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I've been wondering this for a while..

How can anthros have sheaths? Imagine how terrible it would be to urinate and such. I know anthros aren't real(or are they) to begin with, and yes I know, sheats are cooler, but I think they are very impractical and maybe impossible in terms of evolution (If anthros were to been real)

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Hello /r/furry!

Both Renashe and I are here to answer any and every question you may have regarding the recent drama and #FATransparency tag on twitter.

For those a bit lost and do not know what the hell this is about, this is a quick run down:

• Renashe and I attempted to change FA for the better from the inside over the period of a few months when Renashe was a site moderator.

• We hit roadblock after roadblock of slow and stubborn upper management, not willing to act in the interests of the community.

• Renashe got suspended from staff, FA management citing "being too critical of FA" on her public art account, despite such actions being explicitly allowed by Dragoneer.

• On Sunday 16th August both Ren and I posted journals. I posted a resignation journal detailing my experiences and Ren did the same (allbeit diving further into the "experiences" part). We also compiled an imgur gallery of our journals and various conversations with management to back up our claims.

• About an hour afterwards, our journals got removed. Renashe was permanently banned immediately, while I was only given a warning for my journal (about an irrelevant CoC clause... which made no sense).

• I was then permanently banned on both FA and its forums after I made a few posts on the forum, one post linking to a tweet on my twitter account. The ban reason was "violating your privacy agreement", one I didn't actually sign or agree to.

• Two nights ago, almost the entirety of the forum staff stepped down due to management requesting their IDs and rushing them to sign an NDA, resulting in anarchy on the forums for about an hour or so before FA admins stepped in. Here is the flayrah article about it.

• FA Management at this time have still not addressed our concerns or any of the community's.

Kalmor - /u/Raptros

Renashe - /u/GoingToTheOcean

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Long story short I'm awful at making and keeping friends and have tried everything. So I'm trying here again. Name is Akuzane, male, I'm a Bone Shark. I'm not exactly positive, but I don't bombard people with negativity. I'm probably one of the realest people you'll meet and will not sugarcoat anything. My hobbies are swimming and surfing the web. That's all I can think of for me. I don't frequent Reddit, I'm usually on Facebook or FA.

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It’s been two wonderful years since we became your bi-weekly hosts, here at Fangs and Fonts, and we wanted to take a little time to reflect on how we’ve grown since we started.

Join us as we reminisce.

Fangs and Fonts

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Ep 47 – Reflections - It’s been two wonderful years since we became your bi-weekly hosts, here at Fangs and Fonts, and we wanted to take a little time to reflect on how we’ve grown since we started. Join us as we reminisce.

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I honestly love to scuba dive and go out to the range, what about you peeps?

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UnFurled is BACK! No news in this episode however Vox Tal and Roland are now joined by Adoom and the four of them get to catch up and start things off again. This episode will be a little rough as we are still working to get back into the swing of things and hammer out everything we need. Come join us again and catch up to the now returned UnFurled. If you have any questions, comments or want to just shout at us email us at us@UnFurled.net Episode -70 - No Jared!

Submitted by Fred Patten, Furry’s favorite historian and reviewer. We get mail. In this case, a press release with a cover letter. Hi Fred: Saw that you covered my client Don Oriolo’s Felix Art last year and thought you might like to see our press release from today and possibly cover that?  Let me know […]

Since we already have a /r/Furry spaceship; I was thinking, Should we make an /r/furry Space armada? This is an open challenge, for anyone to take, to draw your own furry space ship! (I'll post mine in the comments section) [Edit] Here's mine: http://i.imgur.com/yZkUENw.jpg

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So, uh. There was a thread about a month ago asking that /r/furry should build a spaceship.

I said I would make a 3D model of said spaceship. Here is the result, in it's full glory.

It's actually not a spaceship though, it's a space station. So, yeah.

If you guys want me to expand on it or anything, ask me and I just might.

(It's not textured because I suck at texturing. If you or anyone can, please tell me!)

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The Lady or the Tiger or the Wolf?

by Carmen K. Welsh Jr.

 

I was asked by more than one person while writing my book if I’ve owned any dogs. The answer is no. Most of my life, I have actually identified with cats more but decided many years ago that I refused to get into the eternal debate about which pet is Better: a Dog or a Cat. I didn’t want to get caught up in nonsense and senseless hype.

Both cats and dogs are no better or worse than the other. I don’t even like that there’s such a debate. As an animal lover, it makes more sense to learn to enjoy and learn more about as many creatures as possible, even those one may be deathly afraid of, because, it’s nature, and nature’s cool.

Many cultures do not, or once did not, view animals as separate species. Animals were spirit guides, soul companions as well as kin. Depending on the individual, and among many animal-lovers and pet owner anecdotes, a human and a particular creature will bond no matter what, solidifying the idea that the human and animal species have more in common than is understood.

