Men, your dream girl isn't on dating apps or at a nightclub, she's:
~In knee-deep mud at the sewage ponds
~Off shore photographing storm-petrels
~In the Gull Identification discord server
~On a boardwalk at a saltmarsh
~Learning fall warbler plumage
~Owling in the woods at 3 AM
By age 30, you should have a greatly reduced abdomen, a broad and flattened carapace, and one or more pincers on your forearms in order to properly grasp food items
Me: how on earth do car people know what make, model, and year a car is at a glance that's so weird
also me: oh yeah that was a first-winter glaucous-winged gull, I could tell by the vibe
she blue on my gray till I gnatcatcher [EXTREMELY LOUD INCORRECT BUZZER] she spoon on my bill till I sandpiper [EXTREMELY LOUD INCORRECT BUZZER] she alala on my iiwi till I akikiki [USFWS shows up at my door to arrest me]
The moment I laid my eyes upon a wild condor was reason enough for me to never talk shit about zoos ever
Without them, so so many species would already be lost forever
Yeah, I’ve talked about this point before. But sanctuaries generally have less resources, lower standards(in a lot of situations), less well trained staff (in a lot), less resources for care. There’s some awesome sanctuaries out there, but they’re not “better than zoos”.