Animal food restrictions

[asakiyume]

I thought this up after seeing a number of things debunking associations of certain foods with certain animals.







Animal Food Restrictions

Do not feed ducks breadcrumbs, which are a source of empty calories and may cause obesity and secondary health issues, such as diabetes. Substitute healthy snacks, such as cracked corn, seeds, or peas.


don't give this duck diabetes!
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Many cats are lactose intolerant, and milk may make them vomit. Give your lactose-intolerant cat soy or almond milk, or coconut milk, if you’re trend conscious.

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Uh-oh...
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Carrots are high in sugar, and therefore rabbits should only eat them as special treats—for instance, on birthdays or holidays.


Happy Birthday!
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Mice never really liked cheese and only eat it to be polite. They are, however, genuinely fond of chocolate.


Yessss, chocolate
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You do not need to worry about bananas contributing to monkeys’ belly fat. Genetics, and not the food they eat, determine where monkeys accumulate fat, and monkeys are very body-positive, in any case.


Every inch of me is gorgeous
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Goats do not actually eat tin cans. They do, however, eat smartphones, which are a good source of rare-earth elements.


I have all the data I need . . . within me
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Sugar water is hummingbird meth. Why do you think they flit around like that? If you have a hummingbird feeder, you are an enabler and should be ashamed of yourself.


Give me another hit of the good stuff
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Although they will eat humans, great white sharks actually prefer seals--but not the baby ones with the big eyes.


We're not heartless
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Peanuts are likely to trigger PTSD in elephants as the tasty legume was frequently used as bait in elephant traps during the prolonged elephant conflicts of the last century. For meaningful reconciliation with the elephant community, avoid offering peanuts.


How could you?
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They say koalas eat only eucalyptus leaves, but if you check Snopes, you’ll see that they also like stuffed grape leaves and falafel.


For foodie koalas
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Although baleen whales normally subsist on krill, they are fond of Asian noodles. However, owing to gluten sensitivity, ramen and udon are out. Try organic soba, made with 100 percent buckwheat, or Korean dotori guksu, made with acorn flour. Rice sticks are also generally a crowd pleaser.


Appreciated by whales
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Comments

[slobbit.livejournal.com]

monkeys are very body-positive, in any case

"It's funny because it's true." Homer Simpson

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Monkeys know how to rock it :D

[queenoftheskies.livejournal.com]

I knew some of those, but not all. Thanks for sharing and also for brightening the morning. :)

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Some of them are entirely invented, so I'd be surprised if you knew them :-)

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

That goat pic is classic! :o)

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

The world's most satisfied-seeming goat!

[danceswithwaves.livejournal.com]

Curious, did you mix real facts in with these? Because some are just hilarious and then some I'm like, waaait, is this maybe actually true? (Like the bunnies. And I think that mice tend to prefer peanut butter over cheese.)

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I did! I tried to start off with the true ones, only exaggerated a little (like, some cats really will vomit if they get milk, but probably no one would recommend coconut milk instead) and then get more and more off the wall.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Oh, and you're right about mice! They like peanut butter very much... and also chocolate. My mother-in-law used to prime traps with chocolate.

[pameladean]

I just about fell out of my chair over these, particularly the body-positivity of the monkeys.

The very best expression is the goat's, though.

P.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Never was a goat more pleased with himself! (Searching for good images was half the fun)

[khiemtran.livejournal.com]

I love that shark. And the elephant's "how could you?"...

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

It was a very remorse-inducing elephant eye.

[yamamanama.livejournal.com]

Now I want some dolmas (stuffed grape leaves).

I don't think soy or almond or coconut milk is in reality particularly good for cats.
On the other hand, goats can and will eat poison ivy. Keep that in mind if you ever need to get rid of the stuff.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I wouldn't want anyone to actually act on my advice!

Goats have also been used to eat invasive phragmites. They're indiscriminate and will also eat things like cattails, but apparently the cattails grow back quicker than the phragmites, so it works as a way of getting rid of the phragmites.

I know sheep are used to graze the areas under power lines in parts of Vermont, to keep them clear, instead of mowing. ... Or rather, I should say, so I've been told.

[sovay]

I don't think soy or almond or coconut milk is in reality particularly good for cats.

They love goat's milk, as I am reminded every time I try to drink some myself.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

And actually, Jiji drinks regular milk with no ill effect. Yesterday we shared some that had been sweetened by the presence of some store-brand Life cereal in it.

[oiktirmos.livejournal.com]

Goats are so health conscious to have researched smartphones.
The people at the Finding Bigfoot TV show say Bigfoot love peanut butter. I'm relieved to know that because I was about to feed them chocolate.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Now you can just fix some really large peanut butter sandwiches. Bigfoot is probably always in the mood for a picnic.

[sovay]

I truly enjoy the way this starts out perfectly plausibly and then the next thing you know there's a happy goat with a smartphone in its belly and a meth-head hummingbird.

Also—

You do not need to worry about bananas contributing to monkeys’ belly fat. Genetics, and not the food they eat, determine where monkeys accumulate fat, and monkeys are very body-positive, in any case.

—I love this.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

So glad you enjoyed! I wrote it a while ago, but only today found images for it. Newsflash: there are lots of excellent animal images out there on the Internet.

[steepholm.livejournal.com]

This gradually peels off the wall with the insidious inexorability of a One Direction poster stuck up with too little Blu Tack - great job!

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Hahaha! And this comment is the best way to introduce the adjective "off-the-wall" that I have ever seen, and likely ever will see.

[stormdog.livejournal.com]

These are great. Good to know what I shouldn't be feeding my whales.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Really the pet store should have told you! But sometimes they forget....

[learnsslowly.livejournal.com]

That mouse looks like a very happy gerbil to me....
Love the goat's expression, too.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Yessss, I suspect that is actually a gerbil. It looked enough like a fat version of a white-footed mouse that I gave it a pass.

[dudeshoes.livejournal.com]

Very cute. And I just learned that dogs get very sick if they eat grapefruit.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

No grapefruit diets for dogs! They probably do better with the Atkins diet :-)

[yamamanama.livejournal.com]

Same with onions.

In fact, we're one of the few mammals that can eat onions.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

In fact, we're one of the few mammals that can eat onions.

Something I think I learned from you and shared w/folks here, at dinnertime, the other day.

[yamamanama.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I pointed that out in last week's entry.

[pinkroo.livejournal.com]

this was delightful :)

Now I want some Asian noodles.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

I know, me too!

[heliopausa.livejournal.com]

:D Thank you! You made a great start to my day - I especially enjoyed the shark who's not heartless.

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

My pleasure :-) Finding the images was lots of fun.

[sartorias.livejournal.com]

Love the expression on that goat!

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

He seems supremely pleased!

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[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Animals are so expressive; great images to go with your quirky text.:D

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[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Thanks :D

(Love the great grin on your ... gecko?)

<--This one is from Madagascar; don't know his name :P

[mnfaure.livejournal.com]

Chameleon. He is the one who lived on the avocado tree in our backyard in Mayotte. Not very inventive a name, perhaps, but we called him Léon.

Re: <--This one is from Madagascar; don't know his name :P

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Léon, guardian of the avocado ♥

[barry-king.livejournal.com]

Hehehehehehehe *snrk*

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

:-)

[amaebi.livejournal.com]

I love this!

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Yay! I'm glad!

[c-maxx.livejournal.com]

I always wondered about the sugar water, seeing what it does to me, who has a lot more body mass...

[asakiyume.livejournal.com]

Do your arms and legs become a blur as you move about, super fast?