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If we could understand it, we wouldn't be us.

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Cirrus | They/Them | 20s | Ace | Lover of the written word | Always fanning over something | It took me over four years to update my description last time let's see how long this one lasts (2/22/2022) | Also on Ao3
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“This little guy always bring dried seed to trade for some nuts”

A Eurasian Red Squirrel being cute (which they are) and keen on eating nuts (which they are) while being remarkably unconcerned about being petted (which they are not, it’s most unusual and even cuter).

Coats vary from dark to bright…

…though as the name suggests…

…the “official” colour can be quite vivid.

Ratatoskr, the squirrel who lived in Yggdrasil the World Ash, may have looked like this, just because….

Side-note: according to the most recent survey (2019)…

…as pine-marten (native species) populations continue to recover in Ireland, so do red squirrel (native species) populations; while grey squirrels (non-native invasive species, introduced 1911 as a wedding present(!!) ) continue to decline.

This is just as it should be, especially since it’s happening naturally.

The reason is that pine-martens, now a protected species here, prey on all squirrels, but more ponderous greys (they can be twice as heavy) can’t retreat to inaccessibly thin branches as reds do, and that’s the end of them.

Pass the mustard….

(A Birthday Present… Sheesh.)

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rslashrats

The little directional nose and skinny legs get me. What a horrifying little charmer. I like him well.

Waow taht is a creachur

that is one of the most animals

well that certainly is a Thing

Well, It's That

If I saw one of these in a sci-fi or fantasy movie I would just accept them as a made up part of the fantasy without question. The possibility of them being a real thing would never even enter my head

good news! it's real and it's a black and rufous elephant shrew and it's god's gift to your dashboard

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My favourite Gerard Keay appearance in TMA is that one episode in Italy (I think it’s a Lonely episode in s2) where he’s not even part of the plot.

He’s just there in a Hawaiian shirt sipping a margarita like “all these fuckin entities ruining my vacation I don’t get a moments fucking peace here’s how you don’t die now leave me alone”

Like that’s it that’s all he contributes he’s such a guy I love him