day thirty-four - sengi

or elephant shrew.

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you should look them up because they are very cute, and most have more trunk-ish noses than mine. more than anything though you should go buy 'life of mammals' and watch the insectivore ep, because sir attenborough messes with one.

in a scientific way.

xj

day thirty-three - toucan

everyone thinks toucans are cool and exotic and poised...

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when really they're small, off-kilter birds with a psychotic gleam in their eye. i still love 'em though. and only some of them hop around you in a threatening manner (yes, they do actually hop... so bizarre).

this one is different:

day thirty-two - rabbit

i know we're meant to hate rabbits in australia, but they are still cute... so....

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nothing much more to add really. hopefully i can buy a new scanner tomorrow and draw way more with pencil.

rabbits ARE pests. they're just cute ones. so make sure you admire them as you wish myxomatosis upon their warrens.
xj

day thirty-one - sun bear

sun bears are (actually) one of my favourite animals. so much so that one of my loveliest friends adopted one at the adelaide zoo as a present for me. unfortunately they're one of my least favourite animals to see at the zoo. so what a terrible present that was.

(not really, but the sun bears pace. a lot. and as their official [i have a certificate] mother that makes me uncomfortable)

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i just have so much to say about sun bears! they are the smallest bears in the world, they wiggle when they walk (well when they climb - check 'life of mammals' if you don't believe me), they actually eat honey, they have incredibly long tongues, and they're so so sleepy.

i love that their sunny patch can also be viewed as the mess left over from all that honey they eat. sticky, sleepy, super-cute sun bears.

xj

day thirty - great white shark

mentioning exciting animals like sharks yesterday gave me an idea.

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don't you worry that's a dummy seal. but they're real blue scanner lines. lucky they somewhat blend in with blue paint.

strangely enough, i've never really been scared of sharks. that is, until i saw this (if you're scared of sharks when they're just in water, you probably shouldn't watch that). they're terrifying and i don't understand why they're not running the world.

if they learn how to fly or use weapons i'm bailing.
xj