Did you know a baby porcupine is called a porcupette? These cute critters have soft hair mixed with barbed quills that stick up when they feel threatened to deter predators. Porcupines sleep in trees and feed on the inner bark, twigs and leaves. They live to be 5-6 years old and have one or two young, which are born with soft quills that harden within an hour. Photo courtesy of California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Native to eastern Asia and also known as the Shanghai hairy crab, this unusual creature is able to survive in both salt and fresh water. It’s considered a delicacy in Shanghai cuisine but also an invasive species in Europe and North America.
Starlings are small to medium-sized passerine birds in the family Sturnidae. The name “Sturnidae” comes from the Latin word for starling, sturnus. Many Asian species, particularly the larger ones, are called mynas, and many African species are known as glossy starlings because of their iridescent plumage. Starlings are native to the Old World, from Europe, Asia and Africa, to northern Australia and the islands of the tropicalPacific. Several European and Asian species have been introduced to these areas as well as North America, Hawaii and New Zealand, where they generally compete for habitats with native birds and are considered to be invasive species. The starling species familiar to most people in Europe and North America is the common starling, and throughout much of Asia and the Pacific, the common myna is indeed common. [source]
Guys today we rescued a baby squirrel that was at risk from being eaten / attacked by the neighbours cats and foxes that are regularly in our garden and a volunteer came and collected it to take it to a shelter but can we just appreciate how cute it is?! It was so small and soft and cute omg