Tomorrow, 02.02. is Hedgehog Day! So lets celebrate and make life nicer for them. What About Hedgehogs? Hedgehogs are small mammals with short little legs, cute, wet noses, beady eyes, tiny little sharp teeth, and a back covered in spines which they can curl up into for protection, kind of like a draw string bag….
Tag: Conservation
Nature Care Challenge | December 2021: Recycle Your Phone
Take a look in that junk drawer of yours. Any old phones in there? If you are an average westerner, chances are, there are about 4 such devices in there. You might still have that old indestructible one from the late 90’s, and it still works! There might be the smartphone with the broken screen,…
Nature Care Challenge | October 2021: Make a Shelter for Small Animals.
Here in Europe, winter is sending polite little reminders of it coming to see us soon-ish. The trees are still green but the nights are getting pretty cold already. Soon the leaves will be falling and covering everything, protecting the micro life below from the harshest frost (Little nudge not to rake leaves unless necessary)….
Cricetus cricetus (European Hamster)
Hello Lovelies!I’m back! It was a long summer break from blogging but oh so busy with hamster sex and hamster babies! So here is my promised post about these weird creatures science calls Cricetus cricetus and I call beautiful-mini-bear-ninjas. At first glimpse they are cute, on second look they are terrifying and once you get…
No, this blog is not dead! Just hibernating.
Yes I know! Its been too long since my last post and I feel really guilty. It’s just that I am so busy! What could she possibly be doing that takes up that much time? She’s breeding hamsters. What? Yes, she got a job as a conservation breeder for the European hamster (Cricetus cricetus). But…
You Might Have a New Favourite Animal After Reading This
Hip hip hooraay! Its World Pangolin Day! Celebrated every 3rd Saturday in February, today is the 10th World Pangolin Day! What do you do on World Pangolin Day? You spread awareness about pangolins. Whats so special about pangolins? They look like a cross between an anteater and a pine cone! They are four legged creatures…
Nature Care Challenge | October 2020: Get Political
Ugh! I had a technical fail and never realized this Post didn’t upload when I told it to, just before hastily closing my laptop. So this one is a little belated. But on the plus side, now I can add pictures of my latest protest adventures during a pandemic. Times are crazy and the destruction…
Great News for Pangolins!!!
I just got the best news on my e-mail feed! China has taken pangolin scales off their list of approved ingredients for traditional medicine. I love pangolins! They are right up there in my top 3 favourite weirdos. They are little termite eating creatures covered in scales from head to toe, with long sticky tongues…
Nature Care Challenge | June 2020: Never Buy Bottled Water Ever Again.
Guys, lets just cut the excuses. There is no reason to buy bottled water. The world currently produces approximately 1 million plastic bottles per minute. Only a fraction ever make it into recycling and to make it worse, recycling is mostly a myth. You see, while plastic can be recycled, it can never be recycled…
Nature Care Challenge | January 2020: Better Eating for the Planet and Your Body
Happy New Year!! Let it be a weird and wonderful year and most of all, let this year be big for the fight against climate change! 2020 we rise up! Also happy 1st of January everyone, it is time for another sustainability challenge. This one was actually requested by a friend of mine who loves…