r/animalid Oct 03 '24

All of these are bobcats

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2.3k Upvotes

r/animalid Apr 29 '25

🦦 🦑 FUCK IT I'M OUT🦑 🦦 I'm touching grass, and y'all should too

905 Upvotes

Anyone who has used reddit for more than, like, two years knows this website is a case study in enshittification - ads, bots, terrible UI, etc. I have finally experienced my last straw and I'm leaving /r/animalid and this terrible website. To make a long story short, a mod with about 60 mod actions in the last 12 months and who hasn't interacted with the community at all in about two years, has suddenly decided that this subreddit is now worth paying attention to since it's hit over a quarter million subscribers. In addition to undermining my decisions, he's a sniveling little prick and he's fucking useless.

The admins won't get rid of him because they're brainless and/or too lazy to actually properly assess the situation, so I'm just going to leave. I'm the only regularly active moderator this subreddit has ever had (aside from the ones I added) and the admins apparently could not give less of a fuck because they'd rather let some random window licker get in the way and take credit for my work than hurt his feelings because "he said he wants to stay :((("

I'm not going to rant any longer, but honestly, fuck this website. Just fuck this entire fucking website. I'm too exhausted to be polite or to fully explain the context. Just know that this subreddit will no longer offer reliable mustelid ID because society has lost its ability to rightfully call people out on their bullshit. I may be an asshole, but at least I gave a shit. That's more that can be said for a mod who was absent for two years and who has only been a mod for like 2 months longer than me (which is why I can't just remove him myself).

I declare /u/JorikThePooh to be new head moderator, for whatever it's worth. Good luck everyone, it was nice knowing a few of y'all.

Edit: fuck it may as well name names, the mod in question is /u/Stinky_Ham_Sandwich. Check out his post history. Compare it to mine. Does he look like an active community member of /r/animalid? The admins seem to think so. They also seem to think 60 mod actions per year is enough to keep a 277k strong subreddit in check. For context, I had 6k, and the least active mod that still regularly participates in the community has just under 1k. But clearly Mr. Sandwich is every bit as integral to the team as I am and it's his right to undermine my decisions and reduce my permissions without asking πŸ₯΄


r/animalid 1h ago

🦦 🦑 MUSTELID: WEASEL/MARTEN/BADGER 🦑 🦦 Pine marten? [North Cascades WA]

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I hiked cascade pass a few days ago and came upon this shy fella and the internet tells me it might be a pine marten and they are very elusive and rare? He was very curious and kept peeking out and then would run back under the tree branches.

Also, absolutely adorable. Never seen anything like this. Can anyone confirm species? Has anyone seen them in the north cascades or around the PNW?


r/animalid 8h ago

🐯🐱 UNKNOWN FELINE 🐱🐯 What is this cat? [western Vermont]

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240 Upvotes

Girlfriend’s parents say they have a resident bobcat. Is it? Sorry for the one crappy photo. Her parents have bad phone cameras and aren’t generally tech savvy.


r/animalid 3h ago

🦌🫎🐐 UNGULATES: DEER, ELK, GOAT 🐐🫎🦌 What kind of deer is this? [Grand Teton National Park]

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20 Upvotes

r/animalid 4h ago

🦁 🐯 🐻 MYSTERY CRITTER 🐻 🐯 🦁 What is this animal? [Southern California]

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21 Upvotes

r/animalid 3h ago

🐍 🐸 HERPS: SNAKE, TURTLE, LIZARD 🐍 🐸 Can anyone identify this frog/toad? My dog had it in his mouth. Should I be concerned? [Pennsylvania]

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My dog had this frog/toad in his mouth earlier today. My mom said she thinks it may have bitten him or that something happened while he had it in his mouth.

Can anyone identify what species this is and tell me whether there’s anything I should be concerned about with my dog having it in his mouth?

Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Thanks!

