Bird respiration is very different than ours. It is much more efficient since there is such a high energy and oxygen requirement to fly, but they also don’t have a diaphragm to fill or expel their lungs.

Instead they have a series of air sacs spaced out in their bodies and they have to flex their muscles like pumping a bellows system to pump air through themselves.

With small lungs, low body weight, yet a massive air intake for their body mass, that makes them much more vulnerable to anything damaging in the air. We don’t even spray the surface cleaner directly into their enclosures, we spray the paper towel and bring it over to the incubators.

Birds feel so fragile (even the big ones) but can require some intense care. Their very non-mammalian anatomy can even make feeding them tricky, and the babies need to eat every hour.

I have so. Much respect for the sacrifices of the actual licensed rehabbers. It’s a literal 24/7 job and so many areas are underserved it’s a massive workload. We did I think 4000+ animals this year with just 2 rehabbers and us volunteers.

Finally got off my butt and started volunteering at my local wildlife rehab clinic. It’s been a tough year for me mentally, so having something regular where I’m surrounded by kind people doing something positive itself was great, and then getting to work with a ton of unique wildlife was the icing on the cake.

I even got to release a few squirrel patients at my house, and a beautiful young Screech Owl on my wife’s birthday.

I’ve learned a bunch about all kinds of animals and found out about some animals I didn’t even know we had in our state. I also attended a conference and got to meet people from other clinics across the country and see some of the special projects they’re working on.

I owe it to the community here for pushing me to get more hands on with this, and I hope to continue to give back with some great stories, facts, and photos. It’s been a truly amazing experience that I wish to continue.

Agreed. We’re still one of the most polite online spaces I’m aware of, but it’s harsher than it was right during the third party app exodus.

Oh I went down the rabbit hole all day yesterday on this stuff!

Multiboard was pretty cool too.

If I had a 3d printer it’d be running non-stop right now 😄

Oh wow, you’re not kidding about it being popular. That page of add ons went on forever!

Very cool, and your design looks great as well.

I only have my faithful Ontario Rat, but we’re practically inseparable!

What is that fancy shelf system? 😮

This year has been tough mentally, but I’ve at least managed to maintain overall stability, and thankfully my wife has done very well this year considering we lost both her parents in the last two years.

I don’t know where you’re or what work you do, but I’m at a huge pharmaceutical company, so they hire damn near every kind of job since we’re basically self contained. I’m a nobody so my name won’t open doors, but I can always watch postings if you are able to get up to KOP or Collegeville. Like I said before, PM me if you ever need to.

We can only make things better if we’re looking out for each other.

My thoughts are why should I move? America the country is beautiful and bountiful. I’m not the one wrecking it. I’d rather work on cleaning up the mess than just tossing everything I’ve ever had.

People from other countries can mock, but a lot of what I see going on in the EU doesn’t seem far behind or is in some ways worse. Chat control, anti-immigrant policies, and a rise in fascism over there as well.

At this point, I feel I’m still better off with the enemies I know.

It is somewhat disturbing as a concept. Industrialized slaughter has heavy implications from how we treat our environment and even each other. The tech’s simplicity makes it more disturbing to me. It’s not something elaborate or really man-made, it’s a harnessed form of nature. Basically a contained version of what happened to those people in that sub to the Titanic.

Lobsters don’t have brains in the same way we do, they have nerve clusters distributed through their segmented bodies. As such, it’s likely we will never understand what they experience.

There’s a ton more data and history here (Wikipedia: pain in crustaceans). I’m glad we as people continue to question the ethics of animal consumption. We have more food options than most other animals, and we can take advantage of that if we wish to.

I do like that it reduces food waste, because I do think if we are killing animals, we should at least make full use of them.

I usually dip the burger in additional ketchup along with the fries.

Burger King Double Bacon Cheeseburger, no pickle. Tastes pretty good and still a good value compared to almost any other menu item.

Close second is Wendy’s Double Stack in the Biggie Bag combo. Again, great taste for the price, and comes with nuggets, fries, and a drink.

Son of Baconator if I feel like being a piggie 😇

Used OkCupid about 9 years ago (mid 30s male). I tried it for a few weeks, liked what it was at the time, and did the 3 month cheap trial premium it whatever it was to get some additional data basically.

There were 3 girls I talked to repeatedly, and a bunch of one and done conversations.

Girl 1 seemed fun and had what seemed like good energy. We were supposed to talk on the phone and set up a date, I believe the situation was, but I was hanging out at my bandmate’s house and lost track of time and she started flipping out on text for not calling. It seemed pretty excessive for us never having met or anything yet, so I called it quits on that one.

Girl 2 was quieter and a little bit reserved, but I really enjoyed talking to her. I really wanted to meet her, but she never got over her nerves or whatever it was to call or hang out, and she would go a few days without being online to chat, so I didn’t know if it would lead anywhere.

Girl 3 was very conversational and outgoing. I feel we talked a week or so on the online chat and then we talked on the phone. We were supposed to meet up, but I didn’t hear from her. She had ended up falling asleep after work and was apologetic about it. We ended up hanging out later and hit it off very well.

We’ve been together almost every day since and got married this November.

So it took about a month for me to have success. My story seems to be an outlier. She had many bad experiences before meeting me. I feel bad that I hear they trashed the app though. I really enjoyed the experience and thought the matching process was pretty nice.

I try to make it a fun time for all!

I don’t think that is going to help 🙄

Indeed!

I finished getting my preventative rabies shots in November, so hopefully even more animals next year. I need to get my antibody levels checked to make sure it took yet, and then I can take care of bats, foxes, groundhogs, skunks, and raccoons as well.

Well the offer still stands if you need it. I’m just another person over here on my end, not some content farm. I’ve really enjoyed your participation in our group and want you to be happy.

I know you’re not too far away from where I live or work as well, and while I don’t have a huge social network since I’m more introverted in real life, if you’re looking for work or some type of community resource or something, I can look around.

Regardless, I am wishing you all the best! You have always been really nice talking with me.

♥️🦉

No pressure or anything there! 😅

I’m glad I serve a wide range of functions with my owl stories, but you can just talk to me about non-owl stuff if you ever need to.

Yes, there is an owl picture to fit any style or decor.

If God made owls, I would consider that an endorsement of owls.

We just voted the Buffy Fish Owl as our Owl of the Year, so that could be a good place to start looking.

It means you have a house located near owl food and owl shelter.

Looking at the Buldak Original ingredients list, it looks like many of the same ingredients, but in reverse proportions.

Buldak has a lot of chicken flavoring/bullion to make the chicken flavor (dak=chicken) and a lot of pepper flake to make it hot (bul=fire) and then soy sauce and seasoning.

The fried chicken sauce doesn’t have the chicken flavor since it’s intended to go on actual fried chicken, and I don’t make it super hot. It’s a little more earthy and a little sweet.

I use a decent scoop of gochujang paste (lower heat level), a nice amount of minced garlic, a splash rice vinegar, a tiny blep sesame oil and some sesame seed, and then honey or brown sugar to taste, then soy sauce to get it to a nice dipping sauce consistency.

I don’t measure it, I just make it for making fancy pizza, so I eyeball it in a ramekin and then drizzle as desired on pizza.