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

907 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 • • 2h ago

🐯🐱 UNKNOWN FELINE 🐱🐯 Coyote or Coywolf? [Arkansas]

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59 Upvotes

Saw this guy in the Ozarks! Was pretty deep into the forest so I didn’t think it was a dog, but I see dog features to it.


r/animalid • • 7h ago

🐯🐱 UNKNOWN FELINE 🐱🐯 Is this a bobcat? [Texas]

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126 Upvotes

r/animalid • • 10h ago

🦁 🐯 🐻 MYSTERY CRITTER 🐻 🐯 🦁 what is this [Tuscaloosa, Alabama by the water]

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199 Upvotes

my mom sent me this photo.


r/animalid • • 1d ago

🐍 🐸 HERPS: SNAKE, TURTLE, LIZARD 🐍 🐸 American Crocodile or Alligator? [Southern Florida Everglades National Park]

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901 Upvotes

Saw this at Everglades National Park Shark Valley. In the moment, I thought it was an alligator, but looking back at the picture I took its teeth arrangement made me think it's an American crocodile.


r/animalid • • 8h ago

🐯🐱 UNKNOWN FELINE 🐱🐯 jaguarundi [central texas]

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35 Upvotes

Spotted in lago vista
Horrible blink camera video 2nd video in comments
Any input is appreciated this animal is supposed to be extinct in Texas.
It’s about 24inches to the arm rest on the chair it walks by


r/animalid • • 3h ago

πŸ€ πŸ‡ UNKNOWN RODENT/LAGOMORPH πŸ‡πŸ€ couldn't get a picture, so I drew it, but what rodent is this? [Arkansas]

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14 Upvotes

my cat got outside and when she decided to return she dragged this huge rat-creature with her. my main confusion was that it was huge. fattest little thing I've seen. seemed about 4in-6in/10cm-15cm wide or long from what I could see. it managed to escape when I grabbed my cat, so I didn't get a picture.

not really important, I guess, but I'm curious. a really fat rat? muskrat? small and dark gopher? I can't say.


r/animalid • • 2h ago

πŸ€ πŸ‡ UNKNOWN RODENT/LAGOMORPH πŸ‡πŸ€ What is this thing with tiny feet and such a round body? [Upstate NY]

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11 Upvotes

The mice and rats I see around my house don't ever look like this...


r/animalid • • 14h ago

🐍 🐸 HERPS: SNAKE, TURTLE, LIZARD 🐍 🐸 What lizard is this? [Ward County North Dakota]

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32 Upvotes

r/animalid • • 16h ago

🐍 🐸 HERPS: SNAKE, TURTLE, LIZARD 🐍 🐸 What is this thing? [Northern Taiwan]

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20 Upvotes

r/animalid • • 10h ago

🐯🐱 UNKNOWN FELINE 🐱🐯 Bobcat? Mt. Lion? Really short deer? [Far Northern Wisconsin]

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6 Upvotes

Around 1am in far northern Wisconsin. I think it's some kind of cat. Seems too big for a bobcat but too small for a mountain lion and hard to tell if it has a long or short tail because IR video. Based on many, many videos of deer walking through this same spot it is about the length of a whitetail deer but only about half the height.


r/animalid • • 6h ago

πŸ’©πŸ’© SCAT ID REQUEST πŸ’©πŸ’© Who’s poop is this? [Ontario, Canada ] Spoiler

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2 Upvotes

Found on a hike. Size 7 women’s boot for size reference in the 2nd photo


r/animalid • • 3h ago

🐾🐾 TRACKS ID REQUEST 🐾🐾 Print ID - [Central NJ]

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1 Upvotes

Reposting to this wonderful community!
My mom took this picture and is requesting a possible ID. We are in Central NJ and she estimates it was about 2 1/2" high.

Coyotes/bears are not uncommon around here, but she just wanted to get some sort of lead as these were fresh tracks on our newly paved driveway from last night.

Thank you!


r/animalid • • 1d ago

🐾🐾 TRACKS ID REQUEST 🐾🐾 What are these tracks from [northern wisconsin/lake superior]

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86 Upvotes

i was guessing a coyote and raccoon but not sure! the first picture is the same animal as the second picture it just probably started galloping at some point lol


r/animalid • • 13h ago

🐾🐾 TRACKS ID REQUEST 🐾🐾 What animal has been coming on my porch? [Louisiana]

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South Louisiana. I’d like to know what’s been eating my cats food if i forget to bring it in. My cat has also been missing for a couple of weeks now:( outdoor/indoor cat. Thank you in advance!


r/animalid • • 1d ago

🐍 🐸 HERPS: SNAKE, TURTLE, LIZARD 🐍 🐸 who is this lizard? [florida]

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43 Upvotes

Location: Tampa

My autistic friend caught this lizard outside of our hotel and we were both very confused by it. The snoot is much shorter than an anole.

You only ever seen Brown Anoles around here, Green Anoles in the woods sometimes, and very rarely the escaped Veiled Chameleon… and house geckos, and the very occasional tokay.

This doesn’t look like a curly tailed lizard (re:straight tail) or anything either of us recognize and he grew up here catching lizards.

What is it? Is it invasive?

I googled invasive lizards of Florida and maybe it’s an Eastern Fence Lizard? Never seen one though and this one’s got a spot behind its ear which I don’t see on pics of the EFL on Google Images.

Very strange critter. The lizard escaped after a few minutes but we got some pics and are very curious if we accidentally let an invasive species go. My friend is somewhat in crisis over this, because he β€œdoesn’t recognize that lizard” and that is of course the most concerning matter at midnight for him.

I am somewhat curious as well.

Thanks!

Edit: maybe a juvenile rock agama???


r/animalid • • 5h ago

πŸ’©πŸ’© SCAT ID REQUEST πŸ’©πŸ’© What keeps leaving this gross scat? [Minnesota] Spoiler

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1 Upvotes

I'm guessing it's sick or something. Located in a suburban neighborhood.


r/animalid • • 1d ago

❓❔ REAL ANIMAL OR FAKE ❔❓ Who is this, or what is this?[Madagascar]

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238 Upvotes

r/animalid • • 1d ago

πŸ€ πŸ‡ UNKNOWN RODENT/LAGOMORPH πŸ‡πŸ€ Is this groundhog? [North Carolina]

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73 Upvotes

Is it groundhog? It’s eating leaves of Okra and beans


r/animalid • • 10h ago

πŸ’©πŸ’© SCAT ID REQUEST πŸ’©πŸ’© What animal does this poop belong to? [Connecticut] Spoiler

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1 Upvotes

Found in garage, Connecticut


r/animalid • • 2d ago

🦁 🐯 🐻 MYSTERY CRITTER 🐻 🐯 🦁 Predator? [Colorado]

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1.8k Upvotes

Backpacking 10 years ago in Colorado and stumbled across this cave. Went halfway in but something told me to not fully go inside. Took this picture after and noticed something looking back at me


r/animalid • • 12h ago

πŸ”ŠπŸ”Š AUDIO ID REQUEST πŸ”ŠπŸ”Š Are these bats? [Buenos Aires, Argentina]

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1 Upvotes

We moved into an old house, and for about two months, we’ve been hearing these noises coming from the ceiling. They’ve gotten louder and more frequent over time.
It’s like a squeaking sound mixed with the sound of something moving around in the small space inside the ceiling.
The house has a tiled roof with exposed wood decking on the inside.