#Animal Husbandry

[great-and-small]

I can’t tell you how much I love this artwork from ancient Egypt (the Middle Kingdom). People have been raising cattle and practicing animal husbandry for so long, that there is something almost inherently human about this scene.

Everyone in the field of veterinary medicine or agriculture knows the feeling of staying up late with a laboring animal trying to make sure both mom and baby are okay. Delivering a calf is often physically and emotionally exhausting work that takes enormous patience and learned skill. It requires a unique balance of physical strength and gentleness to do correctly. There is no feeling quite like getting that baby out and everyone is okay. I’m certain ancient people must have felt the same way, and I wonder if the artist knew this feeling firsthand. I wonder if those humans depicted were people the artist knew, if the cow and calf maybe were as well.

#the human animal bond #art #ancient egypt #anthropology #cows #farm animals #animal husbandry

[nohiketoosmall]

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This snake morph guide is just meant to explain some basics of morphs. I would caution anyone in buying a pet that takes a high level of care just because it's pretty, and frankly any breeder that continues to breed morphs with physiological and neurological defects should be put out of business. I did my best as I find this interesting and believe there's a lot of misinformation out there due to people trying to literally sell things to their audience.

I included some links if you would like additional reading. They range from a study on captive care management, studies I could find relevant to the severe issue morphs, and some general on snake color and scales.

#reptiblr #reptiles #snakes #ball pythons #ball python morphs #science #herpetology #animal husbandry

[prokopetz]

Though they much resemble the domesticated gadget, devices are wild creatures, and cannot ethically be kept in the home. Where careless gadget husbandry has allowed abandoned and escaped specimens to breed with the local device population, the resulting feral crossbreed is known as a contraption; while there have been some reports of contraptions successfully being kept as pets, high-device-content contraptions are often destructive and invariably have high maintenance needs, and should thus be considered for experts only.

#gadgets #devices #contraptions #nomenclature #animal husbandry #(sort of) #unreality

[longreads]

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#longreads #longreadstop5 #curation #reading #weekendreading #racism #animal husbandry #dealing with grief #neurodivergent #craft #handmade

[swan2swan]

Okay Science and Animal Husbandry Tumblr (you know who you are, I’m asking you specifically).

What is the criteria for slaughtering lambs and game hens and calves for veal and such?

Is it “well, you didn’t hit 50 lbs within 30 days, so you’re clearly not gonna be a mommy milker”? Is it “well, you hit 50 lbs within 30 days, nice growth and muscle, you will make good meat”? Is it “sorry, the coin was tails, so it’s your head!”?

What is the selection process?

#swan watches worst cooks #food #aminals #animal husbandry

[a-dinosaur-a-day]

your steed will not eat you or throw you off, but they WILL demand respect, and you don't want to know what happens when you don't give it. If you do, they'll be your best friend. So... which one?

yes, you are responsible for housing, feeding, cleaning, and enrichment, but you already have the resources, otherwise you wouldn't be getting the animal.

#palaeoblr #dinosaurs #prehistoric life #polls #animal husbandry

[mindblowingscience]

Researchers report that replacing 50% of animal products with alternative proteins by 2050 could free up enough agricultural land to generate renewable energy equivalent in volume to today's coal-generated power while simultaneously removing substantial CO2 from the atmosphere. The study, published in the journal One Earth, is based on a CO2-removal method known as "bioenergy with carbon capture and storage" (BECCS), which involves cultivating quickly growing crops whose biomass can then be stored permanently in geological formations or used as a feedstock to produce renewable energy.

Continue Reading.

#Science #Enviroment #Earth Science #Animal Husbandry #Carbon Emissions #Carbon Capture #Climate Change #Diet

[orcinus-veterinarius]

Well everyone, I performed my first ever cetacean ultrasound today!

My “patient” is in excellent health, and this session was meant merely as practice both for me and for her—ensuring she remains comfortable holding still for scans. Because whales and dolphins are too big for manual palpation or x-rays, ultrasound is how veterinarians visualize their internal organs and ensure they remain healthy. Cetaceans in human care routinely receive ultrasound scans to monitor their health, even if they are not ill or pregnant.

And it’s a great example of cooperative care! Unlike dogs and cats, which have to be sedated or manually restrained by humans in order to get diagnostic ultrasound images, cetaceans in human care are trained to float in place while the veterinarian places the ultrasound probe on them. They are free to leave the session at any time. And there’s no need for ultrasound gel, because the water acts in its place!

(Photo not of me… published by Georgia Aquarium when their beluga Whisper was pregnant with her calf Shila)

All in all, a great end to my externship!

#very sad to leave… but I’m heading directly to my next externship tomorrow! #another aza facility with cetaceans #my third and final externship will actually be right after I graduate because I couldn’t fit it into my clinical year #whales #dolphins #belugas #orcas #cetaceans #marine mammals #animal training #animal husbandry #vet med #zoo med #aquatic med #vet school #vet student #externships

[magnetothemagnificent]

Habituated ≠ Tame ≠ Domesticated ≠ Trained!!!

#no the gallinules approaching you because they expect food are not fucking domesticated they are habituated aaaaghhhh #animals #animal husbandry #biology #birds #ornithology #birding

[alpaca-clouds]

The Moral Complexity of a Meat Consumption

I said it before and I will say it again: There definitely is a subsection of the Solarpunk movement, who keeps going on about the future having to be "all vegan". In any Solarpunk space you will find some of this sort. Heck. You will also find folks in anarchist spaces, who will go: "Oh, you are an anarchist and still eat meat? So you do believe in hierarchies! Because you see yourself as higher as an animal!"

