#marmot
Une jeune marmotte (pour changer des ratons laveurs ;-)
A young marmot (if you’re fed up with raccoons ;-)
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Alpine marmot 16-20/?-16 & 20: Tour de Monte Rosa, July 2021
17 - 19: Alpine Haute Route, June 2021
photo by: nature-hiking
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More from Glacier National Park.
Curious Marmot
Wallaby (picture 1 and 2)
Marmot (with the sad eyes) and Wombat (picture 3)
All three dogs (Chihuahua mixes) were rescued from a hoarding situation by Animal Haven in Soho, New York City. They’ve been through some rehab and really shown progress. They are also some of the sweetest dogs I’ve ever met. I want to adopt one so bad my heart hurts. If only my kitty Sam could tell me he was cool with it.
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Happy Groundhog Day! There are several animals across the U.S. that serve as the official Groundhog Day weather predictor for their region. However, the most famous groundhog is Punxsutawney Phil, who lives in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. Today, he saw his shadow and predicted six more weeks of winter.
In Louisiana, the Groundhog Day weather predictor is Parish, a nutria who lives at the Audubon Zoo in New Orleans. Today, Parish was presented with two signs: one that read “early Spring” and one that read “long Winter”. Parish chose to go towards the “early Spring” sign, which shows that she disagrees with Punxsutawney Phil and predicts an early Spring. However, the predictions of any Groundhog Day animal are unreliable.
These engravings feature a Maryland marmot (groundhog) and a coypou (nutria).
Images from:
Cuvier, Georges. The animal kingdom: arranged in conformity with its organization. Vol. 3. London: printed for Geo. B. Whittaker, 1827-1835.
Call Number: QL45 .C943 1827 V.3
Catalog Record: https://bit.ly/3Go7lBN
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NORTHWEST ADVENTURE: Mount Rainier
Mount Rainier is massive, a massive volcano. It’s covered by 25 major glaciers and numerous unnamed snow / ice patches. At 14,410ft elevation you can see it from Seattle which is about 60 miles away as the raven flies. We packed some Pizza Pi Vegan Pizza and Mighty-O Vegan Donuts for this alpine adventure. My wife crossed her first glacier on this trip. It was steep with a drop off at the bottom if you fell. You probably wouldn’t die if you fell but you could get pretty beat up. It was a bit unnerving. We brought crampons but I didn’t think we’d be hitting anything this steep so we didn’t pack ice axes. An adventurous family with younger kids about 11, 8, and 5 were also doing this section and they were completely unprepared. The five year old was carried across, the eight year old did splendid and the eleven year old cried the entire way. It took all of us about 30 minutes to cross a 200ft section. It was terrifying to watch him because he easily could of fallen and slid down the ice but he made it. We all made it. We ended our Mount Rainer expedition with some delicious Mighty-O Donuts. It was a joyous beautiful day.
Northwest Adventure Post 01: Portland
Northwest Adventure Post 02: Mount Hood
Northwest Adventure Post 03: Hoh Rainforest
Northwest Adventure Post 04: Elks of Hoh Rainforest
Northwest Adventure Post 05: Hurricane Ridge
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