Disgustingly Giant Tarantula vs Scorpion vs Toxic Centipede

This is one of the grossest things I've ever seen. Three of the most revolting creatures on earth pitted against each other ... (Japanese voice-over..!)

The Bravest Rat in the World

Posted on Youtube as "leopard vs mouse" ~ I'm pretty sure this is actually a rat. Coming in for dindins at the big cat's feeding time, the expert predator barely has the heart to nuzzle the durry-furry rodent out the way ...

Shy New Zealand Hedgehog

THESE ARE the cutest hedgehogs in the world ~ those ears!!

This specimen's a bit shy. Having just been rescued from the perils of the wild...



By comparison here's an African Pygmy Hedgehog, a struggling and a-buggling and pulling faces. He's so active because he's tame. With no species being native to the Americas, hedgehogs are often kept as pets by North Americans ...

Koalas

As posted at Gledwood Vol 2, my main blog...

FURRY FRIDAY ON SATURDAY:

Australia's cutest furries...



... are called "bears" but aren't actually bears at all...



... apart from their fur they look so cute because of their characteristic cradling...



... and hugging posture. Koalas, as you can see, have very good grip...



... which they really do need for trees as they climb them whether or not they seem to go anywhere ...



... or are perilously thin ...



... because they try to do everything up in the branches ...

... including sleeping ...

Koalas II

As originally posted at Gledwood Vol 2, my main blog....

A FURRY MONDAY:

I wasn't into posting this at the weekend, but here's the other half of the koalas post...

Basically THIS is what it's easy to forget about bushfires; that the local wildlife suffers terribly. Lots of koalas got burned in last summer's Victoria conflagration...



Even those who were physically all right had much of their habitat destroyed. Many came wandering dazed into the suburbs desperate for drinking water. This picture of a fireman giving one a drink is famous:



Thankfully many of the casualties got treated and recovered. They can look very cute in bandages like this furry pensioner:



And this joey:



Wildlife and animal rescue charities did a sterling job:



Many babies lost their parents or were orphaned:



But were lucky enough to be rescued and taken into people's homes:





... and with a bit of luck and love they should live happily ever after...



Here's the fireman-koala-drink story from the news:

Commonest British Garden Birds...

BLUE TIT, GREAT TIT, CHAFFINCH... ETC

Blue Tits!

YES ~ that really is the name of Britain's commonest (and prettiest ~ and most acrobatic) garden bird... here feeding babies

this purloined from Liz in Wales by the way...