Category: Mammals
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Eastern Grey Squirrel Gnawing On A Pear
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in MammalsThis eastern grey squirrel is eating a pear in a pear tree near a marsh in coastal Charleston SC. S/he discards the peel and eats the insides. The squirrel doesn’t eat it all but will come back for it later. Sometimes it likes to take bites of several pears to see which one is the…
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Mama Possum At Water Bowl & Pouch Full of Babies
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in MammalsOpossums (or possums) are the only marsupial in North America. They have 13 nipples. Possums can have up to 25 babies but the average litter is 6-9. We will hopefully get to see how many babes this possum has soon! Possum babies stay in the mama’s pouch for 8 weeks and then they ride on…
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Dolphins Pod Hunting, Feeding, Mating
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in MammalsDolphins hunting and feeding as a pod / team and also some mating roll at 1:24 timestamp! Dolphins use their lateral fins (flippers), flukes (tails), and dorsal fins (shark like fin) to slap around and herd fish in the water. They like to work as a team to herd fish into a circle and then…
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Raccoon Siblings Eating Pears and a Raccoon “Back Flip”
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in MammalsThese two raccoon siblings (there are four total) eat from our pear tree every night. Sometimes they just play. Sometimes they knock pears off the trees and then decide they don’t want the fruit anymore. But, they it’s always gone in a day or two. Rascally Racoons.