With its fuzzy tail, tufted ears, and curious eyes, this squirrel is not only adorable-it's also incredibly elusive. It spends its life scampering through mossy branches, feeding on bark, fungi, and lichens.
Fact: This species (Exilisciurus exilis) is one of the smallest squirrels ever recorded-and one of the hardest to spot in the wild!
Photo by Ch'ien C. Lee
My previous fascination was megafauna. Now I've moved on to micro-mammals
Truly the ‘micro machines’ of animals
My brain has difficulty accepting that this creature is real and did not fall out of a Dr. Seuss book.
Now that you mention it it does have that look about it actually
Arboreal axolotl?
The crazy scientist after getting electrocuted by one of their inventions:
This has got to be the most adorable thing I've seen in a while!
"When I'm a small prey mammal and I've evolved to survive the barren rocky landscape by optimizing into a tan egg"
For posts about animals that loosely fit the description above. While the animal does not have to hit all the requirements, it should hit some of them:
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