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Incredibly Wholesome Tweets That Prove How Much We Love Our Dogs

My dog is my constant companion.

During the pandemic, she was one of my only companions, so it’s a good thing she loves me so much.

(So much. Like follows me to the bathroom, that’s how much she loves me.)

Seems like I’m not alone out there.

Dogs love people, and people have a lot of love for their pups.

Here are some of the most wholesome tweets that show just how much we love our furry friends.

1. A dog for your dog

And then a dog for your dog’s dog.
Where will it end? No one knows.

2. Norbie the Wonder Dog

Always be zoomin’.

3. Faerie Queen of the Fire Hydrant

Bow down before her fluffy butt and flower crown.

4. Don’t mess with Frank

Squirrel watcher extraordinaire. Mess with the window shade to see this dachshund’s shade.

5. Dogs are the very best judges of character

That’s why most Presidents keep one in the White House.

6. The Avengers know what’s up

They recognize a good boy when they see one.

7. No. Dogs. Allowed.

Psych!

8. Remember the first time you met a dog?

Mine wasn’t this cute. It chased me and I ran away.

9. Doggo = kitten’s best friend

That dog definitely didn’t help. (But he didn’t stop them, either.)

10. “Are you impressed with my posture, friend?”

Why yes. Yes, I am.

11. Dogz make the best babysitters

Good boy.

12. Doggo album of the year right here

Look at those faces!

13. Their doctor bills cost more than ours do

But who cares? They’re worth it.

Dogs are truly the best. I need to go give mine some skritches.

Do you have a dog best friend? Share a picture in the comments!

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Adorable Animal Memes to Give You All the Feels

Nothing gives you the feels like cute animal memes, am I right?

I still get the giggles over basically the first-ever meme that I can remember–the bunny with a pancake on its head.

I wonder who owns the NFT of that one?

Recently, BuzzFeed did a great roundup of all the best memes, so here are the top animal-themed ones to get you through to Friday.

1. Smile, you’re on candid camera

He’s been on to you this whole time.

2. I love going out, I promise

We just want to be loved.

 

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3. Actually, here’s what happens next

You find the dog, and you pet the dog.
And you let the party go on without you.

4. All the best cats like stories

Especially ones that are about them.

5. Blame my mom

She’s the one who always said it’s the thought that counts.

6. Lookit his little face

I think we should call him Shakespeare.

7. Okay but from now on, Hedgehogs

I want to bring the energy of this little floof to everything I do.

8. That’s the same puppy as #2, isn’t it?

He’s insta-famous! And insta-dorbs!
(Sorry-not sorry for the bad joke.)

 

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9. Fox, not sox

But don’t you sort of wish your socks looked that comfy?

Bath time doesn’t have to be stressful

Look how proud!

10. Oreo cloud!

When I worked at the zoo we had a goat called Double Stuff. So what I’m saying is… this one should be called Cookies ‘n Cream.

 

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11. Because who HASN’T been dreaming of gator skritches?

At least since their Crocodile Hunter binge-watching days…

12. Even puppies love puppy smooches

And they don’t mind puppy breath!

13. This little raccoon knows whats up

I want him. I want him and his stuffed fren!

I love all these little fluff-balls so very much. Don’t you feel warm and fuzzy now?

What is your favorite critter meme? Drop it in the comments!

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What Animals Are Unexpectedly Dangerous? People Shared Their Thoughts.

You never know what you’re gonna get when you encounter a wild animal.

Or an insect. Or any other specimen in nature.

And that’s why you have to be careful around all of ’em! Maybe they have rabies, maybe they have a poisonous bite that you don’t know about, or maybe they look adorable and cuddly but they’ll rip your face off.

So keep your eyes open!

AskReddit users educated us about animals that are unexpectedly dangerous.

Let’s see what they had to say.

1. Amazing.

“At the Birmingham Sea Life Centre, if an otter escapes they have to evacuate the building and send in guards wearing chain mail.”

2. But they look so cute…

“Dolphins, they have teeth and kill for fun.

Oh and they like to r**e other fish and humans if they feel like it.”

3. Psychos.

“Some seals are psychopaths.

Other than humans and orcas, they’re one of the only animals on the planet that seems to occasionally k**l for fun.

They’ve been found to continue k**ling penguins even when they’re no longer hungry and they’ve even been photographed tearing ocean sunfish apart and then not eating any of the meat.”

4. HUGE!

“Moose.

Probably already been said, but they have hooves the size of dinner plates and if you mess with a momma with calves, she will f**k up your life. They are also fast as f**k and 6 feet tall at the shoulder.

