User:CaptainToad

Hello there, welcome to my userpage! My name is Captain Toad, but you may call me Vara or Ritchie. I've had a fondness for wildlife as well as nature and animals as a whole ever since I was a child. As a result, I'm happy to be here to help out AllBirdsWiki!

I was formerly known as YellowToad.

About myself
I have lived for approx. December 4 1994 12:00:00 EST 

In short, I'm an individual from Canada who absolutely loves animals and wildlife; however, I hope to regain more of an interest in it as time goes on to make up for the years I couldn't take the time to learn more about nature as a whole. I'm known for being rather quiet in reality; however, if one ever needs a helping hand I'm always there to do my best and help. As a result of my quiet persona, I've always had a difficult time in making friendships. I might not say a lot; however, that doesn't mean that I'm not interested or what not. I sometimes just have a hard time figuring out what to say at times, so please bear with me.

I consider myself laid back; however, I can get serious or sensitive at times. I do tend to go off topic or attempt sarcasm at times, so I could be rather "random" at the oddest moments. Also yes, I toadally do have a dry sense of humour in horrible puns...so watch out for those.

Now my interest in birds - where did it start? Well, I've always liked birds such as the common Rock Pigeons that used to be found commonly around my neighbourhood while growing up. Birds are beautiful living creatures, and their gifted ability to fly is simply inspiring! I'd like to thank StaraptorEmpoleon for giving me a deeper interest and love for birds after I met her. I hope to learn more about them in the near future!

As for other interests, I do have a habitat of posting around at various online forums. I'm also rather fond of video games, most notably Super Mario and Pokemon games which I have grown up with. Yes, that might explain my "slight" craze for characters such as Toad from Mario. :P I love drawing and sketching as well, and it's become more of a hobby of mine in recent years. I'm can be lazy and I consider myself to being a big time procrastinator, I admit; however, when something needs to be done I'll do my best to complete it.

Why become a VEGAN?


Curious about why people become vegetarians? Tease them? Well why not take a look into the matter as to why people convert to diets of no meat. Some people claim to be animal lovers; however, they don't seem to realize that they're harming an animal every time they take a bite out of their chicken legs or hamburgers. Yes, meat can be tasty - and I am guilty of having eaten meat in the past in my youth; however, discovering the truth of where our meat comes from is just...horrifying.

Imagine being trapped into a tiny cage and being forcefed fattening food even when you're full. Or being trapped with millions of others in a tiny warehouse where feces collect and trampling occurs. And let's not forget being slaughtered while still being alive to witness your very own body being shredded to pieces. This is the reality of factory farms and a true dark secret of humanity and where we get our meat. Don't believe me? Then check out THE EARTHLINGS - a documentary that covers behind the scene footage of what happens to the animals that eventually become the meat products we find in our local grocery stores. A link to the video is to the right, and honestly - age filter or not, this is something everyone should watch (even kids!) as this is what happens to make a single burger or sausage.

Sure, those chicken thighs look neatly packaged at Wal-Mart; however, the amount of bloody torture and murder that is applied to get all that meat around the world would BE A HECK LOT. Chickens, pigs, cows, sheep, goats, fish and many more are subject to these kinds of torture. Why should a pig - an animal that is said to be even more intelligent than a domesticated dog be subjected to a hell-ish life of being fattened up and then dying for the sake of feeding a few people some pork? It's just saddening and vomit-inducing to be honest.

I'm glad that I made the jump to becoming a vegan - and I certainly have cut back on a lot of meat products in the last year or so. A single person can make a difference and the more vegans the world has, the better it is. Humanity is hiding an extremely dark secret and it's time for this generation of humans to put an end to this. There are plenty of food that can be substituted for meat - and honestly...food is for survival.

So please...do the animals a favour and promote being a vegan. It will do the world a great favour in the future. About 60% of our agricultural sources GO INTO FEEDING THESE FARM ANIMALS JUST TO FATTEN THEM UP FOR OUR OWN DESIRE FOR MEAT. Isn't that sad?

Alternate alias
Evolution Master, Golden Shroom, Propeller Toad, Kinopio, ClassicKirby, Focus Aipom, and Surfer Piplup.

My favorite pages

 * All Birds Wiki:Genus index
 * Osprey
 * Rock Pigeon
 * Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

My favourite species

 * Blue Jay
 * Western Barn-Owl
 * Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
 * Snowy Owl
 * Osprey
 * White-crested Turaco
 * Various Typical toucans (includes Toco, Keel-billed, and Choco)
 * Magnificent Hummingbird
 * Blue-throated Hummingbird
 * Hoatzin

Within Devonshire
Not pictured yet: Silver-billed Stork, Golden Pigeon...

Within Shire
More to come!

Pets
Ever since I was a kid, I absolutely loved the idea of having pets. I don't exactly have a favourite kind of pet as there are many species of animals that I would love to raise some day. Unfortunately, housing issues are preventing me from getting more pets.

RIP

Used to own



 * Goldfish (multiple)
 * Golden Hamsters x 3 (Raj, Sonic, and Hershel)

Pets I own
Budgies
 * Lazuli Aincrad


 * Blitz Alfheim

Extras~
I used to edit other Wikias including the Nintendo Wiki and some of the NIWA Wikis such as the Bulbapedia and Super Mario Wikis in the past, so you may find me there either under this name on the Wikia sites, or as "Propeller Toad" / "Focus Aipom" on the NIWA Wikis.

Referencing
Birds of Ontario If you want to use it just do and if you want to use it again, type

Sibley's Field Guide of WNA Birds [code] [/code]

-- Thank you for the help Michelle!!