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Category Archives: Mammal
Porcupine
In the constant war against predation, plants have been extremely inventive. Their chemical arsenal includes alkaloids, cyanogenic glycosides, glucosinolates, benzoxazinoids, terpenoids, and phenolics. They’ve invented thorns and armored coatings ranging from wax to resin. They have pressure sensitivity whose responses range from mild curling away to far more violent explosions. They’ve event entered into agreements with fungi, other plants and less dangerous animals, forming multi-species treaties that last for centuries.
It is not going well for them.
Grizzly Bear
Bears would have discovered fire a long time ago if they didn’t do their best thinking in the tub.
Snow Monkey
“I don’t understand it. We all went trick-or-treating. They got candy apples, chocolate bars and popcorn. I got a rock.”
Bear
“Watch carefully and you’ll see that, at no point, do my claws ever leave my paws.”
Bear
Humans are the most dangerous species on the planet. Bears have taken to erecting barriers to keep themselves safe.
Bobcat (Lynx rufus)
This bobcat was taken from the wild and turned into a house pet, then was terribly malnourished and confiscated by the state. He eventually wound up at the zoo and, under their care, was given medical treatment and moved over to a diet of true meat (as opposed to the frozen fish sticks he had been eating). This photo was taken on the first day he was allowed outside in his new home. You can tell that he’s not entirely sure what’s going on.
One year later, I visited again. I could get no photos because, once he became healthy, he became a wild animal once again and it was no longer safe for me to be near him.
Photographs are a moment in a time. At the time I took this photo, he was a sick, scared, wary little cat. Today, he is a powerful, dominant near-wild animal. While I’m somewhat sad that I can’t get photos of him anymore, I’m happier at the same time.
Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens)
Red panda pondering the ultimate meaninglessness of existence, realizing that life is finite and, once gone, is gone forever. Also, a tad peckish and desiring some grapes.
Bactrian Camel (Camelus bactrianus)
It’s the eye of the camel
It’s the thrill of the flight
Spitting through a gap of white enamel
And the last living mammal
Stays awake through the night
And he’s watching us all with the eye of the camel
Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens)
Red pandas are not well trained in the art of debate.
Asian small clawed otter
If you don’t pay careful attention to the instructions, you could wind up with unused material left over from your otter kit. If this happens, be sure to fix it before the glue sets or you’ll have to stick the extra bits on way they’ll fit.
Bactrian Camel (Camelus bactrianus)
Many people get a new camel once the lips start falling off, but this is actually an easily solved problem and one that is much less likely to occur if the regular maintenance is performed.
Russian Red Tree Squirrel
This is a Russian red tree squirrel, which is white in the winter, living at the Red River Zoo in Fargo, which is white in the winter.
Bobcat (Lynx rufus)
The smaller a cat is, the better it tastes. Or maybe that’s the other way around.
Llama
Nobody puts Baby in a corner. That’s where the llamas go.
Amur Leopard
Wikipedia states that amur leopards are “extremely conservative in their choice of territory”. That is why you find so many in North Dakota and Wyoming.
Antelope
Here, we see an adult antelope teaching a young one how to fight. Shortly after this shot, they entered a training montage through which the young antelope become quite skilled, grew to the age of maturity, and became ready for his final battle with the bully that had oppressed him his entire life.
Bush Dog (Speothos venaticus)
As noted earlier, bush dogs have no sense of humor. Its very presence offends its senses, so it must block its nose to keep even the hint of humor in this joke from befouling its environment.
Joke: A sibyl, a haruspex, and a rhabdomantist walked into a bar. The sibyl said, “There’s going to be this big flood, and it’s going to be terrible.” And the haruspex was looking at this dead animal, and he said, “Yeah, it’s going to rain hard and wipe everything out, and it’s going to do all kinds of damage.” And the rhabdomantist said, “That’s terrible! Why…I’ll be out of a job!”
Lion
Ever notice how when someone is frightened, they look all around, but almost never look up?
Humans are stupid.
Bongo (Tragelaphus eurycerus)
Each horn of the bongo has a slightly different sound. The lower tone of the macho horn, when combined with the higher tone of the hembra horn, allows the antelope to create highly intricate rhythms with no additional instrumentation.