❗Top animals posts of the month❗ (20 May 2025)
❗Top animals posts of the month❗ (20 May 2025)
1. 🖼️ No issues here (direct link) (👍1391 👎50)
from cats (!cat@lemmy.world)
Posted by CheeseToastie
2. 🖼️ Beautiful marshmallows (direct link) (👍802 👎11)
from aww (!aww@lemmy.world)
Posted by ickplant
3. 🖼️ Definitely a good initiative (direct link) (👍736 👎8)
from Dogs (!dogs@lemmy.world)
Posted by StarvingMartist
4. 🖼️ Service dog training (direct link) (👍666 👎6)
from Animals with Jobs (!animalswithjobs@lemmy.world)
Posted by ickplant
5. 🖼️ Before they take flight, young Barn owls build strength by walking and running around (direct link) (👍574 👎2)
from Superbowl (!superbowl@lemmy.world)
This precious moment was captured by talented wildlife photographer Hannie Heere the little owl was moving with purpose, then suddenly spread its wings and sprinted!
Posted by ickplant
6. 🖼️ One cannot hold too many egg (direct link) (👍297 👎2)
from Foxes (!foxes@lemmy.world)
https://findafox.net/post/view/3596
Posted by mjokfox
7. 🖼️ Florida raccoon (direct link) (👍290 👎3)
from Raccoons (!raccoons@lemmy.world)
Posted by ickplant
8. 🖼️ Meet the Etruscan shrew - just 1.8 grams of pure speed and survival (direct link) (👍254 👎2)
from Tan Eggs (!taneggs@lemmy.ca)
Heart rate? 1,500 bpm. Breathing? 600/min. Eats twice its weight daily. Hunts with clicks, whiskers as radar. Jumps, darts, devours instantly. Lives 2 years—a lightning bolt with teeth. Tiny. Fierce. Unstoppable. 🖍🤖
Posted by ickplant
9. 🖼️ Waaaaait! (direct link) (👍244 👎1)
from Opossums (!opossums@lemmy.world)
Posted by ickplant
10. 🖼️ Hardworking butt (direct link) (👍206 👎0)
from BeeButts (!beebutts@lemmy.world)
Posted by ickplant
11. 🖼️ Best buds (direct link) (👍198 👎2)
from Elephants (!elephants@lemmy.world)
Posted by ickplant
12. 🖼️ It's Monday :3 (direct link) (👍175 👎3)
from All Orange Cats Share One Brain Cell (!oneorangebraincell@lemmy.world)
I’ll imagine this is me🐱
Posted by DearMoogle
13. 🖼️ Jackdaw waiting for me to drop my pastry (Copenhagen, Denmark) (direct link) (👍169 👎1)
from birding (!birding@lemmy.world)
I was sitting at the bakery, eating a pastry. This fella was hopping around on the tables, looking for scraps. It perched on the chair next to me.
Probably the best bird photo I've taken
Posted by HejMedDig
14. 🖼️ Behold the blessing bat (direct link) (👍164 👎2)
from Bats (!bats@lemmy.world)
Posted by ickplant
15. 📰 120-year bun alert! Omiltemi rabbit spotted after 120 years without a trace (direct link) (👍138 👎1)
from Bun Alert System (!bun_alert_system@lemmy.sdf.org)
Omiltemi rabbit comes back to life after 120 years without a trace
A prime example is the Omiltemi cottontail rabbit (Sylvilagus insonus), which recently reappeared in Mexico after staying out of official sight for over 120 years. “Just knowing that it had been 100 years, and no other scientist had seen a live [Omiltemi] rabbit is incredible,” said Almazán-Catalán. Adding to the confusion, the subtle physical differences between the Omiltemi rabbit and other common species led to years of misidentification. It turns out that the Omiltemi cottontail rabbit lacks the fluffy white tail that many associate with bunnies. Global project to find missing animalsThe rediscovery of the Omiltemi rabbit wasn’t just a local win – it was part of a broader mission. 🖊️️🤖
Posted by silverchase
16. 🖼️ Two of my cuties after a box nap (direct link) (👍133 👎3)
from Pet Rats (!petrats@lemmy.world)
Posted by NENathaniel
17. 🖼️ My offering has been accepted. (direct link) (👍122 👎2)
from Crows (!crows@lemmy.ml)
Sorry for picture quality, that window is really dirty 😅
Posted by mhmmm
18. 🖼️ Spider mech!! (direct link) (👍126 👎6)
from Spiders (!spiders@lemmy.world)
Posted by pseudo
19. 🖼️ The baby bun-buns are starting to come out at work (direct link) (👍106 👎0)
from Rabbits (!rabbits@lemmy.world)
Posted by Cenzorrll
20. 🖼️ Generations at the park (direct link) (👍106 👎2)
from cute dogs, cats, and other animals (!aww@lemmy.ml)
Posted by Trabic
21. 🖼️ She is a snail in a shell (direct link) (👍89 👎0)
from guinea pigs (!guineapigs@lemmy.world)
I put her in a bowl to weigh her, but she flipped it onto herself.
