offtopic-discussion

[full patrol]

I joined a MC server with a custom modpack that wasn't on curseforge, you just have to send the server members the zip file to add as a custom modpack on their curse forge account

Or if all the mods are on curseforge, just give them the full list so they can put em all together (more complicated than just sending a zip)

[shell rapids]

That's what I did before but it was massive pain

[full patrol]

Really? You couldn't just copy your mods folder, zip, and send it to the other people?

[shell rapids]

The issue was
I use multimc
Which compiles .zip differently than curseforge

That was the issue and I only learned that recently

[full patrol]

Are you able to just copy the mod folder, not zipped, then zip that folder with winzip?

[shell rapids]

I tried that but some people claimed to have issues

Idk if they were just doing it wrong or not tho

I'll probably do it via curseforge
Just to keep everything consistent and on the same page

So whenever I do it
I don't have to guess what the problem is ,
Cuz they chose to install the mods the old fashioned way

[wintry marlin]

Minecraft

[azure oar]

Its mob vote again?

how long has it been since last update

[wintry marlin]

A couple of months I think

[azure oar]

time too fast

[wintry marlin]

It is

[azure oar]

who set the game speed to marathon in the settings

I really hope someone got that Civ6 reference

[wintry marlin]

I think triceratops left it on right before the meteor hit

[azure oar]

Triceratops is not cool

[young gale]

Curseforge

[modest isle]

https://tenor.com/view/jetstream-sam-gif-25433849

@azure oar
@cedar crescent
@wintry marlin
@distant nymph

@sullen merlin

[wintry marlin]

It’s 6 am here

[modest isle]

Me too

Time to sleep

[wintry marlin]

Good night

[modest isle]

Gn

[distant nymph]

https://tenor.com/view/soobtime-bunny-stare-staring-cute-gif-18914755

[modest isle]

Dog Souls III

[cedar crescent]

Hm

[modest isle]

https://tenor.com/view/troll-get-trolled-we-do-a-little-trolling-gif-20266975

[cedar crescent]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-sad-blade-runner-gif-27204562

[distant nymph]

That looks great 😊

[modest isle]

All Isle emojis 2023

And These are the ones i use on a daily basis basis :

[azure oar]

I was at a Dutch seal rehab station and saw this really wierd seal
anyone who can help me classify it?

[modest isle]

https://tenor.com/view/seagull-meme-seagull-meme-red-eyes-gif-20545236

[azure oar]

nah, thats a seagull this seal looks different

[modest isle]

[azure oar]

have some actual seal footage

[modest isle]

What species ?

Male or female

[azure oar]

cant say if it is male or female

but all the seals in this pool where common seals I think

there is a 24/7 stream of them
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aXAsMcmtJTc

[modest isle]

Live seals !!!!!

[azure oar]

let me just dump everything else

[wintry marlin]

Seals

[cedar crescent]

Seals

[sullen merlin]

Half of these are never used lol

[modest isle]

True

The entrance for the farm

[rough hollow]

https://youtu.be/sCszdeWTzKs?si=KJeZsZhH91t0OhmA

https://tenor.com/view/snoring-old-man-simpsons-snore-gif-11676353

me @ the penguin mechanic

[shell rapids]

Armadillo armadillo armadillo

[limber grove]

i want the crab because i want crabs in the game and theyre cute

do not care about the mechanic

[shell rapids]

My thoughts with armadillo

I have no idea what it does

I want armadillo

https://tenor.com/view/rocklee-armadillo-catch-gif-24183395

[rough hollow]

the penguin adds a mechanic that speeds up your boat which is what the dolphin already does with you as a player @shell rapids @limber grove

definitive proof mojang is lazy

[limber grove]

yea i saw

its cute but

i dont boat around

i dont build or use dogs either so this mob vote is just whichever i think is cutest

(crab)

[rough hollow]

From unofficial polls it looks like armadillo is gonna win

[modest isle]

Crab is the most useful one in my opinion

[rough hollow]

which isn’t my top choice but it’s not the penguin so thank god

[rough hollow]

I imagine using the crab claw to bridge over a ravine faster because instead of looking down and bridging you can just look across and bridge from the other side

that’d be so handy bruh

[modest isle]

And also another use is you can build block further away from your reach

[rough hollow]

facts

[rough hollow]

heck yeah u use my dryo disap

[modest isle]

[rough hollow]

prolly a youngster

[shell rapids]

Ok
But
ArmaDillo

[modest isle]

No butts

[shell rapids]

Yes butts

[modest isle]

Armodilo = gives armor to your wolves
.

Crab = makes you climb blocks far away + place blocks further from your reach

[shell rapids]

Idgaf about the mechanics
Any mechanic Mojang could add is half baked

Armadillo

If I want good new mechanics in MC I'll use mods like I always do

[native talon]

☝️

[rustic badger]

Crab

[modest isle]

I mean why care when you only play modded Minecraft

Us vanilla players are the who have the right to chose
“JK/“

[shell rapids]

You don't get rights

Armadillo

[modest isle]

https://tenor.com/view/crab-rave-dancing-dancing-crab-gif-16543314

Crab more useful

[native talon]

Wait sleepy, is it confirmed that crab claw will mine blocks a bit further away?

[modest isle]

Place blocks

Yeah thats what was stated

“It will help builders “

[rough hollow]

if you need mods to add good mechanics to a game then the game sucks

[modest isle]

^

[hazy gate]

until you mod it

[rough hollow]

Yes that’s what I said

[rustic badger]

also someone will probably make a mod for all 3 of these

[hazy gate]

oh ok just making sure we both agree adding mods makes it not suck

[native talon]

The thing is that mojang is probably hiding a mechanic for all the mobs and that won't be told until just before the vote. But by then the masses will have made up their mind

[hazy gate]

mods fix so many games lmao

[rough hollow]

They do that every year

they always say “oh btw this mob does this REALLY cool thing too but y’all voted for the trash mob lol”

[native talon]

People have molded all three before, and someone is doing as we speak

[hazy gate]

I remember when minecraft only had select mods like Mo' creatures

[modest isle]

What p1sses me off of the Minecraft devs is they say :
“The mobs that lost the vote will be added later”
All the previous mob votes that lost didn’t get added to this day

Its been like 6 or 7 years

[rough hollow]

💀

[native talon]

They're going through the biome votes still

[shell rapids]

Correct
Minecraft does suck especially nowadays

[hazy gate]

they did bees over other stuff (bees are cool tho) 💀

[modest isle]

Minecraft devs are lazy 💀

[native talon]

Iirc there's 2 or 3 buimes left from the 2 biome votes

[modest isle]

https://tenor.com/view/pepe-why-pepe-the-frog-sad-crying-gif-16026853

[shell rapids]

It's not just that Mojang seems to be lazy
Their idiots

They have a whole book on how MC Is meant to be handled

This stupid mob vote crap is probably result of that

[rough hollow]

Facts

[shell rapids]

Ik the book dictates we'll never get sideways slabs

[native talon]

Mountains, Taiga, and Swamp were done. So we still have 3 biomes before we get more mobs probably

[modest isle]

Cant wait for savanna revampTo add new :
Baobab tree / wood 🙏🏼

[hazy gate]

swamp was great when witches and such came out

[native talon]

It is possible desert will get the update since armadillo is a desert animal iirc

Or maybe badlands

[modest isle]

While in the desert new tree :
Date plams / wood

[native talon]

Yee

[modest isle]

Also gives new food type
Dates fruit

[native talon]

Tbh I just hope that the arid biomes get love soon, badlands look cool af without the cacti and vultures

[modest isle]

Fr 👍🏼

[native talon]

Do we remember what the ostriches mechanic was? If it was even said

Or, any of the biome mobs for that matter?

[modest isle]

Forgot ostriches were even planned 💀
The Minecraft devs and their false promises

Alongside meerkats

And vultures too

[native talon]

Now that I think if it, none of the mobs were said to have a specific mechanic

So...

[sullen merlin]

Omg i just saw the 3rd mob

Its cute but SO USELESS

Boats are already one of the fastest ways to travel why would u need another speed buff to it thats already in game basicly cuz of dolphins

@modest isle This time the best one actually mighy win

[modest isle]

https://tenor.com/view/crab-rave-dancing-dancing-crab-gif-16543314

CRAB !!!!

[rustic badger]

wuh

cave got muted?

[cunning barn]

Penguin though

Maybe they should make it so it also retrieves items you dropped in water

[rough hollow]

For everyone who play Minecraft in this server: Are you #teamcrab, #teamarmadillo, or #teampenguin?

[merry badge]

So true

[merry badge]

Armadillo is the best one

[cunning barn]

We need to make it so every mob gets 33.33% of the votes and we get them all

[merry badge]

uh

Climbing?

