Jennifer McComb
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Jennifer McComb
@jen4animals.bsky.social
Living on an island in Paradise. Making a difference for animals, taking time to do something fun every day.
🐆 Jaguars are solitary, powerful hunters with the strongest bite of any big cat. Humans have destroyed 80% of their rainforest habitat to raise cows for food. By choosing plant-based, we can help protect these magnificent endangered cats and preserve their forest homes. #InternationalJaguarDay 🌱
November 29, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Cod can live 25 years and navigate vast ocean distances using sophisticated memory systems. They communicate through grunts and pops. Commercial fishing has collapsed cod populations worldwide, with some reduced by 99%. Their complex lives matter more than fish sticks. #WorldVeganMonth 🌱
November 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Turkeys recognize over 20 vocalizations, remember human faces, and form close family bonds. They dream, play, and express joy. Yet humans kill 46 million for Thanksgiving alone. This year, honor their intelligence and choose compassion. Celebrate with plant-based alternatives. #WorldVeganMonth 🌱
November 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Snappers can live 50+ years and return to the same spawning sites annually, showing remarkable memory and navigation skills. Overfishing has decimated their populations by 90%. Their longevity and intelligence make their mass slaughter a tragedy. Choose plant-based seafood. #WorldVeganMonth 🌱
November 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Emus are curious, intelligent birds who form bonded pairs and devoted fathers who incubate eggs for 8 weeks without eating. Humans farm them for food and oil, living short, confined lives before slaughter. These gentle giants deserve freedom to roam Australia's vast landscapes. #WorldVeganMonth 🌱
November 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Hamsters are intelligent, solitary animals who create elaborate burrow systems in nature. In laboratories, they're used in cruel experiments: infected with diseases, subjected to toxins, and killed. Their gentle nature makes them easy victims of research that benefits no one. #WorldVeganMonth 🌱
November 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Scallops have dozens of eyes that detect movement and light. They swim by rapidly clapping their shells and can live 20+ years. They're dragged from ocean floors in nets or hand-harvested, often dying slowly from suffocation. Their complex sensory systems deserve consideration.
#WorldVeganMonth 🌱
November 23, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Pheasants are intelligent birds who dust-bathe, teach their chicks foraging skills, and remember complex territories. Bred for hunting, they are released into the wild only to be shot for "sport." Millions are raised in captivity just to be killed for entertainment and meat. #WorldVeganMonth 🌱
November 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🐟 Catfish have taste buds covering their entire bodies and excellent memories. They communicate through grunts and use their barbels like fingers to explore. In fish farms, they're packed in filthy ponds and skinned alive. Their sensory intelligence makes this especially cruel. #WorldVeganMonth 🌱
November 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🐛 Silkworms are caterpillars that spin elaborate cocoons to transform into moths. In silk production, humans boil or gas them alive inside their cocoons before they can emerge. It takes 2,500+ silkworms to make one pound of silk. Choose peace silk or plant-based fabrics. #WorldVeganMonth 🌱
November 20, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Giant Anteaters are solitary, intelligent animals that use their two-foot tongues to consume 30,000 ants daily. They are threatened by habitat loss from ranching and soy farming for animal feed. Choosing plant-based foods protects their rainforest homes. #WorldAnteaterDay #WorldVeganMonth🌱
November 19, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🦪 Oysters respond to threats by closing their shells and can live 20+ years. They have ganglia that process sensory information and likely feel pain. They're often eaten alive or steamed until their shells open from heat stress. Their ability to sense their environment matters. #WorldVeganMonth 🌱
November 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Quails are devoted parents who teach their chicks survival skills and communicate through complex calls. In egg and meat production, they're crammed into tiny cages, their beaks cut without pain relief. These gentle birds deserve to raise their families in peace. #WorldVeganMonth 🌱
November 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🦀 Crabs feel pain and remember dangerous locations to avoid future harm. They communicate by drumming their claws and form social hierarchies. Yet humans boil them alive and dismember them while conscious. Some crabs can live 100 or more years, but humans kill them as juveniles. #WorldVeganMonth 🌱
November 16, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🐝 Honey bees perform waggle dances to communicate flower locations and make collective decisions through "voting." Commercial beekeepers clip queens' wings, replace their honey with sugar water, and kill entire hives deemed unprofitable. Bees make honey for themselves, not us. #WorldVeganMonth 🌱
November 15, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🐭 Chinchillas are highly social, intelligent rodents who take dust baths and communicate through vocalizations. On fur farms, they're confined to tiny cages and killed by neck-breaking or electrocution. It takes 150+ chinchillas to make one coat. Choose faux fur. #WorldVeganMonth 🌱
November 14, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🐐 Goats are curious, playful animals who form strong social bonds and can learn their names. In dairy operations, their kids are taken away so humans can steal their milk. Male kids are often killed immediately as "waste products." Choose plant-based cheese alternatives. #WorldVeganMonth 🌱
November 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🐟 Trout have excellent memories and can remember feeding locations for months. They feel pain and stress when hooked or confined. In fish farms, humans pack them in disease-ridden tanks and kill them by suffocation or blunt force trauma. Their intelligence deserves rivers. #WorldVeganMonth 🌱
November 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🦐 Shrimp have complex nervous systems and display pain responses when injured. They can live up to six years but most are killed as juveniles. Shrimp farming destroys coastal ecosystems, while trawling kills billions of other sea creatures as bycatch. Leave them in the ocean. #WorldVeganMonth 🌱
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🦊 Foxes are playful, intelligent animals who form monogamous pairs and are devoted parents. On fur farms, they're confined to tiny cages and killed by electrocution or gassing. Their winter coats are stolen for fashion: 80 million animals killed yearly for fur. #WorldVeganMonth 🌱
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🦢 Geese mate for life and mourn deceased partners for years. They're highly intelligent with excellent memories. Humans force feed them for foie gras and violently pluck their feathers for down while they're alive. Their loyalty and intelligence deserve better than this torture. #WorldVeganMonth 🌱
November 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🐰 Rabbits are intelligent, social animals who binky (jump for joy) when happy and form strong pair bonds. Yet they're used in cruel cosmetics tests: chemicals dripped in their eyes and toxic substances force-fed, causing significant pain and distress. Choose cruelty-free. #WorldVeganMonth 🌱
November 8, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🦞 Like humans, lobsters can recognize other individual lobsters, carry their babies for about nine months, and can live over 100 years. They have complex nervous systems and feel intense pain when dismembered, boiled, or steamed alive. Boiling them causes three minutes of agony. #WorldVeganMonth 🌱
November 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🐄 In the dairy industry, cows are repeatedly impregnated and their calves torn away within hours of birth. Mothers cry for days. These intelligent, emotional beings deserve to nurse their babies, not have their milk stolen. Dairy is cruelty. Choose plant milk. #WorldVeganMonth 🌱
November 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🐟 Sturgeons can live 100+ years but are killed or cut open alive for caviar. Humans steal their eggs before they can reproduce. These ancient fish have survived since dinosaur times, yet caviar demand has pushed many species to near extinction. Their roe isn't worth their lives. #WorldVeganMonth 🌱
November 5, 2025 at 11:00 AM