The Exotic Animal Photo Reference Repository Is Live!

The Exotic Animal Photo Reference Repository is live!

You can find it at: https://www.animal-photo-references.com!

A screenshot of the home page on the Exotic Animal Photo Reference Repository website. It is labeled "Photos by Taxa" in black text and has a copyright notice that reads: "Artists creating derivative or transformative works without Generative AI have blanket permission to reference these photos. 

All other commercial and non-commercial use of these photos - including reposting them online or reproducing them in  media or academic publications - requires advance permission. "

Below the text are six images in a 3x2 grid, each captioned. In the first row a photo of a cheetah is above the word "Mammals"; an American alligator is labeled "Reptiles"; a California Condor is labeled "Birds." The second row has a dart frog labeled "Coming soon: Amphibians"; an odd-looking fish sitting under a rock labeled "Coming soon: Fish"; and a small jellyfish labeled "Coming soon: Invertebrates."

Here's how this repository works: all photos were taken by me, a human, at zoos, aquariums, sanctuaries, and other facilities with animals in human care. There is no AI involved in the photo editing or creation and there never will be. Right now there's 56 species on the site; my catalog has over 300 and I will be uploading the rest of them as fast as I can.

Artists creating derivative or transformative works (without AI) have blanket permission to use these references. Yes, even for work you're going to sell.

All other usage/reproduction requires permission, but assume I'm friendly and please do ask! That's educators, researchers, the media, people who need images for a school presentation, etc. This is just to retain copyright/control in case they're scraped/reused unethically - it doesn't meant I don't want folk to have access! So please do reach out via the contact form on the repository website, I don't bite and I'm most likely going to say yes.

Please don't repost the repository photos to your own blogs: I've created @animalphotorefs as a dedicated blog to share photos from the site, and of course I'll reblog a lot of it here! That again just helps with retaining copyright and sourcing of the images. If you really want to repost some for a specific purpose, please just ask me first!

Also, folks, this project has no funding. It's just me and my camera.

There will never be a paywall on the site - I believe resources like this absolutely must be free for everyone to access. So please, please, please support the repository if you use it. Want sneak peeks at photos, cute videos I take, or to help choose what I photograph and what gets posted first? You can do that through Patreon (and there's a free trial on the most interactive tier!) If you'd like to just drop a tip, I've also set up a Ko-Fi.

I can't wait to hear what everyone thinks of the repository.

To whet your thirst for cute photos, here's an Indian rhinoceros contemplating a goose.

An Indian Rhinoceros' head is visible above the surface of deep water. It is staring directly at a Canadian goose that stands on concrete at the edge of the pool.

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Might be a bit out of the blue but what if Mitsuri has coeliac disease? When I was young, I was malnourished due to my symptoms, which included reflux and so made eating incredibly uncomfortable

But when I went on losec and had the reflux treated, I was suddenly eating an absolute ton on some days- I could put away an amount equal to my dad, eat three peoples' significant leftovers and still have room for more. Bearing in mind that now, at 19, I am roughly 150cm.

The reason behind this is that when someone with coeliac eats gluten, it damages their small intestine and results in malabsorption- an increased appetite means that while the rate of absorption is down, there's enough food coming through to make up for it. I wonder if this is why Mitsuri eats so much while not really gaining weight- the nutrients she does get goes to her muscles, which is what happened to me with my love of monkeybarring as a kid.

Also, coeliac can be largely asymptomatic, or symptoms can be neurological. For example, when I eat a tiny amount of gluten on one day, I won't get any symptoms. If I eat a tiny amount over a few days or weeks, as I accidentally did a month ago, I won't get diarrhoea, but I will experience increased anxiety, a really low mood, brain fog, and intense exhaustion. She doesn't seem to have any other signs, and that is entirely plausible. My father is the same.

In any case, this is a longwinded way of saying I headcanon Mitsuri as having coeliac disease. During the Taisho era, coeliac was barely becoming understood and she has few symptoms, so she likely wouldn't get a diagnosis or anything. It's just food for thought based on my own experiences :)


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