#solenodon

[thereissomethingunderthestairs]

Lesser known small mammals (or mammals whenever i bring up people have no idea what im talking about)

Quoll ..a carnivorous marsupial native to Australia that spends most of the day sleeping in its dens. there have been 111 recorded events of quolls eating human remains (x) (pictured here is a spotted-tail quoll)

Numbat..an insectivorous marsupial from Australia that is diurnal (or is primarily active during the day). unlike other mammals that primarily eat termites, they have a jaw with 50 very small teeth. they live in tree hollows and block the openings with the thick hide of their rump

Hyrax ..a small thickset herbivorous mammal that is more closely related to elephants and sea cows than pikas and marmots. theyre found in africa, and they have rubbery paw pads that help them climb up rocks (this is a rock hyrax)

Solenodon... a venomous, insectivorous little mammal that is easily provoked into a frenzy of squeaking and biting. it uses echolocation to compensate for its poor eyesight, and females have two teats almost located on its backside (above is a cuban solenodon)

Sengi (elephant shrews (or better known as the get a look at the snout species))...is another insectivore that is more closely related to elephants than true shrews. they live in southern Africa and have relatively large brains for their size (a respectable 11 inches) (this is a black and rufous sengi)

Tenrec..omnivorous little mammal that lives in land, sea, underground, and in trees. there are many different subspecies of tenrec that can look like hedgehogs, opossums, rats, and shrews (this is one is a lowland streaked tenrec from madagascar)

#i was going to include binturongs but compared to all the other guys its much larger #So i decided to just keep the list about small weird mammals #These of course arent all the small mammals out there.. just the ones i can remember offhand #mammalia #long post #quoll #spotted-tail quoll #marsupials #tenrec #streaked tenrec #elephant shrew #sengi #solenodon #cuban solenodon #hyrax #numbat #mammals #biology #zoology #animal facts

[mammalianmammals]

Hispaniolan Solenodon (Solenodon paradoxus), family Solenodontidae, order Eulipotyphla, found on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (Haiti and Dominican Republic)

This nocturnal insectivorous mammal is venomous.

They are in the same order as moles, hedgehogs, and shrews.

photograph by Pedro Genaro Rodriguez

#solenodon #solenodontidae #eulipotyphla #mammal #caribbean #animals #nature

[weirdanimal-tournament]

Round 1 Match 19

Ganges River Dolphin: "most visually frightening dolphin, absolutely horrific"

Solenodon: "silly snout, tiny eyes, VENEMOUS?, weird and stinky"

#ganges river dolphin #dolphin #solenodon #weird animal #animal #poll #competition

[vintagewildlife]

Hispaniolan solenodon By: André Bert/Jacana Press Agency From: Éditions Rencontre Cards 1975

#solenodon #eulipotyphlan #mammal #1975 #1970s #André Bert #Jacana Press Agency #Éditions Rencontre Cards

[lactozilla]

All 26 of them

Tumblr will resize the image below, but I hope the names are clear enough...

Please don't stare too much at the tags.

#character design #my characters #my art #cartoony #anthro #wolf #cat #snake #gecko #lizard #fox #frog #solenodon #sloth #goat #shark #rabbit #chinchilla #bear #polar bear #owl #bat #axolotl #giraffe #pig #koala #ostrich #vulture #kangaroo #anteater

[nothofagus-archive]

Awka, and Yucca&Capuli figurines (2019 both)

Cold porcelain modelings! To this day, the two of them are resting on a shelving, some two metres away from me right now.

Awka one was especially challenging, due to Deer Legs, but I do recall loving working on it, and I am still quite fond of both figures, for that very reason. I was going to make a Palqu one, but only made the early stages back then and didn't complete it, I might still have the unpainted base around haha. Maybe I should check how well he looks?

Anyway, something different. I almost didn't make Capuli to accompany Yucca back then, but then I realised it was then or never, due to his wee eeny size..

#Crafting #figurines #cold porcelain #awka #huemul #deer #Yucca #Solenodon #Cuban #Capuli #Hummingbird #BeeHummingbird #OCs #modeling #2019 #Nothofagus-obliqua

[gaybananabreaad]

Part 4!!! OF MY OC Christmas Shenanigans

Knock the Solenodon, feat. A very much destroyed gingerbread house

Time to ramble:

Ah, my first Sonic OC. Knock is still a fun piss goblin that I adore to this day. She was born early on this year, very fun stuff. Her design is a sort of mix between Surge and Clutch.

My dear friend @spirotic came up with the idea of her being a solenodon, a little rat lady.

Anyways Knock is violence

She loves fighting. Picking fights with randoms, fight clubs, so on. Her main draw? She is scrawny af, but really strong. Can lift big rocks. Also a big fan of food. Like, she is like kirby levels of hungry. She can eat anything. And will.

She is also a dummy. An airhead if you will. Not the sharpest tool in the shed. Very much not smart.

Fun trivia: Her voice claim is Junker Queen from Overwatch.

