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Made this after hearing that Playstation Sony will cease production of physical PlayStation game discs in the near future.

Happy World Porcupine Day!

World Porcupine Day is celebrated annually on July 2nd to raise awareness about these gentle, quilled herbivores. Although they have an intimidating coat of up to 30,000 quills, these unique rodents play a vital role in our ecosystems.

Porcupines are divided into two main families: Old World porcupines (Hystricidae) found in Africa, Europe, and Asia, and New World porcupines (Erethizontidae) found in the Americas. Both have quills, but they differ significantly in their traits and habitats:

•New World Porcupines: These arboreal (tree-dwelling) rodents are smaller and feature long, prehensile tails that function like an extra hand to grip branches. They have barbed quills. Examples include the North American porcupine and the Brazilian porcupine.

•Old World Porcupines: These are larger, strictly terrestrial (ground-dwelling) animals. They lack prehensile tails but have longer, detachable, and heavily banded quills. Examples include the African crested porcupine and the Cape porcupine.

Porcupines act as vital "ecosystem engineers" by promoting forest biodiversity, creating crucial wildlife habitats, and transporting essential nutrients from tree canopies to the forest floor. Though sometimes viewed as pests for stripping bark, their natural foraging and digging behaviors sustain a vast web of other plant and animal species.

(Sources: internationaldays.com, ua.news, Wikipedia.org, sandiegozoo.org, oriannesociety.org, & mnwwn.org)

Me and Zeus saw these Beautiful Parrots 🦜 while on our 2nd walk. I've seen them flying around our neighborhood for a while now, but this is the first time I've seen them hanging around in our cul-de-sac.

The top 2 candidates (according to iNaturalist) are:

•Rosy-faced Lovebird (Agapornis roseicollis)

•Monk Parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus)

Both are well known to be invasive species here in Florida. Which means you likely won't get in trouble if you go out bring one home with you, though I'd recommend doing a bit of research on that first.

While I was walking to The Pet Project this morning 🌄 I saw these amazing Dinosaurs:

•A Rooster (Gallus gallus domesticus) 🐓

•A Peacock (Pavo cristatus) 🦚

And a few other cool creature ☺️

Just got back home from Volunteering at The Pet Project 😄

Honestly, it feels great coming back after the surgery 😌

While I was there I saw this adorable little dog named Banjo ☺️

Banjo was quite talkative. Overall, he was a very good boy.

Saw this Gorgeous Ganoderma zonatum 🍄 while watering our plants this morning 🌄

I wonder if it's edible 😋

Me & Zeus saw this cool Hairy Hexagonia (Hexagonia hydnoides) 🍄 while on our walk earlier

I made sure Zeus didn't get near it because I didn't know if it was poisonous

Just remembered I had these cool Trilobite, ammonite, & Orthoceras fossils 😊

They're the 3 Amigos 😁

RIP Enhydriodon 🙏😢

We committed another great sin ever since the tragic death of Harambe 😧

After a bit of research, I've finally found a place in our area that sells Tortas 😋

It's called Delicias Chapinas Restaurant

From what I've seen so far, it's really reminding me of a few places we've been to back when we lived in Maryland 😊😄