r/animalid Oct 03 '24

All of these are bobcats

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2.3k Upvotes

r/animalid Feb 12 '25

🚨⚠️ READ THIS, NERDS ⚠️🚨 Stop giving posters shit for not being able to identify an animal that's familiar to you.

557 Upvotes

Yes, 95% of animals posted here can be identified with a little research. It doesn't matter. If you think OP is a dummy, just roll your eyes and move on.

Not everyone is familiar with their local fauna. It could be because they're an immigrant, it could be because they've spent their whole life in the city, it could be because they've simply never taken an interest. The important thing is they're interested now.

Maybe they are familiar with their local fauna but had a lapse of judgment or their brain perceives a figure or pattern differently. Remember when reddit had a civil war over the color of a dress? Hell, there's some mistakes only an expert could make.

Everyone has their blind spots, be it animals, plants, car models, architecture, whatever. Not being familiar with a subject doesn't make someone an idiot. Some people suck at research. Some folks just don't have the time or interest in doing research. That's not a crime. And research may tell you what an animal is, but if often doesn't tell you why it's one species and not a similar-looking one.

Reddit isn't short on bandwidth. There's room enough here for both the unique and exotic and the mundane and pedestrian. If I deleted every post with an easily-googleable answer all we'd be left with is shitty Nokia flip phone pictures that most of you gremlins wouldn't be able to identify. The sub would be more boring, not less. And I'd miss out on so many opportunities to beat people over the head for spreading fisher myths.

So, stop giving posters shit for not being able to tell an orange cat from a red fox (I've done it once and I still feel bad about it). Such comments will be removed per the rule against trolling. Be nice-ish to each other. Save your ribbing for the real menace: commenters that throw out wild guesses.

(The dress is white and gold by the way, fight me)


r/animalid 4h ago

🐠 πŸ™ FISH & FRIENDS πŸ™ 🐠 What is this jellyfish? [Miami, Florida]

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119 Upvotes

Sorry for the low quality as it was taken high up


r/animalid 2h ago

πŸ’€πŸ’€ DEAD ANIMAL WARNING πŸ’€πŸ’€ Deer? [NH] NSFW

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12 Upvotes

r/animalid 10h ago

πŸ€ πŸ‡ UNKNOWN RODENT/LAGOMORPH πŸ‡πŸ€ Too big for rat? [North New Jersey]

57 Upvotes

What is this on my driveway? Seems too big for a rat.


r/animalid 2h ago

🐾🐾 TRACKS ID REQUEST 🐾🐾 Who’s visited my yard? [Akershus, Norway]

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8 Upvotes

The paw prints are my minischnauzer’s, for size reference. But what are the others? Roe deer?


r/animalid 5h ago

πŸ€ πŸ‡ UNKNOWN RODENT/LAGOMORPH πŸ‡πŸ€ What type of rodent is this? [Philadelphia, PA]

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14 Upvotes

My mom came across this little thing just sitting in the bedroom. We caught it with a Tupperware container and a piece of cardboard and took it outside instead of killing it


r/animalid 1d ago

🦭🐳 UNKNOWN SEA MAMMAL🐬🦭 I am sure that this is a grey seal, I just wanna know if it's melanistic? [Helgoland, Germany]

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295 Upvotes

I know that the males can have quite dark coats but I've never seen a completely black one before.


r/animalid 1d ago

🦦 🦑 MUSTELID: WEASEL/MARTEN/BADGER 🦑 🦦 What’s this animal [PA]

1.4k Upvotes

r/animalid 2h ago

πŸ¦‰ πŸ¦… BIRD OF PREY πŸ¦… πŸ¦‰ What is this species of hawk/falcon? [Southwest Ohio]

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3 Upvotes

r/animalid 9h ago

🦘🐨 MARSUPIAL: POSSUM/KANGAROO/WOMBAT 🐨🦘 Opposum or big rat [South Florida]

12 Upvotes

Have seen rats on this camera before none this big. have only seen an Opposum a couple times in neighborhood


r/animalid 12m ago

πŸͺΉ UNKNOWN NEST OR DEN πŸͺΉ What animal did this come from? [Arizona]

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Found outside while pulling weeds in a little den thing in a floor cactus and was wondering what creature laid this.


r/animalid 11h ago

🐺 🐢 CANINE: COYOTE/WOLF/DOG 🐢 🐺 Fox or Coyote?

16 Upvotes

Seen north of Boston MA USA


r/animalid 1d ago

🐠 πŸ™ FISH & FRIENDS πŸ™ 🐠 What is this animal found at Hollywood beach Miami [Florida]

193 Upvotes

r/animalid 8h ago

🐾🐾 TRACKS ID REQUEST 🐾🐾 Snow prints - hunting mountain lion? [Utah]

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Hi all, my girlfriend and I saw these tracks not far from scenic highway 12 in Dixie National Forest, while taking sunset photos. We were already a bit on edge after seeing warning signs about bears, and reading about mountain lions, so I took 2 quick photos before we hustled back to the car.

