H.Quant

So, I've had this account for nearly 13 years. I haven't changed the way I use it, it's always been connected to my email address and this is my only account on X. I use it to interact with friends, retweet cute animals and keep an eye on local news. Last week I suggested ...

'Leo'........ oil painting

Sometimes you just need to find a sunny patch and have a nap! Wasn’t anticipating that I would be disturbed by an impromptu photo shoot though

Activist: "The water usage for beef is obscene. Thousands of litres per kilogram." Farmer: "That's rainfall." Activist: "What?" Farmer: "The figure includes all the rain that falls on the pasture. The cows drink from the stream. The rain falls whether there's a cow here or not." Activist: "It's still water consumption." Farmer: "Should I stop the rain falling on my field?" Activist: "Grow crops instead. More efficient." Farmer: "This is a 35-degree slope in the Welsh hills. Show me the crop." Activist: "Technology..." Farmer: "To make tractors climb mountains?" Activist: "There must be a solution." Farmer: "There is. It's called a cow." Activist: [checks phone]

Young Lee

Peekaboo

We put this camera on a wolf den just a few hours after the pack moved the pups to a new den. These are the animals that visited the den shortly after the pups were moved. Most interesting to us, was the visit by two different black bears, one of which went into the den. Interestingly, we have captured several observations of bears checking out active and recently-abandoned dens. These are interesting to us because there is little data on how often bears might kill pups at dens in forested systems like ours—a result of the difficulty of observing pups at dens as well as determining causes of mortality for young pups in densely-forested ecosystems. The only confirmed instance, to our knowledge, of a black bear killing wolf pups was in Algonquin Provincial Park, Ontario where a bear killed a single pup. Last year, researchers in Wisconsin published a paper describing evidence of a “probable predation” by a black bear on a wolf pup but there was not enough evidence to state the pup had been killed by a bear for sure, though many signs indicated it likely was the case. In Algonquin, a researcher documented a purported example of a black bear killing a female wolf near a wolf den—the only such example like that we know of. Other than these few observations, little is known about wolf-black bear interactions in boreal forest systems so these short observations we get of black bears spending time around active and recently-abandoned wolf dens is fascinating to us. Research referenced: Mills et al. 2008. Direct estimation of early survival and movements in eastern wolf pups. Journal of Wildlife Management. Nordin et al. 2025. Probably predation by an American black bear on a gray wolf pup in northwestern Wisconsin. Canadian Field-Naturalist. Ballard et al. 2003. Wolf interactions with non-prey. In the book Wolves: Behaviors, Ecology and Conservation edited by Mech and Boitani.

Good morning! 🐾👋🏻

@AndyMeanie Funny isn't it?

Rounding the corner on this quiet lane in the morning sunshine, I must admit that I had to stop and rub my eyes a little. The verges shimmered, that lovely golden light picking out the trees and the grasses and the curving way ahead - and above it all, a floating farm?! You never know what you'll find in the Peak District countryside! 📍 Peak District, England

Today is brilliant

I wonder what Charlie wants?

How to ruin a beautiful, natural place. A carbon capture pipeline all along the beach. Humans are weird

@ColliePip Hang in there! ❤️‍🩹

I have been back to the hospital today for another check up. Mum was worried about me earlier in the week as I had a very upset tummy and wasn’t eating. I’m eating better now and have a little more energy. So after seeing the vet (stronger steroids) I went for a little walkies ♥️

That’s a proud mama cow right there.

@NelsonCash_gsd @Dogman1013 Raven says hello 👋

@Dogman1013 @h_quant This is my boy, Nelson…looking so ferocious with his favorite stuffed ghost.

It’s Friday, so that means it's time for another PET PARADE! Post a picture and show off your fur babies. This is my Belgian Malinois, Roken. Please repost for further reach.

@NelsonCash_gsd @Dogman1013 Heckin comf! 💖