Vicious little paintbrush critters my beloved <33

From wikipedia: "The kowari is an opportunistic and voracious hunter, with its regular diet including the long-haired rat, house mice, geckoes, insects and other arthropods, including centipedes. Most animals of equal or smaller size to the kowari may be considered prey if the opportunity arises, including birds. Kowaris kill with strong bites to the head, although they do not always strike the optimal location."

In case anyone can't read the portion of this person's ask that is dark, I'll copy it down: From wikipedia: "The kowari is an opportunistic and voracious hunter, with its regular diet including the long-haired rat, house mice, geckoes, insects and other arthropods, including centipedes. Most animals of equal or smaller size to the kowari may be considered prey if the opportunity arises, including birds. Kowaris kill with strong bites to the head, although they do not always strike the optimal location."

Spotted-tail quoll (Dasyurus maculatus)

An eastern quoll at Mount Field national park in Tasmania. This image won the portfolio prize in the 2019 Australian Geographic nature photographer of the year awards

Photograph: Charles Davis/South Australian Museum

Kowari (Dasyuroides byrnei)

Sandstone dibbler (Pseudantechinus bilarni) Also known as: Northern dibbler, sandstone false antechinus, sandstone pseudantechinus

The sandstone false antechinus was discovered in 1948 and described in 1954, when it was given the species name bilarni, which reflects the Aboriginal pronunciation of Bill Harney, an Australian writer and naturalist who accompanied the expedition that originally found it. It is an insectivorous species that, like many other dasyurids, so exhausts itself in the breeding season that most of the males die, although unlike some other species, about 25% of both sexes survive to a second year.

Classification Animalia - Chordata - Mammalia - Metatheria - Marsupialia - Australidelphia - Dasyuromorphia - Dasyuridae - Dasyurinae - Dasyurini - Pseudantechinus - P. bilarni