These days I am mostly ignoring those people, because I know that you really just cannot win those arguments with them.

Outside of chicken I do not really like meat. I do not like the taste or texture. But if I completely cut it out of my diet, I will get sick. Tried it several times. It did not work out. So, I cut it down to two days a week, which keeps my body in a somewhat sustainable equilibrium.

For me the issue is in how my body metabolizes certain aspects of food. But a lot of chronically ill and disabled people will have to eat meat and cannot cut it out of their diet. Maybe they cannot eat a lot of other proteins due to their allergies. Maybe there is stuff in plants that they cannot metabolize. And maybe they are autistic and literally can only eat like five different things. There are plenty of reasons people might just not get around it.

However... I also look at a lot of folks in the modern world eating cheap meat every single day, and I am shaking my head. Sure, some of them might need to eat meat daily, but let's be honest: Most people actually do not. Most people would be perfectly fine to cut down on the meat and only eat meat once or twice a week.

I personally absolutely do not see anything wrong with killing and eating animals per se. Because that is just how the world works. Some animals kill, other animals are eaten. Humans are just another animal.

What I do find issue with, however, is the industrial meat industry. The thing that makes it possible in the first place for folks to eat meat every day. Big plants where hundreds, if not thousands of animals are being kept, with only ridiculous amounts of antibiotics keeping the animals from getting too sick. With slaughtering plants that process hundreds or thousands of animals each day. That is just... Not how it should go.

I personally... since I cut down the meat in my diet, I can afford to actually just eat the free range animals that got to frolick out on the pasture for their entire life. Because frankly, yeah, it is double the price of the alternative, but... So what? For two times a week it works fine. (Also, frankly, there is less water in the meat and the meat actually has better taste and texture.)

So, you know, for me it would be totally fine if there just was no cheap meat at all and all meat was pasture frolicking animals. But even here it gets complicated of course.

Because... Well, there are poor people, who also need to eat meat for health reasons. And what are they gonna do? After all being poor makes you more likely to be disabled - and hence require stuff like that.

And it is exactly the big issue. And frankly... I honestly do not think there is any proper solution to this under capitalism. Because more than anything... capitalism sucks.

#meat consumption #eating meat #animal farming #animal husbandry #vegetarianism #veganism #solarpunk #lunarpunk #anti capitalism

[funnyao3]

“You love me,” Crowley said again.

“Good lord Crowley, yes. You’ve asked twenty times,” Aziraphale was perched on his armchair, finding it too dry and too tepid for comfort. “The answer hasn’t changed.”

“Well, when were you bloody going to tell me?”

“Never, to be fair.”

“Right.”

#source: #Animal Husbandry #thealmightyh #aziraphale #crowley #good omens #good omens fanfic #aziracrow #ineffable husbands #funnay ao3 #out of context ao3 #ao3 out of context

[leckomygecko]

Hey! I was gonna post this on Reddit, but people are mf scary there -

Any constructive criticism on my setup? It’s for a 9 month old leopard geckoo

Roughly 35 gallon tank, warm wide to the left, wet hide to the right. Decorated with river rocks, air plants I put in just today, spider wood, and this weird little fake overarching vine thing

I do wanna switch to a loose substrate when she hits a year old, but for now I’m sticking to paper towel. Since I wanna really make sure I got her care down pat, before i introduce her to something she might eat if I don’t care for her well

thank you !! ☀️

#reptiblr #reptile #petblr #pet blog #leopard gecko #gecko #pet advice #pet care #reptiles #rate my setup #lizard #lizards #geckos of tumblr #animal husbandry

[teddybeartoons]

Releasing a single British person into a vast, wild, untamed cosmos like an ecological ne'er-do-well introducing an invasive species to a virgin environment just to see what it does without any local predators

#honkai star rail #sunless skies #blorbo #oc #writing #fallen london #britain #animal husbandry #ecosystem #ecology

[jhoumous]

Same arguments

#vegan humour #veganhumour #vegan humor #veganhumor #vegan meme #vegan memes #veganmeme #tintin meme #tintin memes #animal rights #animal suffering #stop animal exploitation #animal farming #animal #animal agriculture #animal husbandry #vegan #veganism #govegan #go vegan #jhoumous

[thestudentfarmer]

So I usually check all my equipment before projects or bringing critters home.

I checked everything but the heat lamp, got everything set up and sat down to do the hour check-wait and started smelling something funny.

Turns out the lamp bulb was breaking apart!! 😱

Glad I always have a spare heat lamp as well as bulbs!

If your doing homesteading and keeping of critters especially always have spares and a backup just for these kinds of situations :)

🥚🌱Happy Homesteading!🌱🥚

10 14 2023

#homesteading #self sufficient living #thestudentfarmer #studentfarmer #self sufficiency #food #garden #gardening #low waste #chickens #animal husbandry #be responsible animal keeper #smalls scale differences #urban homesteading #urban gardening #urban farming #human right to clean food #right to grow food #food is a human right #chicks #eggs

[a-dinosaur-a-day]

The growing popularity of the idea that “animals and humans shouldn’t interact ever” is super scary tbh. It hurts conservation in so many ways, but organization like PETA have so much money to lobby for these laws that I feel hopeless about stopping it tbh

Mood. All we can do is point out the obvious - things like the truly amazing impact of zoos for conservation, the mutual benefits of human-animal bonding (forgive the term), the long history of animal husbandry - and hope people start to listen.

Also, fuck PETA and their terrible understanding of nature.

#animal husbandry #conservation #human animal bonding #zoos #anti-PETA