This little marten softmount is done too! I made him 1.5 years ago but never finished sewing up his butt and tail 馃槼 He was just being cute on my shelf all that time, looking at me with those big wet eyes every time I worked on another project. Two weeks ago I suddenly had both motivation and time, a modern day miracle, so I took that chance to fix him. Now he's back to being cute on the shelf again :')
A majestic mega raft of mustelids mesmerizingly maneuvering through the meandering kelp maze of murky waters, melding into a magnificent mosaic of motion and merriment.聽聽
I finished watching episode 8 of burrows end today. It was a lot. Ava鈥檚 strength and tenacity are admirable, but I never want to be that cold, especially to my family.
Say your 鈥業鈥檓 sorry鈥檚 and 鈥業 love you鈥檚, they are so important, to you an others.
A pine marten (Martes martes) and a sable (Martes zibellina) photographed in Russia's Vishera Nature Reserve in the Ural Mountains, where the range of both species overlaps.
Recently, a unique sight was spotted here in Point Reyes National Seashore - a leucistic American Badger! You may think that it is an albino, but if you look closely, you鈥檒l notice that its eyes are actually brown or black, not pink. Its nose also has some pigment to it.
Leucism is a genetic mutation where there is only a partial loss of pigmentation, while albinism is when there is a total absence of pigmentation. Albino creatures will look white (or sometimes pale yellowish) in color, with very pale pink or red eyes. Leucistic creatures can look white in patches or almost completely white, but their eyes will always have color to them. Just like this badger whose normally brown stripes are showing up more as a dark cream color!
Photo by David Kramer as he hastily pulled out his cell phone to get this photo while on a hike in the Seashore.
Anotter shellebration?!? We鈥檙e just getting this pawty started! 馃帀 馃Ζ 馃帄
We recently recognized Kit the southern sea otter鈥檚 14th birthday! She joined the Sea Otter Program as a rescued 5-week-old pup in January 2010. Kit officially achieved surrogate mom status in 2014 and has helped raise 10 wild, orphaned sea otter pups during her time at the Aquarium.聽
As you can see, this feisty otter is always on the move. Whether she鈥檚 dragging enrichment items into the water or inspecting every inch of the exhibit, she always keeps our mammalogist team on their toes!聽
We鈥檙e otterly thankful for Kit鈥檚 playful antics and for everything she鈥檚 done for the wild sea otter population.