the day they "dropped" this one. What a show.

https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1985-03-25-8501110598-story.html

 

[Commander Troi]

I love that we've been using old ships as artificial reefs. My hubby is from Maryland and he really likes the option of having his "burial" in an artificial reef like this place does: https://www.eternalreefs.com/

 

[Unicron]

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[Commander Troi]

I love ducks. They're so much fun to watch!

When I was a kid, my parents did the CB radio thing and my mom's handle was Ducky. If I needed to be on, I was Little Quack. In high school, my French teacher found out and dubbed me "La Petit Canard".

 

[Colonel Midnight]

@Worf factor9 — Aye, that’s the one! I’ve dove it now probably eighty to ninety times, never gets old.

@Commander Troi — That’s probably what I’m going to do when my time is up, although I’ve also toyed with the idea of having my ashes cast off the side of an icebreaker in Antarctica (still my favorite military assignment).

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[Colonel Midnight]

Good shot of a Unicornfish on @Worf factor9 ’s favorite shipwreck…



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[JD]

I would love to know how animals brains work compared to ours. I have ssen enough animals run into a problem, stop, look at it, reconsider, and the try again a different way, to know something is going on in their heads. There have been times with ourGracie where she has run a problem, like treat went under her dog bed or a table, and when her first try to get doesn't work, she will literally take a step back, and just stare at it. It's pretty clear that she's thinking of a new way to go for the food. Obviously they don't think in words the same way we do, so I would think it would have to be images or something along those lines.

 

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[Commander Troi]

I would love to know how animals brains work compared to ours. I have ssen enough animals run into a problem, stop, look at it, reconsider, and the try again a different way, to know something is going on in their heads. There have been times with our Gracie where she has run a problem, like treat went under her dog bed or a table, and when her first try to get doesn't work, she will literally take a step back, and just stare at it. It's pretty clear that she's thinking of a new way to go for the food. Obviously they don't think in words the same way we do, so I would think it would have to be images or something along those lines.

I have never bought into the "dumb animals" idea. There has been a lot of great research done in the past decade showing how incredibly intelligent many animals are. It's super cool. I imagine a future when our attitudes towards animals will be considered barbaric.

 

[Colonel Midnight]

^ Definitely agree with you and @JD there, Ms @Commander Troi !

You can totally see it happen underwater… especially with the octopi. They’re so intelligent it’s scary. You can practically see the “wheels” turning in their head (Actually body, I suppose, since their brain(s) are distributed, but… same diff).

Plus, all the various camouflage techniques and patterns - how does a butterflyfish know, for instance, to ‘grow’ a spot on its tail, etc., to make predators think that it’s head/eye is there (instead of the actual head area)?? Or the shared hunting techniques between two different species?

Boggles the mind, really…

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[Cyfa]

I discovered these mating dragonflies up at my allotment the other day:

And this toad in the middle of the track when I was leaving the allotment yesterday:

And on my walk along the beach on Saturday, this little cutiepuff hawled itself out of the sea to bask in the weak sun:

 

[Colonel Midnight]

Here’s a Big Longnose Butterflyfish to start the week off…



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[Commander Troi]

I discovered these mating dragonflies up at my allotment the other day:

Those dragonflies look a bit... kinky.

 

[Gary Mitchell]

It's Monday right?

 

[JD]

^ Definitely agree with you and @JD there, Ms @Commander Troi !

You can totally see it happen underwater… especially with the octopi. They’re so intelligent it’s scary. You can practically see the “wheels” turning in their head (Actually body, I suppose, since their brain(s) are distributed, but… same diff).

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-CM-

Oh yeah, they are really, really smart. There are tons of videos and stories out there of the scary stuff they've done.

Here’s a Big Longnose Butterflyfish to start the week off…



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Wow, I've never seen one of them before, they're cool looking.

 

[KimMH]

It's Monday right?

Oh no.

 

[Commander Troi]

It's Monday right?

A new definition for "faceplant"!

 

[Worf factor9]

Avert your eyes, if you are squeamish.

https://www.theguardian.com/environ...cod-great-white-sharks-humpback-whale-carcass