I don't think that was ever said

[merry badge]

My brother in christ it's Microsoft's fault

[shell rapids]

True enough

[merry badge]

Are you aware of how Microsoft bought out Rare just to kill it and desecrate its rotting carcass

[cedar crescent]

I just saw that

[polar bough]

https://x.com/TheCumpound/status/1709771476432294169?s=20

the cumpound (@TheCumpound)

Likes

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Twitter · Oct 5, 2023, 3:24 AM

real

[azure oar]

Im seeing a lot of people saying that crab is useless too and that penguin is the best so might not

[modest isle]

https://tenor.com/view/yh-gif-25406060

We already have dolphins that make you swim faster

[azure oar]

Tbh I can’t decide between armadillo and penguin

[azure oar]

Boat

[wintry marlin]

https://tenor.com/view/edward-jackson-edward-jackson-x-alligator-gif-16113254

Minecraft gator wen

[azure oar]

Just watching the vids right now and here is my opinion on each one:

[modest isle]

[rough hollow]

I wore my terraria hoodie today and have had multiple people try to bait me into getting mad by saying Minecraft is better 💀

[modest isle]

[rough hollow]

what no meaningful content does to a mf

[wintry marlin]

Armadillo is the best

[azure oar]

Crab
-Just gives creative reach -
-Enriches my favorite biome the Mangrove swamp +
-looks pretty good +
-Shallow -
-The claw might become a useful PvP item +

Armadillo
-Gives dogs armor a feature wich was asked for a lot +
-Finally a new savanna mob (although it spawns in other warms) +
-Slight hint at it beeing generally useful for defense +?
-Might be otherwise useless-?
-Many people don’t use dogs actively (I do) -
-Shallow -?

Penguin
-Improves boat speed making it faster travel than just swimming with a lot of dolphins +
-The boat is already pretty fast -
-Great design +
-Shallow -

[modest isle]

🦀🦪🐧

[azure oar]

True
But they could all be better and less shallow
Except maybe the armadillo if it does something else than just drop an item

[wintry marlin]

The mob votes hasn’t had game changing mobs for a while

[azure oar]

I could probably think of a mechanic that would be codeable for ever one from this mobvote in 20 minutes

[cedar crescent]

Armadillo seems more useful based off of this
We already have dolphins so...

Penguins are cool but armadillo functionality

[azure oar]

Yea Penguin is just the same for boats
Wich they could just change the dolphin for

[wintry marlin]

Savanah needs more mobs too

[cedar crescent]

Yeah armadillo for the win!!!

[azure oar]

Yep, listed that as a pro

[wintry marlin]

Armadillo!!!!!

[wintry marlin]

Yeah, all your points were good

[modest isle]

Penguin 🐧 is worst of the 3 of them

[rustic badger]

Yeah

Armadilo is cooler as a mob, but crab gives long reach....

[azure oar]

/Creative*

[modest isle]

^

[wintry marlin]

Is there any good shows coming this month?

[azure oar]

Lets collectively agree that crab and armadillo should both be added and penguin at some point when they have another mechanic for it

[wintry marlin]

^

[azure oar]

Could see it in an Fishing + ocean exploration update

Fishing needs an overhaul anyways
But for Penguin
Maybe add a really rare fish that can only be obtained through fishing wich, when given to a penguin, makes them swim out to sea for a few minutes and they could bring back very rare or even exclusive items
This idea has been realised in altered versions with other mobs in mods but because it works well there I could see it in the basegame

[wintry marlin]

https://tenor.com/view/pomni-the-amazing-digital-circus-gif-17387674284494525868

That was long

[azure oar]

Im just bored and its 8am
Thats what I do around that time

[wintry marlin]

Fair enough

[azure oar]

I have about 13000 words in my The Isle word document most of it just random texts and ideas from 11pm

[wintry marlin]

https://tenor.com/view/pomni-stare-the-amazing-digital-circus-huh-what-gif-14848454493863729355

[modest isle]

First Animal species of the day (180) :
blobfish / (Psychrolutes marcidus)

Psychrolutes marcidus, the smooth-head blobfish,[1] also known simply as blobfish,[1] is a deep-sea fish of the family Psychrolutidae. It inhabits the deep waters off the coasts of mainland Australia and Tasmania, as well as the waters of New Zealand.

Range :

Blobfish are typically shorter than 30 cm (12 in). They live at depths between 600 and 1,200 m (2,000 and 3,900 ft), where the pressure is 60 to 120 times greater than that at sea level, which would likely make gas bladders inefficient for maintaining buoyancy.[2] Instead, the flesh of the blobfish is primarily a gelatinous mass with a density slightly less than that of water; this allows the fish to float above the sea floor without expending energy on swimming. The blobfish has a relative lack of muscle, but this is not a disadvantage, as its main food source is edible matter that floats in front of it, such as deep-ocean crustaceans.

Blobfish are often caught as bycatch in bottom trawling nets. It was first discovered around the Norfolk and Lord Howe islands, which are located between Australia and New Zealand. The discovery was made by a team of two dozen scientists[when?] during their exploration of submarine habitats. The team towed gear on the ocean floor in order to net and study different species. Among the new species the caught was Psychrolutes marcidus.[4]

The popular impression of the blobfish as bulbous and gelatinous is partially an artifact of the decompression damage done to specimens when they are brought to the surface from the extreme depths in which they live.[5] In their natural environment, blobfish appear more typical for their superclass Osteichthyes (bony fish).

Left : Alive
Right : dead after being crushed by pressure

@shell rapids
@dreamy geode
@frosty geyser
@drowsy egret

@azure oar
@cedar crescent
@wintry marlin
@distant nymph

[shell rapids]

No selfies

[modest isle]

@sullen merlin

[wintry marlin]

Blob fish

[distant nymph]

fish!

[modest isle]

https://tenor.com/view/laughing-hard-gif-5661630

That means the one in this GIF should be dead 👆🏼

This what an alive should look like

[azure oar]

All the misinfo

[modest isle]

They lied to us

When i was kid i thought this what the fish actually looked like

[wintry marlin]

Fish blob

[distant nymph]

D:

[modest isle]

Alive vs dead

[distant nymph]

That's depressing ):

[modest isle]

Poor fish died such a painful death

[candid solar]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyBvyFQsJ6M/?igshid=NjZiM2M3MzIxNA==

zapfrexamw

Sheep-rabbit wearing berets😳
#newmeme#newreels#newsmurfcat#fyp#smurfcat#supido#zapfrexamw

Likes

104

Instagram

Friend of mine made a meme of himself

[shell rapids]

Not only cuz it's dead
But because it was pulled up too fast
Extra brutal for the fish

[barren bear]

what if you don't pull it up rapidly from the depths?

[modest isle]

Idk 🤷🏻‍♂️

People haven’t trued that before

[barren bear]

it's akin to scubadivers going up too fast
They can easily die due the nitrogen bubbles that form

only difference is, that fish also lives in a depth with a vastly different pressure

[shell rapids]

Mhm
Same process
But more aggressive since the fishes whole physical body gets destroyed

[barren bear]

i presume not then
seeing as it's a completely different living zone, due to alternating pressure

[modest isle]

Rip blob fush

[azure oar]

I would guess that it lives so deep that it is not worth spending that much time

[modest isle]

Fish**

[shell rapids]

If u pulled it slowly like you would deep divers
It probably wouldn't explode

But
Who's spend the time resting that?

Find a blobfishz and slowly, ever so slowly, pull it up

[modest isle]

True

[native talon]

I will soon join the isle (it's gonna explode and cause my house to burst into flames)

[cedar crescent]

@azure oar I have a question relating to German to ask you

(answer carefully)

[azure oar]

My last grade was a 3- in german class
Lowest is 6
But go on

[cedar crescent]

💀

But aren't you German yourself

[azure oar]

Yea

[cedar crescent]

That makes it even worse

Anyways, how do I ask someone, "How are you?" In German as a greeting

:)

[azure oar]

Impossible to answer considering dialects

[cedar crescent]

I don't wanna Google translate it because Google translate is funky

[shell rapids]

Step 1: don't speak German
Step 2: choose literally any other language

[azure oar]

But I would say „wie geht‘s“ (Im from the Ruhrgebiet)
Formal high german would probably be „Wie geht es ihnen“/„Wie geht es dir“

[cedar crescent]

Wie geht's is how are you in German? Oh gotcha

[azure oar]

More so dialect and a bit of slang mixed into it

[azure oar]

Formal is the thing below that

If you want to be save just go with this normal official german

[cedar crescent]

German is weird

[azure oar]

Well not formal because dir is informal

[cedar crescent]

WHY DOES GERMAN GOTTA BE SO WEIRD?

Anyways danke

[azure oar]

pretty sure this isn’t even half of the stuff that „you“ can the translate to

[cedar crescent]

THATS WHATS SO WEIRD ABOUT IT
You got so many words that mean the same thing

[azure oar]

Different genders and amount of people

Not in any way the same

[cedar crescent]

Theyre so similar

And confusing, and scary
My American brain is poofing

MEDIKKKKK

[azure oar]

You literally speak a hyperevoled frisian dialect

You’re pretty close to german

[cedar crescent]

A what

[cedar crescent]

it's easier than trying to speak Spanish imo

[azure oar]

The funny thing is
You are learning Modern high German because our official version of german evolved from high german
If it would have evolved from Lower german, germans could probably communicate pretty okay with dutch people and english would be like 2 worlds more similar

[fiery scaffold]

seen this in chat but can you lose dinos on officals ive lost my deino for some reason even when i safe logged ?