Don’t be fooled by their cute, smooshy noses.

Signed, a guy who grew up in rural Alaska.”

5. Sharp talons.

“Turkeys!

They have a back talon that’s incredibly sharp.

They jump about 2-3 feet in the air and kick with their talons when scared or protecting the flock.”

6. Be careful!

“Squirrels.

I have a squirrel that I started putting out peanuts for, she is so used to being fed that she stands outside my back door and taps on the glass some days. I can tell this squirrel apart from the other squirrels.

Usually I open the back door and the squirrel will sit on my back fence. I wave my hand at it and it backs up a few feet for me to put some peanuts out, then I close the door and it starts eating… One time I guess it didn’t like how long I was taking and bit my finger and clawed my hand.. Blood was gushing out of my finger.

A second time a different squirrel was sitting outside my back door… It looked pretty thin so I opened the door to put out a handful of peanuts, my hand was about 2 feet above the squirrel… And I guess it was startled, the little f**ker jumped in the air and lunged at me… Bit hard into my finger and would not let go, I had to shake it off… Blood was pouring out the same finger.

Luckily squirrels do not carry rabies, but I went to the doctor and got a tetanus shot anyway. My doctor had never had a patient that was bitten by a squirrel and had a pretty good laugh.”

7. Fast and aggressive.

“Hippos.

Everybody knows that they’re big but thinks they’re slow and lazy; not nearly enough people know how fast and aggressive they are.

Y’all, please stay the hell away from hippos, especially if you’re in the water where they’re most territorial.”

8. Beware…

“Caterpillars.

I’m from Scotland where pretty much nothing in nature is harmful.

Visited New Orleans, a buckmoth caterpillar fell out of an oak tree and landed on my arm. I felt like my arm was literally on fire. It swelled up, went really hard to the touch, and was BURNING. My my friend’s mum had to use tape to get all the barbs out of my skin.

Ever since then, my skin has been horrendously sensitive. I now have medication for rosacea, because my stupid immune system is terrified of flipping caterpillars and will freak out at almost anything.”

9. Venomous.

“Blue Ringed Octopus.

So cute!

I’ve seen videos of people handling them out of water.

It carries enough venom to k**l 26 adult humans within minutes. Their bites are tiny and often painless, with many victims not realising they have been envenomated until respiratory depression and paralysis begins.

They kill very quickly, and there is no anti-venom.”

10. Australia is terrifying.

“Studied abroad in Australia for 5 months. There’s a colorful peacock looking emu like animal there called a Cassowary.

Apparently, it’s one of the most dangerous animals in Australia specifically because no one thinks it looks dangerous except for the fact it’s got a hard bone like horn on its head that it uses to k**l.”

11. This is disappointing.

“Koalas. They are the absolute worst.

We had this “girls in science” club when I was in middle school and we were invited every now and then to see some animals behind the scenes at the San Diego Zoo.

We’ve seen some pretty cool exhibits like all the snakes, the tigers, and this time we were to see the koalas or the polar bears. I’ve never been a fan of koalas, so I voted hard for the polar bears, however, most of the girls wanted to see the koalas sadly.

When we go to the exhibit, the club was all too excited when some of the trainers came out with three young koalas. One of the trainers, however, was giving all these warnings about koalas about their bipolar temper, kinds of diseases they can give, and all kinds of other stuff.

So a girl was asked to volunteer to hold one of the koalas. We will call her Sara. This one koala bear, the trainers claimed was the calmer one of the three. Sadly it wasn’t the case. Sara was given this leather bib looking thing to wear while holding the koala.

All the girls looked absolutely pi**ed that they couldn’t have a turn holding the koala, but that all quickly changed after like two minutes. This koala started making weird noises, and the trainer was next to the girl the entire time trying to reassure it. The trainer had some snacks she left on the fence behind us, and went to go get them. She shouldn’t have left Sara.

I felt so bad for her. Sara was terrified the moment this thing started screaming. It ended up scratching the side of her arm, completely unprotected by that leather bib thing, and bit her there as well! Sara was screaming her f**king head off and so were the other girls!

I’m pretty sure I was too. After that she had to get tested for all sorts of things when her parents took her to the hospital. And that was the end of girls in science club. I’m pretty sure she got a payout from the zoo, but I don’t remember. This s**t wouldn’t have happened had we seen the polar bears.

12. Trash pandas.

“I grew up in the country and was around a lot of wild animals growing up.

