Benevolent Buccaneer

Not as great as I wanna be. Much better than I should be. Slowly making all my dreams come true.

[Benevolent Buccaneer @TheAceOrca]

Unnatural things can still be good &/or enjoyed by animals in captivity. Warm water, rubber balls, bouys, bubbles, mirrors, lights, bells, gelatin, the list goes on and on. The argument that something is “unnatural” & therefore has no place in animal care/exhibition is ignorant.

[Benevolent Buccaneer @TheAceOrca]

@AkulaEcho Bro same

[Benevolent Buccaneer @TheAceOrca]

@AkulaEcho Making a difference in the hearts and minds of others is incredibly difficult. You’ve managed to do that for many people with a variety of things. Your reach may not be far reaching and wide sweeping, but it is powerful and people see it and appreciate it. I know I do.

[Benevolent Buccaneer @TheAceOrca]

@ItXddd @Fishgutz_ @CringeZoology I can tell you’ve never cared for another living thing before, so I’ll let you in on something. Most multicellular organisms have the ability to become distressed or feel pain aka “actual feelings.” Some kinda do and some kinda don’t, but most definitely do. This includes plants.

[Benevolent Buccaneer @TheAceOrca]

@d_all_in_ @ABC7 You must’ve witnessed the incident and can provide a detailed description of what happened then.

[Benevolent Buccaneer @TheAceOrca]

@AkulaEcho Around work there are like 4 “puppy stores” not much else to say about it

[Benevolent Buccaneer @TheAceOrca]

It will never not be totally bewildering to me the sheer number of companion animals (dogs, cats, birds, herps, etc.) that get abused, abandoned, neglected, and surrendered. Yet, countless more will be born and sold this year. Adding to a problem most people turn a blind eye to.

[Akula 🦈 🍉🍉🍉 @AkulaEcho]

I don’t even work in shelters but the one tiny sliver of rescue work I do is enough to make me feel very hopeless very quickly 😞 everyone pls go adopt a cat rn!!

[Trawler Bycatch Tracker 🦀 @Trawler_Bycatch]

A question was posed to me, can I show evidence linking trawler bycatch photos to fisheries certified by @MSCecolabel . The image that is most egregious is the double killer whale catch.

[Katherine Kei @katherine__kei]

toothed whales from the front > omg cute!!!
baleen whales from the front > ... weirdo ...

[Benevolent Buccaneer @TheAceOrca]

@Rayana47343164 Your degree choice isn’t very important. If animal behavior is an option, that and psychology will teach you things that are actually useful in animal training, but you will also be taught those things in internships and jobs.

[Katherine Kei @katherine__kei]

#HUEVEMBER — DAY IV

Blainville's Beaked Whale // Mesoplodon densirostris

[Benevolent Buccaneer @TheAceOrca]

@katherine__kei What a cutie!

[Katherine Kei @katherine__kei]

#HUEVEMBER — DAY III

False Killer Whale // Pseudorca crassidens

[Katherine Kei @katherine__kei]

#HUEVEMBER — DAY II

Ganges River Dolphin // Platanista gangetica

[Katherine Kei @katherine__kei]

#HUEVEMBER — DAY I

Sperm Whale // Physeter macrocephalus

[Benevolent Buccaneer @TheAceOrca]

@katherine__kei I always love these detail shots!

[Benevolent Buccaneer @TheAceOrca]

@daripple @csartie_ This is a crocodile, they tend to be more mobile on land than alligators from what I understand.

[Sophie 🍉🍉 @orcishfish]

I have gathered info about the alleged pilot whale calf (now known hybrid) at the Taiji Whale Museum

Facts will be given in this🧵.

If this thread was interesting to you, please consider retweeting it since this took me a long time to compile.

[Photo: within days of birth]

[Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D @SarahMackAttack]

If you've texted the squid facts hotline you might remember the pygmy squid that uses ink as a little hunting blind to hide behind before pouncing through the ink and attacking prey!

Here's a video of that behavior!!

[Benevolent Buccaneer @TheAceOrca]

@CetologyH @BrochJamm @noises_whale So cetacean ancestors likely lost their “rumen” and then re-evolved another chamber in its place?