We know vaccines painful, and by comparing horses at rest with horses getting vaccinated, we've been able to determine how they express pain visually. By looking at horses with disorders like colic, broken bones, wounds, and so on, we can determine their facial expressions during more severe pain.

At zookeeper school we were drilled through the pain faces of the most common lab animals and livestock. Nowadays I believe this has become a routine lesson in all animal related fields, but the general public still doesn't know that this is a thing that exists.

Here are all the pain face/grimace scales I've been able to find. Please study them if you interact with any of these animals on a regular basis:

was making paint swatches earlier and thought, "hey, how about i scan em at an absurdly high resolution and turn em into textures and shit for digital artworks?" so, i did that.

free/PWYW watercolor swatch textures available here: https://ko-fi.com/s/b772a32998

also, i made a new category in my shop - free downloads! this category has past pride prints, political posters, and other free stuff. why? cuz everyone deserves art. (note: they may be free but i do have usage restrictions on some of them - i'd like to ask y'all to be respectful and read through the rights and use, and abide by them. thanks!)

Annie Glass

humans need community love, community support, networks of friends and family (found or blood) to get all our emotional needs met!!

the love of one person will never be enough, because one person cannot be all things to u!! humans need the love and support of a variety of people with a variety of perspectives and strengths in a variety of roles in our lives!

if you are lonely and you need to feel loved it can be tempting to try to get everything from one person but tbh relationships crack easily under that kind of pressure!

It’s important to seek out more connections! Try finding interest-based clubs or activity groups in your area, and show up and talk to people when you go to them! Talk to your neighbours more, learn to make small talk - that’s how people get comfortable enough with you to move on to real stuff!

If you have family you even vaguely like, call them more, make time to see them and check in on them. Offer to help people out - wash a sink of dishes for an elderly neighbour or offer to keep an eye on the kids of a busy coworker. Volunteer! Take a class just for fun! Anything to get you out and among people to start making connections is good for you, even if it takes hard work!

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fred wants to grow into a beautiful tree, but sadly has no branches

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