In Case You Were Wondering Why There Needs To Be Better Animal Cruelty And Welfare Awareness For Even

in case you were wondering why there needs to be better animal cruelty and welfare awareness for even something as niche as pigeons:

this is an American Fantail. they’re a popular breed among older pigeon-keepers who want a ‘challenge.’ this bird is not just posing like this, it cannot move its head far from where it is in this picture. this is NOT a similar situation to Seramas (who set up to look Like That, and are overall pretty normal-looking chickens), this bird is just tragically deformed

this is a posed skeleton of an American Fantail with the breed standard drawing overlaid. i’ve seen these birds at shows. they can barely move and they jump at every noise because they cannot see what could be coming at them. they’re either skittish or completely shut down, and watching them try to get food is just heartbreaking (they have to turn sideways and swing their head down their tail to peck at their seed. i don’t know how they even manage to drink). sometimes when the try to walk to their food they nearly fall over because their tip-toes stance is what they’re like a majority of the time and their fan is heavy enough that they can barely support it with such delicate balance

the kicker is, people are fascinated by these birds. they marvel in how such a monstrosity is alive and want to try their hand at raising fantails themselves, because that’s what the experts do! these are the bird that everyone chooses to point out as a marvel of artificial selection, but anyone who has been around pigeons for any stretch of time knows that they are intelligent, social birds. they rely on nodding to communicate a large portion of their language, and guess what an American Fantail can’t do?

of the issues with animal welfare in bird breeding, the problem with American Fantails is one of the clearest ones with which to illustrate just how little some people care for animals. people breeding these birds are not beginners who don’t know better, they are people who have been raising pigeons for 10, 20, 50 years and got bored with birds who can function. the people who breed birds like the American Fantail view pigeons as disposable, as something not to care for but to shape as you want to create an extreme caricature of an animal. the Jacobin, Zitterhall, and Modena are also examples of this, but no breeder is as proud of himself for perpetuating an animal that cannot function as an American Fantail breeder

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ranking the best things I have heard surgeons say mid-surgery:

1. "Five second rule!" while scrubbed, after dropping a sterile scalpel on the floor (no they did NOT pick it up again but I swear everyone's buttholes puckered)

2. (spoken during the closing of a particularly long and difficult case) "Nurse - my tunes." :heavy metal starts blasting:

3. Gently to a fretful patient, pre-anaesthesia: "It's going to be okay. I promise, I've dealt with worse." As soon as the patient is unconscious: "This is literally the worst thing I've ever seen."

4. [okay this one was a med student] "Wowwww, that's so gross!!" Reg: "Please remember that [patient] is awake for this procedure." Student to patient: "Oh my god. I am so sorry, that was really unprofessional - " Patient, cheerfully, also engrossed with what's happening inside them on the screen: "Nah - it's, like, super gross, right?"

5. [another procedure where the patient couldn't be put under GA] Patient: *starts singing country roads midway through the procedure* Surgeon: *shrugs and joins in with surprisingly good harmony*

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somebodywhoreallylive

1 year ago

Portugal (why my camera do horrible photos?😭)

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somebodywhoreallylive

10 months ago

(For the ask game) Nedport + "if you are still standing, then we are not done"

They could be fighting with their fists or they could be fighting with tgeir lower halfs 🤣🤣🤣

Thank you 🥰

Omg I've never written them at all, I hope it won't be too bad//

🔶 (Nothing graphic but I went with the smutty route)

«If you are still standing, then we are not done.» Netherlands whispered in a mocking tone through his pipe, two threads of smoke leaving his nostrils like a dragon preparing to breathe fire.

«If you are still talking, we are not done.» Portugal retorted as he turned to face the man behind him, one of Lars' hands still holding firmly on the other's hip despite João's successful attempt to force the other in a sitting position.

«Doubt you'll have the strength to keep this thing in your mouth once I'm done with you.» he purred as he took the pipe out of Lars' mouth and took a deep breath before blowing the smoke in his face.

Netherlands didn't even blink, the smoke in his eyes nothing but a slight nuisance, nothing but an alluring veil that could barely hide Portugal's eyes, dark and hungry as ever, matching all of Lars' fantasies and needs with barely the need to voice them out.

João sucked avidly on the pipe again, never breaking eye contact, and crushed their lips together right after, a cloud of intoxicating smoke blown right into Lars' mouth and lungs as the Portuguese man thrust his hips into the other's, dragging a guttural sound out of his throat.

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hetalia it’s really good nedport oh god YES anyway it's part of the NedPort week so I suggest you maybe repeat it on the indicated day

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somebodywhoreallylive

1 year ago

Well...Happy Halloween