I felt like I needed to clarify some things before we could continue any more conversations on this godforsaken website.
I’m very proud of the European Robin, I think I really captured it.
ALSO A DADDY LONG LEGS is different in the UK vs USA. I learned that by arguing with some Brits because they said there was a daddy long legs on the wall, i looked and only saw an insect, argued with them all for 45 minutes until we all looked it up and saw that we were both correct.
British badger: jovial fellow, eats toast and jam. Might invite you in for a cuppa with the Mrs. Agricultural nuisance.
American badger: pallas cat of a wolverine. Very defensive. Fuck immediately off.
Bonus African badger: Silverback gorilla of mustelids. Should be a cryptid. Bro, don’t even. You are nothing to him.
I honestly didn’t know there were non-African porcupines, I’d only seen the African ones
No but American robins will also fight anyone
I had one NEST ON MY ACTUAL FRONT DOOR AND GOT DIVEBOMBED EVERY TIME I LEFT THE HOUSE FOR MONTHS
Additional point:
African porcupine quills are smooth. You can just pull them right out (I’d let a doctor do it if they’re in deep, but the physical act of removal is easy)
American porcupine quills are barbed. If you try to pull them out, they’ll push back. If you yank hard enough, you’ll have pieces of quill embedded in your skin.
I would much rather be ass-rammed by an African porcupine
Black oil beetle larvae, Meloe proscarabaeus, hitching a ride on bees. The bees are Colletes sp. and Halictus quadricinctus, respectively.
Female oil beetles in the genus Meloe lay their eggs in a burrow dug into the soil. Larvae hatch, find flowers to climb, and wait for bees to visit before climbing onto their bodies. When the bee returns to her nest, the larvae disembark and feed on the provisions (often pollen and nectar) and bee larvae in the nest. The larvae don’t harm the adult bees and only eat the larvae incidentally – they could survive on nest provisions alone.
