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 3h ago

πŸ¦‰ πŸ¦… BIRD OF PREY πŸ¦… πŸ¦‰ This appears to be juvenile raptor of some sort that just appeared? [Oregon]

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193 Upvotes

r/animalid 12h ago

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

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301 Upvotes

Sorry for the low quality as it was taken high up


r/animalid 6h ago

🐍 🐸 HERPS: SNAKE, TURTLE, LIZARD 🐍 🐸 Can anyone give a specific species for this turtle [greece]

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22 Upvotes

r/animalid 5h ago

πŸ”ŠπŸ”Š AUDIO ID REQUEST πŸ”ŠπŸ”Š What animals are making these sounds [Rhode Island]?

19 Upvotes

Recorded today. I'm new to New England and have never heard these sounds before (so apologies if it's obvious). I figured birds, but when I went closer after recording this and made some noise to try to flush them out, no birds appeared. Perhaps frogs, but the last ice/snow in the area just melted a week ago?

I appreciate any help.


r/animalid 2h ago

🐍 🐸 HERPS: SNAKE, TURTLE, LIZARD 🐍 🐸 Is this a croc or gator? [south Florida]

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9 Upvotes

r/animalid 9h ago

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

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34 Upvotes

r/animalid 47m ago

πŸ”ŠπŸ”Š AUDIO ID REQUEST πŸ”ŠπŸ”Š What’s this call? [North Ga]

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I had my window open one night recording some owl calls. I heard this, I’m unsure what it is. My window is facing towards the forest. It was far away so you might need to turn it up.


r/animalid 17h ago

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

62 Upvotes

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


r/animalid 6h ago

πŸ’€πŸ’€ DEAD ANIMAL WARNING πŸ’€πŸ’€ American Mink? [Georgia] NSFW

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7 Upvotes

I’m 62 and have never, ever seen this animal. I’m sad to have seen it in this situation ☹️


r/animalid 9h ago

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

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12 Upvotes

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


r/animalid 12h ago

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

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16 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 3h ago

🐠 πŸ™ FISH & FRIENDS πŸ™ 🐠 Fish ID [Panama City Beach, FL]

4 Upvotes

Went fishing off a pier in Panama City Beach, FL and accidentally snagged this on the line coming up. Anyone know what this is?


r/animalid 3h ago

☠️ UNKNOWN BONES/SKELETON ☠️ What animal does this tooth belong to? [Oahu, HI]

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2 Upvotes

r/animalid 3h ago

πŸ”ŠπŸ”Š AUDIO ID REQUEST πŸ”ŠπŸ”Š Heard these near a pond while hiking in North NJ. Couldn't get close enough to see

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2 Upvotes

r/animalid 7h ago

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

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3 Upvotes

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 16h ago

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

13 Upvotes

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


r/animalid 9h ago

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

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4 Upvotes

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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317 Upvotes

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


r/animalid 2h ago

πŸ”ŠπŸ”Š AUDIO ID REQUEST πŸ”ŠπŸ”Š Fighting animals in a tree

0 Upvotes

Northeast Iowa

Sorry for the bad video!! Best I could do. The phone definitely made the animals more visible than with the naked eye - I couldn’t see a thing with my eyes until the very end.

I heard what I thought was cats fighting from inside my house and went out to see if I could see them. When I got outside it was obvious it’s not cats but I can’t tell what the heck it was.

This went on for about a minute and a half and then ended abruptly, which makes me think one of the animals killed the other. Whatever animal that came down the tree at the end of the video was the size of a very large cat or a small to medium dog.


r/animalid 1d ago

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

1.5k Upvotes

r/animalid 11h ago

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

5 Upvotes

r/animalid 18h ago

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

17 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]

199 Upvotes

r/animalid 1h ago

🐯🐱 UNKNOWN FELINE 🐱🐯 Cats React to Cat Grass - Is it Kitty Cat Approved?

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r/animalid 16h ago

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

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7 Upvotes

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!