[cedar crescent]

Yes

[wintry marlin]

German

[native talon]

i got a laptop so i decided to recreate my favorite/best PoT screenie

[acoustic dune]

Massive improvement! Looks great!

[modest isle]

[modest isle]

Looks like 10 years worth of graphics improvements
By getting new laptop 👍🏼

[native talon]

ty ty

[unreal pier]

what?!

[distant nymph]

I always dislike how english doesn't have a polite form for "you", to adress someone >.<

[unreal pier]

it has its called "ew"

[distant nymph]

Thank ew!

[unreal pier]

hmm i see

[graceful trail]

he said it

[graceful trail]

drake dropped

https://tenor.com/view/drake-ateez-woosanfleur-reactions-drake-screaming-gif-23885772

[frozen flare]

nice, the torvo looks amazing (not my pic)

[jagged wren]

wrong

im baised but its the exact same and german sucks

[untold ibex]

EVRIMA Question | What are all the types of symbols that appear when smelling and what do they mean?

[rough hollow]

I recommend asking in #isle-discussion so that more people will see your question and be able to assist! :3

[cedar crescent]

I like that there's like more formal words than others and that helps create that impression imo

[digital sleet]

that’s why you make your own

we Australians are professional at it

[shell rapids]

Only thing y'all are professionals at is losing wars too animals

[azure oar]

Every nation is losing or has lost wars against non humans
Everyone is currently loosing to a bunch of atoms in groups of 3

[shell rapids]

No
Cope
They lost a war on emus

[unreal pier]

What?!

[rustic badger]

Australians can say they lost a war to Dinosaurs

[azure oar]

Brazilians can say that they defeated highly intelligent ocean mammals

They thought dolphins were enemy submarins

[azure oar]

no one knows

Ig dolphins arent going to brazil

[void zinc]

Birds aren’t dinosaurs. Imma poke you in the eye I stg

Birds are birds. Dinosaurs were dinosaurs.

I’m not a fish because the mammalian origin came from the ocean.

[rustic badger]

Sry but you're a Fish

[void zinc]

https://tenor.com/view/malfunctioning-edie-futurama-what-gif-9933841

[wintry marlin]

I like this

[digital sleet]

guys will look at this and be like “darn tootin”

[wintry marlin]

Why is the gator in your pfp so fat

[digital sleet]

donut consumption

[wintry marlin]

I see

[native tulip]

This is what Tyrannotitan looks like in Gmod, pretty sure it doesn't look like that

[rustic badger]

TyranoTitan would look more similar to Giga and Mapu since its closest to them

[shell rapids]

That is literally just indom colored black

[wintry marlin]

https://tenor.com/view/dinosaur-dinosaurs-funny-the-killer-gif-26497852

[blazing wagon]

same way as whales are fish

[void zinc]

Vastly different in almost every way than where they live. Got it.

[blazing wagon]

nah

they have fins, swim and live in water. They are fish

[sullen merlin]

seals?

[blazing wagon]

fish

[sullen merlin]

octopus,

[blazing wagon]

spider

[void zinc]

Cute

[sullen merlin]

Is a spider an octopus then?

[blazing wagon]

no

unless it is a a diving spider

then yes

[sullen merlin]

Penguin?

[void zinc]

Goblin over here pretending to be Plato.

We need a based Diogenes to fix him.

[blazing wagon]

I am that diogenes

[void zinc]

False.

[sullen merlin]

Read his profile that says enough tbh

[blazing wagon]

I am literally diogenes

[sullen merlin]

Ur a cat

[blazing wagon]

cats are monkeys

long tail, climb and make funny noises

[sullen merlin]

U just named like half of all mammals

[void zinc]

You make me want to peel off my face and use it as a hot hand to get something out of the oven.

[limber grove]

morphology-based phylogeny

[blazing wagon]

then all of those mammals are monkeys

[sullen merlin]

Bro has never heard of taxonomy

[void zinc]

Bro has never heard

His only life experience is sight-based.

[blazing wagon]

taxonomy? No I don't need a taxi thank you tho

[void zinc]

I stole his capability for hearing when he was born. As a prank.

[sullen merlin]

Spawncamping aint cool man

[void zinc]

Doctor tried to scoop him up and I went “nuh-uh. Gimme that. I have unfinished business”.

[sullen merlin]

yoink

[blazing wagon]

you had unfinished business with a fetus?

[void zinc]

Yoinky-sploinky. I stole your hearing.

[blazing wagon]

also I guess fetuses would be fish

as a biologist I would know

[void zinc]

Negative. A human fetus is the commander of a meat mech.

[modest isle]

Woah you came back

[sullen merlin]

Yee

[modest isle]

First Animal species of the day (181) :
African savanna elephant / (Loxodonta africana)

[blazing wagon]

cow

[modest isle]

The African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana), also known as the African savanna elephant, is one of two extant African elephant species and one of three extant elephant species. It is the largest living terrestrial animal, with bulls reaching a shoulder height of up to 3.96 m (13 ft 0 in) and a body mass of up to 10.4 t (11.5 short tons).
Range :

[blazing wagon]

horns, is big and has 4 legs

[modest isle]

is distributed across 37 African countries and inhabits forests, grasslands and woodlands, wetlands and agricultural land. Since 2021, it has been listed as Endangered on the IUCN Red List. It is threatened foremost by habitat destruction, and in parts of its range also by poaching for meat and ivory.[2]

It is a social mammal, travelling in herds composed of cows and their offspring. Adult bulls usually live alone or in small bachelor groups. It is a herbivore, feeding on grasses, creepers, herbs, leaves, and bark. The menstrual cycle lasts three to four months, and females are pregnant for 22 months, the longest gestation period of any mammal

[modest isle]

🐘

The African bush elephant has grey skin with scanty hairs. Its large ears cover the whole shoulder,[12] and can grow as large as 2 m × 1.5 m (6 ft 7 in × 4 ft 11 in).[13] Its large ears help to reduce body heat; flapping them creates air currents and exposes large blood vessels on the inner sides to increase heat loss during hot weather.[14] The African bush elephant's ears are pointed and triangular shaped. Its occipital plane slopes forward. Its back is shaped markedly concave. Its sturdy tusks are curved out and point forward.[15] It's long trunk or proboscis ends with two finger-like tips

The African bush elephant is the largest and heaviest land animal, with a maximum recorded shoulder height of an adult bull of 3.96 m (13.0 ft), and an estimated weight of 10.4 t (11.5 short tons).[3] On average, males are about 3.20 m (10.5 ft) tall at the shoulder and weigh 6.0 t (6.6 short tons), while females are smaller at about 2.60 m (8 ft 6 in) tall at the shoulder and 3.0 t (3.3 short tons) in weight.[3][17][18][19] Elephants attain their maximum stature when they complete the fusion of long-bone epiphyses, occurring in males around the age of 40 and females around 25 years of age

The African bush elephant occurs in sub-Saharan Africa which includes Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Zambia, and Angola. It moves between a variety of habitats, including subtropical and temperate forests, dry and seasonally flooded grasslands, woodlands, wetlands, and agricultural land from sea level to mountain slopes. In Mali and Namibia, it also inhabits desert and semi-desert areas.[2]

In Ethiopia, the African bush elephant has historically been recorded up to an elevation of 2,500 m (8,200 ft). By the late 1970s, the population had declined to a herd in the Dawa River valley and one close to the Kenyan border.
Big tusker male :

Poachers target foremost elephant bulls for their tusks, which leads to a skewed sex ratio and affects the survival chances of a population. Access of poachers to unregulated black markets is facilitated by corruption and periods of civil war in some elephant range countries.[66]

During the 20th century, the African bush elephant population was decimated.[67] Poaching of the elephant has dated back to the years 1970 and 1980, which were considered the largest killings in history. The species is placed in harm's way due to the limited conservation areas provided in Africa. In most cases, the killings of the African bush elephant have occurred near the outskirts of the protected areas.[2]

Between 2003 and 2015, the illegal killing of 14,606 African bush elephants was reported by rangers across 29 range countries. Chad is a major transit country for smuggling of ivory in West Africa. This trend was curtailed by raising penalties for poaching and improving law enforcement.

A herd of females :

@shell rapids
@dreamy geode
@frosty geyser
@drowsy egret

@azure oar
@cedar crescent
@wintry marlin
@distant nymph

@sullen merlin

[wintry marlin]

Elephant

[sullen merlin]

OH yeaa

[wintry marlin]

https://tenor.com/view/elephant-love-gif-25016182

[sullen merlin]

I feel like this habitat map is cap

Theres no way that south africa has such small elephant populates areas

[distant nymph]

Elephants are cool 😊

https://tenor.com/view/baby-elephant-trunk-dancing-gif-26449205

[wintry marlin]

https://tenor.com/view/elephants-elephant-baby-herd-of-gif-24535146

[cedar crescent]

https://tenor.com/view/elephant-love-gif-25016182

[wintry marlin]

Why doesn’t every elephant have pink shoes

[shell rapids]

Phant

[void zinc]

Elephants are unironically cool as fuck.

