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Carissa the Bunnologist, MSc🐇
@mustelidmay.bsky.social
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Mammalogist 🦡
Prev: TN - armadillos & bats 🦇
WY- ferrets
NC- bears
Now: WA - pygmy rabbits🐇
🦦Lover of chaos & conservation🦝
misunderstood mammals🦨
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Carissa the Bunnologist, MSc🐇 @mustelidmay.bsky.social · Oct 14
Tried to get a quick photo with this pygmy rabbit and then she did a 180 & ran into my coat instead of jumping forward like I expected her to when I left go 😂 😅
#TeamPygmy #mammals
Me holding a pygmy rabbit with her cute fuzzy face popping out of the mesh bag we weigh them in. The same pygmy rabbit but the camera is a bit closer to her & her nose is hiding behind the white mesh bag My shocked face as I realize the rabbit in trying to release has decided my jacket is a good hiding spot A photo of my face slightly less shocked but there is only a tiny rabbit booty and cute little feet barely poking out of my jacket as the rabbit runs further into the jacket and eventually fell out & ran for cover in the sagebrush nearby
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I don't think Central Washington has ever had such little snow or such a short winter.
I'm worried what it will mean for the sensitive pygmy rabbits ☹️
February 17, 2026 at 5:59 AM
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Hi
February 17, 2026 at 5:35 AM
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birderk.bsky.social Birder K @birderk.bsky.social · 2d
Saw a smol bean out after sunset getting a bit of fish carryout😂
#mammals #opossum
Photo of a cute opossum on a snowy beach carrying a fish in its mouth.
February 17, 2026 at 5:35 AM
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I'm so damn thankful for all of the opportunities I get to share wildlife with more people ♥️

This was awesome. Big thanks to @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social
mustelidmay.bsky.social Carissa the Bunnologist, MSc🐇 @mustelidmay.bsky.social · 18d
Made it to the Seattle Times ♥️ 🐇

Pygmy rabbits are vital to the Columbia Basin. Will they survive? | The Seattle Times share.google/igLEZSMWra63...
February 1, 2026 at 2:37 AM
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Made it to the Seattle Times ♥️ 🐇

Pygmy rabbits are vital to the Columbia Basin. Will they survive? | The Seattle Times share.google/igLEZSMWra63...
January 31, 2026 at 7:12 PM
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This was accidentally the first pygmy rabbit to hear CCR ever probably (my phone was muted but an alarm went off while vaccinating it)

#TeamPygmyRabbit
January 30, 2026 at 3:56 AM
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January 26, 2026 at 5:13 AM
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Teeny pygmy rabbit pooplets
January 22, 2026 at 3:02 AM
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Pygmy rabbit trapping 2026!

Setting before sunset, then we will check for rabbits 2 hours after sunset.
We set 100 traps and may catch 2-5 if we are lucky 🤞

Rabbits will then be weighed, sexed, PIT tagged, and vaccinated against RHDV2 ☺️ 💉
An open burrow in sagebrush habitat with a small bit of snow around it. An empty trap sits nearby with burlap under it. The trap is now open on two sides and placed carefully inside the burrow with burlap over and around it to make it blend into the environment and to insulate it for the rabbit that we hope to catch. A biologist setting a trap in a burrow underneath the sagebrush. She will likely end up with twigs of Sagebrush in her hair.... If she doesn't already have some. A photo from above facing down at a trap that is covered in burlap for stealthiness. Half a dozen small brown pooplets from a rabbit sit scattered over the top of the trap. A pink flag is pinned to the bush above the trap to flag where to place it.... In a rabbit "runway" or frequently used, patted down space under the sagebrush.
January 21, 2026 at 1:03 AM
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Tiny weasel found its way into a trash bin left out by the garage. I wonder what it was after?
January 18, 2026 at 3:56 AM
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Friday vibes
Sleepy border collie laying sideways on her dog bed Sleepy tuxedo cat laying on his electric blanky with sleepy half-closed eyes
January 9, 2026 at 11:25 PM
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January 6, 2026 at 7:37 PM
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What's wrong with my car?
January 6, 2026 at 7:35 PM
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No thoughts. Only ball.
A golden retriever sitting on muddy grass totally chilled out with a red ball in its mouth.
January 6, 2026 at 7:32 PM
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Red-tail? The lighting was awful and I didn't have my binoculars.
Chicago, IL
December 27, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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Went to TN for the holidays & quickly reminded exactly why I left.
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December 26, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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The problem with America is the Buc-ees bathroom is bigger than most people's homes.
Yeeeesh

Never going in one of those again if possible.
December 26, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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December 11, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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Hey so

I found out

I can imitate a red-tailed hawk well enough to trick Merlin.

This is also useful for getting the attention of some other animals....

That is all.
December 11, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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Throwback to these tigers I made back in August for Giant Robot's Odd Folk & Fables show! 🐯✨🖤

The bigger one has sold but the mini-me is available via Giant Robot here:
www.giantrobot.com/search?type=...

#art #pottery #SciArt
A large ceramic black sgraffito tiger sculpture that features a large California Poppy motif crawling up the side of it’s body. The pose of the piece is as though the tiger is elegantly stalking towards something (or someone). There is also an adorable miniature version of the larger sculpture pictured alongside it as though it’s a tigress and her cub.
November 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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Yea. Sleepy kitty.
November 13, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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Northern flicker vase, too 🪵 🐦 🐛
November 13, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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Eepy baby boy
November 5, 2025 at 3:43 AM
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Didn't get the phd position I interviewed for. Now I'm just focusing on getting a new job in WA closer to the west side where my Fiancé is working with the Quinault Indian Nation... Pygmy rabbits are important, but I am tired of being unable to help with any other species 🙃 🙃
November 5, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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#5moreYears 😂
Happy anniversary to us!
October 28, 2025 at 3:01 AM