‍️ ICYMI: 🦖󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Walking along #Scotland's Isle of Skye feels like visiting an outdoor museum where 170-million-year-old #dinosaur footprints are still being found.

Paleontologist Steve Brusatte and his students show how storms and waves continue to explain more of these ancient trackways today.

Learn more: https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/dinosaur-footprints-fossils-scotland-isle-of-skye?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=new_content&utm_content=isle-of-skye-dinosaurs

#animals #dinosaurs #fossils #jurassic #paleontology #research #rocks #science #uk

‍️ ICYMI: ️🪹 Spend four minutes inside a cozy tree hollow as a mother red squirrel gives birth to four tiny kits. This rare footage shows the first six weeks of their lives as they grow from 25 mm long newborns to adventurous young tree-climbers.

Learn more: https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/squirrel-birth-video-french?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=new_content&utm_content=squirrel-birth-video-french

#animals #babies #cute #france #nature #parenting #rodents #spring #squirrels #winter #trees #tksst #video

🦔 The lowland streaked tenrec of #Madagascar looks like a cross between a #bumblebee and a #hedgehog, but its most amazing trait is how it speaks.

It's the only #mammal known to use stridulation – rubbing special quills on its back together to create high-pitched chirps – to keep its family group together in the #rainforest.

https://www.discoverwildlife.com/mammals/lowland-streaked-tenrec

#wildlife #nature #zoology #weird #mammals #evolution #animals