Cut to I was living in LA for a little bit when I saw a raccoon in broad daylight foaming at the mouth and just just sitting there looking pi**ed off. I immediately step back and I see some 20 somethings girls going oh my good look how cute it is. I want to get a picture with it.

I yelled at them hey guys that raccoon likely has rabies and you should stay the f**k away from it. They didn’t listen. They got close to it. It got really f**king pi**ed off and tried to bite them, it didn’t thank god. But as I witnessed this I said, don’t say I didn’t tell you to stay the f**k away.

Even if it didn’t have rabies those wild trash pandas can f**k you up if they feel threatened.”

Do you know about any unexpectedly dangerous animals?

If you do, tell us about them in the comments.

We’d love to hear from you!

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Solved! The Mystery Behind White Dog Poop and Where It Has Gone

The debate inside my house right now is who remembers white dog poo littering parks and neighborhoods throughout America back in the 90s?

My husband remembers it clearly.

I don’t particularly, but my memory is not as good as his.

Also, I have more interesting things to remember, like the confetti explosion in our backyard every time my dog got hold of my crayons, which was more often than I should probably admit.
(I’ve never been a tidy person.)

The question on people’s minds–those who remember the white dog poo of yore–is where is it now?

As seen above, it was chalky and dry, looking a bit like sun-bleached coral.

And you have to admit, you really don’t see it these days, do you?

On the one hand, people are a lot more conscientious about picking up after their pups now than they were back in the 90s.

I’m mortified thinking back to walking my dog and letting him do his business wherever he wanted.

At the same time, we did have sidewalks, so that stretch of grass between the sidewalk and the street was sort of fair game, right?

I dunno if my neighbors minded. We didn’t have a Facebook or NextDoor so they couldn’t complain.

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That being said, there’s another explanation for the disappearance of the ghost-like poo.

As Mental Floss and Treehugger explain, the issue was excess calcium.

Dog food used to contain an overabundance of meat and bone meal, both of which are high in the mineral. Whatever the dog couldn’t process ended up in its feces, and as the wet matter dried out in the sun, the hard calcium stuck around. This led to crumbly, mummified turds littering our sidewalks and green spaces.

Today, there is a huge market in organic, gluten-free, fancy-pants dog food.

For good or for ill, the pet market has figured out that we’ll do anything to make our best friends healthier and live longer, fuller lives.

But even regular old plain jane dog foods don’t have so much cheap bone meal, and thus, there is less calcium all the way around.

That means that if you DO see the old white dog poo, somebody needs a trip to the vet.

Do you remember seeing white poos in the yard?

Tell us in the comments.

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People Are Putting Wigs on Dogs Now Because, Why Not?

I have a quick question for you. If you were to, hypothetically, head over to Instagram and search for the hashtag #dogwig, how many results do you think would pop up?

No cheating. No peeking. Take a guess. A few? Dozens? Hundreds? What if I were to tell you that the answer is *SEVERAL THOUSAND.*

That’s right, thousands of people found a wig, put that wig on their dog, took a picture of that, uploaded it to the internet, and took the time to be sure to add the right tag so that it could be properly found.

That’s just the world we’re living in. That’s just Instagram. And here are some of our favorite dogs that have been found as a result, with names and personalities we’re purely guessing about based on their aesthetic.

10. Mr. Stacks

Always has candy for you. Doesn’t understand why millennials are struggling because he thinks a four bedroom house still costs a dollar.

9. Leslie

Has some hot neighborhood gossip to tell you, if she can get up the nerve.

8. The Barrister

He has served this court for fifty years, and he’ll have none of your nonsense here.

7. Frank

One of the only people who has actually read all the books on his shelves. Doesn’t remember anything in them.

6. His Honor

Order. Order in the court.

5. Zachery

Disappointed by the sales of his latest album, but trying to rebrand that as a “turning point for him.”

4. Ashleigh

Just needs to bum a cigarette off you real quick if that’s alright.

3. Pat

Didn’t realize everyone else at this costume party was going to actually put in so much effort.

2. Cruella

A turncoat for dogs if ever there was one.

1. Margerie

Very happy you took the time to mow her lawn, now just wait right there and she’ll find her checkbook.

I love them all. I love their looks.

Which one is your favorite?

Tell us in the comments.

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15 People Talked About Wild Animals That Are Unexpectedly Dangerous

Look at that cute koala bear over there! Maybe we should go pet it?!?!

Those are some famous last words if I’ve ever heard ’em.

The point I’m trying to make is that some animals that we don’t necessarily look at as dangerous can really cause us human beings some major problems.

So you gotta be careful…

What wild animals aren’t looked at dangerous but really are?

