This has got to be one of the hardest tutorials I’ve had to write! I hope it’s okay! There’s different methods for doing french knots but this is the one I found works for me every time! Just experiment!
Most behaviors that you see keepers demonstrate at the zoo or aquarium are natural behaviors that the animals do in the wild. When the animals do them, the keepers give them a treat and pair it with a gesture or a word, so that they associate them, and eventually the word or gesture is enough to elicit the behavior because the animal knows that there’s a reward. But here’s the thing: most of those behaviors are encouraged because they help veterinarians and keepers do health checks.
Yeah, its cute when they nose boop the stick, but also keepers need to check their vision and depth perception and mobility. Sea lions are so cute when they wave! But vets and keepers need to check under those flippers to make sure that they’re healthy and that they don’t have any restrictions on their motion or cuts on their skin. Why do they ask animals to jump? Again, to make sure that they’re healthy, and also because its fun and animals LOVE to move around and jump and have fun, its mentally stimulating.
This is the most important thing I will ever reblog and anyone who is still ignorant enough to think zoos are awful can fuck off my blog. Zoos are necessary. If you think otherwise please unfollow me because I don’t want you here.
This is super important for people to see. I have worked at a zoo and I can not tell you how many times I’ve had to defend the zoo for the good they do. People need to learn that zoos are actually helping save endangered species.
Remember: Sea World is not a zoo and doesn’t really care about animals unless they can make a profit. Fuck Sea World.
Alternatively, Busch Gardens does care for their animals.
Alright I’m out of the loop, what’d she do wrong that y’all want her dead
She herself had no part in that tho. What’d she do personally is what I’m asking.
To quote James Connolly: “We will not blame [her] for the crimes of [her] ancestors if [she] relents the royal rights of [her] ancestors; but as long as [she] claims their rights, by virtue of descent, then, by virtue of descent, [she] must shoulder the responsibility for their crimes.”
Y’know that’s fair actually
Never seen someone actually change their stance on this site, RT for good luck
I hate explaining my homebrew to people sometimes. They come to play and already have this idea of a character they wanna play I have to break it to them, that’s not … my game doesn’t support that.
Listen, there’s a reason I have certain races based on certain real cultures. So I’m sorry you can’t have a white elf, my story doesn’t allow that.
Other times I just don’t like certain things in the book. Evil orcs? Gone. They’re peace loving nomads now. Tieflings only being red? WRONG, they can and will be any color I want.
So, what I’m saying is, Nicole, is no your character can’t be straight. We don’t have straight people in this world. I’m not sorry.
i think we need to stop focusing on telling little girls they need to be “empowered” & instead teach them about chaotic mirth, hijinks, & becoming complete rascals
ugh 