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>Age 97
>basically how my parents are in their 60s, if not better

How does he do it?
I had one relative that age and he could barely move and he was sober his whole life.
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>>4781288
Thank you for telling us exactly what it was that you meant
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>>4781310
based, true, and real
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>>4781310
truth hydrogen bomb
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By being born with silver spoon in his mouth and his work consisting of talking and looking smart before camera while traveling around the world, likely for taxpayer money too.
While i dare to assume you relative and parents worked their ass off.
>h-he has active lifestyle
Gee, i wonder why say majority of miners aren't still running around looking so good at this age.
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>>4780213
Met him back in 2009 at a book signing, super lovely guy and even back then he was super energetic. A lot of his family lived to pretty good ages so it’s probably the genes

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>>4779280
You are naturally well-suited for it friend.
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>>4778486
i saw some black skimmers over the weekend when I went down to coastal texas they're so adorable and I got to see the skimming behavior! I wish I owned a good camera so I could get my own pictures
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>>4779765
How does this work
Do fish not sense the incoming beak?
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>>4781750
The beak is faster than the fish
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>>4779280
You should try skim feeding.

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Anyone have any experience with celestial pearl danios/galaxy rasboras?
Wonder if they nibble on mystery snail antennas or fight fish like penguin tetras?
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>>4781778
No but it’s a cool looking pretty fish
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I've had about a dozen of them in my tank for a few years now, they get along with the neocaridina shrimp and snails.
They breed easily too as long as you keep them well fed, and you don't have any scavengers that would eat the tanks.

Simply put, it's the best because it's the biggest.
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>>4781899
game was ass
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>>4781881
I don’t want to Google it but probably? Almost surely?
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>>4781966
It was not you contrarian dickbag
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>>4781966
then what isn't? let's hear it
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>>4781966
Trvthnvke inbound

Wrasse edition

Welcome to /rstg/, the ultimate destination for reef and saltwater enthusiasts. Discuss anything related to your marine paradise here, whether it's your thriving coral colonies, vibrant fish, or aquascaping.

Saltwater Aquarium Setups:

>https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLBaMLrfToJyxJ1PuJZwhkxvvdFP14eV_t
>https://www.reef2reef.com/ams/taking-the-plunge-starting-your-first-reef-aquarium.533/

Tank Cycling and Maintenance:

>https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/cycling-an-aquarium.306554/

Fundamentals of Acropora care:


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>>4780717
My dad did, I believe, but at the time he lived near the ocean so he literally got his water and fish directly.

>>4780467
This is actually what they do when the split (go to the back/underneath of the rockwork to heal), but the way I designed this iteration of rockwork makes it possible to see them all anyway, heh.

>>4779376
>I will just wait to get a bigger tank so that they can grow as much as they want.
They, and coral for that matter, will just grow to however much space, food, minerals, and light you give them. I've seen 120G tanks filled with nothing but rocks, BTA, and a giant harem of clownfish. I would just keep doing whatever you want for the rest of the tank, and if it splits, sell off the split. The size part is pretty tricky. I haven't fed mine in like three years yet they still grow (zooxanthellae of course, and I'm sure they've caught stray food now and then).
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>>4780717
Ooh I should add, I vote going straight to salt. Yes, some knowledge in freshwater will carry over, but it's not like you can't learn those lessons with saltwater. Moving mature tanks is pretty fucking hard though, unless it's a fish-only (with live rock) tank. When you have mature colonies of coral, it's pretty nerve wracking trying to take them out and transfer them to a new tank, ESPECIALLY if the new tank isn't even in the same house.
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>>4753173
I've never kept a dwarf shrimp tank specifically but just watching a bunch of shrimp scraping biofilm off the substrate doesn't sound very interesting desu. As part of a community tank amanos are nice because they get big enough to not be easy snacks for your average community fish.
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>>4780717
You can absolutely start with saltwater. A simple reef with soft corals and hardy LPS will be easier than an entry high tech freshwater tank.
There’s less unexplained fuckups in saltwater because the water you add in is much more controlled than the random well or tap water you use in freshwater.
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My cleaner shrimp died. Yesterday I saw him struggling with a molt and I guess that has gotten to him. Sad, had him for 9ish months. He was probably, what, 16 months old?

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>Paleontologists found multiple complete fossilized specimens of large Cretaceous shark Ptychodus in Mexico
ANOTHER Cretaceous shark? Otodusbros, i'm tired of this. After all these years, why does they still haven't found a single complete specimen of any shark in the genus Otodus? They were extremely common, widespread and lived for millions of years - way longer than any of these shitty Cretaceous sharks that were cucked by mosasaurs. I can't stand these oversized great white sharks megalodon paleoart anymore.
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>>4781824
Not to engage
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>>4781303
Were you there? No. Also some theropods today are hella smart so there probably were some smart dinosaurs too. Most importantly mammals back then sure as fuck weren't any smarter.
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>>4781903
Dinosaurs had such small brains they needed a second brain in lower spine in order to control such a large body. The idea that theropods were intelligent and practiced pack hunting is a myth created by Steven Spielberg for his movies. The reality was non-Avian Dinosaurs went extinct because they had no capacity to find food for themselves when it wasn't right in front of them, which left them helpless during the fallout from the meteor.
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>>4781934
nigga the fuck are you talking about
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>>4781934
Wow. That does make them look kind of wimpy in retrospect.

