brain jam on toast! ([info]zombieteaparty) wrote,
@ 2009-06-01 19:11:00
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baby rodents!
I have no idea what these tiny beasts are, but the stepfather found them while he was cutting the grass!




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[info]requieminblack
2009-06-01 11:21 pm UTC (link)
So tiny! I wonder if they are squirrels? Or possums? I hope they are ok! If you put them back where they were found the Mom should come back for them. She probably got scared off by the lawn mower.

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[info]zombieteaparty
2009-06-02 12:11 am UTC (link)
Yup! We put them back. We don't have many squirrels in our yard because there are so few trees. I guess they could be possums, though. There are plenty of those in the yard at night.

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[info]pollytrance
2009-06-01 11:26 pm UTC (link)
FETUSES! I can't tell if they are alive from those photos, but if not, jar them in ethyl alcohol all necromance style!!! OMFG.

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[info]zombieteaparty
2009-06-02 02:18 am UTC (link)
Heh! Oh, they were alive. They were very still, but I touched one with the end of my pinkie and it rolled over.

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[info]the_strangeling
2009-06-01 11:55 pm UTC (link)
My guess is baby moles or something?

I'm also guessing they aren't still alive in that picture... =(

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[info]zombieteaparty
2009-06-02 12:10 am UTC (link)
Oh! Yeah, they were alive! He put them back where he found them, too. We went and looked in the spot a couple of hours later and they weren't there. I guess their mother came to move them since there wasn't any tall grass for them to hide in anymore.

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[info]the_strangeling
2009-06-02 12:17 am UTC (link)
*huge breath of relief* Oh, I'm so glad! I'm glad if their mother moved them, too -- they just looked so tiny and helpless.

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[info]zombieteaparty
2009-06-02 02:16 am UTC (link)
Yeah, they kind of look like tasty kitty treats, so I'm glad our cats all stay indoors.

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[info]the_strangeling
2009-06-02 03:42 am UTC (link)
Just looked around online -- they are baby moles!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/merydith/2546656116/in/dateposted/

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[info]zombieteaparty
2009-06-02 05:54 pm UTC (link)
Yup! They must be.

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[info]cattleprodshock
2009-06-02 12:14 am UTC (link)
OHMYGODIWANTBABIES.

(Whenever I see something newborn and rodent-like my ovaries skip a beat and I wail "...I WANT ANOTHER BAY-BEEEEEEEE!" to R even though we already have three rats-es-es.)

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[info]zombieteaparty
2009-06-02 06:05 pm UTC (link)
Aw! :D Were your rats babies or adults when you got them?

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[info]cattleprodshock
2009-06-09 07:59 am UTC (link)
They were all babies with an exception of Ann (Ann was named after Ann Wilson from Heart, and Faffle was named Nancy although Fuff ended up being the fat one) who was pretty adult when we got her. (Which was one of the reasons, actually, because we felt so bad that NO ONE WANTED HER. POOR ANN!)

Sometimes when I look at Wuzza's BABY PICTURES I get all melty inside and I'm seriously one step away from going "BUT WE HAVE ROOM AND ENDLESS LOVE! LET'S HAVE ANOTHER BABY!" to R.

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[info]safety_caesars
2009-06-02 12:18 am UTC (link)
CUTE! 8D I wonder if they squeak like those baby otters! XD

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[info]zombieteaparty
2009-06-02 02:15 am UTC (link)
ZOMG SQUEAKING BABY OTTERS! XD God that was obscenely cute. These creatures didn't squeak, so they lose some adorable points.

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[info]sickforcute
2009-06-02 12:35 am UTC (link)
how cute! i wonder what they are...

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[info]zombieteaparty
2009-06-02 06:13 pm UTC (link)
The general consensus seems to be that they're moles! I'm glad their mama came back for them.

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[info]toxic_siren
2009-06-02 01:10 am UTC (link)
They look like baby mice or rats to me. Then again I'm sure many baby rodents look really similar.

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[info]zombieteaparty
2009-06-02 02:14 am UTC (link)
Yeah, it's hard to tell.
We found baby mice once and holy HELL. Cutest goddamn thing EVAR. Their eyes were half the size of their body and so were their ears.

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[info]wingsfromashes
2009-06-02 02:05 am UTC (link)
I really think possums. I was just ejumacated about the adult ones recently. The tails are the biggest clue. Mice/rats have pointy noses.

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[info]zombieteaparty
2009-06-02 02:12 am UTC (link)
Yeah! That is what they look like. http://www.abc.net.au/science/scribblygum/May2000/img/f_baby_possum.jpg

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[info]the_strangeling
2009-06-02 03:37 am UTC (link)
I thought possums at first too. Hmm, but the tails of the little guys you found were much shorter.

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[info]wingsfromashes
2009-06-02 06:41 am UTC (link)
Aww. I wonder where mommy is. Aren't they supposed to hook to her with their own or something?

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[info]zombieteaparty
2009-06-02 05:25 pm UTC (link)
Yeah! I think if they were possums, they would be in their mama's marsupial pouch. So they're probably moles.

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[info]xixthe
2009-06-02 12:13 pm UTC (link)
Ja, looks likes you got some baby moles there. My cat used to hunt grownup moles in her heyday. ;.;

You should train them to be your unholy army of the night!!!

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[info]zombieteaparty
2009-06-02 05:24 pm UTC (link)
Cats do love to kill things! I don't hold it against them unless they eat something that's really cute and/or young, though.
An unholy mole army?! Oooh! I could make them... umm... terrorize my Thumbelina-sized enemies. XD

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[info]popscockles
2009-06-02 04:57 pm UTC (link)
MOLEYMOLEYMOLEY MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLE!

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[info]zombieteaparty
2009-06-02 06:14 pm UTC (link)
The cutest kind! XD

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