Hari Tulsidas :verified: · @haritulsidas
335 followers · 1725 posts · Server masto.ai

A rare bamboo species is about to flower for the first time in 120 years. The flowering of Melocanna baccifera, also known as mautak, triggers a phenomenon called gregarious bamboo death. This could lead to a massive rodent population explosion, crop failures, and famine.

iflscience.com/bamboo-is-about

#bamboo #mautak #rodents

Last updated 1 year ago

ES Michelson · @esmichelson
115 followers · 869 posts · Server mas.to

@siderea @AE4WX @jeridansky @Squish

Lyme is rampant here and hard to diagnose. Long Lyme is real.

Mitigations:
- One thing to do to avoid carrying ticks is covering up and using repellant. Always check yourself after being in forest, bush, high grass.

- Get rid of English Ivy (Hedera helix). It provides cover for that host Lyme. As a bonus removing the ivy will be a boon to rodent feeding and save a lot of indigenous from being choked to death.

#trees #birds #rodents #lymedisease

Last updated 1 year ago

Mark Wyner :vm: · @markwyner
2170 followers · 2915 posts · Server mas.to

My son discovered these wee bits sleeping in a can on the side of our house. Soon we’ll be at war with them in the great battle for food in our garage pantry. It’s a love/hate relationship I guess? Cute little fuckers.

#animals #rodents #pests #cute #babyanimals #mice

Last updated 1 year ago

Frank · @ADignorantium
225 followers · 1056 posts · Server mstdn.social

The Seed Thief: a thriller in 4 panels.

"Curses! Foiled again. You won THIS round, human, but I'll be back!"

#summergardens #gardens #garden #Nature #storytime #WildLife #summertime #Summer #rodents #Animals #squirrels #squirrel

Last updated 1 year ago

Dakinu · @YouDreamyRat
5 followers · 44 posts · Server were.party

Art By CartoonJunkie!

A gift art sent back at a good friend (who's always changing their name, but you know who you are :P) on his birthday. 

Oh, don't worry, It's not gay if you can crush anyone who says it is into a discus, right?

#big #giant #large #muscular #buff #rat #rats #rodents #nerd #punk #thug #dork #mohawks #red #green #glasses

Last updated 1 year ago

geographile · @geographile
56 followers · 1389 posts · Server sfba.social

"Yes, . These web-footed, fat-tailed amphibious help countless other survive a wave. They not only drench certain landscapes in cold but also help the air. They even make and less likely to burn. "

~~~
What dams can teach us about surviving a heat wave - Vox

vox.com/down-to-earth/23273240

#beavers #rodents #critters #heat #water #cool #forests #grasslands #beaver #ecology

Last updated 1 year ago

Albert Cardona · @albertcardona
1939 followers · 3366 posts · Server mathstodon.xyz

@stux

There was a study by Johanna Meijer in 2009 that placed rodent running wheels in the wild and filmed them: many did, just for the pleasure of running!

"Rats, shrews, and even frogs found their way to the wheel—more than 12,000 animals over 3 years. The creatures seemed to relish the feeling of running without going anywhere."

science.org/content/article/ev

#mouse #rodents #wildlife #behavior

Last updated 1 year ago

Laura E. Hall · @lauraehall
2463 followers · 1819 posts · Server xoxo.zone

3) This comprehensive 2023 review of sewer rat ecology (via Dezene Huber ecoevo.social/@dezene/11065824)

Link to paper: link.springer.com/article/10.1

#rats #rodents #ecology #urban

Last updated 1 year ago

Christine Beeton · @christinebeeton
567 followers · 959 posts · Server mstdn.social
Giuseppe Michieli · @GMIK69
72 followers · 1592 posts · Server mstdn.science

{} As clarified in Rospotrebnadzor, a case of with was recorded in the somon of the -Altai aimag of , which borders China and is located more than 500 kilometers from the Russian border. Читайте на WWW.KP.RU: kp.ru/online/news/5335446/

#Russia #human #infection #plague #bugat #gobi #Mongolia #Zoonoses #yersiniapestis #rodents

Last updated 1 year ago

Skullvalanche · @skullvalanche
147 followers · 1181 posts · Server gladtech.social

🐿️ 🐿️

My replacement Kensizer came today! Fortunately, I had some leftover metal mesh from the garden cage project, and I immediately modified the trap to make it less likely to catch a squirrel. I narrowed the opening to (hopefully) be too small for a squirrel, but just right for a 🐿️

I put it out in the yard near one of their burrows with some sunflower seeds. I caught one within 10 minutes!

Time will tell if this mod prevents señor squirrel from getting caught, but I'm hopeful.

In total, today I caught **5 **chipmunks and 1 mouse 🐭 (oops).

#chipmunkupdate #trap #chipmunk #garden #rodents #pestcontrol

Last updated 1 year ago

Christine Beeton · @christinebeeton
554 followers · 908 posts · Server mstdn.social

I got lucky and saw 3 agoutis on that trip! Here is the third one, it was eating right by the trail.
Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Rica, May 2023.

#travelphotography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #portraits #Photography #costarica #Nature #Travel #WildLife #rodents #agoutis

Last updated 1 year ago

Christine Beeton · @christinebeeton
555 followers · 927 posts · Server mstdn.social

I got lucky and saw 3 agoutis on that trip! Here is the third one, it was eating right by the trail.
Manuel Antonio National Park, Costa Rica, May 2023.

#travelphotography #naturephotography #wildlifephotography #portraits #Photography #costarica #Nature #Travel #WildLife #rodents #agoutis

Last updated 1 year ago

· @FionaLang
310 followers · 308 posts · Server mstdn.social

It's so hot upstairs at the moment (30°C 🌞 ) that we decided it would be best to take Sparky and Buddy out of their big gerbil tank and bring them downstairs in their smaller cage. They're in a nice cool, shady spot now.
I wish someone would do the same for me, haha!
They seem quite happy, curled up in the bottom corner like a couple of lazy pompoms ❤️

#petsofmastodon #pets #rodents #gerbils

Last updated 1 year ago

Sarah Primate · @LangurLover
533 followers · 1234 posts · Server toot.wales
Christine Beeton · @christinebeeton
534 followers · 870 posts · Server mstdn.social
Christine Beeton · @christinebeeton
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Peter Drake, he/him, LFHCfS 🔥 · @peterdrake
509 followers · 8681 posts · Server qoto.org

Clearly a rodent got into the emergency food supplies, ate a mouseful of this Clif bar, and noped out of there. I guess we need to keep the lids on these bins.

#preparedness #rodents

Last updated 1 year ago