Posted by Irelephant
22. 🖼️ Squirrel with her baby (direct link) (👍85 👎0)
from Squirrels (!squirrels@lemmy.ca)
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/28735301
Posted by ickplant
23. 🖼️ 🕗 It is 8:08 (direct link) (👍78 👎0)
from bunnies (!bunnies@lemmy.world)
Posted by silverchase
24. 🖼️ Flame skimmer (direct link) (👍49 👎1)
from Awwnverts (!awwnverts@lemmy.world)
Libellula saturata resting on sage
Posted by exothermic
25. 🖼️ BatCat (direct link) (👍51 👎6)
from Cats (!cats@midwest.social)
Cross-posted from "BatCat" by @other_cat@lemmy.zip in !cat@lemmy.world Secondhand Source (Original deleted?) 🖍🤖
Posted by other_cat
26. 🖼️ This one got spotted on the chain link fence (direct link) (👍35 👎0)
from Squirrel Spotting Society (!squirrel_spotting_society@lemmy.sdf.org)
Posted by qrstuv
27. 🖼️ Remember to not kill Elon Musk (direct link) (👍46 👎15)
from IllegallySmolCats (!illegallysmolcats@lemmy.world)
Killing Elon Musk and Donald Trump would be wrong.
Posted by SomeGuyNamedDave
28. 🖼️ Black swallowtail caterpillar (direct link) (👍21 👎1)
from bugs (!bugs@lemmy.world)
this little guy and his friend were on my dill, so I brought them in and fattened them up with Parsley. the friend has changed and this one probably will tonight or tomorrow, when they emerge I'll release them back into the garden
Posted by ReiRose
29. 🖼️ Asian lady beetles doing some stuff (direct link) (👍18 👎0)
from Entomology (!entomology@mander.xyz)
Saw Asian lady beetles on a hike, lining the path. Learned they're invasive, not ladybugs. Unsure what to think. #insects #macrophotography #naturephotography 🖍🤖
Posted by mrpistachios
30. 📰 DNR Eagle nest…with a duck (direct link) (👍11 👎0)
from ducks (!quackers@lemmy.world)
DNR EagleCam
Connectwith usEagle NestEagle Habitat This camera is located in eagle habitat where the former EagleCam nest had been watched for 10 years. The nest on the DNR EagleCam has recently been out of view. When the breeding season concludes, we will troubleshoot the camera set up and placement in hopes of providing a better EagleCam experience next season. March 7, 2025We are aware that the EagleCam nest has been out of view for the last few days. February 20, 2025The new EagleCam pair have laid two eggs. 🖊️️🤖
Posted by darthpub
31. 📰 Young bats learn to be discriminating when listening for their next meal (direct link) (👍4 👎0)
from Animals (!animals@lemmy.world)
Young bats learn to be discriminating when listening for their next meal
The second “whine chuck” came from the túngara frog, a preferred prey species for these bats. Just as herpetologists can tell a frog species by its call, frog-eating bats can use these calls to identify the best meal. Grant MaslowskiWe considered whether the associations between sound and a delicious meal are an evolved specialty that bats are born with. They also responded more weakly than adults to the sounds of túngara frogs, a palatable, abundant prey that adult bats prefer. Thus it seems that juvenile bats must learn the associations between sounds and food over the course of their lives. 🖊️️🤖
Posted by jeffw
Inactive communities 👻
These communities have had no posts in the last month:
- Aminals
- Look at the Aminals
- Animals@stad
- Pictures of animals, art incorporating animals, or anything fun.
- MEOW_IRL
- Memes for "cats of the soul". Post relatable, weird, funny cats.
- DogTraining
- Welcome! This forum is about dog training and behavior. Here you'll find content that will help you train your dogs. This community is geared towards modern, force-free, science based methods and recommendations.
- The Bug Menagerie
- A community for posting bugs, arachnids, arthropods, invertebrates, and any other kind of cool critter.
- What's this Bug?
- A community for insect, arachnid, myriapod and general bug identification!
- Lagoloaf
- Got a bunny? Does it loaf? Take a pic, share it here.
Here is a popular post from one of the inactive communities. 🪦♻️
💬 Training collar, recommendations please (direct link), posted in DogTraining (👍14 👎2)
My dog loves mountainbiking but needs a training collar for squirrels. The remote isn't pocket-accessible. Need a handsfree remote or mount (wrist, arm, chest, handlebar, belt). Affordable solutions preferred—his behavior isn't high-maintenance. Ideas? 🖍🤖
Posted by technomad
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