turtle mules piglet
May. 15th, 2007 07:12 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)

I put the wood turtle out in a big enclosure full of water, leaves, and things to climb on. He mostly enjoyed being camouflaged, I think. I'm not sure how they know--he probably just knows that he's mostly covered up.

After a long wait, the mules finally got to do their job, pulling the hayride!

We have a new pig shed, and new piglets! This one ventured away from his brothers and mom to check out the outdoor part of the pen.
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Date: 2007-05-15 12:45 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-15 01:15 pm (UTC)But it's a good way to get curious sorts to click through :-).
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Date: 2007-05-15 02:20 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-18 04:34 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-15 01:54 pm (UTC)Also, turtles!
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Date: 2007-05-15 05:23 pm (UTC)OMG PIGLEEEETS!!! :) I wuv baby animals...;)
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Date: 2007-05-16 01:13 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-16 10:11 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2007-05-16 04:27 am (UTC)I swear, taking a zoology class in college just makes me think almost any animal is cute now, that wasn't cute before...
But yeah. PIGLET AAAW!
And that's a good question. How DO animals know if they're camoflauged or not- beyond just knowing they're covered up? If they have good vision, they can know what their surroundings look like- but do they have instinct to know what THEY THEMSELVES look like? Or do they just happen to camoflauge without thinking about it through pure niche-filling action- a species that evolves in leaf litter ends up looking brownish splotchy...
Hmmm. Wonder if animal behavior biologists have studied this.
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Date: 2007-05-16 10:19 am (UTC)I think this is it, and yet they have to have some kind of behavior that causes them to seek out camouflage situations...