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michaelnordeman · 2 days

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Eurasian red squirrel/ekorre. Värmland, Sweden (April 21, 2019).

#eurasian red squirrel #red squirrel #ekorre #squirrels

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bonefall · 21 hours

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Bit of a random one but rereading the parable of the squirrels got me curious: how would clan cats (or just thunderclan in particular) view black/melanistic squirrels? Have any of them ever seen one? Im not sure how common they are in the uk, but i know they can be relatively prevalent in areas that have them sometimes

Black squirrels are nothing more than a simple morph! They get common in areas that have melanistic genes present as a result of simple genetic drift, though I've seen it proposed that black fur is an advantage in cold areas.

The gene is rare in the populations the Warriors come across, so they almost never see it. In spite of ShadowClan's unwillingness to control the gray squirrel population, ThunderClan is so aggressive about it that the pool stays shallow. Red Squirrels (pishkaf) do not have this gene. Only Gray Squirrels (chakchak) do.

So every time a black squirrel manages to occur, it's treated like a dire omen. Even ShadowClan takes it seriously.

Black as a color is associated with day and night cycles, because of Moon Shadow, Sun Shadow, and Shadowstar. Gray Squirrels are associated with war and benefit at the suffering of others. These things together herald great upheaval-- so cataclysmic that it would likely not be an "honorable conflict."

If you came to your Cleric with this omen, they would be struck with a look of terrible alarm. They'd be interested in its context, what it was doing, if it was eating anything, what its surroundings looked like. Someone like BB!Runningnose, interested in supporting Brokenstar's ambitions, might spin it as a positive sign.

Most Clerics would announce that the squirrel needs to be killed IMMEDIATELY, and launch a massive hunt to destroy it. What would come next would likely depend on the culture of the time, but for the most part I can imagine some sort of mass "purification" ritual. The whole Clan trying to identify how they can avoid the cataclysm, one of the few times where they see a glorious war as a bad thing.

The cat who kills the squirrel would likely earn an Honor Title. It's also very likely that the body of the animal is treated as a very powerful material-- burned to ash to prevent its use in forbidden magic or carefully preserved and made into something special, no in-between.

(Thinking about it... thanks for the idea I'll totally do this for Brokenstar's Cataclysm lmao. The sinew of the black squirrel is probably used to re-string Runny's acorn necklace.)

#Note that this is why Clanmew doesn't use a generic term for squirrel #Reds and Grays have maaaaassively different cultural meanings!#You can make Pishchak or Chakaf on the spot but it would hit weird to a Clan cat.#Closest English example; it's like calling a fox a 'reynard' or a wolf a 'lupine beast'#Clan culture #Pishkaf om chakchak #Squirrels #Gray squirrel #Red squirrel #Better Bones Au

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riverwindphotography · 6 months

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A Snackster

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#riverwind gifs #red squirrel #wildlife #autumn #nature

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feather-bone · 3 months

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Eurasian red squirrel! Look at those ear tufts!! They strip the seeds from conifer cones and crack hazelnuts with their sharp teeth. Mushrooms, berries, flowers, vegetables, shoots, sap, nuts, seeds, and an occasional bird’s egg make up the rest of their diet; as they forage, they cache extra food in “middens”, tucked into nooks in trees and other hidden places.

[ID: an illustration of a red squirrel perched on a tree stump, facing to the right with a smiling expression. The stump has moss and mushrooms growing on it, and the background is a deep green tree. Below is a short video of a red squirrel foraging. End.]

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#red squirrel #squirrel #rodents #squirrels #daily creature #Youtube

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ravensvalley · 2 months

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#SpringTime

Even with months and dates, it's never easy to know exacly when Seasons change. Like Spring which officially this year is supposed to be (around here) the 19th of Mars. But Native people from the mountainous parts of the Northern Hemisphere, can have a hint observing animals… like this little Red Squirrel (AKA our Groundhog) when emerging from the snow, who can easily certify that Spring is at our doors.

Two years ago it was on February 18th… 2022. And this year, February 12th, 2024. So yeah, Spring is just around the corner guys.

#Springtime #Red Squirrel #GroundHog Day #IUCN #International Union for Conservation of Nature #ECCC #Environment and Climate Change Canada #NCC #Wildlife Need Protection #Nature Conservancy of Canada #Raw Nature #Nature Core #Nature Gothic #Indigenous Community #Mountainous Parts of the Northern Hemisphere #Canada

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amanitahouses · 5 months

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