#cute mammals

[troutreznor]

caecilian mothers and their babies / photographed by Carlos Jared [X/X]

[whatnext10]

Armadillos Like to Check Out Their Surroundings Often

Check it Out Even though they are covered in somewhat protective armor, nine banded armadillos (Dasypus novemcinctus) tend to be cautious little animals. They don’t see very well (look at how tiny those eyes are), but they have incredible noses. Frequently, before they go into an area, they will stop and smell the air as their way of looking out for predators. That’s what this little armadillo…

[hellsitegenetics]

I'm doing it. Whatever organism this comes up as, I will make a character* of that species. Even if it's a plant. Even if it's a mushroom. Even if it's microscopic. Even if it's barely studied. Even if it's a species I've made before.

(if this comes up as human I might actually cry but I'll still do it)

*probably just a character design but still

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Closest match: Sus scrofa family with sequence similarity 76 member B (FAM76B), transcript variant X4, misc_RNA Common name: Wild boar

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[organicmatter]

north american river otters at the oregon zoo - photos by me

[fellow-mammal]

👢👢👢👢

[finnautica]

This month's exclusive stickers for my sticker club... Have I told you guys that I really like seals?

[amnhnyc]

You might know about wombats, but what about numbats (Myrmecobius fasciatus)? These Australian marsupials are picky eaters with a taste for termites. Using their long tongues, these specialists can slurp down 20,000 of the insects in a single day! Unlike many mammals, the numbat’s mouth is filled with dull, peg-like teeth. But that doesn’t stop this critter, because it doesn’t chew its food anyway.

Photo: seashalia, CC0 Content, Pixabay

[biologist4ever]

[toyastales]

A beautiful family portrait

[critter-catcher]

I'd like to introduce everyone to this little fella!

This is most likely an eastern cottontail, though there is some debate that it may be a new england cottontail but that's unlikely.

Now normally I am very against feeding/interacting with wildlife on regular occasions but this guy is a special case.

See I'd been going out to put seed out for wild birds for a few months now, sitting nearby to take pictures of them to the point that they'll land around me, fly over when they hear my footsteps and just have a general understanding that I'm not going to hurt them.

Then I notice a little bunny hop out from under the brush a bit wary, but I stay still so I don't scare it and can hopefully get some pictures. He ended up, over a few days getting more familiar and eventually tipping over the scoop I use for the bird feed while being less than a foot away.

It really is a neat thing for wild animals to come to the understanding that you aren't going to hurt them, just enough trust to hang around you.

He's absolutely adorable and I love this little fella

[nists]

baby platypus being petted

(via)

[bethdehart]

Candycore Ribbon Seal Adopt

Too sweet to eat! Buy here on ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/s/a67720b364 !

(For $3 a month you can see exclusive sketches, sneak peeks at upcoming adoptables, and behind the scenes content of my comic hallowed hijinks! https://ko-fi.com/bethdehart )

[ferntern]

Devils

[jellycatstuffies]

Nauticool Grey Seal, Nauticool Spotty Seal and Nauticool Roly Poly Seal

Ko-fi / Instagram

[m00nb04rd5]

Can you do a seal moodboard pls

And Seals it shall be!

[todayontumblr]

Monday, September 4.

The Platypus.

Monday. There is no escape. It is the January of days of the week, and quite frankly, we've had enough of its nonsense. Had it up to *here*, in fact. So for that reason, whether it is school, college, university, work, or indeed not work that you are facing this morning, we bring light amid its darkness and drudgery. Please find, for you, a commemoration dedicated to perhaps the most curious of mammals: the #platypus. It is an animal simply so strange it makes one wonder why we are so keen to find new life on other planets, when that which we have here on Planet E is just so absurd. It is also so irresistible, so silly, and so very squishy, that we simply cannot get enough of their endless charms.