I am really enjoying these belly scritchees and my ladybug pacifier! View this post on Instagram FLASHBACK to Capella enjoying a morning tickle. In the wild, their mothers groom them throughout the day to keep them clean and prevent bacterial growth known as 'slimey wing'. In care, we only bath (wipe them down) our flying …
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(Extremely Tongue-in-Cheek) Respite Open Thread: Encouraging Arson By Vermin Procyon-Lotor-Americans
This is awesome! At a major warehouse fire on Sunday the @SouthBendFire Department set up ladders so two raccoons could escaped the burning building. Glad everybody make it out okay, including the raccoons! (??: Paul Bierwagen) pic.twitter.com/DbGyB1joNi — Max Lewis (@MaxLewisTV) August 5, 2019 I’m glad the little guys escaped safely, but if you’ve ever …
Saturday Morning Open Thread: In Sympathy With Loons
Even a loon family deserves to stay together. https://t.co/97L1sUCW9b h/t @MaineLisaD — David Beard (@dabeard) August 8, 2019 Gary Bennett gently removed the 2-week-old loon from a box and cupped the chick in his gloved hands as the boat drifted Monday in the sparkling waters of Messalonskee Lake. Then came the high-pitched cry from the …
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Holiday Saturday Evening Open Thread
everyone: that otter is adorableevolution: thanks, it has pockets https://t.co/Q3GjwZL4Ky — Ashley Hamer (@smashleyhamer) May 23, 2019 I love the way otter dude whips out his clam, like a man in a suit jacket pulling out his cigarette case. (Doesn’t offer to share his clams, you’ll notice.) Also, the tweet text is a sneaky snarky …
Friday Morning Open Thread: The Cetacean ‘Spy’ Who Came In From the Cold
Alleged Russian spy whale is apparently defecting to Norway- The Washington Post, not The Onion https://t.co/RS97lyaKtx — David Wessel (@davidmwessel) May 2, 2019 … Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries official Jorgen Ree Wiig told The Washington Post that the beluga “was the first thing I saw outside of the window” of his patrolling ship in the …
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Late Night Open Thread: Good Riddance, #Tax Day
ATTENTION. ATTENTION!!! If your #TaxDay sucks here are pictures of a baby coyote that was rescued by the wildlife center I volunteer for…. pic.twitter.com/g8wVJZVSAA — in March (@KirissieS) April 15, 2019 Him and his four brothers were all stabilized, fed, hydrated, vet checked…. and then were transported to a shelter that has a surrogate mother …
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Watch Giant Isopods Eat An Alligator
This video is from one of my favorite science blogs, Deep Sea News. They have a lot of great photos of sea animals, including a few bit players in this one. They dropped an alligator in the Gulf of Mexico to see which animals showed up to eat it. The giant isopods are relatives …