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why-animals-do-the-thing · 1 month

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The Bronx Zoo has just released Flaco's necropsy results.

He was not thriving, as the people championing the ideal of "freedom" claimed.

He was poisoned.

He was sick.

He was suffering.

"Freedom" would have eventually killed him. A building just happened to do it first.

"Postmortem testing has been completed for Flaco, the Eurasian eagle owl that was found down in the courtyard of a Manhattan building a little over a year after his enclosure at the Central Park Zoo was vandalized on February 2, 2023. Onlookers reported that Flaco had flown into a building on the Upper West Side of Manhattan on February 23, 2024, and acute trauma was found at necropsy. Bronx Zoo veterinary pathologists determined that in addition to the traumatic injuries, Flaco had two significant underlying conditions. He had a severe pigeon herpesvirus from eating feral pigeons that had become part of his diet, and exposure to four different anticoagulant rodenticides that are commonly used for rat control in New York City. These factors would have been debilitating and ultimately fatal, even without a traumatic injury, and may have predisposed him to flying into or falling from the building. The identified herpesvirus can be carried by healthy pigeons but may cause fatal disease in birds of prey including owls infected by eating pigeons. This virus has been previously found in New York City pigeons and owls. In Flaco’s case, the viral infection caused severe tissue damage and inflammation in many organs, including the spleen, liver, gastrointestinal tract, bone marrow, and brain. No other contributing factors were identified through the extensive testing that was performed. Flaco’s severe illness and death are ultimately attributed to a combination of factors—infectious disease, toxin exposures, and traumatic injuries—that underscore the hazards faced by wild birds, especially in an urban setting."

The naturalistic fallacy kills animals in horrible ways. The romanticism of what humans want to think of as a "free, wild, pure life" cannot be allowed supplant the reality of injury, sickness, and death. Releasing captive animals (or keeping them from being recaptured) because it's "better" for them to suffer untethered than live a healthy, safe, captive life is inhumane and horrific.

Flaco's life didn't have to end in pain, sickness, and suffering.

Flaco's death didn't have to be tragic.

But once the idea of "freedom" entered the chat, Flaco's fate was unavoidable.

#flaco #tw animal death #tw animal sickness #better dead than fed is a horrific mindset #zoo animal welfare #screenshot feat the WCS's inability to remember to remove their editorial template from highly sensitive press releases round 2 #colored text #people who loved the ideal of him more than the reality of him #congrats #you killed this owl #I'm still so mad that people who wanted him to stay loose got all sorts of media attention for the elegies they wrote when he died

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drabbles-of-writing · 1 year

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On one hand, I think it’d be SO interesting if we never get a direct confirmation that Evelyn is a Clawthorne. Of course she is, we all know she is, but they never say it outright. She, and Caleb, forever haunt the narrative in silence. None of the characters will ever know, and that silence will haunt us, too.

On the other hand, imagine if when Belos is losing his mind and being evil and whatnot, battling Eda, who’s already going through some shit, he ends up saying “Evelyn Clawthorne” either directly towards her like how he was with Flapjack, or just as a taunt.

Cue Eda thinking he’s just an asshole who couldn’t even remember her name, she barely gets to say as such before there’s a “WHAT” off-screen, cut to Hunter and Luz, who were probably supposed to be hiding, looking like this

And tell me this wouldn’t be the funniest fucking shit you’d see in your entire life

#the owl house #toh #toh spoilers #for the future #eda clawthorne #hunter toh #hunter noceda #luz noceda #emperor belos #philip wittebane #belos #evelyn clawthorne #caleb wittebane #memes #talk #drabble post #FROM A NARRATIVE STANDPOINT - THE SILENCE WOULD FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE ME #FROM A SHEER COMEDIC STANDPOINT - I'D NEVER BE ABLE TO BE ANY FUNNIER THAN THAT #THEY WOULD LOSE IT. THEY WOULD GO INSANE #imagine this guy you have to kill AGAIN is possessing the cool owl ladys ex she loves very very much #and thats already a turmoil and a half. shes already throwing swings and not caring where they land #your already down to tear off his head for this but hes also already possessed one of YOU #life is pretty bad! life is kinda awful! but its fine. its fine this is the end this is it #you can do this. its all bared now. its all in the open. you have nothing left to lose but each other--#im sorry what the fck did he just say.

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windoftime · 2 years

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#if you spotted more you're regrettably nerdier than me #my favorites are the sublte Howl's Moving Castle one and obviously LWA #domicile sinister and rage ron killed me instantly #toh #the owl house #toh hunter #the owl house season 3 #toh season 3 #toh spoilers #the owl house spoilers #thanks to them

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cyle-stuff · 1 year

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THE OWL HOUSE FINALE SPOILERS!!

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OWL HOUSE FANDOM OUR PRAYERS (more like cursing and yelling) HAVE BEEN HEARD!!

