#weird lemur

[cinimuffin]

Attempted to draw new pokemon from memory last night. They’re....recognizable

[paxbe]

i think we need to start finding some new names team

updated version here (because y'all have pointed out that it's worse than i thought)

[sixteenseveredhands]

The Colugo: this mammal is able to glide through the air using a fur-covered membrane that stretches across most of its body margin

Colugos are often referred to as "flying lemurs," but genetic studies have shown that they are actually among the closest living relatives of primates, occupying a sister group.

They are native to the tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia, where they are divided into two extant species: the Philippine flying lemur (Cynocephalus volans) can be found in the Southern Philippines, and the Sunda flying lemur (Galeopterus variegatus) can be found in parts of Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, and Indonesia.

The fur-covered membrane that stretches across the colugo's body is known as a patagium; a similar membrane can be found in other gliding mammals (e.g. flying squirrels, sugar gliders, etc.) but the patagium of the colugo is far more extensive, surrounding almost all of the animal's body margin and stretching even between the tail and hind legs.

When they are not actively gliding, female colugos with young offspring will often pull their tails up against their bellies, effectively curling the patagium into a pouch in which the baby can be carried and protected. In order to glide, however, the mother must fully extend her patagium, meaning that she must unfold the pouch; if the baby has not yet learned how to glide on its own, then it must curl itself around the mother's torso and hold on tight as she glides from tree-to-tree.

The extensive size of their patagium means that colugos have far more "wing space" than other gliding mammals, which enables them to glide much further. In a single leap, a colugo may glide across a distance of up to 145 meters (about 475 feet) -- nearly the length of three Olympic-sized swimming pools. Studies have shown that they can glide a total distance of 1,342 meters (4,403 ft) per night, climbing a total of 320 meters (1,050 ft) up into the trees in order to do so. They have extremely strong claws, and the soles of their feet are able to mimic suction-cups, which enables them to maintain a tight grip on tree trunks and branches.

Colugos are most active at night, and they are strictly herbivorous, feeding only on young tree leaves.

I don't normally feature mammals on my blog, but this one in particular seemed too heartbreakingly adorable and too weird for me to ignore. I mean, look at it -- it's like a tiny dinosaur wrapped in a Snuggie!

Sources & More Info:

Science News: On a Cool Night in Malaysia, Scientists Track Mysterious Colugos Across the Treetops

Animal Diversity Web: Galeopterus variegates (the Sunda Flying Lemur)

BioMed Central Journal of Biology: Colugos: obscure mammals glide into the evolutionary limelight

World Wildlife Fund: Flying Lemurs

National Geographic: Why Do Flying Lemurs Glide?

Animal Diversity Web: Cynocephalus volans (the Philippine Flying Lemur)

[2700k-moogie]

Milk ref sheet done yaHOOOOOOOOOOO lookit my big beautiful baby they filled with joy and happiness

[feralen8y]

doodles bc I feel like shit and these two make me feel better

[this-is-where-i-hide-my-bullshit]

Absolutely delighted to learn that flying lemurs exist.

Look at these sentient blankets!

Look at those big eyes! And the little baby!!!

And they look like goofy demons swooping around at night.

These guys are great, 10/10 animal design.

[potentially-explosive]

mogtober day 5! I am so bad at choosing favorites I love all of unit 919. I wanted to draw Lam though so here she is! i'm a lam glasses believer she most definitely has glasses.

under the cut (for eyestrain) is a version with my interpretation of her radar abilities, how all the prophecies and stuff would look.

i also forgot to sign this version

[scribbsrambling]

why has no one talked about this yet?

[blitzy-blitzwing]

Megatron allowing someone to call him Megs... Wow, Kenny, who are you? Why are you so powerful to call him like that?

He’s the landlord that’s letting Megs pay half the rent because he finds robots cool. 😀

[lynxbabey]

whisper n tangle people do u have any playlists for them you wanna share for i am in dire need of songs for mine :’3 or just songs you associate w them? I’ve had these for over a month and they’re darn near EMPTY. which is sad cuz id love to be able to listen to them while I’m drawing! I’m liking the direction of the whisper playlist at least, she’d definitely like within temptation. The tangle playlist is in my head just the entire Tegan and Sara discography but im struggling w finding individual songs for it???

(these r both songs that i associate w the characters AND songs I think they would listen to!)

[pricklethistle]

Loving the freaky silly lemur representation we got in pokemon scarlet and violet… just look at this guy… wow

[is-the-primate-vid-cute]

Ever wondered what a ruff lemur sounds like?

[video description: video is a tiktok by user @dukelemurcenter. The video shows a black and white ruffed lemur with a radio collar on in an indoor enclosure. The lemur climbs down and across a board and makes a very loud call. End video description]

[socksoinabox]

converstations

[minipisi-is-dumb]

me when im their ceo and my life mission is to make propaganda so im in the point of making fake covers <3 im so normal for them weird tail buddies

no logo + sketch and lines because it took me way too long for this. i need them to have an arc so badly if imma be hyperfixated on them i will SINK YOU DOWN WITH ME

[celestial-scribbles]

More of my beautiful, fucked up crow daughter

[feralen8y]

more thoughts on pitch whisurge, with other stuff too

mainly about the relationship between tangle, surge and kit. because at first, tangle was furious about the fact that anyone was hurting whisper, and kit was close to the same about surge. when the kismesitude began both tangle and kit kept trying to intervene, bc "how dare you hurt my girlfriend/how dare you hurt my sister". but over time, and with a bit of help from amy, they both realized that the relationship was actually good for them, in the weird way that only a kismesitude can be.

and, while they were working through how to handle that (because yes they know it's good for them, they still had a hard time getting past the fact that they might be a bit beat up because of it) kit and tangle started hanging out together as a bit of a distraction. both of them felt kinda the same about the whole situation, but over time they helped each other realize just how much surge n whisper are helping each other.

kit mentions how surge has been calmer at home, lashing out a lot less at tiny inconveniences, and a bit nicer in general. and tangle talks about how whisper seems like there's less bothering her, like she's not holding as much back. plus, both girls seem happier overall.

eventually it changes from kit n tangle just hanging out bc the other understands how they feel, to them actually being friends. it's really common for kit to show up at tangle's house to hang out (which is another good thing about everything, it's helped kit fight his "i have to help surge!" programming)

also! surge n tangle are friends too, they just don't hang out as often as tangle and kit do. surge appreciates how tangle helped kit out with processing everything, and helping him move past his programming. the only real issues between surge and tangle is that if tangle mentions something cute whisper did surge gets mildly pissed off. surge has cuteness aggression w whisper but actually just gets angry when whisper does something "cute". it infuriates her whenever she sees whisper's tail wagging when she gets the upper hand in a fight, or anything like that.

whisper and kit are friends too, they'll actually hang out together sometimes if they need a break from the loud n energetic people they normally spend time with. sometimes kit will stay the night with whisper and tangle if surge is out doing something (he's not as dependent on her, but he still hates being alone, especially at night). they'll usually end up playing video games or having a movie night.

the wisps also really like kit, though they don't trust surge much. the wisps usually stay with tangle whenever whisper's with surge. they'd rather be in the inevitable cuddle pile with tangle and kit anyways.