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So can dogs smile or not?
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>>4778874
Dude, creepypasta is peak zoomer shit. Up there with FNAF and the bee movie.
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>>4781403
pretty sure it’s an ironic post
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>>4778713
Unironically for anyone watching this, the best way to get them to release is genuinely to jam something up their arse. No, seriously.
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>>4781026
I dont even browse reddit you schizo furry
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>>4781724
I’ve heard this too. Either that or choking them out.

It's not uncommon to hear people say that animals must have souls because clearly their dog, cat, horse or whatever has a distinct personality, emotions they can understand and relate to and so on. But if that's the case where do you draw the line? At cattle? Reptiles? Fish? Insects and other invertebrates? Amoebas?
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>>4780568
No animals have souls. Souls are a human trait and almost certainly angelic trait, allowing for one to have free will, AKA gives you the ability to make choices. Animals are more "automatic" and cannot sin, therefore they have no soul.
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>>4781170
There is more of an argument for animal free will than for human free will because we are the only animal with a split brain, only half of which can speak (including to itself)
>but muh religion
Recounts total non-history, shit that provably did not happen, and calls it the word of god. It was made up by schizophrenics who thought the man in the sky told them to cut the tips of their dicks off.
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>>4780568
Even rocks and inanimate objects have souls.

>>4781171
We get it reddit religion bad, you can fuck off now you have school in the morning.
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>>4781170
>Souls are a human trait
Where are they stored?
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>>4781287
>Even rocks and inanimate objects have souls
Based and shintopilled

Post monkeys, talk about monkeys
For me, it's the pygmy marmoset
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>>4779006
no they didn't, they just think that there's 1 VO left he's in Florida and saucing as we speak
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>>4781222
>saucing as we speak
I'll believe it when I see it. There haven't been new videos in months. PLEASE please don't try to pretend there are still videos being made when you have no proof.
Well, as long as the videos aren't shared here, that's still a substantial blow to pityfags and a definitive victory for KiwiFarms.
And it's only a matter of time before your remaining VO gets doxxed or scared into hiding. I'm quite looking forward to that.
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>>4781222
A true Florida man.
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>>4781052
kekked at the mother figuring it out and getting mad at him
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>>4781052
The ESL subtitles explaining the obvious really is the cherry on top here

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birdwatching thread
what are your recent lifers etc
I am going to arizona this summer I hope to see varied bunting
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>>4781363
No. Are you going to say you saw an Ivory-Billed Woodpecker?
>>4781352
Merlin says Bewick's Wren, then the Nuthatch with a faint Dark-Eyed Junco in the background, then the Bewick's Wren again.
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Where are the gosh damn hummingbirds
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>>4781109
Merlin can identify the sounds and Xenocanto is good for finding examples.
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>>4781373
>Merlin says Bewick's Wren
Thanks. I was hoping it was a red crossbill. I had just listened to some sound samples of it before going out then caught this and thought it was the same. Wren makes sense though, since it has the trill.

>>4781487
I'll check out Xenocanto
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It's been 8 years and I still can't find a sharp-shinned hawk. Got hundreds of Cooper's though.

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What the fuck man.
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>>4778373
This is a simple chart, but for some reason it's KINO to me
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>>4779285
Prions "reproduce" despite just being proteins (so not inherently "living") usually by being something analagous to a "seed crystal" (sometimes literally crystal) and providing a pathway thermodynamically to the "thermodynamic" product or lowest energy configuration of a protein as opposed to the metastable "kinetic product" that is the correct form.

I don't know enough to say the useful form is always the higher energy or neccesarily the "kinetic product" but I'd wager it usually is
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>>4781326
Most likely, but generally speaking, if you see a bat laying on the ground, DO NOT PICK IT UP. Crush it by stepping on it with shoes on and do not touch it at all. Contact your local game commission.
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>>4781808
>Crush it by stepping on it with shoes on
Idk man I imagine a lot of people might have trouble doing that but I’ll keep that in mind
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>>4781808
Why would you crush it? That seems cruel.

Best youtube channels for extinct animals? Watching this guy rn.
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>>4781255
I like Dr Polaris and North02
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>>4781255
yt women's pussies DROOLING rn

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Can rats really bond with you? I've been heavily considering buying some pet rats recently. I've heard a lot of people say that rats can bond with their human owners but I wanna settle this, can they?
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>>4781513
they are cool pets but live very little
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>>4781802
Thank you anon, I'm just wondering, how intelligent are rats? I've been very inquisitive on this subject for the past few days. Sometimes I see videos of rats and they seem almost soulful, but then sometimes they seem like these creatures who don't even remember anything past a five-minute window. Tell me anon, how complex is a rat's intelligence?
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lmao schizos cant go even 10 post before blurting about le hecking natzees
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>>4781797
It's very easy for normies

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>KISAMA
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>chotto
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>kirai
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literally the only good thread on /an/ right now. i don't even watch anime but i've been googling every term and laughing as to how it fits the pic. thank you weebs
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>Souka!
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>Mo iiyo.

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I wanna save nature from the human race, where do I start?
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>>4779442
I was not expecting to find a person like you in a nature board
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>>4779951
Alright, great. Nature is saved.
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>>4764286
Earn trillions and use billions to sway laws and governments to protect nature.
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>>4764286
You’re going to need to do something about india and retarded rich people like Taylor Swift who use generate more CO2 from jet fuel in a month than your entire lineage will in 500 years.
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>>4764286
eradicate outdoor cats and outdoor cat feeders


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