THE BITCH IS DEAD!!

FINALLY!!

#that’s what you get killing flapjack and a lot of other people and an attempted genocide and traumatizing a lot of people and-#you get the point #it’s a long list #the owl house #toh #toh spoilers #the owl house spoilers #toh series finale #watching and dreaming #toh watching and dreaming #toh belos #toh phillip wittebane

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welcometogrouchland · 1 year

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No offense but I want Hunter to brag about him and willow next episode I don't care how out of character it is.

I want Eda to exorcise Belos out of puppet!Raine's body and for Hunter to stand over the shambling, melting corpse of the man who abused him and scream "you think you could hurt me? You think you could keep me down? Kill me? WELL YOU CAN'T. AND I HOPE YOU KNOW THAT AFTER I AROSE FROM THE GRAVE, I GOT A GIRLFRIEND. WE HELD HANDS FOR 3 WHOLE SECONDS. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT, 3! YOU TRIED TO LEAVE MY BODY RIDDLED WITH SCARS??? JOKES ON YOU! SHE THINKS THAT'S HOT!!!!!! HOW DO YOU LIKE THEM APPLES, "UNCLE"???!!!!!" With Zeno doing his best unhinged hunter voice as Caleb fucking Fortnite dances in the background and Belos thrashes about in pain at the mention of premarital hand holding

#ramblings of a lunatic #the owl house #toh #hunter toh #huntlow #hi this is the stupidest thing I've ever said and I'm cackling at the mental image of it #it's the fucking filthy frank vs bane meme. ''i killed you and i will kill you again caleb'' ''gotta go through my girlfriend first''#btw him and willow aren't together yet. like they discussed it briefly while wandering the collectors the halls #and decided not to get together until the apocalypse is over and they're both really happy with that #but hunter asked her if they could instill a gloating clause in this unofficial contract and she said ''oh absolutely. obviously''

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wetsocksinbed · 7 months

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this is by far the best trophy I’ve ever earned

#I was sobbing I love them so much #scratch being the big brother Owl Bear deserved #and me getting to pat them AHHHHH #owl bear dropping some lore that his mother ate his big brother makes me laugh because of you kill the mother then OB eats her #bg3 #I hope the next update lets us rename owl bear #baldurs gate 3 #bg3 Scratch #bg3 Owl Bear #bg3 Tav #bg3 Dark Urge #bg3 Durge #Durge #baldurs gate

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polyhexian · 1 year

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ITS FUCKING HAPPENING

#luz noceda #the owl house #watching and dreaming spoilers #watching and dreaming #my art #shes ready to fucking kill #can you believe this is the first time ive drawn stringbean

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osarquivosmagnus · 9 months

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Can't stop laughing at the clip of qmaxo saying he can't be beat at combat to qETOILES who obviously says "oh I can beat you for sure", so qmax is like "okay, hit me. Hit me now." And when qetoiles does he just. Moans. And goes "HIT ME AGAIN" and qetoiles screams "NO IT'S OKAY. YOU WIN YOU WIN" what even is this server

#qmax #qetoiles #qsmp #maxo and etoiles I have Feelings for you #they are so much fun #i get a little bit of spanish so I can watch max s vods sometimes #I am learjing french for you etoiles!!#you bet your ass I will watch your vods.#even if it kills me #(it = the duolingo owl)

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smokestarrules · 1 year

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Paper Girls. First Kill. The Wilds. Gentleman Jack. Batwoman. Teenage Bounty Hunters. The Owl House.

Warrior Nun.

#why am I even surprised at this point #fucking hell #warrior nun #you know what actually I'm tagging these #paper girls #first kill #the wilds #gentleman jack #batwoman #teenage bounty hunters #sapphic shows aren't allowed to exist #toh #the owl house #smokey speaks #500 #1k

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squids-and-waffles7 · 1 year

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[ ID: A digital comic of Philip Wittebane from The Owl House. In the first panel, a young philip is smiling, looking at Caleb who is to the right of him. He is holding the sleeve of the jacket Caleb is wearing. Caleb is also smiling, but the top half of his head is obscured. In the background is a sun-like pattern of lines. In the second panel below, a young philip is alone and upset. He is clutching the jacket Caleb used to wear. Messy scribbled lines fill the edges of the background. In the third panel, an older philip (same appearance as in “Elsewhere and Elsewhen”) is staring ahead angrily as he clutches the one sleeve of what used to be Caleb’s jacket. There are small traces of blood on the jacket and on his face. In the background directly behind him is an explosion of lines, almost resembling a firework like pattern. Finally, in the last panel at the very bottom, is a much older Philip in his current design (as of King’s tide). His one arm holds his other, still wearing Caleb’s jacket. He is frowning, with the rest of his face obscured. In the background, lines come down from the top, similar to a melting/dripping pattern. End ID. ]