are you ready for my favorite fact?
If you leave a hamster wheel out in the forest, wild mice will come and run on it.
that is my favorite fact
Bobcats and lynx will sit in cardboard boxes abandoned in the middle of the forest.
I asked the lynx researcher who told me this why, and he said “Cats, man” and shrugged.
I had to see this for myself and it is better than I imagined:
“Rats, shrews, and even frogs found their way to the wheel—more than 200,000 animals over 3 years. The creatures seemed to relish the feeling of running without going anywhere.“ (Link)
And there is a video.
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Decadence
I think about this video every single day
Jump by Richard Hansen
shapes of a rabbit
ah. the jerboa. truly one of worlds most delightfully bizarre creatures. blessed to share the planet with him
A spaceman arrives on earth and greets a local. They are from so far apart yet they sense a kinship.
The Cow Went Over the Mountain
