Rare pictures from 2014 of the sadly endangered Ili Pika.
Part rabbit, part adorable rock-climbing teddy-bear, it lives in the Tian Shan mountains of China and was originally discovered in 1983 by conservationist Li Weidong.
Its numbers have dwindled alarmingly since then.
Mmf.
April’s Animals response to the recent Tiny Hamster Eating A Tiny Burrito viral.
Episode one of a new Youtube series by HelloDenizen entitled Tiny Hamsters Eating Tiny Burritos features a tiny hamster – get this – eating tiny burritos.
It is of course excellent in every way imaginable.
Photographer Ellen van Deelen takes pictures of her (live, not stuffed) rats apparently engaged in all manner of human behaviors including, but not limited to, playing musical instruments.
More, and much stranger, here.
