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Hello friends!

To those who are new to this blog, welcome, I'm Meri and I am a wildlife rehabber and scientist (immunologist to be specific). I work with eastern cottontails in the state of Michigan as one of only approximately 8 rescuers which means I take care of a LOT of buns.

I work with domestic rabbits and wild ones, and none of this is paid for. This is a privilege and an honor to be able to use my skill to work for something bigger than myself, but it means I rely on donations from finders and followers.

No one is obligated to donate, I will never be the person to push that down anyone's throat, but donations via my amazon link help me keep my supplies stocked and significantly increase my capacity, which means I can save even more bunnies. If you do not wish to donate and simply want to enjoy the silly and fun learning environment I'm working towards, please stay and please do!

My goal is to showcase and standardize domestic and Eastern cottontail rabbit care and as a scientist, my biggest goal is to make information accessible through my posts and keeping my DMs and asks open for all who need it.

If you guys want to be a part of this journey, and help be a part of this journey, please check out my amazon registry below!

All California sheephead start life as female and move through an array of colors and body shapes as they mature. Some female adults may transition to male as social and environmental factors shift, balancing the delicate ratio of individuals in their population.

While male California sheephead are largest and easiest to identify at a glance, a closer look at the lively waters of our Kelp Forest exhibit reveals a variety of female sheephead swimming through these fascinating life stages. 

Nigerian Pride 🏳️‍🌈🇳🇬

Originally, I went in worried the opposite would happen. Growing up, I've been taught that Nigeria, the country, is homophobic. (I was born in America.) But over time, I learned that there's tons of other queer Nigerians; some are out, and some are in the closet 😭.

I'm also not used to this much attention, lol

So from then on whenever one of us called something problematic, he would make us talk it out until we could name the “bad” thing we were hinting at. In this particular class, 7/10 it was some type of oppression, and the remainder was like, “I’m uncomfortable because this is very new/confusing/pushing boundaries that made me feel safe.”

Once we stopped calling things “problematic” and stopping at that, class got way more interesting and... we all had to say, like, “that’s racist” or “that’s misogynistic” or “ew capitalism gross” out loud, which a lot of us had never done in a classroom before. Or we had to be like, “Uhhh... I’m not sure what’s so bad?” and confront our own beliefs and that was maybe even more useful.