I've gone from boystown to demolay to solo Wiccan to oto tissue to pay
increase to atheists all in a search for more life in the history of natural
world to the supernatural
I felt many weird things just because I don't know what it is doesn't make it
supernatural while the true heart of science is to always questioned even
yourself in the end I have become an objective atheists have an atheist but I
want there to be more welcome to game we and in this i'm going to attempt to
organize my collective thoughts on various unusual events and things and
people all that occurred things I've studied the way to organize them here on
to youtube now we're gonna start with some of the easier things simply because
you can about foundation for studies for something to look at these are things
that maybe shouldn't exist but do
selected on
this is being covered because this creature exists it is filled with unique
abilities so if this is a creature that does exist some of the other countries
will be covering later seem a little less bizarre it was first discovered in
1861 by Wilhelm Peters only 32 had been caught they were believed extinct till
1999 when and later in 2003 but they were spotted but this should not
surprise anyone these small creatures survive dinosaurs and the meteorite that
killed them off they would survive the slide on looks much like an oversized
true
it weighs about 1.3 pounds head to body length is about 11 to 13 inches as
brownish red fur on most of its body with a paler underside the tail lakes
now your chips are hairless four legs are noticeably more developed than the
high lakes but all have strong cause useful for digging the head is very big
relation to its body with the long nose and tiny eyes and ears the second lowers
sizers has a narrow groove so let us derive from the Greek for grooved tooth
through which flows a venomous saliva secreted by submaxillary gland making
this Leonard on one of only a handful of venomous mammals
that's right basically a mouse with venom to go on though both sexes are
similar they may have two litters of 123 young per year usually all you two of
the offspring survive because the female only has two teats which happened we
found near buttocks young are weaned after 75 days may sometimes remain with
the parents while subsequent litters are born and raised
so up to eight animals may share the same burrows select odds they fight each
other on first meeting but eventually they established a dominance
relationship and live together in captivity in relative harmony the sled
on has glads
the armpits and in the groin which are said to give off a goat-like smell i
guess if your mouth a goat is a good disguise really defend itself against
one of its own kind is apparently not immune to its own venom since animals
have been seen to die after fighting and sustaining minor wounds
it may also attack other animals savagely a captive sled on was reported
to have attacked a young chicken and torn it to pieces with its strong claws
before eating it in the moments of excitement it may grunt like a pig or
give bird-like Christ but when pursued it stays motionless and eyes its head
making it easy to capture ok now to remind you this is one for long and less
than 12 have pounds of mouse killing your chicken grand is a big mouth sighs
with toy poodle but you're short legs slide I was unknown to science for so
long because nocturnal a consequence of which it's highly developed sense of
hearing and smell and touch just take you know how many cryptids are reported
as being nocturnal and we can't find also they're not very numerous so
influence on ecosystem is practically nothing during daylight hours they stay
in their burrows trees all about logs or caves remaining hidden from view when
they do come out they run other toes with a stiff ungainly waddle following
an erratic almost zigzag course local people claim slide ons never run in a
straight line but its land on is alarmed and tries to move faster
it's very likely to trip the slide on a wide variety of animals including
anthropologists forms stales and small reptiles
they may also feed on routes fruits and foliage although one study found they
refused all farms vegetation a probe the earth with their snouts and dig or rip
open rotting logs with their claws led on in captivity have been seen to bathe
often and to drink only while their bathing now the matters of conservation
the slide on was identified as one of the top ten focus pieces 2007 by the
edge species project
collaborative conservation project funded by the Darwin initiative was
started in 2009 and is researching the species to conserve the species is fully
protected by law
however national parks in both haiti and the dominican republic are threatened by
deforestation and encroachment of for farming and charcoal production US
Agency for International Development and the nature concentrations are working
with local non-governmental organizations to improve protection and
implementing management plans for these parks a recovery plan for the isolated
patient population publish in 1992 advocated comprehensive surveys improved
management of the pic michaiah National Park educational campaigns control of
exotic mammals and in excellent breeding program to conservational research and
education programs funded by the Darwin initiative have recently been
established focusing on the sled ions in both countries building evidence and
capacity to conserve spaniel as endemic land mammals starting 2009 and building
a future for a she's unique vertebrates starting in 2010 these collaborative
projects present a partnership between the edge program the Durrell Wildlife
Conservation Trust birdlife international and social ads
ornithological de la española I'm sure I got that one wrong the dominican
republic national zoo society audubon hey she and in-country project partners
that's right this is basically a 1.3 one footlong mouse with venom glands in the
armpits and the growing which are said to give off go like smell it has to
teach which are found near its buttocks
let's sleep well it's just a mouse
thank you for listening