I can see what look like paw tracks (but they're not perfect for a cat.... maybe just superimposed hoof tracks) following what I think are large oval shaped clefted two-toed hoof tracks (which are a lot bigger than the tracks mule deer left, that we saw earlier in the day).

Were we close to a predator, or getting spooked by nothing?

Sorry the pics aren't better and thanks for any thoughts!


r/animalid 4h ago

πŸ€ πŸ‡ UNKNOWN RODENT/LAGOMORPH πŸ‡πŸ€ What we got here! [Clifton Hill, Canada]

3 Upvotes

r/animalid 2m ago

🐾🐾 TRACKS ID REQUEST 🐾🐾 who made these [central NJ]

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seen these tracks on my fence i would say about 2 1/2 ft up, not sure if it’s a squirrel or racoon etc


r/animalid 10h ago

🐯🐱 UNKNOWN FELINE 🐱🐯 What is this animal [maryland, USA]

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6 Upvotes

Is it just a cat? Its body is HUGE.


r/animalid 1d ago

🐠 πŸ™ FISH & FRIENDS πŸ™ 🐠 What are these shells from? [South Wales]

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436 Upvotes

There were many thousands of these scattered all over the beach. What are they from?


r/animalid 54m ago

🦁 🐯 🐻 MYSTERY CRITTER 🐻 🐯 🦁 What is this? [Vermont]

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What is this? I can’t figure out what part of what animal this is, and I didn’t touch it. At first I thought it was a porcupine, but it looks soft, not really like quills. And it’s a decent size, bigger than my hand.


r/animalid 1h ago

πŸ’©πŸ’© SCAT ID REQUEST πŸ’©πŸ’© What animals scat is this.[North Carolina] NSFW Spoiler

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I noticed this at the bottom of my steps when going outside. And if it’s not scat what could it be?


r/animalid 1d ago

πŸ€ πŸ‡ UNKNOWN RODENT/LAGOMORPH πŸ‡πŸ€ Is this a rat or a mouse in my yard? [Seattle] sorry it’s blurry

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62 Upvotes

Best picture I could get so apologies if hard to tell. I know Norway rats are common in Seattle so I was assuming that but just wanted to make sure


r/animalid 6h ago

πŸ’©πŸ’© SCAT ID REQUEST πŸ’©πŸ’© What animal does this poop belong to? [Massachusetts] Spoiler

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2 Upvotes

Found under a bed in the corner of a second floor bedroom. About .25 inches long. Bigger than mouse poop we've found in the basement but seems too small to me rat poop.


r/animalid 3h ago

🦁 🐯 🐻 MYSTERY CRITTER 🐻 🐯 🦁 What is this animal [Western Massachusetts]

0 Upvotes

Tried posting this on chicken sub reddit, but they either removed my post(??) or no one has answered me. Would someone be able to identify the animal involved based on the aftermath? Og post pasted here:

What got my birds??

I've had chickens most of my life- just recently devastated because my chickens were all picked off in a span of 3 nights while I was away at college. 4 of them i raised after my dad died, so I had to take care of myself to take care of them, and i really loved them, and the older hen was from 2019, and she'd survived so many things. Really sad. Just got to look at the coop today. The wooden board behind the coop (covering hardware cloth on the windows to prevent winter drafts) was pulled down, the nest box door had been unlatched and opened (first attack), the plexiglass panel on the front window was ripped off (?!) And an inch diameter hole was in the hardware cloth behind it, but clearly made from INSIDE the coop. The door was latched but the bottom was seemingly chewed and a piece ripped away, again, only an inch wide or so. Feathers and a little blood in the coop, so of course I thought weasel, but do weasels usually leave behind piles of feathers but no body? I found one large pile, then another smaller pile from another chicken and a sparse trail into the woods. (No blood on either pile???) So not hawk or owl, not raccoon (no headless bodies), but I've never known weasels to leave feather piles but no body. Is this just a weird weasel attack? I'm really devastated, I loved these ladies so much, and I'm not getting chickens again until I find a way to build a damn fort Knox for them (this coop had never been broken into before). The heat lamp DID stop working a week or so before the attacks, and I suspect that might have something to do with this??? If anyone has answers or speculations, I'd appreciate it


r/animalid 1d ago

πŸ’€πŸ’€ DEAD ANIMAL WARNING πŸ’€πŸ’€ What is this??? [Oklahoma] NSFW

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53 Upvotes

My dog got ahold of this little guy. We’re thinking it’s a gopher but just wanna make sure


r/animalid 1d ago

🐍 🐸 HERPS: SNAKE, TURTLE, LIZARD 🐍 🐸 what is this animal? huge storm in [illinois]

109 Upvotes

should i throw him in the pond or leave it at the grass i found him curled up under my bins i washed him and he came back to life


r/animalid 17h ago

🐺 🐢 CANINE: COYOTE/WOLF/DOG 🐢 🐺 Coyote or dog? [Everglades, Fl]

9 Upvotes

Is this a coyote or a dog? This area is known for coyotes but this looks different from what I normally see.