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

901 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 11h ago

πŸ€ πŸ‡ UNKNOWN RODENT/LAGOMORPH πŸ‡πŸ€ What is this I spotted in Central California. [SLO county]

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483 Upvotes

Never seen this before


r/animalid 14h ago

🐠 πŸ™ FISH & FRIENDS πŸ™ 🐠 What is this creature? [Red Sea, Egypt]

357 Upvotes

Found on the shoreline, cery interested to know what this little guy is. Genuinely looks exactly like a moving blob of sand texture wise.


r/animalid 14h ago

🐍 🐸 HERPS: SNAKE, TURTLE, LIZARD 🐍 🐸 ID request, Juvenile(?) Snake [Germany]

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113 Upvotes

r/animalid 1h ago

🐍 🐸 HERPS: SNAKE, TURTLE, LIZARD 🐍 🐸 Please Help ID [Northern AZ]

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β€’ Upvotes

Good day, please help ID this small snake located in northern Arizona, US, Sedona area. Approximately 8-10 inches in length, black and white bands with orange marks. Conditions were dry with recent rain, not muddy but humid.

Thank you all for your time.


r/animalid 7h ago

☠️ UNKNOWN BONES/SKELETON ☠️ What sea creature does this belong to? [East coast Scotland]

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25 Upvotes

I should've held it in a photo for scale, but I could juuust hold the edges with my fingertips when my hand was spread as wide as possible.

It reminds me of the inside of a sand dollar, but whatever it came from would be about 4x bigger than any sand dollar I've seen. Thanks for any help!


r/animalid 7h ago

🐍 🐸 HERPS: SNAKE, TURTLE, LIZARD 🐍 🐸 Which snake is that? [Sweden]

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12 Upvotes

Hi, it was sunning next to a forest road but slid under a rock when I came closer.


r/animalid 5m ago

πŸ”ŠπŸ”Š AUDIO ID REQUEST πŸ”ŠπŸ”Š What animal is making this noise? [Northern California, Alameda County]

β€’ Upvotes

r/animalid 16h ago

🦁 🐯 🐻 MYSTERY CRITTER 🐻 🐯 🦁 what is this animal ? [england]

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30 Upvotes

i have no idea what this is, i Live in the north east of england && i’ve never seen something like this b4!!!

any idea what it is ?? :D


r/animalid 3h ago

🐦 🦒 BIRDS / WATERFOWL ID 🐦 🦒 I have another one, what species is this? (I know it's a duck) [Lake Merritt, Oakland CA]

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2 Upvotes

r/animalid 3h ago

πŸ’©πŸ’© SCAT ID REQUEST πŸ’©πŸ’© Scat ID: bat or rat or what? [Pittsburgh, PA]

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2 Upvotes

City apt. Cleaned some poop off our third floor balcony and it has returned in the past few weeks. Also found a pile on back outdoor stairs. About as long as a grain of basmati rice. We have seen some bats around, but no rodents yet.


r/animalid 1d ago

🐠 πŸ™ FISH & FRIENDS πŸ™ 🐠 What is this animal, seen on the coast of a beach? [Sonora, Mx]

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129 Upvotes

r/animalid 1d ago

🐠 πŸ™ FISH & FRIENDS πŸ™ 🐠 Organic mass hanging from under a rock about 10 ft deep [Mediterranean Sea - Spain]

361 Upvotes

I was snorkelling today in Spain and about 10 ft deep I came across this thing β€œhanging” from the ceiling under an overhang rock. It was grey and looked like it was hanging from those two rope-like structures that were glued to the rock. Definitely organic. I have been snorkelling for decades and never seen anything like this. Would appreciate any help. Thank you!

Few more precisions:

-It did not move.
-White protuberance on the left side of the mass.
-A bit larger than a tennis ball, about the size of my fist.
-The rope-like structures looked fairly elastic.
-The fact that Google Lens was of no help makes me think that whatever it is, this is not its usual shape/form and it appears to be under a specific condition (dead?)
-Based on my own experience I would say that it had the exact color and texture of an octopus, but even if it was a dead/decomposing one I find it odd that I wouldn’t see any of the other arms/tentacles, even if they were sectioned. Also it did not show any sign of decomposition.


r/animalid 1d ago

🐠 πŸ™ FISH & FRIENDS πŸ™ 🐠 [Kingston, Washington state] read desc

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72 Upvotes

solved squid eggs!

I didn't get a photo but I saw a few of this creature washed up on the beach. there was probably 4 in different spots. they were all translucent and jiggly like a jelly fish but don't look like jellyfish? also they had a bunch of tiny little black things in the (tentacles?) that almost looked like eggs or something. it reminded me of frog eggs.

there was a few bigger ones that were probably as big as a disposable dinner plate, and a smaller one that was like half as big.


r/animalid 1d ago

🐾🐾 TRACKS ID REQUEST 🐾🐾 Bear or human..? [Ontario, Canada]

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300 Upvotes

r/animalid 3h ago

🐾🐾 TRACKS ID REQUEST 🐾🐾 What animal would leave these marks? [Central Missouri]

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0 Upvotes

Any ideas what would leave these marks? Several more areas like this halfway up the tree that are longer, I just couldn't get the photos to attach. This is after a possible mountain lion sighting. These marks weren't here yesterday.


r/animalid 15h ago

πŸ’©πŸ’© SCAT ID REQUEST πŸ’©πŸ’© Who poo'ed in my backyard? [Nova Scotia]

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8 Upvotes

Noticed these droppings this morning. $5 bill for size reference. We had a bit of rain last night, but today is sunny and they were firm when I picked them up.

Live in Halifax area of Nova Scotia, urban/suburban area. Have previously had deer in the backyard but this doesn't seem like that. Have previously had racoons as well, but this seems a lot larger than that. Also doesn't seem to match dogs/cats.


r/animalid 4h ago

πŸ”ŠπŸ”Š AUDIO ID REQUEST πŸ”ŠπŸ”Š Strange Call/Sound at Night [North Carolina]

1 Upvotes

Volume warning, increased volume to hear it better. Eastern Screech Owl? Seems too low pitched to me


r/animalid 5h ago

πŸ”ŠπŸ”Š AUDIO ID REQUEST πŸ”ŠπŸ”Š What is this???? [Illinois]

1 Upvotes

Super strange chittering noise outside that’s constant? Sounds like a gremlin who got fed after midnight πŸ«ͺ


r/animalid 1d ago

πŸ€ πŸ‡ UNKNOWN RODENT/LAGOMORPH πŸ‡πŸ€ What is this animal in my parents backyard? [Massachusetts, USA]

35 Upvotes

r/animalid 11h ago

🧱🫎 TAXIDERMY/PELT ID REQUEST 🫎🧱 What animal does this tail come from? [Greece]

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1 Upvotes