#with a feather for a tail

[artifacts-and-arthropods]

The Feathertail Glider: this tiny marsupial is the world's smallest gliding mammal, measuring just 6.5-8cm long (not including the tail)

The scientific name of this species is Acrobates pygmaeus (literally "pygmy acrobat") but it's commonly known as the feathertail glider, the pygmy glider, or the flying mouse.

This is the smallest gliding mammal in the world, as its head and body have a combined length of just 6.5-8cm, and its tail measures another 7-8cm long. The tail is fringed on each side with a row of long, stiff hairs that give it a feather-like appearance -- a feature that is not found in any other mammal. This feather-shaped tail acts as a rudder, allowing the tiny marsupial to steer and brake as it glides.

Feathertail gliders struggle to stay warm in harsh conditions, and they must enter a state known as torpor in order to preserve their energy, as this article describes:

A fascinating feature of these tiny mammals is that because they are so small, they have trouble staying warm when it is cold or when there is a food shortage; like the Sugar glider, they enter a state known as torpor.

This means that for short periods, their breathing slows down, and the animal becomes unresponsive; the body temperature drops almost to that of its surroundings. This state is not to be mistaken for hibernation, which is for much longer periods and is not known to occur in marsupials.

This article also adds:

Groups of A. pygmaeus have been observed in practically any available enclosed space, from hollow tree trunks to telephone interchange boxes to bird nests or possum dreys. They form spherical nests (dreys) of vegatation, usually eucalypt leaves, bark and tree-fern fiber. They have been found in groups of up to 20 individuals, but these are not considered stable associations. It is believed that communication between mother and young is through a number of high-frequency sounds and marking with urine.

Feathertail gliders are found only in mainland Australia.

Sources & More Info:

Moonlit Sanctuary: Narrow-Toed Feathertail Gliders

Australian Museum: The Feathertail Glider

Animal Diversity Web: Acrobates pygmaeus

Mammalian Species: A. pygmaeus

Wildlife Information, Rescue, and Education Service: The Feathertail Glider

Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland: Feathertail Gliders

Rares Foundation: Husbandry Guidelines for Feathertail Gliders (PDF)

[makenna-made-this]

Okkkkkk so where is Chicken Miku?

Anon the way i dropped everything when i saw this

HATSUNE BEAK-U

(based on the Onagadori chicken breed)

[star-owl-studios]

fully posable needle-felt witch crow I made as a gift :)

[factual-fantasy]

I feel super let down by the season of radiance so far.. I expected wayyyy more customization then what we got in the capes and pants. So much so that I'm not excited by the future hat/face cosmetics becoming customizable at all.. Does anyone feel the same? <:/

(Beneath the keep reading I've put some close ups of the text and the before's and after's of each item. Just in case my tiny text was hard to read😅)

[versacethotty]

customer: can u check the back

me: sure! :)

me in the back:

[fantasykiri5]

Day five of Hermit-A-Day May; it’s False!!

I realized this year that my False’s face design is just. Cartoon Hunter Schafer if she had big ol elf ears. So thats cool

[dagna]

i didn’t expect to be here. grey wardens have an expiration. it pushed me.

[fil3t]

But Celegorn said: 'Know this: thy going is in vain; for could ye achieve this quest it would avail nothing. Neither thee nor this Man should we suffer to keep or to give a Silmaril of Fëanor. Against thee would come all the bretheren to slay thee rather. And should Thingol gain it, then we would burn Doriath or die in the attempt. For we have sworn our Oath.' - The War of the Jewels, "The Grey Annals"

Tolkien in Color: The House of Finwë (part 10/x) < part 9 || part 11 >

for @cnc-week

[applerums]

I can see Mumbo being the token human, but I ALSO see him being the token human with the added oddity that, after eating half of grian's soul, he got tail feathers. Maybe a few on his back where wings would be. It's enough that he could hide it and still be viewed as entirely human, but it's also enough that he could absolutely embarrass Grian by shakin' those feathers-

I imagine that it matches FABULOUSLY with his suit.

huh, turns out soul-stealing has consequences! who woulda thought

[r-aindr0p]

I like how deuce just has the biggest eyes of the whole croissant de lune cast. He sees u

Oh no he was just surprised ! the biggest eyes are this little guy's right beside, the small feral child (Riddle has big eyes too but I haven't drawn him yet )

Speaking of Ortho he's looking for his big brother ! There was an argument and Idia left home but uh, didn't take his survival skills into account. Ortho has better survival skills and is not scared to bite, unlike Idia. And if he can steal it makes everything easier for him but he might have broken into the wrong house.

It's alright Vil didn't harm the kid further and accepted to shelter him until he can find his brother and bring him home. There is now an additional menace on the banks of Fleur city's river, rip x2 merchants coming by boat.

[0vergrowngraveyard]

is it just me. Or is anyone else obsessing over the fact that tails could fit in knuckles’ palm

im also obsessed with that

holding and throwing him with one hand....he weighs nothing to knuckles

[deviationmaniac]

Haven't done much lately so here's some bloody suit and ms paint Sniper doodles I had fun with. Sniper and Spy are having their first kiss hehehe

[tubbytarchia]

maybe. I hope you guys never stop asking for ranchers

[copp3rpheasant]

day 3

day three of a chicken a day for pride month 👍

Aro/ace

[cloud-ya]

Sega managed to give Shadow wings AU before I could

[hymnoeides]

Also getting the balls to post my meowdysseus here. His silly mustache is very important to me