You know the internet has an infinite amount of entertainment lined up for you to enjoy when 5.7 million people follow an Instagram account, the identity of which revolves around one of the most basic concepts out there defined in three words: animals doing things.
That’s the whole meaning of life, isn’t it? Just doing things. Well, you can check out how many things can actually be done by animals in the list we just curated for you below.
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Animals Doing Things is an Instagram page that jokingly boasts being “rated the #1 Instagram page by every single animal.”
The page was created back in May of 2017 and has since then managed to deliver nearly 5,500 posts and amass a following of 5.7 million people.
The very definition of "superhero" is helping others. Great job, kiddo.
So, what are those animals doing that’s so dang deserving of great attention?
Well, they’re scaring kids for fun, digging in trash, stealing bird feed, chilling, playing music, forming unlikely friendships, sitting on people, doing community service, and stressing the heck out.
I knew Maxi had settled in when he didn't drag his cuddly sausage toy to his bed to sleep with. We still have it though it's been 5 years on Thursday since he crossed the rainbow bridge
When I first got my puppy at 8 weeks, we got her a long yellow duck dog toy. She slept with it sometimes then. Ten years later, she still has her duck that she still sometimes sleeps with. I have donated many dog clothes, blankets, beds and toys over the years to animal shelters or friends who got a new puppy, but the duck is family, she has to stay with her buddy.
I still sleep with a raggedy Anne blanket every night I was given as a baby and now I'm worried about it's potential to go full Annabelle considering the OG Annabelle was allegedly a possessed raggedy Anne doll
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Same, Breeze. Kinda. I'm 60 and still have my Teddy Bear given to me when I was brought home from hospital as a newborn. I don't sleep with it; it's in a glass display case in my music studio in case it goes full tilt Annabelle on me...
Ok that's adorable. But can't be real. At least it's not the same bear. That thing would be covered in poop and hay and shavings. Not to mention horse hair and drool.
Horses don't go to the bathroom on their offspring. Sure, when they're in the barn they go in their stall, but who wants to lie in that? As far as the rest, a good washing machine goes a long way. The bear may have been/need to be replaced at some point, but it's not impossible for this to be real.
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My Holly Dog had a rabbit she carried around at random it was her go to toy. When she passed (age 15) I made darn sure it went with her
I wonder if he lost his mother as a foal? Can't see why he'd need a companion otherwise.
Santa brought my teddy Christmas of 1956--67 years ago today. I still have Teddy Bear in my cedar chest. ❤
Being a horse owner I want to know why the teddy bear isn't stomped on and full of horse s**t
Well of course we can't have societal norms make him abandon the bear after all those years together, aye?
All jokes and memes aside, what animals do all day is a bit of a surreal thing to think about.
In reality, wild animals pretty much walk around all day, scouting for food and taking the occasional rest in-between foraging sessions, all the while making sure they themselves don’t become food for someone else.
I don't see it either...are they sure there's an elephant there? :)
And when they’re not on a food walk, they’re probably sleeping, procreating, pooping or caring for their young’uns. In other words, they’re always up to something.
So, you can imagine just how much you’re taking away from an animal when you adopt them as a pet. In essence, it takes away the foraging aspect and the fear of being foraged.
So, instead, they substitute that time with the perks of a different life, i.e. getting all those pets, playing games with you or anyone else in the house, and occasionally destroying furniture.
If you want more specific results, strap a GoPro on a cat and let it run wild outside. A few hours if not days later, review the footage.
Don't let other landlords pull the wool over your eyes, renting from her isn't a baaaad decision! (I should probably be at least a bit sheepish about the atrocity of these puns...)
As for dogs, researchers in India took to the streets to observe strays. They observed dogs when they were typically active during the day, save for midday as it was the hottest time and dogs tend to hide from the heat.
And, so, the most popular activity among stray dogs was [drum roll] inactivity, i.e. sleep, lazing and sitting around (53% of instances).
16% of the dogs observed were just walking around, either in groups or individually.
Less than 6% of the time was spent on what the researchers called “maintenance” activities. This included grooming, scratching, drinking, garbage sniffing, pooping, and the like.
Only around 10% of instances included dogs interacting with other animals (dogs, cats, as well as humans and even calves). Even though the context was that most people think of stray dogs as aggressive, none of the 32 interactions were observed to be aggressive. They were actually of a positive nature with the dogs wagging their tails and begging for food.
This is your standard run-of-the-mill day in the life of an animal. Mileage may vary, of course, because human involvement in various facets of animal life has become commonplace. Like raccoons who have a daily get-together on this guy’s porch to have a wholesome feast of hot dog sausages. But, besides this, the tl;dr is that animals eat, sleep, mate, and repeat.
Checked and this is true - do animal group names get any better than this? I think not!
So, when you’re done eating hot dogs on that one guy’s porch, why not share your thoughts and stories about anything that you’ve seen or read here today.
Or if you want even more usual stuff from animals, why not continue your virtual journey through Bored Panda.
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not about the post, but did everyone else loose their notifications again?
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not about the post, but did everyone else loose their notifications again?
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