r/Animals

The hyenas will harass and nip at one or multiple lionesses if the clan is large enough, sometimes they’ll even kill them. And 3 - 4 hyenas seem to get bolder with one lioness.

But one prime male lion is enough to scare away a massive clan. Why don’t the hyenas rush the lion all at once sort of like how honey bees do with giant hornets? They easily could with the numbers they have, most of the hyenas would be unharmed.

The lion could really only focus on killing one hyena at a time while all the other ones pile on and rip into its flesh and wearing it down.

Rat Poison

I wanted to share something important for anyone using rodent poison around their home or property.

Rodenticides don’t just stay with rats and mice. When a poisoned rodent is eaten by wildlife, the toxin moves up the food chain. This is called secondary poisoning, and it can seriously harm or kill animals like owls, hawks, possums, skunks, raccoons, foxes, and even larger predators.

There have been documented cases of wildlife exposure across the U.S., especially with stronger, long-lasting poisons. These chemicals can remain active in the body of a rodent long after it’s been poisoned, which is what makes them so dangerous to other animals that scavenge or hunt them.

Because of this, some states — including California — have taken action to restrict certain types of rodenticides (especially second-generation anticoagulants) in order to protect wildlife populations.

I’m not posting this to judge anyone’s choices, just to raise awareness. Many people don’t realize how far the impact can reach once poison enters the environment.

If anyone is dealing with rodent issues, there are also non-poison options (traps, sealing entry points, habitat control) that can reduce harm to wildlife.

AHN is a great resource if you notice an animal needing help. Always contact multiple rehabbers at a time because of their schedules.

Ahnow.org

State wildlife websites also provide resources for rehabbers and help ❤️🐾

I'm looking for some animal recommendations to get inspiration from, to build my own version of hell. I'm trying to give it a very disturbing vibe.

Got any recommendations?

I was in the California backcountry backpacking near Lassen and a red fox came up to me and my buddy while we were taking down camp. He stayed about 30 feet away and we thought it was pretty cool. We went off on our hike and said bye but then an hour later we saw him again. Then a couple hours later we stopped and sat down for lunch and he came up to us again. We know it was the same one because he had a white/grey patch of fir on his right side. We poured our leftovers out after and watched him eat some before we took off. I was always under the impression that foxes were scared of us, but this one seemed very interested. Anyone else experience anything like this? He was adorable, was hard to walk away.

As the title says. Went to a general store w/ friends on a retreat as a gag and noticed the animals they were selling were generally neglected. Puppies were isolated to their own rooms with bright lights, nothing to keep them active, and no chance to play together (they weren’t vaccinated either, according to the employee we were able to talk to about it. The ferret they had was entirely alone, also given nothing in their enclosure (if you can call a 2X2ft cage an enclosure), and was listed as descented (I think the practice is legal where I’m at but it’s just adding to my case). A number of the goldfish they were selling also looked like they had fucked up swimbladders and were all placed together in one big tank, but I know a lot less about fish than some of the other animals(they also had barren tanks).

I don’t know if what I saw there was actually illegal or if it was just that all the animals there looked unkept for and depressed as fuck, but I want to make sure that the animals are actually being cared for properly or placed in spaces where they will be cared for, and don’t know where I’d report the business to in order so that they actually do get treated properly.