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Order Rodentia @orodentia.bsky.social · 7h

www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...

Meet the fisher cat, which is not a cat and doesn't eat fish - Discover Wildlife Fisher cat facts: habitat, size, diet

All you need to know about fishers, from what they eat to where they live and what they sound like

www.discoverwildlife.com

Order Rodentia @orodentia.bsky.social · 10h

1. Squeak
2. Fisher
3. No. This would most likely end badly for a rodent.

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Order Rodentia @orodentia.bsky.social · 10h

When a problem comes along, you must Ribbit! (My regards to #Devo)

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Ratatosk the Norse Squirrel God™️ @ratatosk.bsky.social · 6d

Sounds like people need less #DoomScrolling and more #SquirrelScrolling.

The good news is, you can expect to see more squirrels in your Bluesky feed all this month. October is #SquirrelAwarenessMonth!

a squirrel sits on a picnic table under an umbrella with condiments

ALT: a squirrel sits on a picnic table under an umbrella with condiments

media.tenor.com

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Katie Hinde @mammalssuck.bsky.social · 13h

Extinction is forever www.theguardian.com/environment/...

And then there were none: Australia’s only shrew declared extinct

The tally of Australian mammals extinct since 1788 is now 39 species – far more than for any other country

www.theguardian.com

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lisettebrodey @lisettebrodey.bsky.social · 18h

Saturday #Squirrel reminds us all to enjoy the small pleasures; they're all around us. Even if everything is nuts. 🥜

#sqrlpix 🐿️ 🌳

A squirrel sits on a large tree and holds a walnut to her mouth.

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AltYellostoneNatPar @altyellonatpark.org · 20h

Badgers are like little tanks.

Badger moving across a short grass prairie.

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R.L. Stine Cold Steve Austin @bolt451.bsky.social · 1d

Behold!
A man!

A squirrel on his hind legs viewed from the side

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 1d

Alas, somebodye took the German holidaye fruit breade. It was stollen!

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Tahoe Leigh 🐬 @minpin78.bsky.social · 28d

Youngsters out today after torrential rains. A variety of nuts were devoured to warm up! 🐿🐿💚

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Order Rodentia @orodentia.bsky.social · 1d

That's awesome!

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Order Rodentia @orodentia.bsky.social · 1d

Whhaaaat? Uncool?

SMDH

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Order Rodentia @orodentia.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely horrible.

UBC Oceans @ubcoceans.bsky.social · 1d

To release the belugas into the wild would amount to a death sentence, said Dr. Andrew Trites. If put into a setting they've never adapted to, they may get rejected by other animals and be “looking at a life of starvation, loneliness.”
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Why finding a new home for Marineland’s 30 belugas is proving difficult and complicated | CBC News

Marineland’s 30 belugas remain at the defunct Niagara Falls, Ont., amusement park after Ottawa turned down its export request. But as the company says it’s running out of money to care for the whales ...

www.cbc.ca

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Small Mammal Specialist Group @iucn-small-mammals.bsky.social · 1d

Want to learn about the wonderful Malagasy Giant Jumping Rat? 😍
Check out this film that is just out (6min 15secs onwards for the MGJR) youtu.be/A0JSjcm9V4I?...

Filming Madagascar's Rarest Animals | MPB Films

YouTube video by MPB

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Order Rodentia @orodentia.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you!!

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Sarah Primate @langurlover.bsky.social · 1d

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From toilet cleaners to tail-tugging—new study reveals complex social behaviors of naked mole-rats

Naked mole-rats are one of the rare examples of eusocial mammals. Eusocial animal species are those in which a single female within the group is tasked with reproduction, along with a select group of ...

phys.org

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Order Rodentia @orodentia.bsky.social · 1d

#RodentOfTheDay Crete Spiny Mouse (Acomys minous)

"It is a nocturnal forager, feeding mainly on grass blades and seeds, and builds only a very rudimentary nest."

Photo and info from: animalia.bio/crete-spiny-...

It is characterized by the coarse, stiff hairs on its back and tail and a notably grayer coloration and more pointed face than other species of spiny mice. Its fur color varies from yellow to red, gray or brown on its face and back, with white fur on its underside.

This one appears mostly golden-furrerd and is sitting on a ledge of rock that is against another rock. The mouse's nose is not visible and its eyes are half-closed.

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Sarah O’Connell @sarahoconnellshow.com · 2d

A former library director in Wyoming has won $700,000 in a settlement after she was fired for refusing to remove Sexual health and LGBTQ+ books. www.advocate.com/news/wyoming...

Wyoming library director wins $700,000 after being fired for defending LGBTQ+ books

Terri Lesley has won $700,000 after she was fired for refusing to remove LGBTQ+ books.

www.advocate.com

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Battle Armor Dad @battlearmordad.bsky.social · 3d

Dungeons & Dragons
1982 JCPenney Catalog

Roleplaying Games and figurines in the JCPenney Christmas Catalog

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(Dr) Rena Maguire @justrena.bsky.social · 25d

Here it is.
The newborn book.

My thanks as always to #Trivent Publishing for a beautiful job.

trivent-publishing.eu/home/214-404...

Knock Iveagh: Memory and Materiality in a Community Landscape Cover eBook

Edited by Rena Maguire, Veronica Kelly, Arlene Pattison, Anne Harper Publication date: September, 2025 Pages: 159, 29 images ISBN 978-615-6696-92-2 Paperback, €31.00 ISBN 97...

trivent-publishing.eu

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(Dr) Rena Maguire @justrena.bsky.social · 2d

Ooooweeeoooh! Looking forward to reading this very very much !

New book with 4 courts press, Brian Lacey's Cenel nEogain and the Donegal Kingdoms AD800 to 1200

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Cinnamon RAT POSTING @wigglesandpeets.bsky.social · 2d

Old lady Lily when she was a younger lady with her sister, Maggie, and their first #rattoween (2023)

#petrat #ratsofbluesky

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DarcyTrash @darcytrash.bsky.social · 2d

#ratsofbluesky

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Surprised Eel Historian, PhD @greenleejw.bsky.social · 2d

"Salt eel" was a slang term among English sailors for a rope whip.

Samuel Pepys recorded thrashing his servant with one, writing, “With my salt eel went down in the parlor & there got my boy & did beat him till I was fain to take breath.”

Not cool, Sam. Not cool. 1/2
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Meme. Photograph of marshmallow candy Peeps -- the yellow rabbit ones that are canonical Easter treats. You can see four of them clearly, in a row, and parts of other rows above and below them. These peeps are standing together as part of a broad swath of peeps. They are finding strength and resolve in the company of their peers. As we all do.

They have no mouths, but they each have three dots, representing two eyes and a nose. Probably. Or maybe not...perhaps we've been making assumptions about Peep biology that we should not. It might be that those dots represent three eyes. Or three noses.

It does appear, though, that they are staring very hard. Judgingly hard. They are considering the petty tyranny of Samuel Pepys and they do not like what they see. It is likely that they will get together in some sort of Caucus of the Peeps and kick him out, demanding that he begin to pronounce his name phonetically.

Meme text reads:
"It's time for kinder,
Gentler Pepys"

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Order Rodentia @orodentia.bsky.social · 2d

The trials of the rat...

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