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Sunday, 27 August 2023
Picking the Right Crevice
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It's probably fair to say that bats are commonly associated with in the public mind with caves - there's a reason that Batman's ...
Sunday, 20 August 2023
Love on the Mountain Tops
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Caprines - members of the goat subfamily - are amongst the mammals most adapted to harsh environments, with the majority of species adapted ...
Sunday, 13 August 2023
Skunks of the World: Striped and Hooded Skunks
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Striped skunk It's probably fair to say that when most people think of "skunks" the first animal to come to mind is a black, c...
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Sunday, 6 August 2023
Not-Quite Placentals of the Gobi Desert
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I have sometimes been asked whether marsupials count as mammals. The answer, of course, is "yes" but the question illustrates a po...
Sunday, 23 July 2023
A Puma's Larder
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Most animals, mammals included, spend a considerable proportion of their time either eating or searching for something to eat. Foraging for ...
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Sunday, 16 July 2023
The Stinky Family: Skunks
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Unlike raccoons , there was relatively little confusion on the part of early zoologists as to what general sort of animal the skunks were. ...
Sunday, 9 July 2023
Oligocene (Pt 3): From Musk Deer to Hell-Pigs
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Entelodon The Grande Coupure that marked the beginning of the Oligocene in Europe did not have as dramatic an effect on the cloven-hoofed an...
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