Here’s what people said on AskReddit.

1. Terrifying.

“Boars.

They can run faster than dogs, can do much more damage, and their response to a fatal injury isn’t “oh s**t i gotta run away”, it’s more like “I’ll drag you to hell with me b**ch”.”

2. Roos.

“Australian here:

Kangaroos! Never approach a Kangaroo on land! They will beat the s**t out of you! Also never approach a Kangaroo in water! They will f**king drown you and they are very f**king good at it too!

Also be careful not to hit a kangaroo with your car! They always have the last laugh when it comes to fighting 2 ton machines!”

3. Don’t get close.

“Seals.

It’s a f**king wolf in a wetsuit, leave it alone.”

4. You better not intrude.

“Beavers.

They will viciously defend their territory and gladly bite a chunk outta ya.”

5. Beware…

“Did anyone say Zebras?

Zebras have no interest in being domesticated, and will absolutely f**k you up if they feel like it.

They are not like horses. Give them space.”

6. Dangerous.

“Just learned this today actually but larger species of otter can k**l a full grown human.

Even the smaller ones can mess you up.

Keep that in mind if you see any wild otters.”

7. Observe from afar.

“Deer and Elk.

Bucks and bulls in rut are dangerous as they will ram into you with sharp antlers if they see you close to a female. Does and cows can trample humans if you are too close to their babes.

They are beautiful animals and there is nothing wrong with observing them. But it’s best to do it from afar.”

8. The plague!

“Prairie dogs carry rabies and the plague.

They may be cute little things that literally cry on the side of the road when one of their family d**s but I don’t need the plague, thanks.”

9. Rip you apart.

“Chimpanzees.

They’re often in movies, wearing clothes, being cute, but the reality is they’re incredibly strong and will literally rip a person to shreds.

I think that attack by Travis the chimp in New England awhile ago shed some light on how powerful and dangerous they can be, but that wasn’t an isolated incident.

There are plenty of chimp attacks.”

10. Don’t be a dummy.

“Sometimes people will think that herbivore = safe to try to pet.

Don’t approach a moose or a bison, dummy.”

11. Yikes.

“The platypus.

They have a poisonous barb on the back of their foot that will make you want to d**.”

12. Brutal.

“Chickens, specifically rooster that live alone with multiple hens.

They are territorial, they have giant claws, some people use them to bet on fights. Don’t mess with roosters, they can and will maim you.

I had chickens. That rooster was brutal and k**led an actual bird of prey in a fight and ate it to show dominance.”

13. Big and mean.

“Mute Swans.

Big, mean and the don’t f**k around when protecting their nests.

Even the biggest idiots with wave runners on the lake I live on soon learn to stay away from their nesting sight.”

14. Slimy.

“Slugs.

Eating one can give you a brain infecting parasite that will leave you paralyzed or k**l you.”

15. Hellbeasts.

“Wolverines are nightmarish hellbeasts of omnidirectional hate.

It is actually impossible to overstate how scary they are. Somewhere along their evolutionary pathway, their fight-or-flight instinct got permanently stuck on “fight”, and now every single one of them is a Gandhi-level apocalypse engine of the frozen wastes.

A zoo once thought they could put a wolverine on exhibit with a polar bear, figuring that the wolverine was tough enough that the polar bear wouldn’t bother it. They were right, of course; the polar bear left it alone. But that wasn’t enough for this dog-sized packet of aggression.

It decided that it shouldn’t need to share its enclosure… so it k**led the bear. By suffocating it. The wolverine clamped down on its throat and just hung on until it d**d.

These things are the apex predators of the entire planet, and we are lucky they typically confine themselves to the tundra.”

What are some more animals that are unexpectedly dangerous?

Educate us about them in the comments!

Please and thank you!

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Zoo Workers Share Behind-the-Scenes Stories About Their Jobs

I think working at a zoo would be exciting, satisfying, and challenging.

And one of the main reasons I don’t think I’d be able to do it (besides being terrible at science) is that when animals were sick or needed to be put down, I know I’d be a blubbering mess and wouldn’t be able to handle it.

But I still want to know what the job is like…

AskReddit users who work at zoos opened up about what goes on behind the scenes that the general public doesn’t know.

Let’s dive in!

1. A hard work-life balance.

“If you work with the animals there’s a good chance you’ll not be able to have any kind of social life, between the long hours/weekends and the stench.

I’ve been kicked out of stores after work because I apparently stunk way worse than I thought I did – even after scrubbing off!

And I’m around animals every day, but I still can’t stand when otter / sealion keepers are around me in “all-hands” meetings. The rotten fish + ferrety otter smell combo is a gagger.

