#Olympic marmots

[rjzimmerman]

Excerpt from this press release from the Center for Biological Diversity:

The Center for Biological Diversity today filed a petition with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to protect Olympic marmots under the Endangered Species Act. The rare marmots are found only on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington state.

“These giant, fluffy denizens of alpine meadows are icons of the Pacific Northwest, but if we don’t protect them, they could disappear,” said Noah Greenwald, endangered species director at the Center. “Climate change and the loss of wolves from the Olympic Peninsula have changed things in the mountains, and our beloved marmots are paying the price.”

Olympic marmots are a unique species of large, ground-dwelling squirrels that live in alpine and subalpine meadows and rocky slopes, with most of their habitat falling within the Olympic National Park. They spend up to eight months hibernating each year and then double their body weight during the summer.

Olympic marmots have the smallest range and population of any marmot species in the United States. Just 2,000 to 4,000 of the marmots are thought to be alive today.

A severe population decline was observed in the 1990s. By 2006, 60% of known Olympic marmot colonies were unoccupied. Predation by coyotes is believed to be the main reason for these declines. In one study, coyotes accounted for 85% of all documented marmot predation events.

While the marmot population has stabilized since the mid-2000s, climate change and coyotes remain serious threats.

Coyotes were historically absent from the Olympic Peninsula, but moved in after wolves were eradicated from the area in the early 20th century. Coyotes hunt at higher elevations than wolves, including above the treeline, where marmots live.

Facilitating natural colonization or reintroducing wolves to the Olympic Peninsula from British Columbia, where coastal wolves likely represent the closest living relatives of the wolves formerly found on the peninsula, could give marmots a better chance at survival.

Olympic marmots are also threatened by climate change, which is predicted to wipe out most alpine meadow habitat across the United States over the next century as trees move uphill to adapt to a warming climate. This will reduce and fragment the remaining meadow habitat where Olympic marmots live. Climate change is also resulting in less spring snowpack, which allows coyotes to occupy higher terrain, placing the marmots at even greater risk.

[orofeaiel]

Peaceful, until a marmot started screaming its head off and did not stop!

[goddamnshinyrock]

this week I painted some marmots

[littlepawz]

New animal Olympics events - synchronized munching, cardboard tube boxing and sequential den leaping <3

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Olympic Marmot

Olympic marmots, who live only on the eponymous peninsula in Washington state, are the rarest of U.S. marmots — just 2,000 to 4,000 remain.

Center for Biological Diversity

[harshr]

Various scenes from Boulder Ridge/Marmot Pass

[raterinarose]

I have gained vital information

olympic marmots sploot 🥺

[whats-in-a-sentence]

Olympic and Hoary Marmot females often mount other females and participate in other same-sex affectionate and sexual behaviors, especially when they are in heat.

A female Olympic Marmot mounting another female

"Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity" - Bruce Bagemihl

[tenth-sentence]

Sexual activity also occurs among juveniles, including mounting of adults.

"Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity" - Bruce Bagemihl

[transit-fag]

Hey its almost his birthday, take him on the Empire Builder to Seattle so he can see the Olympic Marmot, Native only to the Olympic Penisula in Washington State and Offival mammal of Wahington

[tigerdrachin]

ANIMAL AU LIST

Alabama - black bear

Alaska - Moose

Arizona - Ring-tailed Cat

Arkansas - Mockingbird

California - Brown bear

Colorado - Mountain Goat

Connecticut - Grey Wolf

Delaware - Grey Fox

Florida - Alligator

Georgia - North Atlantic right Whale

Hawaii - Hawaiian monk seal

Idaho - Idaho Giant salamander

Illinois - Northern Cardinal

Indiana - Say's Firefly

Iowa - Hog/pig

Kansas - Western meadowlark

Kentucky - Appaloosa (Horse)

Louisiana - Pelican

Maine - Maine coon

Maryland - Crab

Massachusetts - Tabby Cat

Michigan - White tailed deer

Minnesota - Common loon

Mississippi - Red fox

Missouri - Missouri Mule

Montana - Mourning cloak butterfly

Nebraska - Skunk

Nevada - Vivid Dancer damselfly

New Hampshire - Red tailed hawk

New Jersey - Fruit bat

New Mexico - New Mexico whiptail lizard

New York - Mouse

North Carolina - plott hound

North Dakota - nokota Pike (Horse)

Ohio - buckeye chuck

Oklahoma - Scissor-tailed flycatcher

Oregon - beaver

Pennsylvania - eagle

Rhode Island - Rhode Island red chicken

South Carolina - wood duck

South Dakota - coyote

Tennessee - Tennessee walking horse

Texas - Texas Longhorn

Utah - Bee

Vermont - Labrador

Virginia - Virginia Opossum

Washington - Olympic Marmot

West Virginia - Moth

Wisconsin - American Badger

Wyoming - Bison

D.C. - wood thrush

Gov - Snake

CDC - Dove

ITS DONE FINALLY AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH-

[orofeaiel]

Marmot Pass living up to its name as always!

