cross-posted from: https://piefed.blahaj.zone/c/NiceMemes@piefed.blahaj.zone/p/936655/all-is-well

Bandicoots, whilst they look like rats, are NOT rodents but marsupials--meaning they carry their babies in their pouches!

📸 by crimsonbutterfly

Crossposted from https://lemmy.world/post/51130695

From Salthaven Wildlife Rehab

Meet North America's only venomous mammal, the Northern Short-tailed Shrew!

The Northern Short-tailed Shrew is a tiny but fierce predator, subduing its prey with neurotoxic saliva.

Don't worry, unless you are a small mammal, invertebrate, or a small amphibian, the short-tailed shrew's venomous saliva is not medically significant to humans.

Despite their tiny size, these little hunters have a huge appetite and need to eat up to half their body weight in food a day to keep up with their metabolism.

Not exactly the kind of animal you'd expect to be venomous!

To save you a wikipedia search:

The saliva of the northern short-tailed shrew contains a kallikrein-like protease, used to paralyze and subdue its prey. The toxin is strong enough to kill small animals, up to sizes somewhat larger than the shrew itself, and results in painful bites to humans who attempt to handle the shrew. The venomous saliva is secreted from submaxillary glands, through a duct which opens at the base of the lower incisors, where the saliva flows along the groove formed by the two incisors, and into the prey. The toxin is very similar in structure to the one produced by the Mexican beaded lizard (Heloderma horridum) which independently developed its toxin from the same precursor protein.

For you true shrew-ophiles, a relatively fun article on soricidin and blarina toxin, 2 poisons found so far in the shrew venom, a little on how they work, the people that discovered the compounds, and potential pharmaceutical benefits. With a read!

He may look contained but those walls can’t hold him when he switches to bulldozer mode

For example, I'm loving all the Tan Eggs activity. Friends spreading friendship. Hell yeah! Love love love y'all! Cheers, friends!

(Maximus Meadowcroft is the photographer from Taos Ski Valley, New Mexico)

Photo taken by Dorothee Ehrich

Just one of our forest friends having a rare fruit treat.

The earth is a blessing and we must defend and honor her. Just look at that beauty! Have a great Fri-Yay!

It's low effort, I admit, but providing non AI, free-to-share photographs of small mammals with words of hope feels better than despair and hopelessness. I want you to smile at the beauty of nature and the fact that I care about your mental health. Love to you!

It is so very hard, these days, to stay positive. You know what is the most punk rock thing you can do? Staying positive anyways. Keep up the fight, Tan Eggs sends support and love! We appreciate your efforts!

So from Tan Eggs, to you, we send our love! No need to complicate things.

This is a small Australian marsupial; the males die after their first breeding season (which lasts two weeks) as a result of stress and exhaustion. Death by snu-snu seems like a good way to go.

Yes we are small, yes the world is big. Also yes is the fact that we have each other. I want positive change, and where I can effect it, I do. I trust you do the same. Keep faith in each other. Stay patient. We can make it. Love to you!

Don't let yourself be disconnected. You are a vital part of all of this and we need you. Look at all the beautiful life around you and feel connected. Tan Eggs loves you!

With any luck, you're napping already! Seriously, take a break today. Space knows you've earned it. I'm so proud of you!

They fall into the window well in my office.

As you might have gleaned, my partner is a nature lover and hosts our furry friends all over. Here Squirrel Nutkin enjoys her breakfast with us. Cute!

I never take umbrage with someone cross-posting content, so share and share alike if you want this guy gracing your corner of the fediverse too!

Plus, just look at that glorious creature! Here she is just munching away at my partners garden work, lol.

Bun alert folks, feel free to cross post. We are on full alert here at Tan Eggs. May your day be filled with equally fun discoveries and observations! Love to you!

But all days involve Tan Eggs being so very glad you're here! Love to you, friend!

This just in; You Are Awesome!

You are the universe experiencing itself, and you are loved! Tan Eggs loves you! It's true, we are certain.

Just thinking about posting and the possibility that I might make someone smile, made me smile. You did that. You beautiful being, you. Thanks for that!