Carissa the Bunnologist, MSc🐇
@mustelidmay.bsky.social
Mammalogist 🦡
Prev: TN - armadillos & bats 🦇
WY- ferrets
NC- bears
Now: WA - pygmy rabbits🐇
🦦Lover of chaos & conservation🦝
misunderstood mammals🦨
Pop punk 🙏
She/her 🏳️🌈
Prev: TN - armadillos & bats 🦇
WY- ferrets
NC- bears
Now: WA - pygmy rabbits🐇
🦦Lover of chaos & conservation🦝
misunderstood mammals🦨
Pop punk 🙏
She/her 🏳️🌈
Yea. Sleepy kitty.
November 13, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Yea. Sleepy kitty.
Eepy baby boy
November 5, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Eepy baby boy
#5moreYears 😂
Happy anniversary to us!
Happy anniversary to us!
October 28, 2025 at 3:01 AM
#5moreYears 😂
Happy anniversary to us!
Happy anniversary to us!
Anyway, here's my cat "helping" me build a new tree
October 22, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Anyway, here's my cat "helping" me build a new tree
Accidentally turned myself into Makio from #demonSlayer
October 7, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Accidentally turned myself into Makio from #demonSlayer
It's called fieldwork, sweaty
October 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM
It's called fieldwork, sweaty
She comin!
October 5, 2025 at 5:01 AM
She comin!
Guess who got a cheap thermal scope 👀
October 2, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Guess who got a cheap thermal scope 👀
Learned the 1500th bat species was recently named 🦇
Discussed bat vs rodent diversity with partner ♥️
He asked about capybara species...
Somehow that led to explaining the Devil's Corkscrew to him...
And now I'm looking up ancient weasels 😂
Discussed bat vs rodent diversity with partner ♥️
He asked about capybara species...
Somehow that led to explaining the Devil's Corkscrew to him...
And now I'm looking up ancient weasels 😂
October 1, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Learned the 1500th bat species was recently named 🦇
Discussed bat vs rodent diversity with partner ♥️
He asked about capybara species...
Somehow that led to explaining the Devil's Corkscrew to him...
And now I'm looking up ancient weasels 😂
Discussed bat vs rodent diversity with partner ♥️
He asked about capybara species...
Somehow that led to explaining the Devil's Corkscrew to him...
And now I'm looking up ancient weasels 😂
The wildlife field lost an amazing, kind, and inspiring biologist yesterday.
Dr. Daniel Combs
Your sense of humor and incredible empathy will be missed by many, many people.
I would never have made it this far in my career without you getting me started at TN Tech ♥️
Oh, to fly like a bird🦅💕
Dr. Daniel Combs
Your sense of humor and incredible empathy will be missed by many, many people.
I would never have made it this far in my career without you getting me started at TN Tech ♥️
Oh, to fly like a bird🦅💕
October 1, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The wildlife field lost an amazing, kind, and inspiring biologist yesterday.
Dr. Daniel Combs
Your sense of humor and incredible empathy will be missed by many, many people.
I would never have made it this far in my career without you getting me started at TN Tech ♥️
Oh, to fly like a bird🦅💕
Dr. Daniel Combs
Your sense of humor and incredible empathy will be missed by many, many people.
I would never have made it this far in my career without you getting me started at TN Tech ♥️
Oh, to fly like a bird🦅💕
Can anyone explain why the path of smoke is magically broken by the 3 cities here on the map??
Moses Lake and two towns west and northwest of it are somehow yellow dots even though the AQI is 200 points higher everywhere else along the smoke trails...
I'm confused as hell.
Moses Lake and two towns west and northwest of it are somehow yellow dots even though the AQI is 200 points higher everywhere else along the smoke trails...
I'm confused as hell.
September 26, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Can anyone explain why the path of smoke is magically broken by the 3 cities here on the map??
Moses Lake and two towns west and northwest of it are somehow yellow dots even though the AQI is 200 points higher everywhere else along the smoke trails...
I'm confused as hell.
Moses Lake and two towns west and northwest of it are somehow yellow dots even though the AQI is 200 points higher everywhere else along the smoke trails...
I'm confused as hell.
Human-caused fire 2 miles south of my field site today 🙃 yay
September 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Human-caused fire 2 miles south of my field site today 🙃 yay
How your email finds me:
September 24, 2025 at 9:53 PM
How your email finds me:
I ♥️ thermal imaging!!
Just found a dozen plastic tubes in our 20 acre enclosure so easily 😂
Just found a dozen plastic tubes in our 20 acre enclosure so easily 😂
September 23, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I ♥️ thermal imaging!!
Just found a dozen plastic tubes in our 20 acre enclosure so easily 😂
Just found a dozen plastic tubes in our 20 acre enclosure so easily 😂
It's not a phase.
September 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
It's not a phase.
Do YOU wanna take the notes for me, sir???
September 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Do YOU wanna take the notes for me, sir???
I help gather population data on endangered Columbia Basin Pygmy Rabbits and vaccinate the rabbits against RHDV2 🐇
September 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I help gather population data on endangered Columbia Basin Pygmy Rabbits and vaccinate the rabbits against RHDV2 🐇
My coworkers love me. I'm sure of it.
We work in biodiversity and are mainly focused on frogs and rabbits right now. Gotta have Hop puns!
We work in biodiversity and are mainly focused on frogs and rabbits right now. Gotta have Hop puns!
September 16, 2025 at 5:49 PM
My coworkers love me. I'm sure of it.
We work in biodiversity and are mainly focused on frogs and rabbits right now. Gotta have Hop puns!
We work in biodiversity and are mainly focused on frogs and rabbits right now. Gotta have Hop puns!
PIT Tag Locator 5000
(cheap magnets duct taped to an old mop head)
We found out we could find them quicker in the dirt & the digital tags are still readable by the PIT tag scanner 👍
(cheap magnets duct taped to an old mop head)
We found out we could find them quicker in the dirt & the digital tags are still readable by the PIT tag scanner 👍
September 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
PIT Tag Locator 5000
(cheap magnets duct taped to an old mop head)
We found out we could find them quicker in the dirt & the digital tags are still readable by the PIT tag scanner 👍
(cheap magnets duct taped to an old mop head)
We found out we could find them quicker in the dirt & the digital tags are still readable by the PIT tag scanner 👍
Made it through the interview! Now to put on comfy clothes and go through Pygmy rabbit camera trap data.
Wirt tried to help, but fell asleep 🙃
Wirt tried to help, but fell asleep 🙃
September 15, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Made it through the interview! Now to put on comfy clothes and go through Pygmy rabbit camera trap data.
Wirt tried to help, but fell asleep 🙃
Wirt tried to help, but fell asleep 🙃
Can anyone help me identify this snail species? Very bitey.
September 13, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Can anyone help me identify this snail species? Very bitey.
Got a Margay cat for the final flight ♥️
September 12, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Got a Margay cat for the final flight ♥️
The best plane to be getting on
September 12, 2025 at 9:35 AM
The best plane to be getting on