[aquatic-batt]

happy fluffy friend Friday to the Olympic marmot! :3

[moons-booknook]

Queer Animals

quick wiki read up

Animals that display homosexuality:

Primates- besides humans, many primates are gay. bonobos (fully bisexual), gibbons(rare), gorillas(common), orangutans(rare, observed in males), and even our closest relatives the chimpanzees (mostly male), have been seen (both male and female)

Birds- black swans(polyamory, males), albatross’(mostly female but also male), blue ducks(male), ibises(chemically induced), mallards(male leaves female for male), penguins(mostly male but also female), vultures(male), pigeons(both male and female, infertile eggs), flamingos(same as black swans). most of these species raise chicks together

dolphins- amazon dolphins, bottlenose, dolphins do not care behaviors: sexual, emotional connection. they are technically bisexual because of reproduction.

bison- american bison both males and females

bats- more than 20 species are gay. list: many flying foxes, Rafinesque's big-eared bat, bent-wing bat, serotine, bechstine, long-fingered, daubenton, little brown bat, noctule, leisler, pipistrelle, long-eared, barabastelle, horseshoe, vampire. //more common in males

elephants: sexual behavior, kissing, trunk intertwining, putting trunks in the other’s mouth, form companionships. present in both sexes.

giraffes: necking, caressing, courting, sexual behavior, more commonly to happen with 2 males than heterosexual partnerships.

marmots: species: olympic, hoary. more common in females. behaviors: nuzzling, kissing, sexual behavior

lions: nuzzling, caressing, sexual behavior. both male and female, though only in captivity in females as observed.

polecats: sexual behavior

sheep: 8-10% of rams are exclusively homosexual. behaviors: courting, sexual behavior

spotted hyena: mounting between both (especially female) sexes.

lizards: some whiptail lizard species are only female and reproduce parthenogenicly. they increase reproduction by courting and sexual activity to increase ovulation.

tortoise: oldest tortoise, jonathan is GAY and has been with his partner fredric since 1991!!!

incects: dragon flies (male), fruit flies, bed bugs

others: wallabies, antelopes, sea lions, belugas, bears (lol), deer, foxes, rats, domestic cats, domestic cattle, cheetahs, opossums, shrews, domestic dogs, donkeys, kangaroos, guinea pigs, mongeese, rabbits, elk, whales, goats, gazelle, monkeys, wolves, squirrels, hamsters, marmots, horses, rhinoceros, chipmunks, seals, ruminants in general, hedgehogs (long eared specifically stated on this list 😳 sonic????), martens, mocos, moose, zebra, mice, ox, porcupine, quokka, raccoons, tanukis, tasmanian devil, tigers, hogs,

[sim-carelle]

This pack is themed after Washington State, I mostly wanted to just represent how I view my home state, from the mountains to the trees and the cold the dampness, and the rain of this state. It's beautiful when in the early mornings when then the fog and sun hit the mountains just right. This pack comes with 4 new wallpapers and 3 different decals. The decals are some of Washington state's symbols and the wallpapers are of rain, mountains, or trees along with some solid colored walls that I feel best to represent the state overall.

Download

Wallpapers Evergreen: 20 Swatches all solid greens Costs: $4 Paint

Evergreen Trees: 20 Swatches, has the same greens but with a pattern of trees, kind of like a forest. Costs: $5 Paint/Wallpaper

Falling Rain: 20 Swatches, A mix of solid blues with and without a rainy pattern Costs: $4 Paint

Rocky Mountains: 30 Swatches, a mix between blue and green mountains, should pair nicely with the solid blues and greens. Costs: $5 Wallpaper

Decals Green Darner Dragonfly: State insect, 3 Swatches, one with just the dragonfly, one with Simlish text, and one with English text Costs: $20 Wall Decoration

Olympic Marmot: State animal, 3 Swatches, one with just the Marmot, one with Simlish text, and one with English text Costs: $20 Wall Decoration

Pacific Rhododendron: State Flower, 3 Swatches, one with just the flower, one with Simlish text, and one with English text Costs: $20 Wall Decoration

[mumblingsage]

I kiss my hand to the male bonobos making out in public in spite of Western science trying to explain away The glorious kink of spinner dolphins’ whistle-clicks over-under rolling, belly-on-belly clasping by the soft tips of flukes, riding dorsal rudders to the brink

I am inspired, call my girlfriend, say: Won’t you be my Olympic marmot chewing on my ear till I lift my tail? My black-billed magpie babble-signing to my begging call? My lioness, growl, thrust, roll on backs afterward? Squeaky as killer whales

We could keep contact relentless before the next sequence, diving deep in a reversed-role double-helix formation, splashing swagger to reveal the length of our pink organs...

...Or Love we could pretend to be utter strangers!

-from “Dappled Things” in In Full Velvet, Jenny Johnson