It’s Brilliant Bruce’s Birthday He is snowing off his new Pangolin carving in Labradorite as he likes to supper these animals which are the #1 most illegally trafficked animal.
Bruce, as many of you know is my dad. One of his nickname oddly enough is Poo, which matches mine, Moo. His other is Sparky which you can see on the cake in the next picture. Bruce does all of our shipping. He is a master at creating our Newsletters and he does lots of behind the scene work that keeps Hands of Spirit running smoothly. He loves old movies especially film noir. He grew up in Munster, IN and moved to CO with my mom about 6 years after they married. He also enjoys watching baseball and playing golf, though sadly I keep him working too much so he does not get on the course too often. He has a very kind, and compassionate disposition. He is a special gentleman and we love him very much. - - - #happybirthday #pangolins #pangolín #birthdayboy #birthdaycake #happybirthdaytoyou #crystalcommunity #labradorite #bestdad #bestdadever #crystalcarving #crystalanimals #animallovers #savethepangolin #shareyourheart #handsofspirit (at Hands of Spirit Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbQ9lo_O5C6/?utm_medium=tumblr
So the Pangolin may OR MAY NOT be to blame for the coronavirus pandemic - either way this little guy is actually the world’s most trafficked mammal! Prized for their meat and scales, these poor dudes are now endangered. If you’d like to join the Pro-Pangolin cause, the World Wildlife Fund and Wildlife Conservation Society are both accepting donations!
Pangolins (Family Manidae) are the only mammals with scales! #SciArt by W. S. Berridge for The Book of the Animal Kingdom (1910) by William Percival Westell. Contributed for digitization by the Research Library of the American Museum of Natural History (@amnh) to #BiodiversityHeritageLibrary. https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10102817 _________________________________________________ #Pangolins #Endangered #CriticallyEndangered #Mammals #MammalMonday #BHLib #Biodiversity #NaturalHistory #NatHist #ScientificIllustration #ScientificArt #OpenAccess #Libraries #Archives #SpecialCollections #LibrariesofInstagram #IGLibraries #IG_Libraries #AMNH
