gretchen andreasen
@midwesternmouse.bsky.social
recent transplant from twitter, former baboon biologist, current vet student 🐾
Thank goodness, she'll have so many future predation prevention plans!
March 21, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Thank goodness, she'll have so many future predation prevention plans!
March 21, 2025 at 1:38 AM
March 21, 2025 at 1:37 AM
This entrance startles even the Quokka who panic leaps backwards, colliding with with the tree trunk even as her pouch muscles loosen...
(Hayward et al., 2005) #2025MMM
(Hayward et al., 2005) #2025MMM
March 21, 2025 at 1:36 AM
This entrance startles even the Quokka who panic leaps backwards, colliding with with the tree trunk even as her pouch muscles loosen...
(Hayward et al., 2005) #2025MMM
(Hayward et al., 2005) #2025MMM
March 21, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Predator-naive from Rottnest Island, Quokka can not tell the dangers lurking in the shadows and scans her head to look around. #SweetSummerChild
#2025MMM
#2025MMM
March 21, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Predator-naive from Rottnest Island, Quokka can not tell the dangers lurking in the shadows and scans her head to look around. #SweetSummerChild
#2025MMM
#2025MMM
Returning to upright, Quokka discovers herself magically translocated to SoCal mountains... sitting at the base of a tree looking out at a pile of leaves, a strong carcass odor, and evidence of many comings and goings of numerous scavengers and predators.
#2025MMM
#2025MMM
March 21, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Returning to upright, Quokka discovers herself magically translocated to SoCal mountains... sitting at the base of a tree looking out at a pile of leaves, a strong carcass odor, and evidence of many comings and goings of numerous scavengers and predators.
#2025MMM
#2025MMM
MEANWHILE, Quokka is grazing amongst the other quokkas and tourists eager for quokka selfies on Rottnest Island in Australia, bending down to snip some foliage...
#2025MMM
#2025MMM
March 21, 2025 at 1:32 AM
MEANWHILE, Quokka is grazing amongst the other quokkas and tourists eager for quokka selfies on Rottnest Island in Australia, bending down to snip some foliage...
#2025MMM
#2025MMM
Puma slowly walks through the forest, approaching last week's the deer carcass site in the Santa Susana Mountains. Puma typically hunt every 1-2 weeks, routinely returning to carcass caches and successful kill sites.
(Ironside et al., 2017) #2025MMM
(Ironside et al., 2017) #2025MMM
March 21, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Puma slowly walks through the forest, approaching last week's the deer carcass site in the Santa Susana Mountains. Puma typically hunt every 1-2 weeks, routinely returning to carcass caches and successful kill sites.
(Ironside et al., 2017) #2025MMM
(Ironside et al., 2017) #2025MMM
Quick note before I continue! This battle was written by @mammalssuck.bsky.social with a little bit of my help! 🎉 #2025MMM
two men in suits and ties are standing next to each other and one of them is wearing a party hat that says teamwork .
ALT: two men in suits and ties are standing next to each other and one of them is wearing a party hat that says teamwork .
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March 21, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Quick note before I continue! This battle was written by @mammalssuck.bsky.social with a little bit of my help! 🎉 #2025MMM
While marsupials tend to have smaller brains than other mammals, quokkas are *as good* or BETTER than dogs and cats at spatial learning.
(Bonney & Wynne, 2004) #2025MMM
(Bonney & Wynne, 2004) #2025MMM
March 21, 2025 at 1:29 AM
While marsupials tend to have smaller brains than other mammals, quokkas are *as good* or BETTER than dogs and cats at spatial learning.
(Bonney & Wynne, 2004) #2025MMM
(Bonney & Wynne, 2004) #2025MMM
As solitary creatures, pumas have unique ways of communication. When they visit the same location as a previous puma, they can exhibit a wide variety of behaviors, including caterwauling (a.k.a. SCREAMING), to try and communicate long-distance.
(Allen et al., 2013) #2025MMM
(Allen et al., 2013) #2025MMM
Puma caterwauling
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March 21, 2025 at 1:27 AM
As solitary creatures, pumas have unique ways of communication. When they visit the same location as a previous puma, they can exhibit a wide variety of behaviors, including caterwauling (a.k.a. SCREAMING), to try and communicate long-distance.
(Allen et al., 2013) #2025MMM
(Allen et al., 2013) #2025MMM
Reposted by gretchen andreasen
I should mention, this battle is a collaboration with @midwesternmouse.bsky.social & myself! #2025MMM
two men sitting next to each other with the words " teamwork makes the dream work " on the bottom
ALT: two men sitting next to each other with the words " teamwork makes the dream work " on the bottom
media.tenor.com
March 13, 2025 at 12:54 AM
I should mention, this battle is a collaboration with @midwesternmouse.bsky.social & myself! #2025MMM