turtle mules piglet

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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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Awwdadubbadaaw (indecipherable cute animal noises made Re: piglet pic)

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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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...

I think this is it, and yet they have to have some kind of behavior that causes them to seek out camouflage situations...