Adorable Vlei Rat.

✨feel real is a song i wrote in 2020. a lot of things have happened since 2020, but Arizona raspberry iced tea is still a dollar.

feel real was the first proper mistakeboi song. it took me almost 4 years to put it out because i am scared of everything. and i guess it's about that too. i am still scared but now i am also putting out a song!

if you're also scared, maybe you'll like feel real. and if you're not scared, well, that's fine. i won't hold it against you! links: bandcamp | spotify

i like a lot of things about this little song and i am happy for the opportunity to share it with you. gg!! ✨

Animal of the Day!

Asiatic Brush-tailed Porcupine (Atherurus macrourus)

(Photo in public domain)

Conservation Status- Least Concern

Habitat- Southern Asia

Size (Weight/Length)- 80 cm

Diet- Leaves; Bark; Fruits; Flowers; Roots; Nuts; Seeds

Cool Facts- The Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine loves the tropics, sticking to bamboo and palm forests. They find themselves at home in thick underbrush where burrows keep them safe. Multiple Asiatic brush-tailed porcupines can end up living in the same burrow system, working together to defend their home from predators. They are generally nocturnal and spend only a few hours each night outside of their burrow. When encountering a predator, these porcupines can run as fast backwards as they can forwards. This results in a leopard or human being embedded with hundreds of quills.

Rating- 12/10 (The rarest porcupines of South Asia.)

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4 billion baby stoats across the horizon

Ah this part of the intro is the Bad Kids falling through the briefcase…

girl you have to stop mythologizing that one really good few months

it's important to remember that most 'invasive species' did not change the region and habitat to which they have adapted by their own accord; stowaways on cargo vessels, changed migration patterns due to human settlements or a changing climate; animals formerly used for furs or other animal products being released after those goods were no longer in demand... these animals are displaced. it's very sad because often the best solution is population control.

we made the problem and the best solution feels pretty ugly, but the alternative is often ecologically much worse.

BBC News

Northumberland and Cumbria red squirrel groups say greys freed by public

The groups protect red squirrels by trapping greys but say some are released and equipment damaged.

Not only do we have the rich elite releasing millions of non-native birds for sport shooting, and shooters and farmers campaigning against efforts to re-wild parts of the UK, we also have animal rights groups sabotaging conservation efforts.

Grey squirrels are highly invasive in the UK. They spread disease, outcompete the native red squirrel, and also predate native bird nests and damage trees. Culling them is vital to helping to restore ecosystems and threatened native wildlife. Yet there are groups of ARAs dedicated to saving these invasive squirrels. UK wildlife just can't win.

This is how bad the situation is btw:

Colorata Yanbaru Creatures Ryukyu Long-furred Rat (Diplothrix legata) plush

A rat endemic to Japan that lives in Yanbaru, the northern part of the main island of Okinawa.