Meanwhile, I work with apes, and they say that I smell like I haven’t showed in a decade (again…even after I shower).”

2. Kinda funny.

“Our lions will urinate on guests if they get too close, which is always funny to see.

Not so funny to smell…”

3. All over the place.

“I’m a small animal vet now but worked in a zoo before vet school.

Zoos are one of the biggest purchasers of Calvin Klein’s Obsession cologne. The cologne has animal musk in it and it drives the big cats wild.

We used to spray it on everything.”

4. Keep an eye out for those.

“I worked with large tortoises.

We had these 5-gallon buckets for cleaning the p**p out of enclosures and other buckets for feeding them fresh grass we cut. The first day on the job I took both buckets into the pen and started by dumping out the grass. Then I went around to collect p**p.

I heard this awful loud grunting and something breaking. One of the 300 lb males tried to bang the bucket in front of visitors and flattened it. He would even follow me around just in case I might leave more innocent buckets unattended.”

5. Unwritten rules.

“The zebras and Przewalski’s horses are ruthless and will tear apart any unfortunate wild kangaroo that dares break into an enclosure.

They love the thrill of the chase… and the subsequent k**l when they get bored.”

6. Get there early.

“Used to work at a zoo, cold weather makes the animals more active so go on a chilly day or first thing in the morning to see the best show from the animals.

Also, those free roaming peacocks are really stupid and sometimes go in the lions exhibit and get torn up.”

7. Escape drills.

“I used to volunteer weekly at a large zoo and at one point management started doing monthly dangerous animal escape drills.

Someone would run around in a lion onesie and we’d have to react as if one of the large animals had escaped. It was hilarious but one of the funniest things I was taught was that if an incident did occur you have to tell the nearby guests to get inside only once.

If after that they refuse to follow you indoors (the protocol was to hole up in the large activity centre buildings) , you’re to leave them there, go inside yourself and lock the doors. It makes sense because people can be very stupid and you don’t want to risk everyone’s lives because of one Karen, but it amused me no end that the protocol was to just let them get mauled.”

8. Mating.

“Aquariums have captive breeding programs for some of the dolphins and whales, but they are too difficult to transport for mating.

So they have to use artificial insemination. Which requires s**en samples from whales.

Which means that it’s someones job to give handj**s to dolphins and whales in order to collect the sp**m.

It’s part of the animal’s training, and the whales will roll over and present their ge**tals on command.”

9. People are annoying.

“The amount of dumba**es who complain to management about paying to go to the zoo, then not seeing any animals is unreal!

Like, what do you want us to do? Go in there with sticks and chase them out of their hidey-holes?!

Sorry buddy, not going to happen.”

10. Vicious.

“The most dangerous/feared animal in case of an escape is not, as you may think, lions, tigers or other large carnivores.

It’s the chimps.

Those things will rip your arm off and beat you to d**th with the bloody end as soon as look at you.”

11. Stay far away.

“If you have worked with them then you probably already know, but one swift kick from an ostrich can k**l you.

Like they will literally disembowel you. Every time I see a video of someone getting up close to one, I can’t help but cringe.

One of our head keepers had actually lost part of their ear to one.”

12. Somebody’s gotta do it.

“The amount of injuries you can just casually pick up from animals is crazy.

I’ve been kicked in the chest by a kangaroo, almost r**ed by an emu, attacked by a wombat and a bat, bitten by a monitor lizard and a carpet python, had a rhino charge at me, and been scratched by a macaque. My old boss has this bad a** scar from a snow leopard attack, and this guy I work with now has his entire left forearm mangled from an orangutan attack.

It also shocks you how….dumb people can be. There can be a huge sign that says “Hello! I’m an echidna, NOT a porcupine!” and people will still ask if that’s a baby porcupine.

You get used to the same jokes every day. Like when you’re cleaning up the outside enclosures (in view of the guests), someone will eventually say “Oh what a strange animal! I wonder what kind it is!” in regards to seeing a human. Or the amount of people who scream “HUMP DAY” when they see a camel….

I have no qualms about picking up animal s**t bare-handed. I know what my animals have been eating, I know what’s in their digestive systems, and to me that makes it more bearable. I can have long discussions about p**p consistency with my co workers, and in fact, that’s what a lot of general health talks are about. “Homer’s stool was a little looser than normal this morning – I wonder if something happened overnight to stress him out”

You get used to being stinky. I currently work 8+ hours with primates daily and I feel awful for the people who share a space with me when I go to the gym directly after work. Primate p**p smells very similarly to human p**p.

