Mentors don't get the respect they DESERVE!

[Zebraoracle]

Fun fact. You'd think you'd be implying either Miqo'te or Hrothgar. But there's only one race you'd be describing. For one simple pedantic reason:

Lions can't purr.

That's the difference between Felids and Panthers (Felinae and Pantherinae). Panthers roar, Felids purr. Because there's a bone (technically, a bit of cartilage) in Panthers that disable purring, but do something to their throats that allow them to roar. As for what panthers do to show contentment instead of purring, it's a thing called chuffing or Prusten, which kinda sounds like they're sniffing really hard at you.

As for meowing, only Felids can produce meowing. Though panther cubs also meow, these technically later evolve into a weird moaning that resembles nothing like a meow.

So uh

Miqo'te, that comment's on you

As a zoo vet tech, can confirm this. Our clouded leopards always chuff at me when I come up for medical behavior training and I LOVE THEM SO FREAKING MUCH. Our geriatric lion, before he was humanely euthanized about a month ago, would always do these funny growl things while receiving his laser therapy for arthritis, it sounded like an angry growl but he was rubbing up on the fence separating him from us and grooming himself and demanding treats.

On the note about lions, there's nothing quite like being right beside a lion when he starts roaring and sends the rest of the lions in the building into a roaring frenzy.

None of the tigers I currently work with have chuffed, but the ones I used to work with at a different zoo sure did.

Gosh, cats are freaking great. Too bad lizards are better! I love our Komodo dragon so much (he's such a good boiiii and takes his arthritis laser therapy so well).

[TheMightyMollusk]

As a zoo vet tech, can confirm this. Our clouded leopards always chuff at me when I come up for medical behavior training and I LOVE THEM SO FREAKING MUCH. Our geriatric lion, before he was humanely euthanized about a month ago, would always do these funny growl things while receiving his laser therapy for arthritis, it sounded like an angry growl but he was rubbing up on the fence separating him from us and grooming himself and demanding treats.

On the note about lions, there's nothing quite like being right beside a lion when he starts roaring and sends the rest of the lions in the building into a roaring frenzy.

None of the tigers I currently work with have chuffed, but the ones I used to work with at a different zoo sure did.

Gosh, cats are freaking great. Too bad lizards are better! I love our Komodo dragon so much (he's such a good boiiii and takes his arthritis laser therapy so well).

Arthritis Laser Therapy sounds like a great name for a classic metal tribute band.

[ronibosch]

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Dude, you are living the dream. You're making me contemplate a career change.

[Zebraoracle]

Dude, you are living the dream. You're making me contemplate a career change.

For what it's worth, the vet tech career is uh... not great. I love it but it has a ton of downsides.

Extremely low pay
Very high rate of burnout and suicide
Physical, emotional, and mental exhaustion
Among others

I managed to luck out with my job, since I went into this field with the intent of working in a zoo, so I avoid some of the less than stellar aspects, but zoo jobs are extremely competitive and hard to come by. And uh... let's just say I love my job but hate working here (four manager changes in less than four years should speak volumes) :x

[Midareyukki]

Gosh, cats are freaking great. Too bad lizards are better! I love our Komodo dragon so much (he's such a good boiiii and takes his arthritis laser therapy so well).

I love cats. I respect lizards. Little bastards can munch your head clean off but choose not to.

[Renalt]

I love cats. I respect lizards. Little bastards can munch your head clean off but choose not to.

FemRas can do this? Fun!

[Midareyukki]

FemRas can do this? Fun!

There are few mammals in the top 10 of the strongest bites. Mostly a bunch of lizards, especially crocodiles. The hippo is also super close to being #1, but it's never considered the most dangeorus out of any list on the sheer virtue of it being such a murder hobo that it kills its own kin. So because they're too busy killing eachother, they're lower on the tier list. Meaning a crocodile wins #1 by default xD

The scariest one in the list imo is the Jaguar tho. Because imagine a panther that evolved to like the water, to the point where it dominates virtually every aspect of its home biome. Lions have to stay in organized packs to compete in the savannah, their claws are sharp but not the best ones, their bite is hard but not the best one (an adult male lion bites harder than a hyena at least). Tigers are the apex of their biomes but they don't have that much competition to require major adaptations, but they just overpower people with their muscles. Jaguars are just broken. They have ridiculous patience and their eyes are adapted to detecting the smallest movements, so they can stalk their pray for days until it makes a wrong move. Jaguars aren't particularly territorial, they don't feel threatened. They simply have a "home range" to hunt around, so if they detect another jaguar they just go "oh, this is taken, cya then" and move along.

The best part is that it doesn't even need to use its claws or anything. Their claws are razor-sharp and can cut through your stomach clean... but their preferred MO is to lunge at you and use their bite to crush your spine or skull. A quick, effective insta-kill. Tigers have to overpower you with bulk and their bite isn't as strong as the jaguar's, and a lion pack has to first use group tactics and constant attacks to wear the prey down. Jaguars just... YEET.

[Renalt]

There are few mammals in the top 10 of the strongest bites. Mostly a bunch of lizards, especially crocodiles. The hippo is also super close to being #1, but it's never considered the most dangeorus out of any list on the sheer virtue of it being such a murder hobo that it kills its own kin. So because they're too busy killing eachother, they're lower on the tier list. Meaning a crocodile wins #1 by default xD

The scariest one in the list imo is the Jaguar tho. Because imagine a panther that evolved to like the water, to the point where it dominates virtually every aspect of its home biome. Lions have to stay in organized packs to compete in the savannah, their claws are sharp but not the best ones, their bite is hard but not the best one (an adult male lion bites harder than a hyena at least). Tigers are the apex of their biomes but they don't have that much competition to require major adaptations, but they just overpower people with their muscles. Jaguars are just broken. They have ridiculous patience and their eyes are adapted to detecting the smallest movements, so they can stalk their pray for days until it makes a wrong move. Jaguars aren't particularly territorial, they don't feel threatened. They simply have a "home range" to hunt around, so if they detect another jaguar they just go "oh, this is taken, cya then" and move along.

The best part is that it doesn't even need to use its claws or anything. Their claws are razor-sharp and can cut through your stomach clean... but their preferred MO is to lunge at you and use their bite to crush your spine or skull. A quick, effective insta-kill. Tigers have to overpower you with bulk and their bite isn't as strong as the jaguar's, and a lion pack has to first use group tactics and constant attacks to wear the prey down. Jaguars just... YEET.

I just want a hot FemRa to just kill me. So knowing they can bite my head off just makes things waaaaaay better.

[SassyAssassin]

I just want a hot FemRa to just kill me. So knowing they can bite my head off just makes things waaaaaay better.

But then youre dead. That means no more hamburger. Is that worth it?

[Renalt]

But then youre dead. That means no more hamburger. Is that worth it?

I mean at that point...I AM hamburger.