Poor Sonic…
Whats the type of bear on 3rd picture?
I think it might be a sloth bear: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sloth_bear
A… giraffe? Are they alive?
Yeah, they’re usually found in the grasslands of Africa and a few other places in the world in addition to zoos and such.
I mean giraffe from the photo.
Or it’s just a head with neck 👀They have very long necks. The rest of it is still standing in the lobby, where a nice old lady with poor eyesight is telling one of its legs about her grandson.
This whole thread has been a hoot, but your comment properly sent me into fits of giggling. I can picture the nice old lady perfectly.
How long does something need to stay still for a CT scan and can you send water through, just thinking about aquatic animals if you could just send the tank through.
Looking at my axolotl who can happily sit there not moving for hours in the hope of ambushing prey, staying still should be easy enough.
Depends what imaging technique they’re using. X-ray CT might work ok with a little water in the way. Nuclear magnetic resonance might not be so good.
On OkCupid, I once briefly courted a woman with the username “RazeTheAxolotl.” One of my opening questions was whether she meant “raise” or “raze.” She meant “raise.”
I don’t think asking that helped with my chances. We didn’t end up going on any dates.
I wouldn’t want to be the one to have to intubate those animals.
Actually most of them (according to a friend who works for a large animal hospital and has some human EMS background) are intubated far easier than humans - and they place a “hand safer” device (if you’re old enough to remember the “plastic screw device”-I don’t actually remember the actual name- used to open a seizure patients jaw that were once used, they are similar).
Back in my training day we used cats to practice neonatal intubation.
I actually would love to be the one to intubate them!
Why couldn’t that bird get a sleeping bag like the hamster did? Seems a bit drastic taping it down by the neck
Gotta get the wings spread.
The bird is for a normal x-ray. Here’s the context.
CT scans take much longer, but an x-ray is just a few seconds. I think it’s just a practical way to get the bird in place for a quick x-ray, and by practical I mean the vet techs minimize their (very real) risk of being murdered.
hehe
Random mirror linker btw:
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where’s the seed lebirdsky?
😆
Birds have very delicate air sacs. For small birds like that constricting them can seriously damage them and cause issues breathing.
I think they lack a diaphragm. It was weird reading in my cockatiel care books that some handling on the neck was fine, but even small pressure to their chest could prevent them from breathing.
That is correct. :)
The only thing animals should be forced to do!
I don’t think animals are ever okay getting CT scanned
My favorite is definitely that poor hedgehog, LOL
Mine are the snake and the taped bird
The dolphin sent me.
They really just folded that snake up
That one made me laugh as well. I never knew they had such… unflattering (yet flat!) bodies.
The crossovers between veterinary medicine and pediatric medicine are a lot more significant than most people like to think about. The Venn diagram isn’t a perfect circle…but it’s close.
that goose is gonna kill some mfs when it wakes up
Do we also get a thread of pictures of animals getting CT scans with their consent?
Some of those seem to have consented after being forced to.
I’m pretty convinced the cat is just being a cat though.
Looks like it’s going through some reps
Somehow I don’t think the fish consented to this…
Thanks for sharing. How does the fish one work? The dolphin I get because it breathes oxygen, but don’t all fish have gills? I feel like it should be in the water.
… Who said it needs to live.
💀💀💀
Maybe the fish are dead, or not out of the water for too long.
It can be out for a matter of minutes.
Humans are just ludicrously overdependent on aerobic respiration, our brain metabolism is overcharged to the point of being broken.
Most other animals have a lot more room to function sans oxygen, they’re more limited by stored energy reserves.
Why do you use sans instead of just saying without?
Can’t speak for op but it usually adds cheek. Sans’ use was revived a few decades ago. It tends to alter one’s tone to sound slightly stuffier, like putting on a top-hat and monocle. I’ve also seen it used more randomly by younger people who recently learned its meaning.
Edit: disclaimer and use case
I’m old, from when it was first revived, it’s slightly snarky and removes seriousness from a topic in the middle.
I’m in a yoga teacher training at the moment, and a biologist by background. It’s been amazing seeing how the different yogic breathing techniques impact mental and physical states.
Those crazy folks in the Indus valley civilization made a serious study of this, at least 4,000 years ago according to current evidence. Some techniques, like yoga nidra (alternate nostril breathing for several minutes) have significant impacts on nervous system function.
You can measure this directly with a cheap heart rate monitor and an app that can interpret and returns stats on heart rate variability.
Those old yogis made a study out of exploiting our brain’s dependence on oxygen and developed some pretty cool biohacks.
Does
alternate nostril breathing
mean holding lefty closed with your finger for a few minutes then righty, or does it mean back and forth… surely you can’t do this without manual intervention, right?
Yes that’s the method. It’s improperly called yoga nidra, but the correct term for the method is Nadi Shodhana Pranayama.
I’m not exactly sure what you mean. You describe the method that is used. One holds their own hand to the face with the nose between thumb and index finger. On alternate breath cycles, you direct the breath through alternating sides.
Did I understand your question correctly?
You answered my wildly rambling question—thank you!
Anything on there that fixes POTS or general awareness of everything around us?
Do you mean the syndrome that causes lightheadedness when standing up?
I found a 2021 research article that shows 6 months of regular cardiovascular exercise improves the condition. Some forms of physical yoga practice are vigorous and get into the cardio range.
I can’t find yoga-specific studies on POTS, but there are many on other conditions that include dizziness and syncope as main symptoms. That’s what a quick google scholar search revealed.
Yoga emphasizes attention and breath awareness during the movement practices. I personally have a job that requires a lot of stooping and standing. At first I was often dizzy standing up, but as my practice has intensified and progressed that has gone away completely.
I don’t know, if your physician clears you for the activity, there are many benefits to it. Maybe worth a deeper look?
And as for general awareness, hell yes. That is the entire focus of yoga philosophy, to quiet the busy mind. The scientific studies on that are plentiful.
Wim Hof breathing is so good from time to time
Have never given him money and think he ventures into pseudoscience but this beginner video is safe (no BS, just breathing)
Yeah, people, don’t follow Wim Hof in having enemas on public fountains.
Public fountain? I think you mean community bidet
You’re supposed to hold your breath for a CT, so the fish is just fine for a bit.
We need higher res photo of Steven the fish
I hate to read any post on the internet that involves both the words “animal” and “consent.”
Human beings are inexplicable, contradictory species that don’t know how to view the world through anything other than our momentary feelings about things, and the universe suffers for it.
Oh man I feel bad for thr intubated ones
They’re probably having a better time than the ones that aren’t intubated. The intubation is to make sure they’re still breathing while they’re anesthetized. The ones without tubes are just awake and angry/scared.
There’s definitely two kinds
- Ima napping
- You think this is funny? This cell won’t hold me forever. And once I’m free, you will all regret it
The hamster burritos got me good.
