“Hello, my name is Mitch and I’m an addict.” If I had a spare life I’d spend it caring for critters. There’s so much more to animals than we realize. The “did-you-knows?” are fascinating, and new ones are being discovered every day! (Don’t miss the info under each photo).
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A large percentage of the world’s trees were planted by squirrels who forgot where they put their acorns.
Before chicks hatch they peep through the shells to talk to their mothers.
Male puppies have the physical advantage, but often let female puppies win.
Cows have BFFs.
Curiousity never killed a cat (Well, OK, maybe).
Each dog’s noseprint, just like human fingerprints, is unique.
Elephant Shrews are actually related to elephants (and not shrews (“Who knew?”).
Fireflies are dying out worldwide due to air and light polution (“Don’t turn our love-lights off!).
Golden Snub-Nosed Monkey, China, are nearly extinct (“Don’t snub me!”).
Gentoo Penguins propose by presenting a pretty pebble to their lifemate.
Hoatzins have claws on their wings and use them to climb trees (“Plus I look awesome, dude!”).
Goats have regional accents (“You’re not from around here, are you?”).
Dwarf goats have incredible memories, plus they love pasta (“Plus, we’re seriously cute”).
“I look like this.”
“But I can do this. Cool, huh!”
The punishment for killing a panda in China is death (“Well, duh!”).
Vampire Squid are actually kind of cute.
Until they do this.
Munchkin Cats are sometimes called “Corgi Cats” (guess why).
Sea Otters hold hands when they sleep.
Tripod Fish have three legs they use to walk on the ocean floor.
Many species of ants are translucent!
Seahorses mate for life, and hold each others’ tails when they travel.
Handfish have four, well, hands (“I can walk too, 3-legs!”
Pika
Pika chew (Sorry, I couldn’t resist).
Macaques in Japan beg or steal coins to buy vending machine snacks.
Snails are notorious ride-hitchers (“And they never leave a tip!”).
Turtles can breath through their butts (“That’ll teach those snails!”)
“Oops!”
Squirrels adopt abandoned babies.
Snakes come in every color of the rainbow (“I couldn’t decide, so I went with ’em all”).
Tanukis (“racoon dogs”) are a national treasure in Japan.
Tanukis have even starred in their own movie “Pom Poko.”
Sweden has a rabbit show-jumping competition called Kaninhoppning.
Red Panda’s spend most of their lives in trees.
But they’ll gladly come down for a snack.
Fantastic collection, but I really can’t resist those dwarf goats and the red panda. I have no idea why, but I really love goats (as well as donkeys).
Confession: Me, too!
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Me too, Mitch! All God’s creatures!🩷
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Gracias por compartir la hermosa creación de Dios.
Reina-Valera 1960
Eclesiastés 3:11
Todo lo hizo hermoso en su tiempo; y ha puesto eternidad en el corazón de ellos, sin que alcance el hombre a entender la obra que ha hecho Dios desde el principio hasta el fin.
Amen, Norma.
Wonderful and amazing! My home in heaven will be a rock wall with flowers growing over it and animals jumping in and out to visit. Hey – we might be neighbors! God bless.
God bless you, as well, Stephanie!
What a cool post! We love animals too! And by the way – Happy Anniversary!
Thank you, Pam!