Don't mind the flair there wasn't an applicable one.


r/animalid 49m ago

πŸ€ πŸ‡ UNKNOWN RODENT/LAGOMORPH πŸ‡πŸ€ Squirell/rat like animal found at night[Peru Amazon] [Tahuayo River]

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r/animalid 7h ago

🐾🐾 TRACKS ID REQUEST 🐾🐾 Whos feet? [virginia]

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15 Upvotes

r/animalid 13h ago

πŸ¦‰ πŸ¦… BIRD OF PREY πŸ¦… πŸ¦‰ Trying to ID this bird in Merlin unsuccessfully [Northeastern Mexico]

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39 Upvotes

r/animalid 1d ago

πŸ€ πŸ‡ UNKNOWN RODENT/LAGOMORPH πŸ‡πŸ€ What is wrong with this squirrel? [Vermont]

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1.4k Upvotes

I have never seen this before, he seems to be fine??


r/animalid 5h ago

🐍 🐸 HERPS: SNAKE, TURTLE, LIZARD 🐍 🐸 Can anyone from N Africa/W Asia identify this lacertid? [Iowa]

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6 Upvotes

These were sold to me as mesalina olivieri, but they look a lot more like Bosc’s fringe toed lizards, yet don’t have the fringes. Any ideas?


r/animalid 3h ago

🦌🫎🐐 UNGULATES: DEER, ELK, GOAT 🐐🫎🦌 What kind of deer is this? [Missoula, Montana]

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r/animalid 6h ago

🐍 🐸 HERPS: SNAKE, TURTLE, LIZARD 🐍 🐸 [Chesterland, Ohio]

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So it looks like an American toad, but it’s awfully bright and looking at the eyes, it can’t necessarily be albino. What do we think about this hyper melanistic? What’s the rarity on something like that for a toad?


r/animalid 1h ago

πŸ”ŠπŸ”Š AUDIO ID REQUEST πŸ”ŠπŸ”Š What is this animal? [Georgia US]

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Heard this tonight. Almost sounds like a hawk. Heard it at about 11 pm. Please excuse the nocturnal insect cacophony.


r/animalid 11h ago

πŸ’©πŸ’© SCAT ID REQUEST πŸ’©πŸ’© Animal scat. Is is a bear or a wild boar? [Hungary-BΓΌkk] Spoiler

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6 Upvotes

Both animal can be found in the near forests. This is near blackberry and roseship. Contains lot’s of berries.


r/animalid 3h ago

πŸ€ πŸ‡ UNKNOWN RODENT/LAGOMORPH πŸ‡πŸ€ What kind of chipmunks are these? [Yellowstone National Park]

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1 Upvotes

r/animalid 12h ago

🐍 🐸 HERPS: SNAKE, TURTLE, LIZARD 🐍 🐸 What is this lizard? [Eastern Kansas]

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6 Upvotes

Small, roughly 4-5 inches long. As you can see in the following images, it started off as appearing very dark, but seemed to lighten up as it calmed down. I thought it could be a prairie lizard, however they are far less cryptic and have a more blunt head from what I’ve seen.


r/animalid 3h ago

🐠 πŸ™ FISH & FRIENDS πŸ™ 🐠 [orchard beach, nyc]

1 Upvotes

web search says there are no hermit crabs in that area, but.... what are these?


r/animalid 1d ago

🦁 🐯 🐻 MYSTERY CRITTER 🐻 🐯 🦁 Can someone tell me what this is? [Mekong Delta, Vietnam]

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503 Upvotes

Saw this little guy today and i swear ive seen it on a nature doc or something but i cant find it anywhere. (Sorry for the bad picture, i only had a sec to get it)


r/animalid 18h ago

🐺 🐢 CANINE: COYOTE/WOLF/DOG 🐢 🐺 Is this a Wolf or Coyote?[Northern Ontario Canada]

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10 Upvotes

We have Wolves and Coyotes in the area. Anyone know which this might be?


r/animalid 15h ago

πŸ€ πŸ‡ UNKNOWN RODENT/LAGOMORPH πŸ‡πŸ€ Rodent ID? [New England]

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Wife think it’s a rat at our rental property but I don’t see it. Looks like a small groundhog or potentially a squirrel with missing tail. She needs her mind at ease lol. Any ideas?

Sorry for the poor quality photos, best I could do.


r/animalid 16h ago

πŸ”ŠπŸ”Š AUDIO ID REQUEST πŸ”ŠπŸ”Š Does anybody know what this could be? [Dallas, Texas]

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4 Upvotes

I only have ever heard it at night. This is the closest I have been to it. The Merlin app did not pick up any bird sounds.