Great animal.

10/10

[distant nymph]

I saw some in the Zoo a bit ago 😊

[modest isle]

I agree

[void zinc]

Anky bad animal. Elephant good aminal

[modest isle]

^^^

[void zinc]

LOOK AT 'EM GO

[modest isle]

Asian elephants 🐘

[void zinc]

Elephants and a big ol' tortoise are my top two favorite animals.

[void zinc]

I love me a cool, old tortoise. I like seeing them chompin' on some lettuce or something.

[distant nymph]

Rhinos are cool too

[void zinc]

Big ol' tank dogs.

[modest isle]

Indian rhino

[distant nymph]

I love my tortoises 😊 They're not super big though, and only like 18 years old

We recently renovated their outdoor enclosure

[void zinc]

Show.

[distant nymph]

I'm really happy how it turned out 😊

The only thing that's left is get a new bath for them, maybe bigger

[modest isle]

There used to be 27 million of both species

Left : 1800’s

Right : 2020’s

[sullen merlin]

Ye i know but it still doesnt seem right. Atleast not the south african populations look weird

but maybe idk

[modest isle]

Of course they do migrate outside of these patches

[void zinc]

Too bad elephant tastes good and their tusks were considered luxury items.

[modest isle]

Maybe they might migrate there for one season

[void zinc]

Show tortoise, you butthead.

[modest isle]

[sullen merlin]

Damn this is awesome . What species?

[sullen merlin]

ey how can u say that without getting muted but i get muted for no reason

[distant nymph]

2 Greek tortoises 😊

[void zinc]

Oh shit. You fuckin' got muted? What cunt muted you? I'll kick their fucking asses up and down this bitch.

[sullen merlin]

Dope

[sullen merlin]

Nah it was the auto bot thing

[void zinc]

Yeah, I know. It's fucking stupid. I agree 100%. But it's the rules right now.

[sullen merlin]

Like normally u get some warning and it lets u edit the message rigjt

[void zinc]

Nope.

Maybe in other servers, but not here.

[sullen merlin]

It did

Im literally only active in this server. Except for some privates which dont have a slur or whatever rule

[void zinc]

Maybe you only get one warning. lol

[sullen merlin]

i got atleast 3

[void zinc]

Then I can't help you after that. lol

[sullen merlin]

[modest isle]

https://tenor.com/view/girlfriend-overreacting-gif-26982872

[void zinc]

https://tenor.com/view/kyuuchan-gif-20730173

[distant nymph]

They've been getting very sleepy over the last week ):
Hibernation time soon

[sullen merlin]

Ye but i mean i didnt do it on purpose u know it like blurts out and its also not like i mean it. But i get that the bot doesnt know that lol. Just annoying

[void zinc]

I feel ya.

I think it's so dumb to have it, but it's not my decision and I will support and uphold the choice.

But I will openly and viscerally curse as protest.

[sullen merlin]

Oh yea, how does it work keeping them in hibernation for these ones? I know some people keep their tortoises in the fridge when in brumation

[void zinc]

Dig a shallow hole, stuff 'em in, mark the spot. Dig 'em up later.

[sullen merlin]

[void zinc]

No. Seriously.

Or you can put 'em in the fridge. Wrap 'em in paper towels and put 'em in a tupperware container.

[sullen merlin]

Im not really educated enough on tortoises for this lol. It sounds weird to me. I only have a snake so i dont need to do all that weird stuff

[distant nymph]

I never liked putting them in a fridge >.< but a lot of people do, yeah!

[sullen merlin]

I only have to keep the mice hibernated xD

[distant nymph]

We usually put them in a dark box and put it in the basement where's cold

[void zinc]

Ye, that works too. My friend just puts his in a shoebox and puts 'em in the closet.

[sullen merlin]

I see. I kinda want a tortoise to keep outside. I always wanted a sulcata but u cant keep em where i live sadge

[distant nymph]

And then when they wake up in spring they get a small bath!
It helps them hydrate after the long sleep

[sullen merlin]

U have other reptiles?

or animals in general

[distant nymph]

Those look pretty big o:

[distant nymph]

3 dogs 😊 but no other reptiles

[sullen merlin]

Ye they are the 3rd largest species iirc

[sullen merlin]

Doggos are cool too

[distant nymph]

THe little one at the left is a bit taller now

[sullen merlin]

Bro be drippin

[sullen merlin]

What breed are those?

[distant nymph]

ohh! Is that yours ? o:

[sullen merlin]

Yess. I also have a picture where hea wearing a tie

[distant nymph]

hmm >.< I don't even think there's an english name for them..
The small white one is a havanese, the other two are a german breed of hunting dogs.
They were basically exctinct until around 2000 when they were "re-created" over cross-breeding.

Don't even have a wikipedia page ):

[distant nymph]

That's adorable xD

[sullen merlin]

Damn, ye my knowledge on dog breeds is pretty limited tbh. And im more into larger breeds so most i know are large breeds.

My favorite dog breed is the kangal, they look awesome

[distant nymph]

I'm not super knowledgeable about it either sadly ):

[distant nymph]

Those really are big o:

[sullen merlin]

@void zinc Didnt u have a snake too?

[distant nymph]

My father has a snake-phobia xD

[sullen merlin]

Ye i think they are one of if not the biggest dog breed

[sullen merlin]

Oh no . My mom is afraid too now cuz she opened the snakes enclosure and instantly touched him. So he got startled and striked at my mom, now shes scared lol

[distant nymph]

https://imgur.com/gallery/caI2Nrw

big dog!

[sullen merlin]

Floof

https://tenor.com/view/aaaa-gif-22311887

[distant nymph]

ah ):

[sullen merlin]

Had to learn the hard way i guess

[void zinc]

Nah. Cockatoo.

[sullen merlin]

NO WAYY

[distant nymph]

Pictures!

[sullen merlin]

Picture NOWW

[distant nymph]

I used to have a Budgie

[sullen merlin]

I kinda want a parrot to even though i know they make terrible pets. Would lnt work anyways in the area i live with the noise etc

[void zinc]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/367522471521419264/800192656251682856/IMG_20210114_1324175.jpg?ex=652b50fc&is=6518dbfc&hm=59cc02bf236ae037adeaa2cb11f8399d16c687667bff7ec8e34ff47bfc056d08&=&width=467&height=701

He found blue.

[distant nymph]

aww 😊

I'd love to have some birds as pets again

[sullen merlin]

Is it a mollucan?

Or idk how its called in english

[void zinc]

Umbrella

Similar build and feather pattern, but his crest is way different.

[modest isle]

Cute parrot

[void zinc]

https://liveparrots.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/umbrella-cock-2-600x984-1.webp

Example

[sullen merlin]

Mollucans are larger i think too.

[distant nymph]

ohh! pretty o:

[modest isle]

Cockatoo

[void zinc]

He's very loud when he gets sassy.

[modest isle]

[distant nymph]

I can imagine xD

[sullen merlin]

https://tenor.com/view/stressed-screaming-me-gif-5025029

[void zinc]

Basically it's that. Every day. All day.

For like 65-70 years.

[sullen merlin]

Life as a parrot owner in a nutshell

basicly every bird makes a lot of noise tbh with some exceptioslns but parrots just do it extremely well

[distant nymph]

Tortoises are pretty much sound-less xD

[void zinc]

Umbrella Cockatoo, apparently, have one of the loudest calls of any 'domesticated' pet bird.

I'm not joking when I say I can hear him down my drive way and across the street. With him inside on the other side of the house.

If a cockatoo wants to be heard, he's gonna be heard.

[sullen merlin]

I am going to get some dart frogs in the near future and apperently the guy i talked to said that u can hear them like a block away if u dont close ur window

Fortunately they are diurnal lol

[void zinc]

I mean it's through my walls. All windows closed. If he yells (properly yells) you can feel the air rattle.

[sullen merlin]

Lol

[distant nymph]

oh no xD

[distant nymph]

That's really cool too 😊

[sullen merlin]

Yess, dart frogs are awesome

[azure oar]

I appear to have missed the best kind of talk

[glad linden]

https://soundcloud.com/user-536504248/14-with-a-dream-kahlioh?si=d3fe8fecb76643e983aac0e032975c41&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

[cedar crescent]

Thoughts on armored core 6

[gray adder]

I caught up on one piece finally that means I seen all 1078 episodes twice lol..

[rough hollow]

Im in the backrooms now. Cya later yall

[void zinc]

You gonna get zooped. Be careful.

