Ecosystems of California: Fort Ord Chaparral

[@teaceremony2460]

Young OAK forest !! 😍🥰🤩☝️

[@kellytucker9186]

why was he squeezing the woodrat like that... it's so uncessesary

[@erikazavaleta9612]

It's called scruffing, and it's how mothers carry their baby woodrats around, so it's actually the least stressful way for them to be held because it is familiar in a positive context. Any other hold would resemble a predator's hold. So it looks awful if you're put together like a human with a neck not meant to be scruffed, but it's the most calming - and safe - way for a rodent.

[@johnconner9400]

And it was being suffocated in that plastic bag how nasty

[@johnconner9400]

Funny you don’t talk about the main animal of the chaparral the California grizzly bear

[@johnconner9400]

Cruel