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Uncharismatic Fact of the Day

Sticks and stones may break their bones, but words will never hurt a honey badger. That's because they have incredibly thick skin-- up to 6 mm (0.2)! Their skin is also somewhat lose, which gives them an advantage against snakes, bees, other honey bears, and larger predators like jackals and wild dogs.

(Image: A honey badger (Mellivora capensis) by Sumeet Moghe

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kissy from mama

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I named him Bonsai

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Kinda miss the spreadsheet today

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アナグマ（Japanese badger）

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Mountain Weasel (Mustela altaica), family Mustelidae, northern India

photograph by Dr. Abhijit Bagui

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It’s Peanut Butter Jelly time - literally! Peanut Butter and Jelly, our Javan ferret badgers, have been briefly living in the nursery at the HCA Healthcare Veterinary Center and will soon move to their permanent behind-the-scenes home at the Zoo.

Javan Ferret Badger | Nashville Zoo

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A sea otter (Enhydra lutris) with a clam catch in California, USA

by Robin Gwen Agarwal

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The only "fantastic beast" i need to know "where to find" is the glorious north american river otter. "REBLOG" if you agree!

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microsoft edge is offering me up to 12% cash back if i buy a wolverine

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and that it for maystelid!

i’m so happy that i participated in this challenge and i stepped out of my comfort zone drawing only weasels and otters.

i tried to use more shapes and movement to capture the mustelids energy :0)

big thank you /nookdae.bsky.social for making this challenge!

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Back with the Black-footed Ferret

The black-footed ferret, also known as the American polecat or the prairie dog hunter (Mustela nigripes) is a species of mustelid native to central North America; its historical range stretched from southern Canada to northern Mexico. Its habitat overlaps with that of prairie dogs, and largely consists of prairie, scrubland, and steppe environments.

Black-footed ferrets rely on grasslands for food, and the average adult maintains a territory of 148 acres (60 ha). They are highly solitary, and both males and females will fiercely defend their space from other ferrets. Within this range, the prairie dog hunter feeds almost exclusively on prairie dogs; when prairie dogs aren't available, their diet is supplemented with mice, squirrels, and rabbits. Adults hunt mainly at night, and during the day they will shelter in abandoned prairie dog burrows. While fearsome fighters, both adults and kits are vulnerable to predation from birds of birds of prey, owls, coyotes, badgers, foxes, and bobcats.

Though they generally are not social, American polecats do interact with other polecats once a year to mate, generally in March or April. Females will actively seek out and entice males, and individuals with both sexes likely mate with multiple partners. After mating, the female returns to her territory, and after a 45 day pregnancy she gives birth to a litter of 1-6 kits. The young are blind and deaf at birth, but grow quickly and are weaned at about 6 weeks old. In the fall, they leave their mother to establish their own territories, and reach full maturity by the following year. Adults can live up to 12 years in the wild.

Both male and female black-footed ferrets have similar appearances. Like other ferrets, they have an elongated body and triangular head, to better help them squeeze into small burrows in search of prey. The paws, the tip of the tail, and patches around the eyes are marked in black; the rest of the body is tan, russet, or brown with a light cream underbelly. The average adult measures 50 cm (19.7 cm) long and weighs 650 g (1.43 lb); females are slightly smaller than males.

Conservation status: M. nigripes is considered Engangered by the IUCN. Threats come from habitat destruction and the decimation of their primary food source, as well as human-introduced disease. There is only one known wild population left, though there are a number of captive-bred populations in zoos and reintroduction programs. One group, currently run by Native Americal tribal biologists, is raising funds to continue their work restoring black-footed ferrets to their native habitats (April 18, 205).

Photos

Clyde Nishimura

J. Michael Lockhart

Chris Prague

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Poses list for my marbled polecat model <o>

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european mustelids

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Eurasian Pine Marten | Paolo Manzi

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WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO POST OWLS

I would like to formally apologise to my followers for daring to post about something other than what my username implies on my blog that I run