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Hullo! Last day of the week, tomorrow we start a new round of things. I've got something in mind for a theme...ish thing that'll carry us through a month of cute stuff easily, but let's see how it goes first. I'm glad to see that the rats yesterday went over well, though. Rats in general are cute to me- and in all honesty domesticated rats make far better first time pets than animals such as dwarf hamsters, which, while usually cute and small, also tend to be horribly inbred, not very trainable, and vicious little buggers that do not cuddle (I speak from experience here, sadly).
But anyway, today's animal! Let's turn our attention to the one and only raccoon, aka the common raccoon, aka the North American raccoon, aka the northern raccoon, aka the coon.
It's an American animal through and through, being native to North America. While they came from forests, they're insanely adaptable and smart and now live anywhere from heavily urbanised environments to way up in the mountains. They have extremely sensitive hands, and more than anything else, touch is their most important sense- that's why raccoons can often be seen patting at things. If you're looking for tiny and cute, though, the smallest raccoons can be found in Florida. Those guys only weigh ab out 4.5-6.5 pounds on average. Since most raccoon subspecies are generally similar, though, I won't really be differentiating between them for this post.
There are plenty more pics and videos to find if you'd like to look up more! Seriously, youtube has loads, and I can spend hours there. Do check some out if you're interested!
Meanwhile, spider! They actually make surprisingly good pets. Today's feature is one of the most common tarantulas that's avaliable in pet stores- the Chilean rose tarantula, or Grammostola rosea. They're very gentle pets that don't require much, and are quite sweet, although not the most energetic. If something threatens them, they're far more likely to panic a little and try to find a place to hide than they are to actually attack anything. They're also really pretty! Let's check some of them out. Think of them as tiny eight-legged multi-eyed cats that eat mainly bugs and chill out on your hands that... okay, are maybe not quite so much like cats.
And that brings us to the end of the week! Any thoughs? Ideas for future weeks? (Though next week's sort of planned out already.) I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. Putting these together might take a while, but it's been interesting for me!
Also, a special shoutout to one of my favourite species of snake that I didn't put in the post because I didn't think it'd qualify as cute: atheris hispida, the spiny bush viper. They're vipers that are found in Central America, and I do think they're fascinating to look at.
But anyway, today's animal! Let's turn our attention to the one and only raccoon, aka the common raccoon, aka the North American raccoon, aka the northern raccoon, aka the coon.
It's an American animal through and through, being native to North America. While they came from forests, they're insanely adaptable and smart and now live anywhere from heavily urbanised environments to way up in the mountains. They have extremely sensitive hands, and more than anything else, touch is their most important sense- that's why raccoons can often be seen patting at things. If you're looking for tiny and cute, though, the smallest raccoons can be found in Florida. Those guys only weigh ab out 4.5-6.5 pounds on average. Since most raccoon subspecies are generally similar, though, I won't really be differentiating between them for this post.
There are plenty more pics and videos to find if you'd like to look up more! Seriously, youtube has loads, and I can spend hours there. Do check some out if you're interested!
Meanwhile, spider! They actually make surprisingly good pets. Today's feature is one of the most common tarantulas that's avaliable in pet stores- the Chilean rose tarantula, or Grammostola rosea. They're very gentle pets that don't require much, and are quite sweet, although not the most energetic. If something threatens them, they're far more likely to panic a little and try to find a place to hide than they are to actually attack anything. They're also really pretty! Let's check some of them out. Think of them as tiny eight-legged multi-eyed cats that eat mainly bugs and chill out on your hands that... okay, are maybe not quite so much like cats.
And that brings us to the end of the week! Any thoughs? Ideas for future weeks? (Though next week's sort of planned out already.) I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. Putting these together might take a while, but it's been interesting for me!
Also, a special shoutout to one of my favourite species of snake that I didn't put in the post because I didn't think it'd qualify as cute: atheris hispida, the spiny bush viper. They're vipers that are found in Central America, and I do think they're fascinating to look at.
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