Festival_Vestibule t1_j1lmycb wrote
Reply to comment by TexasJustis in TIL that because of their flexible ankles, red pandas are one of the few animals that can climb down trees head-first. by TexasJustis
They said they've seen a woodchuck come down a tree head first? Idk if I'm buying that. I think they saw a possum. Pretty much any animal that climbs is going to be able to come down head first. Raccoons obviously but they aren't doing any zigging and zagging and the tree has to be pretty rough. Squirrles are just no fucks given, literally balls to the wall. You even seen one of those little guys run headfirst down a brick wall at full speed? There's not another mammal in North America that can do that. Can't be many in the world.
TexasJustis OP t1_j1m4bd5 wrote
I’ve never seen a woodchuck and didn’t know those chubby things could climb a tree.
konosyn t1_j1mujev wrote
Probably plenty of tree-climbing mustelids, also definitely coatis, etc
snow_michael t1_j1nfuxh wrote
And pine martens
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