We are angel Angus McPusspuss and Furgus McPuspuss.
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Dancing in the Dark
Guest Post–Angel Alma Friday the 16th of January was a special day in Lapland. For the first time in roughly six weeks, dawn broke. It peeked above the horizon at 12:02 p.m. and disappeared at 12:43 p.m. This happened in Utsjoki, in the northernmost part of Finland. Winter nights are long in other parts of our…
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Weather Article 1
#Weathercat: My mummy and I both love the weather. She maintained a weather diary using paper for many years during her youth; now, our garden features a weather station we’ve had for quite some time. She finds it so interesting, exciting, and scary. The UK’s weather feels the impact of its island status plus its…
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Where Is The Snow?
Guest Post—Angel Alma This winter, the winter as we normally think of it, was very late. Even in Southeast Finland, snow can stay as early as October, and almost every year we have a white Christmas. Once Mum even had to drive to work by her kick-sledge! Her car did not have winter tires yet,…
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Badgers–Scent Glands (Badger Article 2)
Why you see a badger pop its bottom down on the ground… Scent plays a pivotal role in group and territory maintenance. Valuable tools in the act of scent-marking are the subcaudal gland (SCG), which is close to the anus, and the paired scent glands located just inside the anus—anecdotal observations suggest that scent glands between the…
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Badgers in Winter…(Badger Article 3)
Badgers slow down so much that they can happily go into a deep sleep for days or even weeks during times of harsh weather. This sleep state, torpor, requires a significant sound for awakening, unlike hibernation’s deeper state. Badgers build up reserves of fat during the autumn when there is plenty of food to eat.…
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Badgers
A little intro to the European Badger……our black and white stripy friend. Life Span: 5 – 7 years (typical in wild).Have been known to live up to 13 years. Body Length: 75cm (30″) head to tail.90cm (35″) max. Weight: 10 – 12kg (22 – 26lbs) average.23 – 27kg (51 – 60lbs) heaviest recorded. Distribution: Found…
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Guest Post: Angel Alma (and Mum) Introduction
Hi, I’m Angel Alma, and I am honored to visit McPusspuss Musings as a guest writer. I’m a Finnish tabby girl, born in a country house owned by mum’s friends. Mum collected me as a tiny kitten to live with my big brofur Aimo. We lived in Southeast Finland, near the eastern border, where Mum…
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McPusspuss Musings-Introduction
Hello and welcome to our column. We are angel Angus McPusspuss and Furgus McPuspuss. Both of us were older stray tomcats that found our forever homes late in life. I, Angus, had a very special fox friend who led me to my pawrents’. Hunger drove me to join the foxes’ nightly food runs. One fox…
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