[modest isle]

If you find a car hide inside it because it means there is a dangerous entity close by

[rough hollow]

Thanks

[shell rapids]

Guh
If I am not lazy
I shall start setting up Minecraft server

When I get home, or sometime tomorrow
Idk

[bleak harbor]

hiya! i just bought the game. i stumbled upon some videos of gameplay on youtube a couple days ago and it got me so excited to play. i've loved dinosaurs since i was a little kid back in the 90s. i'm going to attempt the evrima branch, and i am really hoping it works okay on my computer (i've read about the various issues). if it doesn't i will be sad but not surprised

[cedar crescent]

make sure you're on the evrima branch :)

[bleak harbor]

yep, already done

[brazen magnet]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1679670/Prehistoric_Marine_Monsters/

Steam

Prehistoric Marine Monsters

Basic loreIn 2015 the outstanding and secret "New Horizons" project started on a few small islands in the middle of the Pacific. Only the best and most innovative scientists were looked after.The research of our past epochs should be revulotionized. In only three to four years it was possible to bring the first living beings and objects into the...

▶ Play video

is free

[mortal echo]

Yuck.

[cedar crescent]

[shell rapids]

i need to get back into monster hunter

maybe try learning a new weapon

[spice zephyr]

Extra protein

[wintry marlin]

https://tenor.com/view/dog-staring-glikesunwoo-gif-21362952

[pastel vigil]

yes

Play it with me

[sullen merlin]

https://tenor.com/view/yes-sir-yes-boss-military-salute-giving-honor-rip-gif-23161689

[hazy gate]

@jagged wren like this one somehow does it, its a certain tech idk off top of my head

[jagged wren]

aint no way the bell 47 from 46 has that tho

[hazy gate]

ye maybe they forgot that detail or its like a see through tail rotor lol

[jagged wren]

time to shame the devs /s

[rough hollow]

Good

[unreal pier]

what?!

[cedar crescent]

[modest isle]

[digital sleet]

@whole raptor

[whole raptor]

AI going crazy wtf

That's AI images now?

[whole raptor]

Yeah it's over.

[dull galleon]

Is Joever

[whole raptor]

Like the detail is GREAT. It's only off because it's an unrealistic scenario

Apart from that though

[digital sleet]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/648493037894238219/1160205419248103504/61.png?ex=6533d07f&is=65215b7f&hm=829e4b81a62a25e24809220e0aa9a8cab338b2edfa45738cdfbeda5d75834092&

[whole raptor]

I thought we had at least a year or 2

[dull galleon]

Omg chat, is this real?????

[digital sleet]

I found the actual Facebook page making them too

[whole raptor]

🤔

send more

[tepid jay]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1158824098265309306/1159919000050991194/rlzffwd607sb1.png?ex=6532c5bf&is=652050bf&hm=533a87c5a9dfaaeaccf6a3bed4fd37f1da2699aca0d6b0d75b8eef77c498b425&

this one's my fav

the pizza's crust is bread

this one i also love

[modest isle]

Add the black bear and it will be complete

[tepid jay]

im not the one who made but that would be icing on the cake

[modest isle]

[shell rapids]

finally, got a server host down [the paid version of the free host i used to test if the mods will even work on server] [for minecraft] and now i need to set up a discord for it

[full patrol]

@digital sleet sorry gotta delete the shark one regardless of being ai generated, too convincing unfortunately

[shell rapids]

so, anyone know how to make a new discord server look nice >->

[full patrol]

You click the + to add different relevant chats and vc

[shell rapids]

well i know hot to make it, but the channels and having them be, uh, intelligable, is beyond me

my brain is simple, [in this context]

i also lazy cuz making a modded server work hurts my head

[full patrol]

You can always start with a general chat, off topic, screenshots, and a couple vc

Think about what you want to do in that server, you can also use other community servers as a refrence

[shell rapids]

https://tenor.com/view/homer-monkey-gif-18148847

ill figure it out, , ,slowly

[rough hollow]

@digital sleet

Coach is god tier in every category

one man cheeseburger apocalypse

[shell rapids]

Need to put a hypsi in there

[rough hollow]

isle fans putting isle in EVERYTHING GRAAAAAAH

[shell rapids]

No it's relevant to me

I gotta wear the badge of being the hypsi kicker

The MC server works

[rough hollow]

Say less

[shell rapids]

Gimme a minute tp set the basic instructions of install and it'll
Uh
Almost he ready

[rough hollow]

SIKE!! I ain’t joining as my laptop isn’t fixed yet

😭

[shell rapids]

Wow, banned for life

[rough hollow]

Huh

[serene whale]

Lmao I made this

[rough hollow]

Huh

[serene whale]

I added the jockey to an edit of the image that dressed the guy up as coach

[rough hollow]

💀

[rough hollow]

by the gods

[next shoal]

I've slept till 7pm today

[shell rapids]

guh , absolute basics of discord server is setup, with, hopefully, correct instructions and gunk, link in my bio

crinnnn, u wanna give the mc server a try? i minimum need some to help troubleshoot it such

rn its just stan and he stinks up the place

[rough hollow]

based

it’s all my aura btw it protects me

[cerulean tundra]

Thought my isle people would enjoy this

[shell rapids]

It's your warrior spirit

[rough hollow]

Wtf I was gonna respond with my Minecraft skin

you can’t just ask a man his skin color and then BACK OUT

https://tenor.com/view/breaking-bad-walter-white-bryan-cranston-coward-disappointed-gif-4024901

[modest isle]

[shell rapids]

Unbeweevable

[sullen merlin]

https://tenor.com/view/im-waiting-daffy-duck-impatient-gif-16985061

@modest isle

[modest isle]

https://youtube.com/shorts/DtSJKAtmF44?si=B85cZydUrmrh_CYQ

Your Minecraft dog protection from hostile mobs

[frozen flare]

bro I thought the og was real first time I saw it 😭

[modest isle]

By using the armordilo’s skin

[sullen merlin]

[modest isle]

@azure oar

@wintry marlin

[sullen merlin]

U still think the crab can beat the superior armadillo

[modest isle]

I will be voting for One of the 2
Crabs or armadillo

Since penguins suck

[sullen merlin]

Ye penguins are utter trash

[modest isle]

Fr

[sullen merlin]

They spawn in the most useless biome and are basicly dolphins but worse

[modest isle]

The “Minecraft live” event will be in the next weekend

I will think which one i vote for for the time being

[sullen merlin]

I mean i dont actually vote tbh, too much work lol. But i know which one is superior. All im saying is that im not too lazy to walk an extra 2 blocks to place something

[modest isle]

[wintry marlin]

What?

[sullen merlin]

Anyways... Im still waiting...

[modest isle]

Look at the video

[wintry marlin]

Oh I see it now

[modest isle]

Ok

[wintry marlin]

The video didn’t load at first

[sullen merlin]

[sullen merlin]

ANIMAL OF THE DAY WHENNN

[modest isle]

Next animal is

An animal we used before cars

[wintry marlin]

Horse!

[sullen merlin]

... Not another domesticated thingg

[wintry marlin]

Horse

[modest isle]

Some of them are still wild of this species

[sullen merlin]

Donkey cool, horse stupid

[wintry marlin]

What.

[sullen merlin]

Its probably either one of those 2.

So donkey cool, horse stupis all im sayin

[wintry marlin]

I don’t agree

[sullen merlin]

Wrong opinion then. Donkey >>>> horse

[modest isle]

First Animal species of the day (182) :
Horse / (Equus ferus)

The horse (Equus ferus) one-toed, hoofed mammal. It belongs to the taxonomic family Equidae. Humans began domesticating horses around 4000 BCE, and their domestication is believed to have been widespread by 3000 BCE. Horses in the subspecies caballus are domesticated, although some domesticated populations live in the wild as feral horses. These feral populations are not true wild horses, which are horses that never have been domesticated. There is an extensive, specialized vocabulary used to describe equine-related concepts, covering everything from anatomy to life stages, size, colors, markings, breeds, locomotion, and behavior.
Range :

Horses are adapted to run, allowing them to quickly escape predators, and possess an excellent sense of balance and a strong fight-or-flight response. Related to this need to flee from predators in the wild is an unusual trait: horses are able to sleep both standing up and lying down, with younger horses tending to sleep significantly more than adults.[4] Female horses, called mares, carry their young for approximately 11 months and a young horse, called a foal, can stand and run shortly following birth. Most domesticated horses begin training under a saddle or in a harness between the ages of two and four. They reach full adult development by age five, and have an average lifespan of between 25 and 30 years.

Horse breeds are loosely divided into three categories based on general temperament: spirited "hot bloods" with speed and endurance; "cold bloods", such as draft horses and some ponies, suitable for slow, heavy work; and "warmbloods", developed from crosses between hot bloods and cold bloods, often focusing on creating breeds for specific riding purposes, particularly in Europe. There are more than 300 breeds of horse in the world today, developed for many different uses.

Horses and humans interact in a wide variety of sport competitions and non-competitive recreational pursuits as well as in working activities such as police work, agriculture, entertainment, and therapy. Horses were historically used in warfare, from which a wide variety of riding and driving techniques developed, using many different styles of equipment and methods of control. Many products are derived from horses, including meat, milk, hide, hair, bone, and pharmaceuticals extracted from the urine of pregnant mares. Humans provide domesticated horses with food, water, and shelter as well as attention from specialists such as veterinarians and farriers.

