MiniStock Farm & Rodentry

28/04/2022

Pickles contemplating the Farm Life....

28/04/2022

Snowball takes his Farm Chores seriously

28/04/2022

Little piggies...

25/08/2021

Waiting for the moths to hatch...

01/08/2021

Homemade jelly for the Roaches....

01/08/2021

Red Runner eggcases and aduits

31/07/2021

Made a 5 gallon bucket of Rodent treat

25/07/2021

Potbelly pig babies

25/07/2021

ASF babies

25/06/2021

Newest additions, Orange Head Roach nymphs (Eublaberus posticus)

05/06/2021

Feeding time for the dart frogs

26/04/2021

Added Red Runners to the Farm

10/04/2021

Hypnotoad

10/04/2021

Waiting for food...

10/04/2021

Maybelle

10/04/2021

Moe,Larry and Curly

10/04/2021

The newest additions on their way home

23/12/2020

The newest additions to the Homestead, Little Boss Hogg and Emma Tisdale, two pot belly pigs.

02/12/2020

Dinner Time

22/10/2019

I love it when the spiders have a successful molt.

13/10/2019

So tiny...

It's a wee one! This young-of-year Eastern Red-Backed Salamander was among many dozen recently found during amphibian surveys at the Algonquin Wildlife Research Station. At less than 1 gram in weight this individual is small, but the sheer abundance of salamanders in the forests of eastern North America makes them mighty agents in nutrient cycling and forest health. Out-of-sight should not mean out-of-mind for these "little things that run the world" (E.O. Wilson 1987).

To learn more about the importance of salamanders in our forest and freshwater ecosystems, we recommend reading:

Davic and Welsh. 2004. On the Ecological Role of Salamanders. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics. 35: 405–434.
https://www.fs.fed.us/psw/publications/welsh/captured/psw_2004_welsh008.pdf

💗 ; Amphibian Ark, The Amphibian Foundation, Ontario Parks, Algonquin Provincial Park

06/10/2019

02/09/2019

Murder crab trying to eat, but the minnows had other ideas..

02/09/2019

04/08/2019

The term sand dollar (also known as a sea cookie or snapper biscuit in New Zealand, or pansy shell in South Africa) refers to species of extremely flattened, burrowing sea urchins belonging to the order Clypeasteroida. Some species within the order, not quite as flat, are known as sea biscuits. (Related animals include other sea urchins, sea cucumbers, and starfish.)

04/08/2019

Saltwater Aquarium pictures

27/07/2019

Meet the Bagworm Moth Caterpillar who constructs miniature “log cabins” by collecting little twigs and building them into tiny protective houses which they live in!
Note how similar the construction is to a strand of DNA.
Photo by Evp David.
Via - Timi Woody

27/07/2019

That's alot of goats....

A large scale collaborative family-owned grazing operation in western New South Wales is having a red hot crack at changing the Australian goat industry...Read More

15/07/2019

Don’t forget about your pets this week, at 144 degrees an egg is fried and at 155 plus human skin is instantly destroyed..

11/07/2019

North Carolina officials are warning about ticks on pets and livestock after five cows died from anemia related to tick infestations. The state says invasive Asian longhorned ticks are to blame.

28/06/2019

It sounds bizarre, but it’s also true. The clips on the backs of bras can save a turtle.

25/06/2019

Tiny Hats for Toads...

One night in July, Chris Newsome realized that there was a toad living under his porch. Determined to help him out, he fashioned a series of toad hats.

23/06/2019

28/05/2019

The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is asking the public to report any sightings of nine-banded armadillos to the agency.