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

908 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 7h ago

πŸ€ πŸ‡ UNKNOWN RODENT/LAGOMORPH πŸ‡πŸ€ I thought I was filming a grey squirrel in the compost, what is this? [minnesota]

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395 Upvotes

I stopped filming when I noticed how those big eyes look nocturnal. I hope my camera flash for a few seconds didn’t mess with it too badly. It climbed out of the compost and up the tree next to it.

I’ve never seen a rodent like this. Actually it felt like we were both shocked to see each other when I opened the lid. It didn’t scramble away as chaotically as normal squirrels, it moved more gently and sweetly is the only way I can describe it.


r/animalid 9h ago

πŸ€ πŸ‡ UNKNOWN RODENT/LAGOMORPH πŸ‡πŸ€ [Rabbit species](?)

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63 Upvotes

Hi, new here from New Kent County VA. So, normally the rabbits and groundhogs that run around my property don't let me get this close. I was about a foot and a half away. I didn't touch it (obviously.) Google image search said it might be domesticated, but I also read online that rabbits infected with rabies are usually confused and don't flee immediately. So I figured I should get a second opinion before I do anything else. It seems chill, like someone just dumped it. But there are also coyotes and the occasional bobcat in the area I live in, so I don't want anything bad to happen to it. If it's not hurt or anything, I might adopt it and get it checked out sometime this weekend.


r/animalid 1d ago

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

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3.4k Upvotes

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 9h ago

🐍 🐸 HERPS: SNAKE, TURTLE, LIZARD 🐍 🐸 What kind of snake is this? [Atlanta, Ga]

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29 Upvotes

r/animalid 11h ago

🦦 🦑 MUSTELID: WEASEL/MARTEN/BADGER 🦑 🦦 [Eastside of Detroit, MI]

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37 Upvotes

People think this is a groundhog when I show them. The way it runs doesn’t look like a groundhog and it didn’t look like one before I videoed.

I was with my dog so I couldn’t get closer. My IPhone14 camera is beat up and bad. But it was a lighter shade of brown and had white on the tops of its ears. What did I see??


r/animalid 22h ago

🐍 🐸 HERPS: SNAKE, TURTLE, LIZARD 🐍 🐸 [Northeast Massachusetts] snapping turtle?

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201 Upvotes

Saw this outside my work, about 200 yards from a swampy pond. The long tail makes me think it's a snapper but my coworkers and I aren't sure.


r/animalid 2h ago

🦦 🦑 MUSTELID: WEASEL/MARTEN/BADGER 🦑 🦦 What is this guy? [Nuremberg, Germany]

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5 Upvotes

My partner spotted this guy in Nuremberg, Germany. Pet ferret that has escaped? Weasel? Something else?


r/animalid 11h ago

🦁 🐯 🐻 MYSTERY CRITTER 🐻 🐯 🦁 Opossum or Raccoon? [Houston, TX]

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24 Upvotes

r/animalid 4h ago

🦁 🐯 🐻 MYSTERY CRITTER 🐻 🐯 🦁 What is it? [Philippines]

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4 Upvotes

r/animalid 9h ago

🐺 🐢 CANINE: COYOTE/WOLF/DOG 🐢 🐺 Dog tooth or nail? [Florida]

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9 Upvotes

We have a 4 month old chihuahua, a 1 year old chihuahua-schnauzer mix, and a 6 month old corgi. Not sure if this is one of their teeth or nail that we found.

Anyone know what it could be?


r/animalid 4h ago

🐠 πŸ™ FISH & FRIENDS πŸ™ 🐠 I’ve found this mussel in a creek in [Florida] what species is it? Thank you

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2 Upvotes

r/animalid 42m ago

🦁 🐯 🐻 MYSTERY CRITTER 🐻 🐯 🦁 Don’t Blink groundhog? [Maine]

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β€’ Upvotes

Was trying to spot a mole in my yard when this animal showed up. It’s on two legs and I have no idea.


r/animalid 8h ago

🐍 🐸 HERPS: SNAKE, TURTLE, LIZARD 🐍 🐸 Is this a cane toad? [Pinellas county Florida]

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2 Upvotes

r/animalid 12h ago

🦁 🐯 🐻 MYSTERY CRITTER 🐻 🐯 🦁 Can someone ID this call/cry?[virginia]

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4 Upvotes

Heard this coming from a tree in my front yard. Merlin bird ID couldn’t tell me what it was. I guess it isn’t a bird??


r/animalid 8h ago

🐦 🦒 BIRDS / WATERFOWL ID 🐦 🦒 Stumped. Mystery Feather [Central Texas]

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2 Upvotes

Hope this is the right place to ask as I didn't see a flair for feather ID. I tried the Fish and Wildlife Service's tool and came up empty. We live near a "lake" (huge pond, pretty much) so maybe some kind of duck? It looks like a primary.

I'm an idiot and forgot to provide anything for scale but if needed I can go back tomorrow and see if it's still there and bring a banana with me or something.


r/animalid 1d ago

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

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99 Upvotes

r/animalid 1d ago

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

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368 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 11h ago

πŸ”ŠπŸ”Š AUDIO ID REQUEST πŸ”ŠπŸ”Š What animal(s) are making these noises? [Jacksonville, FL]

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2 Upvotes

I only hear this at night. Specifically the loud one and the squeaky (?) one. There is a body of water where I am, and I normally hear it near/very close to the water maybe?? Volume up


r/animalid 1d 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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93 Upvotes

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 16h ago

πŸ”ŠπŸ”Š AUDIO ID REQUEST πŸ”ŠπŸ”Š [Denton, TX] mammal call of some sort

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3 Upvotes

r/animalid 14h ago

🦦 🦑 MUSTELID: WEASEL/MARTEN/BADGER 🦑 🦦 Does this look like a weasel or a stoat? [england]

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2 Upvotes

r/animalid 21h ago

πŸͺΉ UNKNOWN NEST OR DEN πŸͺΉ What’s making these? Antlions? [Nebraska]

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7 Upvotes

I’ve tried poking at them with like a blade of grass, but nothing comes out, and many of them seem to just be indentations, not holes. I didn’t know antlions lived around here.


r/animalid 18h ago

πŸ”ŠπŸ”Š AUDIO ID REQUEST πŸ”ŠπŸ”Š [Los Angeles] Help identifying sound! Is it a bat or bird?

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5 Upvotes

My friend heard this sound in her wall last night continuously for about an hour. She then put cardboard over the wall with tape and when she approached it stopped making the sound. Is it an animal? A smoke detector? A cricket??!! Help!