#artists on tumblr #artwork #fanart #sonic #sonic the hedgehog #furry character #gbbreads art #sonic series #digital art #oc artwork #sonic oc #ocs #oc art #sonic the hedgehog fanart #sonic the hedghog fanart #sonic art #solenodon #christmas art #christmas outfit #piss goblin #art #my ocs #my oc #my art #artist on tumblr #sonic fan art #oc #sonic fandom #sonic franchise #sonic fanart

[elementalgod-aj]

Animal practice 19

Mammal 7

Eulipotyphla/insectivores

Piniqua (Hedgehog)

Gymmy (Moonrat)

Enki (Mole)

Rapid (Shrew)

Dazzle (Desman)

Vaughan (Solenodon)

#the watchful eye #watchful eye #my ocs #my art #my oc #isle 0 #toonverse oc #aj the elementalgod #elementalgod aj #o'kong family #neo demons #anthro allies #earthdemons #mammals #Eulipotyphla #Hedgehog #shrew #mole #Solenodon #desman #moonrat

[moodbroads]

*throws a badly-drawn solenodon at u and runs off*

uh

yeah

i like this guy but he needs glasses

#goofy goof #doodle #solenodon

[melyzard]

The World is Amazing, Actually (Part 11 or 12, I lost count)

It's been awhile since I made a post about how fucking rad the world actually is, and amidst all the pandemics and climate change and economic troubles, I felt the need.

So:

Today’s Wild Place (The Earth is An Alien Planet):

The Danakil Depression, Ethiopia:

The Danakil Depression is probably the closest you'll ever be able to come to standing on the surface of Venus (without the crushing atmosphere, of course). Choking sulphuric acid and chlorine gases fill the air, while acid ponds and geysers pepper the landscape. 

- Daisy Dobrijevic, published July 4, 2022

(BTW scientists recently discovered microbes capable of surviving in this toxic, extremely hot environment, which means...well, even if we kick the bucket, life will continue. There's something comforting in knowing that no matter how bad we screw up...life will go on.)

Today’s Incredible Feat of Engineering (look! at what! we made!):

Ouarzazate Solar Power Station in Morocco, which has gone solar in a big way.

(Which means they are making a huge contribution to helping fight toxic pollution, noise pollution, water use, land destruction, and carbon emissions. No really, there are charts. Reducing carbon emissions charts. Reducing irresponsible land use charts. Charts! Graphs! Data samples!)

Today’s Cool Life Form (the rare, the weird, the beautiful):

The Hispaniolan Solenodon.

A very rare, nocturnal, shrew-like creature that is one of the few mammals able to produce venom. Look at him! Look at his snout! He's just a little guy! He will bite you and run away on his back legs! He's rare, and endangered, but not gone! Not gone yet, bitches!

(Bonus: 10 Fun Facts About the Solenodon)

Today’s Bizarre Mystery (no, seriously, wtf?):

The Great Unconformity.

Hey, remember the Grand Canyon? Remember how we can see the passage of time through each layer, going back hundreds of thousands of years?

Did you know that apparently, on this massive record of earth's geological history, there's a chunk of time missing? Science has some hypotheses about how and why this happens (and yes, it's been found in more than one place), but they are really only hypotheses, and no one's really sure what happened to, oh, 1.6 billion years, give or take.

Today’s Act of Humanity (yes, we are worth the effort):

After fleeing a war, Ukrainians rush to help Mississippi tornado victims.

"They made the 16-hour drive south to donate bottled water and volunteer with aid workers, buoyed by the idea that they could help a community facing a similar struggle to theirs.

“We had to leave our home,” Pavliuk told The Washington Post in Ukrainian, in an interview interpreted by Hrebenyk. “And they don’t have a place to go back, either.”"

NEW CATEGORY:

Today's Good News About The Future (No, It's Not Too Late and Anyone Who Says Otherwise is Selling Something):

The Saiga Antelope, a species critical to the continued survival of huge swathes of grassland, that in 2003 was down to 6% of it's population and already extinct in it's natural habitat of China and Ukraine, has rebounded back to almost 2 million strong thanks to conservation efforts.

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#the world is amazing #planet earth #nature #good news #animals #danakil depression #Ouarzazate Solar Power Station #morocco #Hispaniolan Solenodon #little creature #saiga antelope #climate change #climate conservation #hope #ukraine immigrants #people are okay #mississippi tornado #look for the helpers #I'm so tired of being worried about the world #but it's not all bad

[cherbearsz]

TEAM ENDGAME, ALL IN ONE PLACE

#so much love in my heart for these goobers #ASK ME ABOUT THEM IF YA WANT #sonic #sonic the hedgehog #sonic the hedgehog oc #sonic oc #sonic ocs #cher doodles #ember the solenodon #crystal the wolf #star the hedgehog #team endgame

[weirdanimal-tournament]

Round 2 Match 10

Solenodon: "silly snout, tiny eyes, VENEMOUS?, weird and stinky"

Sea Pig: "they're so funky and they eat sediment with their little tube feet and live in the abyss :)"

#Solenodon

[vintagewildlife]

Solenodon By: National Audubon Society From: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Animal Life 1961

#captivity #solenodon #eulipotyphlan #mammal #1961 #1960s #National Audubon Society #The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Animal Life (1961)

[lousydrawingsforgoodpeople]

#true #HISPANIOLAN SOLENODON #doodles #bad art #lousy drawings #doodle #positivity #self love

[nightmaresyrup]

Agouta! Or Solenodon?

I like their long snout! They're pretty cute when they're not hissing or angry. I can't believe they're a primitive form of insectivores, maybe even prehistoric!

#hispaniolan solenodon #venomous mammals

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Rarest Animals In The World That Are On The Brink Of Extinction

Hispaniolan Solenodon (Solenodon Paradoxus)

Wikimedia Commons

#wikimedia commons #photographer #hispaniolan solenodon #solenodon paradoxus #animal #mammal #wildlife #nature #extinction #least concern