When I was at the zoo, I smelled exclusively of rhino p**s and I could not get the smell off of me.”

Okay, now we want to hear from you.

In the comments, tell us about the secrets from your job that most people don’t know about.

We can’t wait to hear this dirt!

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What Food Seems Okay Until You Realize How It’s Made? Here’s What People Had to Say.

We’ve all heard the stories about how hot dogs are made…yuck!

But they sure are delicious, don’t you think?

You know it! But still…kinda gross…

What food sounds fine until you learn how it’s made?

Here’s how AskReddit users responded.

1. Didn’t know.

“I once was at a conference in Japan.

Me and some friends went into a small restaurant for dinner. My French colleague insisted on ordering Foie Gras, besides other things.

I knew the German name for this but not the French one, so I didn’t know what he ordered there until I later called my boyfriend and he told me.

In Germany you can’t even produce Foie Gras due to obvious animal welfare problems with literally force feeding geese into developing a fatty, sick liver just to eat it.”

2. That’s a bummer.

“I was surprised to learn from people who’ve worked on farms just how bloody harvesting crops is.

There’s not really a good way to clear out wild animals so all of them get ripped to shreds by the heavy machinery moving through the fields.

I miss being able to assume no animals d**d making my produce.”

3. Scraps.

“While off-putting I see no problems with some of the “scraps” we eat.

It’s perfectly fine to me that I’m eating the scraps of chicken in chicken nuggets. Gelatin from bones and ligaments. The reject pieces of animal being used to make so many great foods or items. People want to say the Natives had the right idea, using every part of the animal.

But suddenly turning around to say eating black pudding is disgusting? I feel better knowing that we used every ounce of that cow, the cow didn’t d** in vain. The cow was used for milk, once done with that stage sold for meat. The meat market sells the bones for dog bones, gelatin, beef stock, literally anything else. Nothing goes to waste.

Don’t get me wrong the treatment from cow to meat and then the food waste alone is problematic but that’s not what the thread is about. We use every part of every item. ‘Scuse me, I have nuggets in the oven that are ready.”

4. Never had it.

“Black Pudding is a common breakfast food, but kinda messed up when you think about how it’s made.”

5. Hell no.

“Cranberry harvesting.

There are a lot and I mean a ridiculous amount of spiders especially Wolf spiders, everywhere.

They crawl up the machines, they crawl up the people harvesting them it’s a nightmare.”

6. Now that’s ruined.

“Gummy Bears ( or just gummies in general).

Took me 19 years to find out that the way they’re made is with pig carcasses and bones.”

7. Hmmm…

“Cheez whiz. It’s transparent until they add the orange coloring.

I don’t know why but that makes me nope out. Not like Cheez Whiz is a salad or anything, don’t get me wrong.

But I don’t think I fully comprehended just how fake it was until I found that out.”

8. Messed up.

“Goose liver.

The goose has been force fed corn and fatty foods its entire life causing intense strain on the liver as it swells and bloats within their body, resulting in better flavor at significant expense of the goose quality of life.”

9. What’s that smell?

“Gelatine.

Comes from processing cattle faces, noses and ears still attached. I worked in a tannery, the face doesn’t have any viable use once tanned so it’s cut from the rest of the hide.

Fun Fact: the truck only came once a week and the pieces were stored outside in a half walled shed, so during summer the smell could be rather…ripe.”

10. Avoid them.

“Avocados from Mexico.

I just learned about the avocado cartel and how they make more money than the drug cartels and it’s insane. Do some research.

Don’t eat avocados from Mexico.”

11. Wow.

“Fish sauce

I went to a fish sauce factory in Vietnam a few years ago. In a giant silo, they put in 1 tonne of fish, and 1 tonne of salt.

After a year, they open a tap at the bottom of the silo, and hey presto, the liquid that pours out is fish sauce.”

12. Thanks, Grandma.

“My German/Polish grandmother made Czernina – Duck Blood Soup.

Being a good farm wife, she would go out to the shed where my grandfather kept some of his birds (chicken, ducks, geese, guinea fowl, peahens, peacocks and a few more I don’t remember). She usually was able to grab a duck on the first try and slit its throat with the straight edge razor she used for butchering small animals. She would squeeze the blood into her steel Thermos bottle, cap it and butcher the duck (sometimes a chicken).

She would roast or fry the bird and make the Czernina which smells exactly like you would think boiled blood smells like but worse. It would take at least a week for the smell to leave the house.

There were times when she would send me to school with her Thermos bottle (filled with milk this time) to school a day or two after she washed out the blood.

