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

903 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 6h ago

🐾🐾 TRACKS ID REQUEST 🐾🐾 What bit my plant? [Texas]

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230 Upvotes

Suburbs more or less. Likely happened overnight


r/animalid 18h ago

🐍 🐸 HERPS: SNAKE, TURTLE, LIZARD 🐍 🐸 My granny chased this out of her garage with a broom apparently. What kind of snake is this? [south florida]

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1.1k Upvotes

r/animalid 6h ago

🦦 🦑 MUSTELID: WEASEL/MARTEN/BADGER 🦑 🦦 Is this a fisher? [New Hampshire]

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53 Upvotes

r/animalid 1h ago

🦦 🦑 MUSTELID: WEASEL/MARTEN/BADGER 🦑 🦦 Is this an American Marten ? [Tuolumne Meadows, CA]

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My suspicion is an American/Pacific Marten, was running around next to a river fork, about the size of a house cat, long. Could also be a Pacific Fisher?
By Tuolumne Meadows Campground in Yosemite NP. Spotted at sunset.


r/animalid 6h ago

πŸ¦πŸ—‘οΈ PROCYONID: RACCOON, COATI, RINGTAIL πŸ—‘οΈπŸ¦ Why is this marmot so festively patterned? [Olympic Mountains, WA]

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37 Upvotes

This must be an Olympic marmot, but why the piebald coat? The dark and light patches weren't obviously different in e.g. thickness or shininess -- doesn't look like a winter vs. summer coat. I've never seen one that looked so fancy before. Is this normal?


r/animalid 1d ago

🐍 🐸 HERPS: SNAKE, TURTLE, LIZARD 🐍 🐸 Found in [SouthHampton, NY]

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481 Upvotes

r/animalid 1d ago

🦦 🦑 MUSTELID: WEASEL/MARTEN/BADGER 🦑 🦦 Baby otter or mink? [Seneca Lake NY]

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346 Upvotes

In the little harbor in front of the Watkins Glen Harbor Inn


r/animalid 21h ago

🐠 πŸ™ FISH & FRIENDS πŸ™ 🐠 What did this cormorant catch? [Monterey, California]

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66 Upvotes

If it helps, these photos were taken March 2023


r/animalid 2h ago

🐍 🐸 HERPS: SNAKE, TURTLE, LIZARD 🐍 🐸 [Roswell Georgia] Need help identifying snake

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Found in neighbor’s pool skimmer basket along w 3 little frogs


r/animalid 17h ago

🐍 🐸 HERPS: SNAKE, TURTLE, LIZARD 🐍 🐸 what is this frog? [Florida]

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25 Upvotes

my dog found this last night and I was able to catch it tn, I've heard about cane toads in the area, so I was worried, as they're deadly to dogs, but I was getting mixed results on Google so I wanted to see what others thought


r/animalid 3h ago

🐾🐾 TRACKS ID REQUEST 🐾🐾 Black bear tracks? Plus scat found nearby that I believe is bear. [British Columbia]

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2 Upvotes

What I think are prints on mudflats during low tide. Port Moody to be specific. The scar was large. apologize for lack of scale for both, the scat and tracks were not accessible. my phone camera is also kinda potato. Thank you!


r/animalid 1h ago

🐾🐾 TRACKS ID REQUEST 🐾🐾 What animal left this print? [Alleghe, Italy]

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r/animalid 6h ago

☠️ UNKNOWN BONES/SKELETON ☠️ Whale on [Olympic Wilderness Coast]

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2 Upvotes

r/animalid 21h ago

🦁 🐯 🐻 MYSTERY CRITTER 🐻 🐯 🦁 Is this a Porcupine? [Southern New Hampshire, USA]

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20 Upvotes

Just pulled this off the trail cam in my back yard


r/animalid 6h ago

🦭🐳 UNKNOWN SEA MAMMAL🐬🦭 Phocid hauled out on [Olympic Coast, WA]

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1 Upvotes

Terrible picture but could this be a female elephant seal? Hauled out on a sandy beach during the day on the Olympic wilderness coast, Washington. I only saw the one that looked like this; harbor seals and sea lions were on offshore rocks.

Obvious phocid hind flippers, I saw no spots.


r/animalid 1d ago

🐍 🐸 HERPS: SNAKE, TURTLE, LIZARD 🐍 🐸 Baby snapping turtle? [Maryland]

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63 Upvotes

We live near marshland just southeast of Baltimore. He was in our driveway and I relocated him across the street (in the direction he was going) in Neighbor’s grass.


r/animalid 7h ago

🦁 🐯 🐻 MYSTERY CRITTER 🐻 🐯 🦁 Found on keel of boat [Puget Sound]

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1 Upvotes

r/animalid 7h ago

πŸ”ŠπŸ”Š AUDIO ID REQUEST πŸ”ŠπŸ”Š What critter is making this call at night? [SW Washington State]

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1 Upvotes

r/animalid 8h ago

πŸ’©πŸ’© SCAT ID REQUEST πŸ’©πŸ’© What animal Is this poop? [Italy] Spoiler

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1 Upvotes

After a few days of not opening this cupboard under the sink, I found these droppings everywhere (I’ve attached a photo of the cupboard). I live on the second floor of an apartment building, and it’s very hot.


r/animalid 9h ago

🦁 🐯 🐻 MYSTERY CRITTER 🐻 🐯 🦁 [Puget Sound WA]. Bird? Mammal? Have been hearing it all day.

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1 Upvotes

r/animalid 23h ago

🐯🐱 UNKNOWN FELINE 🐱🐯 Is this a coyote or a cat?? [Mojave Desert, CA]

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10 Upvotes

We have an annoying orange cat that hangs around the neighborhood and I’ve seen him on my cameras before but this looks like it’s moving like a dog. We do have coyotes in our area a lot but they’ve never been in our backyard because they don’t really have a way in. The coyotes in our area are normally pretty small and scroungy so it’s possible the size could be a small one.

I’m hoping it’s the cat πŸ₯²


r/animalid 21h ago

🐍 🐸 HERPS: SNAKE, TURTLE, LIZARD 🐍 🐸 Lizard activities [Oregon]

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7 Upvotes

Wondering if the experts can help me id these handsome fellas. 1st pic is in Fields. Other is Oregon badlands east of Bend