#glis glis

[tetrameryxx]

Various rodents, in order:

Spalax microphthalmus, Greater blind mole-rat Rattus norvegicus, Norway rat Cricetus cricetus, European hamster Apodemus sylvaticus, wood mouse Microtus arvalis, common vole Sciurus vulgaris, red squirrel Ondatra zibethicus, muskrat Glis glis, European edible dormouse

Via Natural History of the Animal Kingdom for the Use of Young People, W. F. Kirby, 1889

[snototter]

A European edible dormouse (Glis glis) in Buckinghamshire, England

by Mark Hows

[animalids]

European edible dormouse (Glis glis)

Photo by Milo Manica

[technicontrastron]

FIBRE OPTIC FRIDAY

Why are these babies called European Edible Dormouse :( :( :(

He's not for eating. The fibre cables, however,

[qbert]

Ein Siebenschläfer auf einem Heizungsrohr (Glis glis)

[wildtierhilfe-sauerland-e-v]

Siebenschläfer (Archiv Bilder von unseren Schützlingen)

[callunabones]

Sleep well on your mossbed, little baby… During the heat wave the dormice in the cabin apparently started casting out their young due to the lack of food. We tried to get them back into the nest, but their parents would simply throw them out again. This little fellow didn’t made it, but we managed to keep it’s sibling alive and took it to a squirrel rescue station that also takes care of dormice.