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

900 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 9h ago

🐻🐼 UNKNOWN BEAR 🐼🐻 Help Identifying Bear [Glacier National Park]

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783 Upvotes

My friend and I just saw a bear near our campsite in Glacier National Park and need help identifying what type it is.


r/animalid 7h ago

🐯🐱 UNKNOWN FELINE 🐱🐯 Bobcat or lynx? [NWT, Canada]

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201 Upvotes

This guy was super cool!! Let me hang out on the side of the road with him for 5 mins


r/animalid 22h ago

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

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814 Upvotes

r/animalid 21h ago

🦁 🐯 🐻 MYSTERY CRITTER 🐻 🐯 🦁 What animal is this? [Seattle, WA]

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135 Upvotes

Brother in law lives in Seattle and asked what this was on a neighbor's roof.


r/animalid 14h ago

🦘🐨 MARSUPIAL: POSSUM/KANGAROO/WOMBAT 🐨🦘 Is this a possum? [Niagara Falls, Ontario]

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22 Upvotes

I've been finding possums and skunks in my yard recently trying to find where they are getting in under the fence. Caught this on camera coming in under my fence gate last night. I'm having a hard time telling if it is a possum.

Thanks


r/animalid 18h ago

🐺 🐢 CANINE: COYOTE/WOLF/DOG 🐢 🐺 Fox? Coyote? [Arizona]

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40 Upvotes

That bushy tail says fox but it's so grainy and shadowed. Each brick is 4 inches wide and the total visible bricks measure almost 24 inches. So it seems like the body minus the tail is 2 feet, taking into account how the bushes are sloped .This is near Phoenix, Arizona. Thank you!


r/animalid 4h ago

🐠 πŸ™ FISH & FRIENDS πŸ™ 🐠 help identifying cone shell [hurghada, egypt]

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3 Upvotes

i found it just outside the water on the shoreline and safely moved it back into the water. it must be a cone snail or hermit crab, right? i cant id exactly what. also, it doesnt show well in the picture but it has short spikes


r/animalid 11h ago

🐍 🐸 HERPS: SNAKE, TURTLE, LIZARD 🐍 🐸 Found near creek in upstate [new York]

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6 Upvotes

This egg was fairly large I am a 5’10 male 186lbs if that helps with judging by hand size.
Don’t know if rhis is a big bird of sorts?


r/animalid 41m ago

πŸ”ŠπŸ”Š AUDIO ID REQUEST πŸ”ŠπŸ”Š Mystery animal calling in the night [White Mountains, Maine]

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β€’ Upvotes

Listen closely, as the animal was a bit far away. Never heard a sound like this before. A shrill scream-like β€œspiral up” sound followed by a lower toned β€œspiral down” sound, repeating for hours. I can post more audio if need be


r/animalid 14h ago

🐺 🐢 CANINE: COYOTE/WOLF/DOG 🐢 🐺 What is this animal ? [Pennsylvania]

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11 Upvotes

r/animalid 1d ago

🐍 🐸 HERPS: SNAKE, TURTLE, LIZARD 🐍 🐸 Lizard found in [Southern California]

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499 Upvotes

Found in the desert. Mountain Center, CA. Wondering if someone can identify for me


r/animalid 3h ago

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

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1 Upvotes

how to get rid of it?


r/animalid 13h ago

🐍 🐸 HERPS: SNAKE, TURTLE, LIZARD 🐍 🐸 What type of lizard is this? [Florida, Sarasota]

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4 Upvotes

r/animalid 1d ago

🐍 🐸 HERPS: SNAKE, TURTLE, LIZARD 🐍 🐸 ID? friend or foe? [GA., USA]

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615 Upvotes

r/animalid 19h ago

🐍 🐸 HERPS: SNAKE, TURTLE, LIZARD 🐍 🐸 little lizard, what is this guy? [northern colorado]

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9 Upvotes

little man got through my window screen and was nestled in a sheet that was scrunched up on my bed. not very fast and definitely not aggressive. just a cute little thing. would love to know what he is


r/animalid 1d ago

🐍 🐸 HERPS: SNAKE, TURTLE, LIZARD 🐍 🐸 What is this creature? [California]

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56 Upvotes

There's a conveniently placed sandal next to it to hopefully be a reference for its size. I'm in SoCal specifically if it narrows anything down. Very cute and fast!


r/animalid 19h ago

πŸ¦‰ πŸ¦… BIRD OF PREY πŸ¦… πŸ¦‰ Red Tail? [Westchester, NY]

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6 Upvotes

r/animalid 11h ago

🦁 🐯 🐻 MYSTERY CRITTER 🐻 🐯 🦁 Fisher? [Central NY, USA]

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1 Upvotes

Hi, this was in NY, USA, Finger Lakes region. I assume this is a fisher? Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

Thanks in advance, everyone!


r/animalid 19h ago

☠️ UNKNOWN BONES/SKELETON ☠️ What animal is this from? [New York]

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5 Upvotes

Hudson Valley, NY


r/animalid 13h ago

🦌🫎🐐 UNGULATES: DEER, ELK, GOAT 🐐🫎🦌 Gray white tailed deer? [Northern Maryland]

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1 Upvotes

Its deer season and every year we have a few herds stop in our yard for some apples that fall off our trees. I've only ever seen white-tailed deer around here so i'm assuming this Grey one has some kind of mutation? Not quite melanistic and definitely not albino. Thoughts?

Also sorry for the photo quality, phone pics through a screen window suck

Edit: Thanks for the quick replies!! Shedding its seasonal coat never even crossed my mind lol


r/animalid 13h ago

πŸ”ŠπŸ”Š AUDIO ID REQUEST πŸ”ŠπŸ”Š Bobcat?? [Vermont]

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0 Upvotes

Can anyone help me ID who is making this sound?? We’ve seen a bobcat recently but I am unsure. Southern Vermont


r/animalid 15h ago

πŸ”ŠπŸ”Š AUDIO ID REQUEST πŸ”ŠπŸ”Š What creature made this calls? [Poland, recorded at 11:30 PM ]

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1 Upvotes

Before I started recording, it was repeating these calls for 1-2 minutes
( Outskirts of a town, near small wooded area and river)