Of course, she also made Jello salad with peas, carrots and corn in it. Also, tuna hot dish. There’s no such thing as a casserole in Wisconsin or Minnesota, its proper name is Hot Dish, that’s a hill I will d** on.”

Are there any foods that you refuse to eat because of how they’re made?

If the answer is YES, please talk to us in the comments.

Thanks in advance!

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What Do People Think is Harmless but It’s Incredibly Dangerous? People Responded.

It’s interesting how you can think something (or someone) can be totally harmless…until the situation gets flipped on its head and you realize you’re dealing with something that’s actually dangerous.

And the world is full of this kind of stuff!

What seems harmless but is actually really dangerous?

Folks shared their thoughts on AskReddit.

1. Keep your eyes open.

“Walking along the train tracks.

It’s crazy how fast millions of pounds of freight can sneak up on you.”

2. Jeez.

“ER nurse here.

I had a teenage girl come from Home economics class. She was sewing and had a pin between her lips.

I mean , who hasn’t done that? She sucked it in and it got lodged in her throat. While waiting for a scope she felt it dislodge and went deep into her main bronchial. She required major surgery.

Had a young boy running with a toothbrush in his mouth. Got jammed way deep , almost hit a major artery.”

3. Ouch!

“A human bite.

I worked at a kindergarten and one kid was sometimes super sweet but sometimes really mean. He could switch in a second. While I was naming the colouring pages they were about to get he walked up to me and bit me in the arm. Didn’t think it was through, cuz no blood.

But it started swelling and getting red and the marks were clearly there. Went to the doc right after my shift. He explained a human bite is the second most dangerous bite there is. Got antibiotics but they didn’t work. Arm just kept swelling and getting completely dark purple over two days.

Doctor sent me to the hospital where I got strong antibiotics. Basically everything in me was cleaned with that s**t, felt weak for months. If it didn’t start working by that night is have to come back and be hospitalized to get my underarm removed. I’ve shat some bricks there.

Never thought a kid’s bite could cause this. Luckily the swelling got less and the bruise stopped spreading so I still have my arm, but that was very close.”

4. Gotta follow directions.

“Having a small snack before a medical procedure that requires anesthesia.

Intubation can cause you to throw up your food and you can choke.”

5. Be careful.

“Pool covers. It’s like being wrapped in a bedsheet underwater. You cannot get free and you cannot scream for help. Once you’re in the only way to get out is to be incredibly lucky and get free or have faith that someone saw or heard you fall in and hope that they get you in time.

It’s a lengthy, terrifying, d**th that’s completely avoidable.”

6. Wow.

“Having a loose animal in the car.

A safety instructor once told me doctors had to dig dog bones out of a person after it got between them and an airbag.”

7. Pretty scary.

“Oceanside cliff blow holes.

People think they’re so much fun to stand around and play with.

You fall into one of those things, you aren’t getting out.

The waves will just bludgeon you against the rocks until you d** or you’re lucky enough to drown first.”

8. Know your flowers.

“Kids picking flowers in the park. I am a conservation

Technician for a county park system, at least once a year I have to stop parents with kids picking flowers off the trail because I see kids with either poison hemlock (one of the d**dliest plants if ingesting even a tiny amount) or wild parsnip, which can cause some serious permanent scarring, burns, and boils if the sap gets on to your skin and is exposed to sunlight.

Don’t let your kids pick or eat anything you aren’t 100% sure of.”

9. No way I’m doing this.

“Confined spaces, above ground or worse, below the surface.

If you do urban exploration, caving, or anything like that, get a 4 gas detector, clip it to you chest or belt, and set the alarm to max.

If it makes a sound, get the f**k out or you are going to d**.”

10. Gotta do it.

“Not checking / changing the tires on your car.

Someone back me up on this.

You can’t just drive around with the same tires on forever.

Eventually you’ll end up doing donuts in the middle of a wet interstate because your back tires lost traction.”

11. I didn’t know that.

“Eating raw or undercooked kidney beans can make you very sick or even k**l you.

It only takes like 3 undercooked kidney beans to ruin your day.”

12. Could be very harmful.

“Small cuts you get when doing marine stuff.

If you are diving/snorkeling at a coral reef and lightly scrape yourself on some coral, for the love of god disinfect the living s**t out of that, no matter how “mild” it looks. The bacteria on coral will literally eat your leg off.

Having small cuts on your hand while handling stuff like diatomaceous earth or sea sponges can cause tiny glass spines to enter your blood stream and poke tiny holes in all those blood highways running through you.