Depending on breed, management and environment, the modern domestic horse has a life expectancy of 25 to 30 years.[7] Uncommonly, a few animals live into their 40s and, occasionally, beyond.[8] The oldest verifiable record was "Old Billy", a 19th-century horse that lived to the age of 62.[7] In modern times, Sugar Puff, who had been listed in Guinness World Records as the world's oldest living pony, died in 2007 at age 56.[9]

Regardless of a horse or pony's actual birth date, for most competition purposes a year is added to its age each January 1 of each year in the Northern Hemisphere[7][10] and each August 1 in the Southern Hemisphere.[11] The exception is in endurance riding, where the minimum age to compete is based on the animal's actual calendar age.

Horses are prey animals with a strong fight-or-flight response. Their first reaction to a threat is to startle and usually flee, although they will stand their ground and defend themselves when flight is impossible or if their young are threatened.[92] They also tend to be curious; when startled, they will often hesitate an instant to ascertain the cause of their fright, and may not always flee from something that they perceive as non-threatening. Most light horse riding breeds were developed for speed, agility, alertness and endurance; natural qualities that extend from their wild ancestors. However, through selective breeding, some breeds of horses are quite docile, particularly certain draft horses.

Horses are mammals, and as such are warm-blooded, or endothermic creatures, as opposed to cold-blooded, or poikilothermic animals. However, these words have developed a separate meaning in the context of equine terminology, used to describe temperament, not body temperature. For example, the "hot-bloods", such as many race horses, exhibit more sensitivity and energy,[100] while the "cold-bloods", such as most draft breeds, are quieter and calmer.[101] Sometimes "hot-bloods" are classified as "light horses" or "riding horses",[102] with the "cold-bloods" classified as "draft horses" or "work

@shell rapids
@dreamy geode
@frosty geyser
@drowsy egret

@azure oar
@cedar crescent
@wintry marlin
@distant nymph

@sullen merlin

Man’s best friend

[sullen merlin]

Donkey better

[modest isle]

Tomorrow

https://tenor.com/view/hennahane-thurstable-school-horse-gif-25750727

https://tenor.com/view/you-have-alerted-the-horse-horse-gt-when-the-gif-24722142

[wintry marlin]

https://tenor.com/view/horse-smile-hungry-feed-me-gif-10862144

[shell rapids]

So when bat eared fox

[modest isle]

Tomorrow alongside the donkey

[azure oar]

how tf was I pinged twice in here

[nocturne basalt]

well. here have one more

[modest isle]

One for the horse

The second for the video of the armordilo armor concept mob vote

[modest isle]

👆🏼

[azure oar]

Too many pings

I hereby cast the spell of „Every insect in your area becomes an elephant seal trying to kill you“

[frank yacht]

looking for cera group at any EU server

[distant nymph]

0:
Why didn't I get a armadillo armor dog ping

[modest isle]

Oh sorry

[modest isle]

@distant nymph

Here is the video

[distant nymph]

Nice xD
I'll watch it tomorrow 😊

[modest isle]

👍🏼

[distant nymph]

I kind of want all 3 mobs ):

[modest isle]

Me too

[long root]

I'm prepared for Halloween

[shell rapids]

i hate sounding like a broken record. but, modded mc server anyone? its setup, it works, theres currently a bare bone discord server

[digital sleet]

I am SO mad right now !!

[modest isle]

Now the 3 eyed pickup truck is chasing them

[modest isle]

Damn thats actually scary

[gray adder]

Lol

I want to know the prompt for that

[modest isle]

Found it on twitter/X

[hazy gate]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/JGh_KJHTnmk?feature=share

[pastel vigil]

what mods

[shell rapids]

a bunch, but the notable ones are scape and run, lycanites mobs, tech mods like thermal, nuclearcraft and exnihilo

biomes o plenty+lost cities using a modified version of the wasteland preset

[young gale]

Wooooo

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1118954081482973226/1160433816989610035/image.png?ex=6534a535&is=65223035&hm=a53aaf899c802d0b7ca7e525bc1e199e3745e4467c8fbb89aa068b69ea882a7d&

[azure oar]

Only level 36?

weak

If you dont tame a max level with the best possible weight and dmg stats you are not a respectable player

(joke)

[smoky mauve]

now you get infinite metal

[wintry marlin]

https://tenor.com/view/ark-survival-evolved-ride-turtle-game-yes-gif-7330117

[unreal pier]

Nice cow I like it. Where to get one?

[modest isle]

At the stables 👍🏼

[onyx barn]

Not self promo, just tryna help a friend out. If anyone's bored he's streaming on twitch, different game but it'd be cool if he could have some new viewers. Probably get kicked for asking but hey ho , I get it

Reetlad is his name on twitch if you wanna drop in even just for a minute

[modest isle]

First Animal species of the day (183) :
Donkey | African wild ass / (Equus africanus)

The African wild ass (Equus africanus) or African wild donkey is a wild member of the horse family, Equidae.[3] This species is thought to be the ancestor of the domestic donkey (Equus asinus), which is sometimes placed within the same species.[4] They live in the deserts and other arid areas of the Horn of Africa, in Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia. It formerly had a wider range north and west into Sudan, Egypt, and Libya. It is Critically Endangered, with about 570 individuals existing in the wild.
The donkey is a domesticated equine. It derives from the African wild ass, Equus africanus, and may be classified either as a subspecies thereof, Equus africanus asinus, or as a separate species, Equus asinus.[1]: 1  It was domesticated in Africa some 5000–7000 years ago,[1]: 2 [2]: 3715 [3] and has been used mainly as a working animal since that time.
Range :

The ancestors of the modern donkey are the Nubian and Somalian subspecies of African wild ass.[21][22][23] Remains of domestic donkeys dating to the fourth millennium BC have been found in Ma'adi in Lower Egypt, and it is believed that the domestication of the donkey was accomplished long after the domestication of cattle, sheep and goats in the seventh and eighth millennia BC. Donkeys were probably first domesticated by pastoral people in Nubia, and they supplanted the ox as the chief pack animal of that culture. The domestication of donkeys served to increase the mobility of pastoral cultures, having the advantage over ruminants of not needing time to chew their cud, and were vital in the development of long-distance trade across Egypt. In the Dynasty IV era of Egypt, between 2675 and 2565 BC, wealthy members of society were known to own over 1,000 donkeys, employed in agriculture, as dairy and meat animals and as pack animals.[24] In 2003, the tomb of either King Narmer or King Hor-Aha (two of the first Egyptian pharaohs) was excavated and the skeletons of ten donkeys were found buried in a manner usually used with high ranking humans. These burials show the importance of donkeys to the early Egyptian state and its ruler.

The genus Equus, which includes all extant equines, is believed to have evolved from Dinohippus, via the intermediate form Plesippus. One of the oldest species is Equus simplicidens, described as zebra-like with a donkey-shaped head. The oldest fossil to date is ~3.5 million years old from Idaho, USA. The genus appears to have spread quickly into the Old World, with the similarly aged Equus livenzovensis documented from western Europe and Russia.

By the end of the fourth millennium BC, the donkey had spread to Southwest Asia, and the main breeding centre had shifted to Mesopotamia by 1800 BC. The breeding of large, white riding asses made Damascus famous[citation needed], while Syrian breeders developed at least three other breeds, including one preferred by women for its easy gait. The Muscat or Yemen ass was developed in Arabia. By the second millennium BC, the donkey was brought to Europe, possibly at the same time as viticulture was introduced, as the donkey is associated with the Syrian god of wine, Dionysus. Greeks spread both of these to many of their colonies, including those in what are now Italy, France and Spain; Romans dispersed them throughout their empire

The donkey has been used as a working animal for at least 5000 years. Of the more than 40 million donkeys in the world, about 96% are in underdeveloped countries, where they are used principally as pack animals or for draught work in transport or agriculture. After human labour, the donkey is the cheapest form of agricultural power.[53] They may also be ridden, or used for threshing, raising water, milling and other work.[54] Some cultures that prohibit women from working with oxen in agriculture do not extend this taboo to donkeys.

@shell rapids
@dreamy geode
@frosty geyser
@drowsy egret

@azure oar
@cedar crescent
@wintry marlin
@distant nymph

@sullen merlin

Man’s best friend

[wintry marlin]

Donkey

[modest isle]

https://tenor.com/view/donkey-flip-farm-horse-jump-gif-27085110

[wintry marlin]

https://tenor.com/view/shrek-donkey-slow-turn-wtf-gif-25314230

[modest isle]

WTF !!!!

Now i can imagine the pain

[cobalt kettle]

I had the same reaction

[full patrol]

[shell rapids]

Simply don't imagine such a thing

[onyx barn]

Reetlad on twitch, mess with him or say hi. Just tryna help him out

If you want

[wintry marlin]

Thanks, I’m In pain now

[sullen merlin]

DOnkeyyy

Donkey is best equid

prove me wrong (u cant)

[restive charm]

https://youtu.be/lygQdpg8mbA?si=hbjPMnLJ0KQh93q5

LOL I haven’t played this game in so long there’s a lot that got added and stuff

[sullen merlin]

they are working on the recode now, itll be aick when that drops

[restive charm]

the last time I played lions couldn’t pounce wildebeest or anything so I’m def hype for this I’m glad they’re doing it

[sullen merlin]

Pounce? U mean like latching on when u attack or like full on pounce?

