#merecats

[hang-on-lil-tomato]

when you get accepted into a tribe, but you know you’ll never really fit in. Still…it’s nice!

“When you are wildlife photographer the goal is to blend in with your surroundings so that you don’t scare off the animals”

(via)

[dreaded-behemoth]

I went into the environmental sciences building because it has my favorite bathroom. One of the people got really excited to see a person from a different program come in.

Walking around, the fire fighter class was also mildly curious.

[tinovalduvieco]

Khatum.Capital de Sudan del nord amb la seva vida comercial on el Nil Blanc procedent d’Uganda ,s’uneix amb el Nil Blau.que ve d’Etiòpia formant el curs des de Khartum cap a Egipte i el mar Mediterrani.

Sudan .Març 2023

©Tino Valduvieco

[coffeenuts]

United Front by Robert Streithorst https://flic.kr/p/2nAJMrR

[aliceinfurbland]

They are friends

[thebwshow]

Photo of the Day 31st May 2020 - Why Hello There #merecats #meerkat #animalphotography #photooftheday https://www.instagram.com/p/CAzWHkHjXSi/?igshid=zavj9hjn1ydo

[mun-urufu]

Merecat

@kittybroker

[pumpkinspicedoodles]

[gnatintheroom]

[griancraft]

Merecats always look so scared. Freak animal. I love them

[mattdeford]

Word of the day: Exorate- to obtain by request - - #elephant #elephantsneverforget #merecat #deepimpact #art #artist #artistsoninstagram #illustration #illustrationartists #illustratorsoninstagram #comic #comics #comicstrip #funnies #word #words #wordoftheday #wordofthedaybymattbook #wordofthedaybymatt #lamy #gouletpens #ink #noodlersink #watercolor https://www.instagram.com/p/B6nuhTYFX8b/?igshid=evopdld2t50c

[asterofthedeepforest]

more silly merecat au things feat @bittybattybunny's Eclipse being helpful while this poor man is having a breakdown djhbfdjbg

[randomresearchstuff]

Cool snake facts from documentary

(Please be aware that I have problems processing some audio and that the documentary I’m watching is a small bit old)

They’ve been here way longer than humans

A lot of variation of snakes, snakes mostly same shape

More than 2700 species

Religions often give snakes powers and meanings

70% of snakes hatch from eggs, others are born alive from an egg membrance (?) (I couldn’t hear the audio well enough and I couldn’t skip back without going to far back (blame old video systems))

Only a quarter of snakes have poisonous fangs

Snakes can’t really hear, but feel vibrations if their lower jaw is on the floor

Snakes have bad vision and they focus on movement

Some species of snakes have heatsensors located under the eye

They combine searching for movement + heat to find prey and are successful almost every time

Need for vision depends on the type of snake

Some nightsnakes eyes are very sensitive and their eyes get reduced to skits during the day

Most snakes can’t focus their eyes like humans, instead they move the lens around (like a camera)

There is a snake (I couldn’t hear it’s name ): ) that can focus its eyes by changing the ‘lens’ it can also see in the third dimension

Snakes taste air and smells with their tongue

All reptiles have a special organ (wich I again can’t hear the name of) wich helps with tasting the air

Green anacondas hunt dwarf canines (?) (it looks like something from the crocodile family)

Snakes can unhinge their jaw to swallow big things (I already knew this but it’s super cool)

Snake developing venom is one of the most recent things in their evolution

Some snakes hunt other snakes (like king cobra snakes, who is the biggest venomous snake)

Snakes aren’t agressive, bites to humans are in defense or an accident

Most snakes warn big mammals if their feeling endangered, but some animals don’t notice and get bit

Attacks are last resort

The amount of deaths in America due to snake bites aren’t much, even though many people get bitten due to making snakes feel threatened or accidents

Most people get bitten due to handeling snakes, or not being careful

Snakes are predators, but also prey

There is a snake who spits venom to attackers eyes

A cobra kind (I think the fake one) threatens prey and bluffs by making itself look bigger with its hood

Merecats prey on small snakes, they will take on a cobra if their children are threatened

There are snakes who are harmless, but pretend to be dangerous snakes for their safety

All snakes are anchestors of one creature, wich details of are unknown

There’s more stuff about dna and evelution but I found it uninteresting and didn’t pay attention

Snakes have many ribs

Flexing muscles let snakes move

Some big snakes move like caterpillars, wich looks more noticeable from close up

The rat snake can move like an accordion is small spaces, wich costs a lot of energy

There is a sea snake who lives in sea it is super cool, might research more later

Some snakes can climb vertically due to their belly scales

Belly scales are important in letting snakes move

Scales are part of the snakes skin, instead of purely being a covering. They protect the snake and make em elastic and flexible

Their function are as different as drawings and colors

Scales also have different shape depending on species

Snakes change their skin and shed

An transparent scale covers the eye of the snake gets a milky hue wich is a sign of shedding coming

There is more info on the shed skin, like the color pigments of the snake aren’t in the shed skin

Snakes rely on external heat and environment and can’t regulate their own body temperatures

Snakes can’t live above an attitude of 69 degrees

There is a snake who deals with cold weather by going underground with many others of its species.

The garten snakes cheat the production system by storing sperm inside their bodies (for both genders)

People don’t know how snakes choose their mates

The biologist don’t know where the babies go of the snakes who hide underground

Some male snakes fight eachother for the right to mate, it often looks like an unique dance

Some snakes leave their eggs behind after laying them

Snakes are often seen as demons in religion

There are many cultures who like snakes and respect them

Documentary over

Snakes are cool

[colinroberts-photography]

Cute little guy, I do like a mere-cat. #merecat #animal #mycanon

[aliceinfurbland]

So theres this book called knitted merecats by sue stratford.... and also a cuttlefish. The pattern for the cuttlefish came from

[bakugouwu]

merecat i saw at the zoo