No you don’t even know these birds call actually sounds like its saying go away and what it does is it hangs around large groups of herbivores and when a predator shows up it will just start shouting GO AWAY GO AWAY and then all the gazelles and zebras and such will take off.
The Banded Linsang (Prionodon linsang), or “tiger-civet”, is a carnivorous aboreal mammal and is a member of the Viverridae family and the rarest of all civets. It inhabits Thailand, western Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo, and western Java. Its diet consists of squirrels, rats, birds, and lizards. It’s 74cm long (including tail) and 700g (25 oz).
I love this overripe banana cat
i refuse to believe my eyes in this situation,
how did i not know this was just out there in the world
Everyone is familiar with Jupiter’s great red spot, but did you know Jupiter also has a series of smaller white storms called pearls? Currently there are 8, but anywhere between 6-9 of them have been witnessed over the last three decades. Pretty cool, right?
Fun archeology fact! Sometimes when you find bone fragments they look like rocks. When this happens there is one quick, easy, surefire way to make sure which they are. You gotta lick it. Bones are porous and will stick to your tongue whereas rocks will not. Any way, that’s how we sometimes know what bones taste like.
Probably bc of my fascination with toxicology, but whenever I read something about a thing that’s not normally licked tasting like almonds my first thought is always, without fail; cyanide.
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