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The MammalWeb project and charity: enabling and expanding citizen science camera trapping to address the information deficit on the status and ecology of UK and European wild mammals. www.mammalweb.org

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MammalWeb @mammalweb.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
A quick guide on how to be a spotter for MammalWeb. More details can be found on our website under the user guides #britishmammals #citizenscience #wildlifephotos #wildlife #mammalweb
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MammalWeb @mammalweb.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
What is MammalWeb? Find out more information in the photos and by visiting our website www.mammalweb.org
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MammalWeb @mammalweb.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
🦊 September’s Mammal of the Month: Fox! Found across the UK, foxes are incredibly adaptable mammals, thriving in both rural and urban environments. Join us every Monday this month as we share fascinating facts and insights about these clever and charismatic animals. #MammalOfTheMonth #Fox #MammalWeb
Fox sitting in grassland
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Sian Green @drsiangreen.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Super excited to share that my latest paper from my PhD is now published! 🎉 If you're into camera traps, citizen science, animal individual ID or pine martens this ones for you! 😆 doi.org/10.1002/rse2... Big thanks to my co-authors and everyone who in the MammalWeb community who contributed! 📷
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Citizen Science for Individual Identification of Pine Martens Martes martes From Camera Trap Footage
Camera traps generate large volumes of wildlife footage, but identifying animals to the individual level remains challenging and time-consuming. Using European pine martens in the Forest of Dean as a....
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MammalWeb @mammalweb.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
📢 Our latest newsletter has just gone out! Find news on our transition to a charity, info on platform updates, news on projects, an updated spotters league and an image sequence to test your bird-watching prowess. Read it here: eomail1.com/web-version?...
Brown hare. Image: NHMP WarwickshireBadger. Image: BadgerBrigadeRed fox. Image: oldjulesA festival of birds. Image: NHMP Ayrshire
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BTO Garden BirdWatch @bto-gbw.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
GBW and MammalWeb are working together to study bird–mammal interactions in County Durham gardens using camera traps, and you can still get involved. Register via the link below and every image you classify counts as an entry into the prize draw to WIN A CAMERA TRAP! Closes at the end of February!
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Upload and classify images and video from camera traps
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BTO Garden BirdWatch @bto-gbw.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
We're looking for some help to classify the final images for our project with Mammal Web. You'll be asked to identify species in gardens during our NE pilot study to help monitor garden wildlife using camera traps. Plus there's a chance of winning a camera trap. Each image counts as one entry!
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Upload and classify images and video from camera traps
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Biological Recording Company @biologicalrecording.co.uk · 26/01/2026
From garden foxes to conservation science 🦊📷 Your camera-trap images can help monitor mammals nationwide via @mammalweb.bsky.social. Join our Deploying Camera Traps webinar on 19 Feb to learn how to collect high-value data. 🌍 🧪 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1818693584... #cameratrap
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Biological Recording Company @biologicalrecording.co.uk · 16/01/2026
Last chance to book! Introduction to Camera Trapping webinar – Thu 22 Jan 2026. Learn camera trap basics, types & how to choose the right kit with Dr Sammy Mason (@mammalweb.bsky.social). £12.50. Ideal for beginners and ecology professionals. 🌍 🧪 Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1723620849...
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Biological Recording Company @biologicalrecording.co.uk · 10/01/2026
Avoid the classic camera trap fail 📷🌿 Waving grass, moving branches, endless false triggers? Learn how to deploy camera traps properly and get great wildlife results. Join our webinar Deploying Camera Traps on Thu 19 Feb 2026. Sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1818693584... @mammalweb.bsky.social
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People's Trust for Endangered Species @ptes-org.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
An otter-ly awesome spot from our trail cameras in Gwent! Otters are a European protected species so it’s wonderful to capture this family venturing out from their holt. 🦦 Sign up to be a hedgehog spotter at www.nhmp.org.uk. NHMP led by us and British Hedgehog Preservation Society.
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Biological Recording Company @biologicalrecording.co.uk · 02/01/2026
Camera trap placement is everything 🦊📷 A few metres can mean the difference between empty frames and incredible wildlife moments. Join our webinar with Sammy Mason (@mammalweb.bsky.social) on 19th Feb to master the art & science of camera trapping. Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1818693584...
