Amity
@always-amity.bsky.social
My heart belongs to Particularly Large Lizards.
Cetacean Enthusiast and Amateur Animal Photographer.
Cetacean Enthusiast and Amateur Animal Photographer.
It can be easy to forget sometimes, but Katina was not just a mother.
She was a daughter too.
She was once a little, orange, floppy-finned baby tucked up against her mothers side.
And it's likely that for the first time in almost half a centaury, she's back by her side again.
She was a daughter too.
She was once a little, orange, floppy-finned baby tucked up against her mothers side.
And it's likely that for the first time in almost half a centaury, she's back by her side again.
December 23, 2025 at 9:40 AM
It can be easy to forget sometimes, but Katina was not just a mother.
She was a daughter too.
She was once a little, orange, floppy-finned baby tucked up against her mothers side.
And it's likely that for the first time in almost half a centaury, she's back by her side again.
She was a daughter too.
She was once a little, orange, floppy-finned baby tucked up against her mothers side.
And it's likely that for the first time in almost half a centaury, she's back by her side again.
Oh sweet Kshamenk. You deserved so much better.
December 14, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Oh sweet Kshamenk. You deserved so much better.
Going through my old zoo photos and I gotta say, maybe I've been too harsh on the Meerkats and Otters. I don't spend much - if any - time with them when I'm at Australia Zoo, since small exotic animals really aren't my jam, but I've got quite a few nice pictures in here.
December 13, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Going through my old zoo photos and I gotta say, maybe I've been too harsh on the Meerkats and Otters. I don't spend much - if any - time with them when I'm at Australia Zoo, since small exotic animals really aren't my jam, but I've got quite a few nice pictures in here.
The first transfer of animals out of the Miami SeaQuarium have begun, with the remaining to follow before the end of the year. Documents have been released giving details on the animals and their destinations. The facilities receiving the animals are as follows:
🧵
🧵
December 12, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The first transfer of animals out of the Miami SeaQuarium have begun, with the remaining to follow before the end of the year. Documents have been released giving details on the animals and their destinations. The facilities receiving the animals are as follows:
🧵
🧵
After several long years I've got access to my old laptop hard drive, meaning I've recovered literally thousands of old photos that I thought were lost for good. Now to spend the next week or so sorting through them all to find what's worth transferring over.
December 6, 2025 at 7:08 AM
After several long years I've got access to my old laptop hard drive, meaning I've recovered literally thousands of old photos that I thought were lost for good. Now to spend the next week or so sorting through them all to find what's worth transferring over.
Spent some time with my sweet old man today.
November 29, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Spent some time with my sweet old man today.
KOSCIUSZKO WILD HORSE HERITAGE ACT REPEALED
a group of people are standing in a line with their hands on their head .
ALT: a group of people are standing in a line with their hands on their head .
media.tenor.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
KOSCIUSZKO WILD HORSE HERITAGE ACT REPEALED
Storm Season is really in full swing here!
After a week of our daily thunderstorm warnings mentioning the risk of hail, today's storm finally delivered.
After a week of our daily thunderstorm warnings mentioning the risk of hail, today's storm finally delivered.
November 27, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Storm Season is really in full swing here!
After a week of our daily thunderstorm warnings mentioning the risk of hail, today's storm finally delivered.
After a week of our daily thunderstorm warnings mentioning the risk of hail, today's storm finally delivered.
Genuinely not a single thought behind those eyes
November 25, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Genuinely not a single thought behind those eyes
CONFIRMED! Date locked in and everything.
We're currently hoping to make a trip out to Darling Downs Zoo as a Christmas present, since I've been wanting to go back for YEARS now. Unlike the perpetually-on-hold 18th birthday Taronga trip, DDZ is much cheaper and much closer, so we should be able to manage it. Maybe throw in an encounter too.
November 22, 2025 at 8:46 AM
CONFIRMED! Date locked in and everything.
Thinking about JEPPP's Sousa. About Splasher and his two unnamed podmates, and about Bertha and her baby, Bubbles.
November 21, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Thinking about JEPPP's Sousa. About Splasher and his two unnamed podmates, and about Bertha and her baby, Bubbles.
We've got a couple of eight-legged roommates at the moment. A Pale Cellar Spider has set up shop in the corner of our main bathroom, and a Dome Web Spider has built a considerable web between a post and a pot plant by our front door.
November 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
We've got a couple of eight-legged roommates at the moment. A Pale Cellar Spider has set up shop in the corner of our main bathroom, and a Dome Web Spider has built a considerable web between a post and a pot plant by our front door.
We're currently hoping to make a trip out to Darling Downs Zoo as a Christmas present, since I've been wanting to go back for YEARS now. Unlike the perpetually-on-hold 18th birthday Taronga trip, DDZ is much cheaper and much closer, so we should be able to manage it. Maybe throw in an encounter too.
November 18, 2025 at 5:40 PM
We're currently hoping to make a trip out to Darling Downs Zoo as a Christmas present, since I've been wanting to go back for YEARS now. Unlike the perpetually-on-hold 18th birthday Taronga trip, DDZ is much cheaper and much closer, so we should be able to manage it. Maybe throw in an encounter too.
