Free To Good Home The litter of peakittens we found on the expedition now have a clean bill of health, and I'm sure my housemates would very much appreciate not having 8 of these little guys around. Dorian's already spoken for one of the boys, and Tony has already adopted Elton, and Rinoa also wanted one. You've already been introduced to Boudica in my last video post. That leaves these four in need of loving homes.
They're a little more high-demand than the usual housecat, but they're at least flightless and easy to feed.
Also, Boudica has killed at least one of the ice mice- though I suspect what I found was more like about one mouse's worth of remains. And one mildly frost-covered cat looking both annoyed and proud. [A picture of 4 baby(ish, kittens grow fast!) peacock cats. People who talked about wanting them, opt in here to ICly claim your peakitten. Peahen or peacock status tbd by adopter.]Meet the Snakebat[ Alex alternates between pointing the camera at a strange-looking... creature and himself as he talks- though it's clear he's a lot more comfortable pointing the watch's camera at the injured (but recovering) snakebat he found and built a small enclosure for. ]Hey, I thought I'd start doing some short videos on some of the animals here, starting with the ones I already have live specimens of.
So, this guy here, despite his reptillian appearance, is actually a bat. They
are warm blooded and mammilian, but their resemblance to snakes doesn't end with the elongated neck and forked tongues.
[He takes a moment to hold the camera a little closer to the snakebat, to let people see its (in his opinion) adorable features.]What's really interesting though, is the effect of the bite. In humans, it induces blindness for about 24 hours, but the victim will also experience bat-like echolocation. I haven't experienced this for myself but I am willingly keeping this thing in my room in a cage, so I guess we'll see how that goes once his wing is healed up enough he's an escape risk. Uh, by the way, as a note to my housemates, don't worry, I keep the door closed.
[He goes on for a few more minutes about their diet and sleep cycle before cycling back to the effects of the saliva.]Now, I'm not sure what purpose the venom serves them- I assume it's primarily for self-defense since none of the prey they eat is large enough to warrant needing that sort of advantage- unlike snakes, and like us, they're unable to dislocate their jaws. I'm pretty sure I've seen him try, but sadly for him, that is one evolutionary adaptation that he didn't get in the mutation grab bag.
Nope Rope [It's another wildlife video! This time he's pointing his wrist-camera at a really fucking big fever snake ]This is one of the larger male fever snakes we caught to help deal with the illness. I don't think I have to tell too many people what the effects of the venom are- and I'd warn you not to do this yourself, but we just literally went out to the mountains and did exactly this.
[The camera goes shaky as he picks up the snake to show a closeups of the scales. ]This is actually pretty cool- see how the coloration on this one is dulled, almost a bit milky in some places? It's going to be shedding soon. According to what's in the town hall records, the scales and skin have some useful properties on top of the medicinal use for the venom. I'll be passing the samples along to the doctors here capable of treating humans. You'll probably have a better understanding of what properties in it are beneficial than I could.
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