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🧡🐀 venus 🐀❤️ @venuslovesrats.bsky.social · 17h

bring la creature to me...

A Tumblr post by creechur says: rat rat rat rat where is the rat? bring him to me. Pictured is a brown rat held in someone's hand with the caption: as u wish... T R A N S A C T I O N C O M P L E T E.

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R.L. Stine Cold Steve Austin @bolt451.bsky.social · 16d

Q: What is my rat thinking (wrong answers only)

This time: Mick

#ratsky #petsky

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Steph' Thorpe @stephbirdart.bsky.social · 23h

Cut those things that encourage critical thinking and bring joy. Without the arts we have no culture to defend.

The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 23h

So, the plan is to cut English, the arts, and sociology - the degrees that actually study culture - while on another part of your platform claiming to “defend” British culture.

It’s performance nationalism with a reading age of seven.

Badenoch: Curb students taking 'rip-off' degrees such as English
The performing arts, sociology and anthropology are among the subjects the Conservatives would like to cut

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Order Rodentia @orodentia.bsky.social · 23h

I feel this.

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lisettebrodey @lisettebrodey.bsky.social · 23h

I've already given out LITERALLY hundreds of nuts to squirrels today alone. Absolutely worth it. It's my favorite thing to do.

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Order Rodentia @orodentia.bsky.social · 1d

This picture is a few years old, but it is a picture of me in my squirrel dress feeding a squirrel. You might say I am a bit dedicated.

A picture of a middle-aged woman wearing a retro dress featuring a squirrel print. She is also wearing a black fedora. You can see curly blonde hair from beneath the Fedora but half of the face is hidden. The woman in the photo is feeding the squirrel that is looking up at her.

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Order Rodentia @orodentia.bsky.social · 1d

I was buying almonds tonight and I told the guy that I was buying them for the squirrels. He made an "impressed" face and said that those were very spoiled squirrels.

Well, you know what? They are absolutely worth it.

It may sound silly, but they bring me happiness and peace.

#SqrlPix

Fox squirrel standing on a sidewalk eating an almond.

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Order Rodentia @orodentia.bsky.social · 1d

From the archives: This pic of Gem makes me so happy.

#PetRats

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Order Rodentia @orodentia.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, Nona just made for the perfect "hammock face."

#PetRats

A picture of a cream colored domestic rat and a hammock. Only the rats ears eyes nose and mouth are visible, and the resulting angle makes it look like the rat is smiling.

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Order Rodentia @orodentia.bsky.social · 1d

Dis Lilo the Mali Uromastyx. She's about 21 years old.

A Mali Uromastyx in a large aquarium. She is standing on rocks piled in sand. The reptile is facing the camera with its body visible because the photo is taken from above.

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Order Rodentia @orodentia.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, silly rats!

#PetRats

A picture of three rats in a hammock. One of the rats is sleeping on its back and its feet are extended towards the camera. The other two rats are peeking out toward the camera from a little further away.

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Order Rodentia @orodentia.bsky.social · 1d

I always start singing AC/DC....

Order Rodentia @orodentia.bsky.social · 1d

Some cuteness from the archives.

#PetRats

A picture of a cream colored rat sitting in a brightly colored hammock. Only the rat's face and the front part of a paw are visible.

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Order Rodentia @orodentia.bsky.social · 1d

I could use some sunshine.

#SqrlPix

A fox squirrel sitting on a concrete ledge. It is eating an almond and there are a couple more almonds on the ledge in front of him.

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Jaunty Art @jaunty.art · 1d

hang in there bud

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TC Coyote / Not What I Was webcomic @tccoyote.bsky.social · 1d

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WholesomeMemes @wholesomememe.bsky.social · 1d

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 2d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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Fantômas, Le contrebandier de DEI @theefantomas.bsky.social · 1d

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Order Rodentia @orodentia.bsky.social · 1d

Your regular reminder:

Please do not call bad-acting humans "rats." This is slander against rats.

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Order Rodentia @orodentia.bsky.social · 1d

Some more information on today's #RodentOfTheDay, the Columbian Ground Squirrel (Urocitellus columbianus):

"The Columbian ground squirrel hibernates seven or eight months out of the year. It may begin hibernating as early as July."

nhpbs.org/natureworks/...

Text: The Columbian ground squirrel has white-speckled brown, black, and gray fur on its head and back. Image credit: David Restivo, National Park Service

he Columbian ground squirrel has white-speckled brown, black and gray fur on its head and back. It has reddish-tan fur on its face and nose, chest, undersides and legs. It has a reddish-black tail and white around its eyes. This one is standing on its hind legs on the ground. Green plants are blooming on the ground.

Order Rodentia @orodentia.bsky.social · 1d

#RodentOfTheDay Columbian Ground Squirrel (Urocitellus columbianus)

"Its head and body measure 10 to 12 inches in length. The tail is 3 to 5 inches long and tends to be bushy, particularly when the squirrel is excited."

Photos and info from: fieldguide.mt.gov/speciesDetai...