[restive charm]

Yee the latching on LOL I watched a video from a year ago and I was like “WOAH THEY ADDED THAT?”

[sullen merlin]

oh yea its kinda nice

hitboxes still suck probably tho lol

but im tellin u watch some of the planned recode thing. Baboons, crocs, elephants, new models, climbing etc

its insane

[modest isle]

Second Animal species of the day (184) :
Bat eared fox / (Otocyon megalotis)

The bat-eared fox (Otocyon megalotis) is a species of fox found on the African savanna. It is the only extant species of the genus Otocyon[1] and considered a basal canid species.[4] Fossil records indicate this canid first appeared during the middle Pleistocene

It is named for its large ears, which have a role in thermoregulation.[3] The bat referred to in its colloquial name is possibly the Egyptian slit-faced bat (Nycteris thebaica), which is abundant in the region and has very large ears.[6] Although not commonly used, other vernacular names include big-eared fox, black-eared fox, long-eared fox,[7] Delalande's fox, cape fox,[note 1][8] and motlosi.
Range :

Bat-eared foxes are relatively small canids, ranging in weight from 3 kg to 5.3 kg. Head and body length is 46–66 cm, tail length is 23–34 cm, shoulder height is 30–40 cm,[15] and the notably large ears are 11–13 cm long.[16]

Generally, the pelage is tan-colored, with gray agouti guard hairs,[15] giving its grizzled appearance, appearing more buff on the sides.[9] The undersides and throat are pale. The limbs are dark, shading to dark brown or black at their extremities. The muzzle, the tip and upperside of the tail and the facial mask are black. The insides of the ears are white.[3] Individuals of the East African subspecies, O. m. virgatus, tend toward a buff pelage with dark brown markings, as opposed to the black of O. m. megalotis. Proportionally large ears of bat-eared foxes, a characteristic shared by many other inhabitants of hot, arid climates, help to distribute heat. They also help in locating prey.

Bat-eared foxes are considered the only truly insectivorous canid,[18] with a marked preference for harvester termites (Hodotermes mossambicus),[19] which can constitute 80–90% of its diet.[3]

When this particular species of termite is not available, their opportunistic diet allows a wide variety of food items to be taken:[19] they can consume other species of termites, other arthropods such as ants, beetles (especially scarab beetles),[20] crickets, grasshoppers, millipedes, moths, scorpions, spiders, and rarely birds, birds' eggs and chicks,[21] small mammals, reptiles, and fungi (the desert truffle Kalaharituber pfeilii[22]). Berries, seeds, and wild fruit also are consumed. The bat-eared fox refuses to feed on snouted harvester termites, likely because it is not adapted to tolerate termites' chemical defense.[3]

Generally, bat-eared foxes meet their water requirements by the high water content of their diet. Water constitutes a critical resource during lactation.

Bat-eared foxes are adapted to arid or semi-arid environments. They are commonly found in short grasslands, as well as the more arid regions of the savannas, along woodland edges, and in open acacia woodlands.[16] They prefer bare ground and areas where grass is kept short by grazing ungulates[3] and tend to hunt in these short grass and low shrub habitats. However, they do venture into areas with tall grasses and thick shrubs to hide when threatened.[17]

In addition to raising their young in dens, bat-eared foxes use self-dug dens for shelter from extreme temperatures and winds. They also lie under acacia trees in South Africa to seek shade during the day.

Bat-eared foxes are considered the only truly insectivorous canid,[18] with a marked preference for harvester termites (Hodotermes mossambicus),[19] which can constitute 80–90% of its diet.

The bat-eared fox is predominantly socially monogamous,[28] although it has been observed in polygynous groups. In contrast to other canids, the bat-eared fox has a reversal in parental roles, with the male taking on the majority of the parental care behavior. Gestation lasts for 60–70 days and females give birth to litters consisting of one to six kits. Beyond lactation, which lasts 14 to 15 weeks,[3] males take over grooming, defending, huddling, chaperoning, and carrying the young between den sites. Additionally, male care and den attendance rates have been shown to have a direct correlation with cub survival rates.[29] The female forages for food, which she uses to maintain milk production, on which the pups heavily depend. Food foraged by the female is not brought back to the pups or regurgitated to feed the pups.

And its cute !!!

@shell rapids
@dreamy geode
@frosty geyser
@drowsy egret

[shell rapids]

Heheh
He's all ears

[modest isle]

@azure oar
@cedar crescent
@wintry marlin
@distant nymph

@sullen merlin

[sullen merlin]

These are really cool bois

they remind me of the aardwolf

even though thats a hyena

[modest isle]

[wintry marlin]

Fox

[distant nymph]

aw I know those! xD

[cedar crescent]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/942173402838470696/1137766308822401034/1063504134894002186.gif

[modest isle]

https://tenor.com/view/growling-viralhog-bat-eared-fox-aggressive-howling-gif-17054284

[azure oar]

Cute image
But also
Me detecting the opening of a bag of chips from a mile away (crisps?)

[wintry marlin]

https://tenor.com/view/jinki948-cat-shocked-shocked-face-shock-gif-22585372

[azure oar]

Too many cats in this chat

[modest isle]

Yeah big ears are helpful for detecting sounds

Especially chips

https://tenor.com/view/eating-the-chip-chips-chip-eating-chip-man-eating-three-chips-gif-18885184

[azure oar]

The best duo

Sadly that isn’t the right fox

[modest isle]

Land dog meeting a water dog

[azure oar]

Pretty sure that isn’t even a fox

[modest isle]

Both are not dogs

But they look like one

[azure oar]

Thats a jakal

[modest isle]

Yeah

[azure oar]

Aaaand

[modest isle]

Cape fur seal

[azure oar]

Brown fur seal

[sullen merlin]

I thought seals didnt have external ears

[wintry marlin]

Seal

https://tenor.com/view/rinauchis-rinaspixel-gif-20711321

[sullen merlin]

these clearly do so its some type of sealion no?

[azure oar]

True seals only have an ear hole
These aren’t true seals

[azure oar]

Not necessarily sea lion

[sullen merlin]

What species is it called then? Or is it called a seal even though its not a true seal

I didnt explain that well

[azure oar]

It has seal in its name even though it isn’t a true seal

[modest isle]

Some do like sealions

[wintry marlin]

https://tenor.com/view/smile-delighted-happy-sea-lion-grin-gif-16022255

[sullen merlin]

Maybe, idk im not that invested in marine mammals tbh

[modest isle]

Cape/Brown fur seal

2 names for the same species

[wintry marlin]

Sea lion

[modest isle]

LOL

[sullen merlin]

what th is that thing in the water

[azure oar]

It has like 4 names

[modest isle]

[sullen merlin]

Bro the thing top rigjt

[azure oar]

But the name seal means Pinniped wich includes walruses, eared seals and true/uneared seals

[wintry marlin]

There is a pride of lions in Africa that has started to have a more sea based life now

[wintry marlin]

Also a lion

[sullen merlin]

Oh bruh it looked like a guy peaking above the water line

[wintry marlin]

But yeah, maybe this lion pride will evolve to be literal sea lions in the far future

[azure oar]

Have the entire wikipedia taxonomy chart

[sullen merlin]

Phoque

French people be funny with that

[azure oar]

Phoque?

[wintry marlin]

THE FRENCE!!?!?

[sullen merlin]

Phoque is seal in french

[azure oar]

Ah

[sullen merlin]

But it sounds like the funny word

[azure oar]

Then it’s probably also seal in Latin

[sullen merlin]

i just realise how lazy the french are

[wintry marlin]

The frence

[azure oar]

Most things who have a latin name get that as a scientific name

[wintry marlin]

That is true

[sullen merlin]

Cuz otarie or however u spell it means sealion and its also the thing from their genus

or not genus but family

[wintry marlin]

https://tenor.com/view/seal-seal-of-approval-approved-approve-approval-gif-26999148

[wintry marlin]

Seal

[sullen merlin]

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGJ3jUgFy/

[wintry marlin]

looks good

[cunning barn]

I pray that the next minecraft update is good, one server i play on has been dying a lot and the owners says if the next update can't convince him, he'll shut down the server

[shell rapids]

I just don't play the most recent version

[cunning barn]

why?

[shell rapids]

Better mods mostly

I still mostly play 1.12.2
Even mow

[cunning barn]

i do play that version when using mods, but mostly play modern

it's a relatively old server, having started up when minecraft returned to popularity in 2019, i just hope it lasts to see its fifth anniversary

[shell rapids]

I'm more concerned on getting mine to last atleast a month

[cunning barn]

the server's discord has over 1000 registered members but only about 20 of them every play and on average only 2 are on, i remember it used to have like 10 people on at once most of the time

I just hope the next update adds features that are worth it, such as an end update

[wintry marlin]

I just spent an hour making Minecraft skins

[shell rapids]

Let us see

[wintry marlin]

I just turned of my pc tho

I can show it later

[modest isle]

Turned off **

[wintry marlin]

Shut. Up.