Couple of (semi) recent Crows.
November 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Couple of (semi) recent Crows.
Reposted by Amity
Today we were lucky enough to encounter a superpod while on the water in Puget Sound with the @whaleresearch.bsky.social !
For now, we wanted to share an update on 2 of the Southern Resident orcas we get asked about the most: both L25 Ocean Sun and L87 Onyx were there!
#whalesky #killerwhales
For now, we wanted to share an update on 2 of the Southern Resident orcas we get asked about the most: both L25 Ocean Sun and L87 Onyx were there!
#whalesky #killerwhales
November 11, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Today we were lucky enough to encounter a superpod while on the water in Puget Sound with the @whaleresearch.bsky.social !
For now, we wanted to share an update on 2 of the Southern Resident orcas we get asked about the most: both L25 Ocean Sun and L87 Onyx were there!
#whalesky #killerwhales
For now, we wanted to share an update on 2 of the Southern Resident orcas we get asked about the most: both L25 Ocean Sun and L87 Onyx were there!
#whalesky #killerwhales
Php has an Australia episode and it features Megalania 😁
It looks like this 😐
It looks like this 😐
November 7, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Php has an Australia episode and it features Megalania 😁
It looks like this 😐
It looks like this 😐
Crazy to me that even the biggest activist groups are STILL using this number when at this point even Cetabase lists 141 dead cetaceans at the Miami Seaquarium. All using "120+" does is make MSQ look better by underselling just how horrific their death toll is.
November 5, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Crazy to me that even the biggest activist groups are STILL using this number when at this point even Cetabase lists 141 dead cetaceans at the Miami Seaquarium. All using "120+" does is make MSQ look better by underselling just how horrific their death toll is.
This dolphin just died.
They shipped a chronically ill dolphin to a park actively fighting eviction because of severe animal abuse, including specifically neglecting chronically ill animals, and less than 5 months later he's dead.
I'm so sorry Boomer. What a useless, preventable death.
They shipped a chronically ill dolphin to a park actively fighting eviction because of severe animal abuse, including specifically neglecting chronically ill animals, and less than 5 months later he's dead.
I'm so sorry Boomer. What a useless, preventable death.
November 5, 2025 at 2:23 AM
This dolphin just died.
They shipped a chronically ill dolphin to a park actively fighting eviction because of severe animal abuse, including specifically neglecting chronically ill animals, and less than 5 months later he's dead.
I'm so sorry Boomer. What a useless, preventable death.
They shipped a chronically ill dolphin to a park actively fighting eviction because of severe animal abuse, including specifically neglecting chronically ill animals, and less than 5 months later he's dead.
I'm so sorry Boomer. What a useless, preventable death.
Glad to see people are being really Normal about Old Faithful's move to Australia Zoo and aren't just blindly regurgitating talking points they've seen on Instagram.
There are very genuine and very serious criticisms to be made of his removal and relocation, but most people are sweeping them aside.
There are very genuine and very serious criticisms to be made of his removal and relocation, but most people are sweeping them aside.
November 3, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Glad to see people are being really Normal about Old Faithful's move to Australia Zoo and aren't just blindly regurgitating talking points they've seen on Instagram.
There are very genuine and very serious criticisms to be made of his removal and relocation, but most people are sweeping them aside.
There are very genuine and very serious criticisms to be made of his removal and relocation, but most people are sweeping them aside.
Here's another of my classic Scalding Hot Cetacap Takes, but I highkey respect Marineland Ontario for so openly talking about potentially euthanising their whales. I think Marineland Antibes should be making the same considerations and have the same public bluntness about their situation, tbh.
October 30, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Here's another of my classic Scalding Hot Cetacap Takes, but I highkey respect Marineland Ontario for so openly talking about potentially euthanising their whales. I think Marineland Antibes should be making the same considerations and have the same public bluntness about their situation, tbh.
After MONTHS of seeing them zip around the yard, I've finally managed to catch some photos of a Fiery Skimmer!
Even with my dogshit eyes and minimal Invert ID skills, these guys are unmistakable.
Even with my dogshit eyes and minimal Invert ID skills, these guys are unmistakable.
October 29, 2025 at 6:52 AM
After MONTHS of seeing them zip around the yard, I've finally managed to catch some photos of a Fiery Skimmer!
Even with my dogshit eyes and minimal Invert ID skills, these guys are unmistakable.
Even with my dogshit eyes and minimal Invert ID skills, these guys are unmistakable.
Feels like 25° at 1am. Oh yeah, today's gonna be fun 🙃
October 26, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Feels like 25° at 1am. Oh yeah, today's gonna be fun 🙃
Not even 10 minutes apart lol
October 26, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Not even 10 minutes apart lol
Welp. Summer Season's here. Tomorrow's gonna be fun 🙃
October 26, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Welp. Summer Season's here. Tomorrow's gonna be fun 🙃