While this is a bit of a he-said she-said story, my professor apparently had a student hospitalized and d** due to massive internal bleeding issues from handling this s**t day after day.”

What do you think seems harmless but is really dangerous?

Talk to us in the comments and let us know.

Thanks in advance!

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People Discuss What Looks Harmless but Is Actually Very Dangerous

You know koala bears?

Those cute, cuddly creatures may look adorable and soft, but, from what I’ve been told, they can be vicious animals and they can make you instantly regret ever getting near them.

Who knew?!?! I sure didn’t…

People on AskReddit talked about what looks harmless but is actually really dangerous.

So you better pay attention!

1. Heads up.

“Garage door springs. People don’t realize just how much tension those things are actually under.

Never repair a garage door yourself unless you know exactly what you’re doing. The stored energy in them is enough to break bones and sever limbs.”

2. Jeez!

“Pushing someone’s face into a cake as a joke.

Some cakes have little wooden spikes inside to support the cake.

Saw a post where a girl’s face was gored by one of these.”

3. Keep your feet down.

“Putting your feet up on the dash while riding as a passenger in a moving car.

You do NOT want to see post-accident photos of what happens when someone is in that posture in a surprise head-on collision.”

4. Cat scratch fever.

“Cat bites. Cat fangs puncture deep and trap bacteria deep within your tissue, leading to horrible infections.

You might think one isn’t serious because it’s not bleeding much, but that just means the wound isn’t flushing properly – if you get seriously bitten by a cat, it’s very important to go to urgent care so they can properly disinfect the wound.”

5. Surround yourself with good people.

“Hanging around idiots.

Most of the time they only do dumbs**t that affects themselves but when they do something that affects you it can change your whole life.

So just remember if you’re in with a group of imbeciles you’re rolling the dice with your life every second, its like standing in low-grade radiation, its unnoticeable right up until it’s incurable.”

6. FYI.

“Those black foodstuffs with charcoal in them.

Charcoal interacts with a bunch of medications, gets in the way of nutrient absorption, and can really upset your digestive tract.”

7. Water dangers.

“Water in general, but fast moving water specifically.

2 or 3 inches of water is all that’s needed to sweep you off of your feet if it’s moving fast.

12 inches of water will lift and sweep away a car.

Water is heavy and will f**k you up if you don’t respect it.”

8. Changing lanes.

“Changing lanes without leaving a proper gap or checking your blind spot and signaling your intention.

On the surface it seems fine because, hey, you’re going faster than the person you’re passing right? Nope, all it takes is something like a deer to completely f**k your world sideways.

When passing anyone always wait to get into the lane they were in until you see their headlights fully in your rearview mirror and have cleared your blind spot. It’s even more dangerous to do this to a semi, your car will be eaten if it hits you.

Always, always, always visually check your blind spot. Always. Blind spot sensors are not an adequate substitute for a visual check. You’re asking for trouble if you don’t make sure someone hasn’t popped in there.

Use your dang turn signal. Other drivers are not mind readers, signal your intent and follow through with it.”

9. Just don’t do it.

“Feeding wildlife.

Even if it seems safe for yourself to do so it’s probably very dangerous for the animal you feed.

It’s very likely that feeding a wild animal may lead to it’s d**th.”

10. Didn’t know about this.

“Grapefruit juice.

By itself it’s perfectly fine, but a lot of people aren’t aware that grapefruit juice specifically has interactions with a LOT of different drugs, both medical and recreational, and can be potentially very dangerous when combined.”

11. Don’t get close.

“Taking pictures of bears ( apparently it looks harmless to people in Yellowstone ).

Bears are faster than many expect especially uphill so if you are ever near a bear and want a picture stay in your car to do it.”

12. Wrap it up.

“Unprotected s**.

There was an optional, hour-long class I took my freshman year about STIs. I took it by accident and it was simultaneously the most traumatizing and important class I’ve taken in my life.

Knowing of STIs isn’t enough, seeing pictures, learning about each one, as well as how they get transmitted, that’s important.”

13. Dangerous.

“Tylenol/acetaminophen.

This drug is fine within the recommended doses but it is ubiquitous in a lot of OTC medicines and so easy to take too much.

This is potentially damaging to the liver. Intentional overdoses are fatal.”

14. Protect your head!

“Horseback riding or biking without a helmet.

Sure helmets suck and don’t look cool, but you gotta protect those BRAINS.

And soooo many people just don’t.”

Now we want to hear from you.

In the comments, tell us what you think looks harmless but is really dangerous.

Please and thank you!

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