To tell you the truth, since I was a child, I felt drawn to cats (both literally and figuratively as well as artistically). I would draw them constantly. Cartoon cats I would often copy and change to my liking. If one reads my FWG bio, my first character at age 5 or 6, was a cat with bat wings! My avatar is an anthro snow leopard from one of my short stories. Saturday night, with my older brothers, watching original Star Trek episodes had me drawing on leftover cardboard a space opera comic with a galactic ship complete with captain and crew (all cats! What I wouldn’t give to find some of those drawings).

Also, as a child, I was deathly afraid of dogs. I mean, it made sense. Cats hate dogs because dogs chase them, right? But dogs also barked with large teeth when one walked by their wired fences or wooden gates. Yet, when I stayed in Jamaica with relatives, and after a few summers, having even lived there, going to school and all (talk about culture shock) the dogs there seemed… nicer. The strays didn’t try to bite. Dogs would run to a person, mouth wide open, tails wagging. House dogs seemed quiet and not growly. They also looked similar, lanky, medium size and short-furred, but that’s because being on an island did not allow for a varied gene pool. United States’ dogs seemed meaner to me at 8 years old. Do I sound as if I’m making ‘cultural stereotypes’ on dogs?

But I learned from those dogs and how to interact with them. Also, my grandma, being of old ideas, believed cats were evil and didn’t want them around. However, she had no problem with canines. There was a dog known as Old Max in the neighborhood. Though he had an owner, he would amble about our block. Nearly every household he visited would feed him, including my grandmother. He was a stately gentleman and never barked loud and always allowed us children to play with him.

It took more years and experience to realize that dogs weren’t the antithesis to cats. They couldn’t be. It was like comparing from the old adage about apples and oranges. One could love cats and still love dogs! Once I understood that I began to incorporate more dogs into my writings.

Also, plenty of my beloved childhood films during the 1980s had canine actors I cheered for! I loved the Benji film series as well as Disney’s A Dog of Flanders, Ol’ Yeller, The Shaggy Dog and its sequel The Shaggy DA. One of my favorite Disney animations is Lady and the Tramp, which I count as the earliest inspiration for my novel draft. But I equally loved The Aristocats!

If I’m the animal writer I believe myself to be, then I should learn from them, and not just the ones I readily relate to. A writer should step out of the comfort zone. Writing what one knows is fine, yet it’s even better to learn new things so one could write on that as well. I read more on dogs, I met friends’ dogs and I began to study them.

When my thesis needed new life, I began to dig deeper into why I loved dogs (ah, puns). That’s when the story’s voice and tone were found. Not just deciding on Third-person vs. First POV (on my thesis mentor’s advice, I switched all previous drafts to first-person), but experimenting with other literary vehicles to best tell my story. Instead of the ‘aloof’ third-person I used for my cat characters in my fantasy series (there’s those stereotypes again), I would let go and let my dogs tell their own stories in immediate First-person.

Because such a voice felt more historical, I wanted a sense of the familiar as well as what we humans often overlooked or took for granted in canines. Though I still haven’t had a dog for a companion yet, I’m looking forward to many more adventures with both dogs AND cats. See? Cats aren’t the only muses for writers; dogs can be a writer’s best friend too. And yes, I went there. *groan*

Furballd did our third live show for Rivfur!  We chat to Rivfur head honcho, Furballd regular guest, and good friend Tinycat about the weekend get together (now a meet again), how it all went and the potential future of the Brisbane fur meet.  Then we finish off by playing a game of Sepko’s twisted creation.

Fair warning, the audio on this is pretty choppy because we recorded outside in a public park, with just our normal microphone and laptop.  No special equipment here!  But we think the podcast turned out okay considering.

Now enjoy the wrap-up of Rivfur 2015!  Bye for now, but not forever.

Episode 91 – Rivfur 2015 - Furballd did our third live show for Rivfur!  We chat to Rivfur head honcho, Furballd regular guest, and good friend Tinycat about the weekend get together (now a meet again), how it all went and the potential future of the Brisbane fur meet.

How do you deal with people who pretend to be accepting but aren’t really? If you have ever wondered, then this episode is for you.

Metadata and Credits WagzTail Season 3 Episode 84

Runtime: 30m

Cast: Eli, Levi, Wolfin

Editor: Levi

Format: 128kbps ABR split-stereo MP3 Copyright: © 2015 WagzTail.com. Some Rights Reserved. This podcast is released by WagzTail.com as CC BY-ND 3.0. If distributed with a facility that has an existing agreement in place with a Professional Rights Organisation (PRO), file a cue sheet for 30:00 to Fabien Renoult (BMI) 1.67%, Josquin des Pres (BMI) 1.67%, WagzTail.com 96.67%. Rights have been acquired to all content for national and international broadcast and web release with no royalties due.

Dealing with Intolerant People - How do you deal with people who pretend to be accepting but aren’t really? If you have ever wondered, then this episode is for you.

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