Avians, Mammals, and Various Other Fauna

Spring has sprung!

After a rather short (but COLD) winter, I was elated to be awakened not by the birds chirping from my phone, but from the birds who decided to nest outside my window! What a stroke of luck—the bird’s nest from my old apartment seemed to follow me.

In the spirit of the season of rebirth, I found my biology major itching to make a comeback. So, I sat by my window and sketched birds, squirrels, and the neighborhood cats hiding in the shrubbery. Surprisingly to me, I found myself spewing facts I thought I have long forgotten.

“Carnassials in members of Carnivora are formed by the P4, M1, and m1. Those teeth allow for the shearing of meat.”

or

“Mustelids, including the ermine, are different from squirrels due to their more rectangular cranial shape and advanced development of the molars and pre-molars. Squirrels, in family Sciuridae, have developed incisors, as most in order Rodentia do.”

This spontaneous spewing reminded me to refresh myself; my academic mind can recall nuance, and that means I can find myself from within, too.