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Hurray, I finally drew a proper Glis glis for my site! =’)
And we saw a greenshank today =D
All dormice are welcome ;)
2 Comments Published February 12th, 2006 in dormice, mammals, oekaki, sleep, whoopsGah!! I decided to draw a nice dormouse for my title bar… somehow my brain decided that this should be a hazel dormouse, Muscardinus avellanarius, rather than an edible dormouse, Glis glis, the namesake of this site. Whoops =P
It looks kinda cute as an interim dormouse though =’)
Fat or edible dormice, Glis glis, are small and secretive mammals found mainly in southern counties in England. They have a primarily vegetarian diet which includes flowers, fruits and nuts. They spend most of their time searching for food, and sleeping/hibernating in rather messy-looking nests made from shredded honeysuckle bark and leaves (Mammal Society, 1997).
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