I was really hoping the trail cam picture was real. It is not :(
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/minnesota-wolf-pack-chihuahua/
Rule 2026 of the Internet, if it’s static cam footage and it’s showing something interesting, there’s a 95% chance it’s AI
But 80% of statistics are just made up on the spot, so where does that leave us?
https://thefactbase.com/according-to-research-80-of-statistics-are-made-up/
I heard that wolves will draw pet dogs away from their homes to isolate them and hunt them. If that’s true, then I don’t think that we want this picture to be real.
Maybe they just want Taco Bell?
Accurate.
Yeah, we’ve got a Chihuahua and for his sake I wanted it to be real, but there’s about zero chance wolves would put up with one.
They’ll not only tolerate them, but they and coyotes will also actively seek out small dogs and invite them to dinner back at their place.
Hey, at least you’re actually there and not sitting on the couch eating chips and posting memes. Oh wait…
I mean…you say that like we can afford chips…or a couch…or memes.
Yeah, mister moneybags over there with a fancy roof over his head is probably too good to use Lemmy from a library computer.
Doritos are underappreciated in terms of post ride nutrition…
Empty calories are still calories
I’ve learned anything involving animals doing unusual things through night vision video or image is AI slop, aimed at a Facebook trend surging in 2024-2025, possibly still going.
Usually it’s something stupid like kangaroos or rabbits on a trampoline, a racoon riding on a dog’s back, or a bear and cat snuggling.
I have put a rabbit on a trampoline and it’s far less interesting than you would imagine.
Ride until you break stuff, then upgrade what broke or what’s limiting you. Logical increments is a great way to live imo.
This doesn’t work for mountain biking, because often the limiting factor is something like frame geometry, which means buying a whole bike to change.
The good news is you can get a decent quality used bike for very decent money, and change cheaper components to suit, things like pedals, seat, handlebars etc are very subjective.
I don’t recommend this with brakes ironically enough
Me on my $30 mountain bike from the bike co-op. Miss that thing. It was a beast. They’d already fixed her up and it was the perfect bike to learn to really ride D.C. bike trails on. Rock solid.
Slop
No one likes MAMILs (Middle-aged man in lycra).
its cool that you saw a coyote pack and they didn’t attak you
