r/natureismetal Oct 14 '24

In regards to Rule #1

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Hey people!

Your friendly neighborhood moderator here.

This'll be a short announcemnet, so no excuses to not read it.

But posting domestic cats (Felis Familiaris Felis Catus), and them killing things is not welcome here.

In the past, it resulted in an immediate, and permanent, ban. since the announcement was removed, haven't been enforcing that policy since, well, can't expect someone to follow something that doesn't exist in a way that you can see it.

But it's back, from the time this is posted, you post a cat, you're getting banned.

Rule 1 is extremely clear on that those kinds of posts are not allowed, and it's not our fault if you can't, or won't, read the rules.

Keep being metal.


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r/natureismetal 8h ago

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r/natureismetal 2d ago

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Around the 20th of July, the locals in Tana, northern Norway were met with an unusual sight, a walrus just chilling by the road. While walruses are technicaly native to Norway, around Svalbard, its uncommon for them to come to mainland Norway, but there are several instances of that happening, like Freja. Now this walrus was also given a name, Halvdan, due to it missing a part of its right tusk.

However like with Freja, this story doesn't have a happy ending. The walrus had dissapeared, and most believed that it had returned to the sea again. However a hiker that was walking in the woods saw a strange pattern on the grass, almost as if something had been dragged across it. So he followed it and found the walrus dead, 9km from the sea, by a small river. The death was natural, as there weren't any wounds on the carcass.

Its unknown what had happened, but its believed the walrus was sick before it even arrived to Norway. In many social animals, sick or unhealthy individuals will often stray from the group, and its possible this walrus was also doing the same. However how it ended up in Tana is unknown, as its really far away from its natural range. But then comes the question, why the walrus moved further into the forest instead of to the sea? As for now, the carcass will stay in the same spot, and that huge body will give a lot of food for the scavengers as well as nutrients to the soil


r/natureismetal 1d ago

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r/natureismetal 3d ago

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r/natureismetal 3d ago

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r/natureismetal 2d ago

That's crazy lol. Sorry, I didn't know what else to say on here:)! lol

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