[modest isle]

[cunning barn]

everytime i join a minecraft server i disconnect after 30 seconds

[prime crow]

I got dino Crocs gotta get the JP charms too but later

[worn shell]

The Isle Pathtracing when

[barren bear]

https://tenor.com/view/red-dead-red-dead-redemption2-rdr2-dutch-dutch-van-der-linde-gif-13435041

[limber star]

i am watching 2012

it is 4am what is happening

hi @dense field

[hazy gate]

Ik its a movie but they would die like close to instantly that close to a real volcano explosion like that especially Yellowstone, kinda similar to the much smaller Krakatau volcano @lime fox

apparently 36k died, it was in 1883

[lime fox]

im chating with yall and eating dino nuggies at 4am my favorite treat since childhood

[limber star]

i wish i had dino nuggies

[hazy gate]

lol

[limber star]

dino nuggies and mac and cheese

[lime fox]

i just by dino nuggies from aldis and hyvee

[dense field]

👋

[lime fox]

they got jurassic Park 30th anniversary ones i get those till they dont stock em anyomore

[dense field]

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-squidward-krakatoa-volcano-erupting-gif-4580897

[lime fox]

reminds me i have a para Named " Hi yall in ark."

[limber star]

i cant screenshot anything maaaan

[limber star]

the screen turns black

[lime fox]

okay what time of year do you all watch nightmare b4 christmas i watch it the day after halloween

[dense field]

Anti-screenshot countermeasures

[limber star]

i fix it

is fix

whyd they make the people who want fair wages and less oil into anarchists lmao

(that is the anarchocommunist flag)

i think it's funny

[lime fox]

Also what bothers me is that yellowstone is over due for an eruption and when it happens it will be bad

[dense field]

Capitalism

[limber star]

yes

but no politic allowed here

[lime fox]

yes yes yes SKibidibop bop yes sir

[limber star]

HOLY CRAP

[lime fox]

what streaming service you using imma go watch it after i finish john wick 2

[limber star]

tubi

its free

[lime fox]

ive got it on plex i think i stream movies from my gaming pc to my series x and 55" 4k

[limber star]

why u flexing on me

[dense field]

Dude blew up for knowing too much

[limber star]

i like the pickle guy

[dense field]

PICKLE RICK!

[limber star]

goddamnit

this movie is insane

so much is happening rn

[dense field]

Have you gotten to the point where they barely escape the earthquake?

[limber star]

yes

that part was the insane part

[dense field]

Cause that scene is a dopamine rush

[limber star]

its like a baby sensory video for people who love disaster movies

[dense field]

I remember the first time that train came out of the "wall"

[limber star]

oh im at the part theyre at the plane

like omg

[dense field]

Oh yeah it's right after this

[limber star]

this is insane

[unreal pier]

which game?

[limber star]

THE TRAIN

[dense field]

https://tenor.com/view/2012movie-charlie-frost-i-have-goose-bumps-people-goosebumps-chills-gif-26329404

[limber star]

LMAOOO

[unreal pier]

cool game i will try

[dense field]

War Thunder

[unreal pier]

ohhh ok thanks. Name is good. Must be a good game

[dense field]

Yes

2012 also have good character development

[limber star]

lol idk if i can take this movie seriously

[dense field]

At first you kinda hate some characters that appear but then you're reminded by the fact that they're just leaves drifting towards where the wind blow them

Just like you

[dense field]

I absolutely cannot
But trying is fun

[azure oar]

look its sucho

@modest isle

[modest isle]

LOL

Is this edited or a new species of spino ????

[azure oar]

edited sadly

[modest isle]

Because check #paleotalk

[azure oar]

and then of course the true spino

[modest isle]

[azure oar]

spine-o

[modest isle]

Yeah the SPINE the dinosaur ever

[azure oar]

fun fact spina is actually the name of the thingy in the middle of these roman „Circuses“

so put a lizard on that and boom Spinosaurus

[modest isle]

[azure oar]

thanks to my Latin teacher for telling us this

[modest isle]

https://youtu.be/1YEQKEhqf2s?si=QT0MN7xzoApL8Zhf

[azure oar]

Yes.

[modest isle]

First Animal species of the day (185) :
Mata mata turtle / (Chelus fimbriata)

The mata mata, mata-mata, or matamata (Chelus fimbriata)[1][7] is a freshwater turtle species found in South America, primarily in the Amazon and Orinoco basins. It is one of two extant species in the genus Chelus, the other being Chelus orinocensis.

Range

The mata mata is a large, sedentary turtle with a large, triangular, flattened head with many tubercles and flaps of skin, and a "spike" on its long and tubular snout.[9] Three barbels occur on the chin and four additional filamentous barbels at the upper jaw, which is neither hooked nor notched.[13]

The mata mata's brown or black, oblong carapace can measure up to 95 cm (37 in) at adult age.[14] The full adult weight is 21 kg (46 lb).[14] The mata mata's plastron is reduced, narrowed, hingeless, shortened towards the front, and deeply notched at the rear with narrow bridges.[13] These may be meant to allow the turtle to resemble a piece of bark, camouflaging it from possible predators.[15] The plastron and bridges are cream to yellow or brown.[13] The head, neck, tail, and limbs are grayish brown on adults.[13] The neck is longer than the vertebra under its carapace and is fringed with small skin flaps along both sides.[13] Hatchlings show a pink to reddish tinge in the underside edge of their carapaces and plastrons that gradually disappear as they grow.

Each forefoot has five webbed claws. Males have concave plastrons and longer, thicker tails than females

The mata mata inhabits slow moving, blackwater streams, stagnant pools, marshes, and swamps ranging into northern Bolivia, eastern Peru, Ecuador, eastern Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern and central Brazil. The mata mata is strictly an aquatic species but it prefers standing in shallow water where its snout can reach the surface to breathe.
Face

The appearance of the mata mata's shell resembles a piece of bark, and its head resembles fallen leaves.[17] As it remains motionless in the water, its skin flaps enable it to blend into the surrounding vegetation until a fish comes close.[17] The mata mata thrusts out its head and opens its large mouth as wide as possible, creating a low-pressure vacuum that sucks the prey into its mouth, known as suction feeding.[17] The mata mata snaps its mouth shut, the water is slowly expelled, and the fish is swallowed whole; the mata mata cannot chew due to the way its mouth is constructed.
Can camouflage between the leaves 🍂

Males display for females by extending their limbs, lunging their heads toward the females with mouths agape, and moving the lateral flaps on their heads. Nesting occurs from October through December in the Upper Amazon. The 12 to 28 brittle, spherical, 35 mm-diameter eggs are deposited in a clutch.

The mata mata is carnivorous, feeding almost exclusively upon aquatic invertebrates (such as worms, mussels, crustaceans and insects)[18][19][20] and fish.[9][17] On rare occasions, it may feed on small birds, amphibians or small mammals that have entered the water.[21][20] When the stomach content of 20 wild mata mata turtles was examined it consisted exclusively of small fish. The turtles predominantly feed at night in muddy water with limited visibility. However the turtle is well adapted to hunting in these conditions. The mata mata has very fine eyesight with eyes that reflect light, similar to other nocturnal reptiles. In addition, the skin flaps on the neck are also extremely sensitive and help the mata mata detect nearby movement.[22]

Mata mata turtles use a specific method of seizing their prey. They will move the prey into shallower areas of water, surround the prey, and wave their front legs to prevent them from escaping. Once surrounded, the mata mata turtles will open their mouths and contract their pharynx, causing a rush of water that pushes the prey into their mouth

The only turtle species that has no beak or teeth

@shell rapids
@dreamy geode
@frosty geyser
@drowsy egret

@azure oar
@cedar crescent
@wintry marlin
@distant nymph

@sullen merlin

https://youtube.com/shorts/52eHWxsFFgU?si=VFgAOOlaKmzJNSi7

More info 👆🏼

[wintry marlin]

Turtle

[sullen merlin]

These are awesome

[modest isle]

Yeah they look like a leaf 🍂

[sullen merlin]

This one always makes me want to keep turtles but they are a pain

[modest isle]

https://tenor.com/view/strawberry-tiny-turtle-meal-dinner-gif-5676597

Tortoise eating strawberries

[modest isle]

Also guys don’t forget to write this in the search bar
To check all the ones we have done so far ✅

[sullen merlin]

U know chandler from chandlers wildlife?

[azure oar]

I have that as a rubber(?) toy

[civic ivy]

https://x.com/cobratate/status/1710394410590998621?s=46

[modest isle]

https://youtu.be/LyaOyHujOt8?si=lJyvQXMU-EKrcZ4D

[modest isle]

Lol

Send pic of that toy

[sullen merlin]

Ye bro

dud lost half his finger

[azure oar]

It was shredded into atoms at some random location in germany

[modest isle]

Ouch
I just searched a snake bit him
Losing a finger is better than losing your own life

[modest isle]

Poor toy

[sullen merlin]

Ye true. Bro got bit by a cobra in india

He was lucky

He wasnt as chad as tyler nolan who chopped his finger off himself when his king cobra bit him