#Mammals were adapting from life in the trees to living on the ground before dinosaur-killing asteroid https://phys.org/news/2025-04-mammals-life-trees-ground-dinosaur.html

Down to earth: therian mammals became more terrestrial towards the end of the Cretaceous https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/pala.70004

"plant life changed toward the end of the #Cretaceous, with flowering #plants creating more diverse habitats on the ground... The vegetational habitat was more important for the course of Cretaceous mammalian #evolution than any influence from #dinosaurs"

Mum was waiting patiently for breakfast this morning. Then a couple of boys turned up as well.
#Mammals
#MacropodsOfMastodon

A Woodchuck with two young

See it bigger here: https://jan-luit.pixels.com/featured/woodchuck-with-two-young-jan-luit.html

Mum enjoying some breakfast. I put some pellets out last night and it’s been raining but she’s eating them. For ages she didn’t like them if they were softened by the rain but maybe her palate is broadening.
#Mammals
#MacropodsOfMastodon

Es ist Sonntag, also wie immer Zootag - hier wieder die aktuell direkt verfügbaren freilaufenden #wandklex Tiere und Co.
(Fast) alle sind momentan im Original im Klexshop auf https://www.wandklex.art/page/shop-alles-10145#25081 zu finden.

A Smooth-coated Otter (Lutrogale perspicillata) spotted at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Singapore on 15 Dec 2024. It was sandbathing on the path, then moved behind the shelter in the background for some privacy. There, I managed to make eye contact with it.

On iNaturalist [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/255163776 ].

Kleine 12mm-Polarfüchse ausm Schneeweiß des Papiers holen.
#workinprogress #mammals #watercolor #watercolour #aquarell #art #miniaturepainting #fediart #mastoart #creativeToots

Enjoy a short clip of a Hedgehog munching, from our wildlife camera overnight... #Hedgehog #mammals

Oryctolagus cuniculus (European Rabbit)

Observed on 2024-03-26

By: kaipatiki_naturewatch

Location: RRSTRKM Rimu Ridge, Eskdale Forest

iNaturalist link: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/250944333

Photo credits: no rights reserved

Learn more about the taxon: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_rabbit

Mum has a new suitor. He was quite nervous and took off when I walked toward him. Which is probably a good strategy considering that his competition have probably been eaten by the dingoes.
#Mammals
#MacropodsOfMastodon

¿Cómo se desplazaría una croqueta cuando no está rodando? Pues más o menos como un topo que, al no poder apoyar sus patas delanteras, tiene que dar saltitos. #mamiferos #mammals #aww

Mum was waiting for her breakfast and is now sheltering from the rain in the garden.
#Mammals
#MacropodsOfMastodon

#h5n1 #hpai #europe #birdflu #avianflu #mammals #vogelgrippe #geflügelpest #gb #uk

"Einer der drei schwarzen Schwäne aus dem Wassergraben des Schliengener Schlosses Entenstein ist tot – und zwar einer der beiden jungen. Die Vogelgrippe kann als Todesursache noch nicht ausgeschlossen werden."

https://www.badische-zeitung.de/verendeter-schwan-in-schliengen-wird-auf-vogelgrippe-untersucht

#h5n1 #hpai #europe #birdflu #avianflu #mammals #vogelgrippe #geflügelpest #gb #uk

"Seit dem Ausbruch in den USA sei bekannt, dass H5N1 in der Milch eine potenzielle Infektionsquelle für Menschen darstelle. Bei Lebensmitteln wie Käse sei daher Vorsicht geboten. Professor Hutchinson warnte zudem vor der Möglichkeit, dass sich H5N1 mit menschlichen Grippestämmen „paart“ und ein neues menschliches Grippevirus entstehen könnte."

https://www.hna.de/welt/weltweit-erster-fall-fachleute-wegen-virus-ausbruch-alarmiert-besonders-aggressiver-stamm-93649698.html

#h5n1 #hpai #europe #birdflu #avianflu #mammals #vogelgrippe #geflügelpest #gb #uk

17.03.2025

"The rapid spread of the highly infectious avian flu virus H5N1 has reached an “unprecedented” scale, wiping out hundreds of millions of birds worldwide and increasingly spilling over into mammals, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned on Monday."

https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/03/1161186

#europe #birdflu #avianflu #mammals #vogelgrippe #geflügelpest #gb #uk

"Professor Ed Hutchinson, #Virologe am Zentrum der Universität #Glasgow, erklärte, dass ein „besonders aggressiver Stamm“ des #Virus dafür verantwortlich sei. Er fügte hinzu: „Ein weiteres Tier, das wir bisher nicht als Wirt in Betracht gezogen hatten, ist das #Schaf . Daher ist die Meldung, dass ein einzelnes Schaf in #Yorkshire an der #H5N1 #Influenza erkrankt ist, umso erstaunlicher“."

https://www.msn.com/de-de/nachrichten/other/t%C3%B6dliches-virus-greift-jetzt-in-europa-um-sich-besonders-aggressiver-stamm/ar-AA1BFT2s

Und immer schön den Überblick behalten.
(das kleine #wandklex Original ist auf https://www.wandklex.art/product/11-12-junge-giraffen-illustration-handgemalt-gerahmt-in-minirahmen-rahmenfarbe-waehlbar-schwarz-oder-shabby-weiss-473879 zu finden.)
#mammals #giraffes #giraffe #art #artShop #artforsale #mastoArt #creativeToots #FediArt

Possum Update: All good in #Possum land. Chewie was waiting for me to get home from the office tonight. Gave her a date, then her tea. When I checked how she was going, one of the ringtails was on the rail. It got some banana.
#mammals
#PossumsOfMastodon

Another cold wet night means breakfast is priority number 1.
#Mammals
#MacropodsOfMastodon

Woanders, so lese ich, graben Wildschweine ganze Gärten um. Nur meins kann natürlich wieder nix. Alles muss man selber machen.
Schwein abzugeben.
(handgemaltes #wandklex Original, zu finden auf https://www.wandklex.art/product/wildschwein-illustration-handgemalt-gerahmt-in-minirahmen-rahmenfarbe-waehlbar-524653)