Most people can correctly identify photographs of common animals such as deer, raccoons, skunks and squirrels.
A mink at Shiawassee National Wildlife Refuge in Saginaw County, in Michigan’s Lower Peninsula. Minks are members of the mustelid family of fur-bearing carnivores. In the University of Michigan wildlife study, volunteers had trouble telling apart various mustelids, which also include the fisher, the American marten and weasels. Image credit: University of Michigan Applied Wildlife Ecology Lab.
But can you distinguish a gray wolf from a coyote or correctly identify members of the mustelid family, which includes the American marten, the long-tailed weasel, the fisher and the mink?
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Venomous Spiders Are the 2021 Version of Murder Hornets
Remember last year (not that you would want to) when America was invaded by murder hornets ? Now imagine having to deal with venomous spiders in 2021 because some already have had to face them.
The University of Michigan s campus library was forced to close, not because of anything happening with an ongoing pandemic, but because venomous spiders were on the loose. Mediterranean recluse spiders were found in the Shapiro Library on the campus in Ann Arbor, MI. The library was then shut down for two days due to the invasion of the insects.
The University of Michigan shut down its library after venomous spiders were found in the building's basement. University officials discovered a trio of Mediterranean recluse spiders in the building, as well as "remote areas" on other parts of the campus, located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Shapiro Library was shut down on Sunday and Monday so the university could address the spiders found. "As the name implies, they are reclusive and bites are.