#mammals

Source: Hrald — CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons The European Hedgehog: The Art of Hibernation As the nights grow cold in autumn, the European hedgehog prepares for one of the most dramatic physiological

Source: Böhringer Friedrich — CC BY-SA 3.0 at, Wikimedia Commons The Alpine Marmot: Six Months of Sleep in the Mountains High above the tree line in the Alps, the alpine marmot lives in a world where summer

Source: USFWS Midwest Region from Midwest Region, United States — Public domain, Wikimedia Commons The Snowshoe Hare: Changing Coats and a Ten-Year Cycle Every autumn, the snowshoe hare of North America's

Source: Wikipedia The Raccoon: Dexterity, Memory, and Urban Genius The raccoon's front paws contain nearly as many sensory nerve endings as a human hand, with over 80% of the area in the part of the brain

Even a trail cam catches the little things sometimes. This tiny field mouse (genus Apodemus) darted through — hard to pin down the exact species from footage alone, but still worth logging as an observation

Image: Travouillon, Kenny J.; Cooper, Christine; Bouzin, Jemmy T.; Umbrello, Linette S.; Lewis, Simon W. | CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons The Platypus: An Electroreception Expert Hidden in Plain Sight

Latin nameObservation dateLocation Myocastor coypus1.5.2025Lomnice nad Lužnicí,South Bohemia, Czech republic Link to original community LatitudeLongitude 49.0682725925, 14.7277749993

(Sciurus carolinensis)

Short preview description: Witness the magic underwater: A mother humpback whale nurses her calf with nutrient-rich milk

There's likely something to be celebrated every day of the calendar; I tend to be oblivious to most of them, but learned yesterday what was the motto for today, and since I feel that this theme should

Latin nameObservation dateLocation Pediolagus salinicola7.3.2024Mariscal José Félix Estigarribia, Boquerón, Paraguay Link to original community Latitude/Longitude CameraResolutionSensor size Pentax KP24.32

Latin nameObservation dateLocation Pediolagus salinicola7.3.2024Mariscal José Félix Estigarribia, Boquerón, Paraguay So I photographed this South American "rabbit" on a big Paraguayan farm where

Latin nameObservation dateLocation Dasyprocta azarae2.3.2024Villa Ygatimí, Canindeyú, Paraguay Link to original community Latitude/LongitudeMap -24.132415, -55.5250866667 CameraResolutionSensor size Pentax

Ні HIVE))) Mustel Either martens, or ermines, or ferret (Mustelidae) is a family of mammals of a number of predatory. It is one of the richest species of mammal families. Mustel formed about 40 million

What a difference a day makes, 24 little hours! I had a much more enjoyable ride yesterday, although some rain was forecast, but rain is not so bad, you can dress up for that. No tantrums getting to work

All cars parked on the forest road as it was blocked and there is no access to either go or come. People gather around to see what is going on but no one could comprehend what the Elephants might have

A young monitor lizard is appeared and we get our camera as soon as possible to take it's picture