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Feb 15, 2024 8:38 PM
BluesFish
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usernametakenisthestoryofmylife
I think it's the sunglasses.
MonsoonPoultryHospital
My life would be downhill from that day forward.
MouseCheese1
... Please poop on his head... Please poop on his head! :D
commentsivehadafew
Fact: Meerkats can do headstands
gumblemuntz
He IS the high ground
oldguyexlurker
BECOME the surroundings.
YangKoete
Meerkat Manor memories....
Maulbert
Those are no mere cats.
clamdriver
They always appear very nervous and suspicious of everything.
tuffguy428
That lookout needs some serious retraining.
deadweights
I heard he's still there till this day.
KittensForDays
This is AMAZING
ButteryBiscuitBass
How real men shoot animals.
khora
Hello there, elevated terrain.
pleaseuseotherdoor
Now who has the high ground!?!
Cranbananarama
Are parasites a concern when doing stuff like this?
DriveByPianist
Hope he gets the shot he wants
blanksmom
Tetanus or rabies?
MyLifeIsABlondeMoment
Tinder
Sarcastus
He gives off the same vibes as a capybara.
Thesaya
IIRC this was after several days of him being there. They got used to it
ThanksForTheThing
Zange0
This, but from the perspective of the meerkats?
realrealluckless
*Method not advised for bear related photography... Pay Canon or Nikon for their serious telephoto lenses.
IUpvoteFuturama
Coward! Pet the big dog!
realrealluckless
I'm totally the type to happily pet and even hug the big dog. My concern is mostly them petting and hugging back...
JohnSatclaire
Tim Treadwell: "You're not my supervisor!"
Hammertulski
The Sony 200-600 is pretty gosh darn amazing but, and I say this as a Sony shooter, the Canon color science and feature set is pretty much built for outdoors/wildlife/sports.
Elektrixer
Two years ago I had the choice, Canon or Sony. Mainly take pictures of cars, some of them at night. The A7 IV really surprised me how well you could shoot handheld at night, thanks to good low-light performance and IBIS.
Hammertulski
Alpha bodies here too and I fully agree. I took some night shots of cars in snow recently, which I can’t share here because they did get published, and though I had to push to ISO6400 at F2.0 to freeze the snow, the results were just beautiful. A little Lightroom RAW denoise and some adjustment and they’re ready to go. I also use my A7RII for indoor music photography and though it struggles with LED lighting a bit, I get a huge percent of useable shots.
realrealluckless
I'm not sure how serious Sony is about their lens line up given that 600mm was their longest offering last I looked... But I also wander the woods with a 180mm on a 6x7 medium format, so I'm not exactly the most serious either. I'll just hope someone on the SAR team that finds my corpse is hipster enough to recognise a film camera if I mange to get a good shot of a grizzly...
Hammertulski
“Look in the camera, see if there’s any film” is not what you wanna go out hearing, haha. Sony is pretty serious about the lineup in the sub-300 space; the 70-200 G II is an absolute monster, the 85/1.4G is my favorite concert lens without a doubt, and the 50/1.2G is a powerhouse prime that performs incredibly well in crop mode on a full-frame. That said, my favorite concert photographers lean Canon and I understand why.
FartsSmellBad
Every time I see meerkats I'm forced to remember that they're apparently the most murderous mammals known, with ~20% of being victims.
snrsquishy101
And they say monkeys are our closest relatives. Turns out its actually Meerkats.
metalrulercid
You can tell from that one on his head looking for bitches trying to come take her man.
chumpacabra
some would say that they're not mere cats
bunnylicious
Lol I was going to comment that this just reminds me of those little dinosaurs in Jurassic Park where the dude saw one and then a few and was like "Awwww, they're so cute" and then promptly swarmed by them and eaten. That is all I saw after a few seconds and the focus widens and more join them.
ZeroLyfe
'Mericacats
SteelyDad
Wait... does that mean 20% of meerkat deaths are meerkats murdering each other?
FartsSmellBad
yes
SauronsLeftNut
OH i think i can name a more murderous mammal.
azzabat
They also send the youngest out first to check if it’s safe from predators, or when crossing roads. Pretty ruthless mammals.
StevieTheAussie
Heartless but calculated. They’re considering the longevity of their group as a whole. Baby dies, you can have another. Adult dies, there goes one of their means of reproducing.
aerofoil
They're pretty much mammal's version of ants.
StevieTheAussie
What’s the bet on the percentage of humans killed by humans?
IceWeaselX
It's not even close. Stats aren't fully up to date, but it looks like globally we've been staying below 0.008%. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate
StevieTheAussie
What if we count humans killed by irresponsible callous Orange douchebags?
IceWeaselX
Even that would still be only a fraction of a percent. American deaths to COVID-19 are estimated at ~1,200,000. Global population is ~8,000,000,000. That would add ~0.015%.
StevieTheAussie
That’s still a fucking big percentage.
barbarian818
That seems to exclude war casualties and possibly most victims of genocide. Disease is our biggest killer overall. But we are, by far, our own worst predator.
BluesFish
I think there are some pretty grotesque behaviors in the otter community.
RonnieKielbasa
@AgentOtter this is slanderous
losersmanual
They let the kids cross the road first to check if it's safe.
Vorphalack
The top cause of death of male baboons is other male baboons.
htcz7je9kh
Are we baboons?
dasklaus
We used to be, in terms of murder I mean. Then we invented states and laws, and as much as I dream of moving to an island and living in a small community off the land, reality tells me health insurance and meeting strangers without batting an eye are worth it.
turbodog
Dolphin community just phoned in, they want to be represented.
JemIsTrulyOutrageous
TheAsterite
they just get a bad rep cause of the whole matriarchal hierarchy thing and misogyny
turbodog
Well, and the rape. Of anything.
Tankdoggy
yea, Dolphin rape cages.
Snooj
By and large I have not heard good things about humans.
onehappymaniac
Accurate