#dark blobs

[historieofbeafts]

Exotic animals are always the most popular bestiary subjects, but the British Isles have plenty of biodiversity if you know where to look.

There are wolves,

foxes,

weasels,

badgers,

mice,

& even crickets!

[Source: Bodleian Library MS. Ashmole 1462 (and in its defense I’m 90% sure this confusion comes from the name ‘mole cricket.’ The badger is inexplicable, though.)]