Juvenile feral hog skulls. Cutie pies!
71 notes
·
View notes
Recent(ish) finds!
Sorry it’s been awhile folks, I’m a student and this is the time of year where everything is ramping up. I have some more posts queued tho ;)
95 notes
·
View notes
wet specimen: top row is preserved kittens
31 notes
·
View notes
First up for Mammal Week are Insectivors!
I have very few of these but heres 3 Ive acquired over time.
European Hedgehog
European Mole
Common Shrew
Theres are also Pygmy and Water Shrews and out on the Isles of Scilly and Jersey lie the Lesser Whited Toothed Shrew. The Greater Whited Toothed Shrew usually found on Guernsey and other Channel Isles apparently turned up in Sunderland of all places after being caught by a Cat!
The Hedgehog is a rapidly declining resident leading to a Red Listed status. However our love for these nighttime visitors has actually seen a rise in population numbers in Urban settings so keep up the hard work. Hedgehogs will also foam at the mouth, this is to self anoint coating this onto thier spines its thought to provide a new smell as a potential predator deterrent but researchers arent exactly sure
The same cant be said for the rarely seen Mole who have no legal protection. Historically used for fur and culled for garden interference they spend their time underground. The fur doesnt grow in a set direction and its thought to aid with manoeuvring around a common myth is they dont have eyes, they do, albeit basic.
Common Shrews on the other hand dont stick around too long. Thats because they need to eat almost 90% of its body weight a day to survive, feasting on insects theyre always on the hunt. So its no wonder that despite them being Britain's second most numerous mammal you dont find em all too often.
22/04/24
21 notes
·
View notes
Feel free to share any other quirks you're capable of, that I didn't list, in the tags! (Like if you have any double joints, or extra teeth, or whatever)
Don't forget to reblog so more people can vote! :]
4K notes
·
View notes
Victoria Reynold's Paintings of Raw Flesh
7K notes
·
View notes
Clear-ish collection of things I’ve found that people have left behind or lost
11K notes
·
View notes
𐙚 ‧₊˚ ⋅˚₊‧꒰ა ☆ ໒꒱ ‧₊˚ ⋅𐙚
dancing teefies for your blog.<3
2K notes
·
View notes