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MammalWeb @mammalweb.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
1 week left to apply for this PhD. ✅ Field surveys ✅ Cutting-edge modelling ✅ Collaboration with @ptes-org.bsky.social 🗓 Deadline: 5-1-26 #PhDOpportunity #Ecology #Conservation #CitizenScience #WildlifeMonitoring @prof-r-hill.bsky.social @ps-wildlife-res.bsky.social @chrissuthy.bsky.social
Stoat (Credit: Rattus)Badger (Credit: Scottish Wildcat Action)Red fox (Credit: TCV Scotland / NHMP)Roe deer (Credit: Pen Yuan Hsing)
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Chris Sutherland @chrissuthy.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Finding the middle ground: Balancing deer management, ecological recovery, and traditional land use 🔗 tinyurl.com/3xxvv9n6 🏢 @durham.ac.uk 👥 @ps-wildlife-res.bsky.social, ME, Flurina Wartmann
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Finding the middle ground: Balancing deer management, ecological recovery, and traditional land use at Durham University on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Finding the middle ground: Balancing deer management, ecological recovery, and traditional land use at Durham University, listed on FindAPhD.com
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Philip Stephens @ps-wildlife-res.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
📢 Competition funded PhD with @iapetusdtp.bsky.social: Occupancy, density & the ecology of terrestrial British mammals - what can years of systematic camera trapping tell us? Apply by 5th January 2026. 👇 iapetus.ac.uk/studentships... @mammalweb.bsky.social @ptes-org.bsky.social @durham.ac.uk #phd
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People's Trust for Endangered Species @ptes-org.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
The National Hedgehog Monitoring Programme is led by @hedgehogsociety.bsky.social and @ptes-org.bsky.social rg.bsky.social Become a spotter at www.nhmp.org.uk 🦔
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The National Hedgehog Monitoring Programme - People's Trust for Endangered Species
The National Hedgehog Monitoring Programme is a project, that will, for the first time, produce robust hedgehog population estimates. With this knowledge, we will make effective conservation plans, so...
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Biological Recording Company @biologicalrecording.co.uk · 28/11/2025
Ever wondered what badgers get up to at night? 🌙 Camera traps open a window into the hidden world of the UK’s most elusive mammals. Join our intro to camera trapping on 22 Jan 2026 and learn how to capture behaviour non-invasively. 🧪 🔗 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1723620849... @mammalweb.bsky.social
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Biological Recording Company @biologicalrecording.co.uk · 14/11/2025
Want sharper, smarter wildlife camera-trap footage? 🐾📷 Join our Deploying Camera Traps webinar on 19 Feb 2026 with Dr Sammy Mason (£12.50). Learn site choice, mounting, field settings, common pitfalls & using @mammalweb.bsky.social. Tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1818693584...
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MammalWeb @mammalweb.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
We recently sent out our November newsletter. Read about a new deer ID guide, the latest platform developments, a tempting offer for training, news of a new competition, and more! If you aren't subscribed, you can read the newsletter here: tinyurl.com/MWNOV25 #cameratraps #ukwildlife #mammals
Sika deer and pine marten (C) Peter ArchdaleMuntjac (C) NHMP WarwickshireAnnotated red deer (C) NHMP Cornwall (annotated by Marc Baldwin)Red fox (C) NHMP Durham
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Biological Recording Company @biologicalrecording.co.uk · 21/11/2025
What species is shown? Hard to tell? 🤔 Camera trap tips! Photos save space, but videos make species ID easier (95% vs 86% accuracy). Join Dr Sammy Mason (@mammalweb.bsky.social) on 22nd January for a hands-on webinar: Introduction to Camera Trapping. Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1723620849...
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Biological Recording Company @biologicalrecording.co.uk · 07/11/2025
Want to get better at reviewing & classifying camera trap footage? 📹 Join our webinar on 19 Mar 2026 (£12.50) with Dr Sammy Mason ( @mammalweb.bsky.social ) covering species ID, using MammalWeb, data processing + sharing results. Book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1818786642...
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Classifying Camera Trap Footage
Learn to review, identify and classify footage, manage data, and share camera trap findings through MammalWeb.
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Biological Recording Company @biologicalrecording.co.uk · 31/10/2025
Ever wondered which birds visit our garden when we’re not looking? A simple camera trap can reveal hidden visitors – from blue tits to sparrowhawks! 🦜 Join our ‘Intro to Camera Traps’ webinar with Dr Sammy Mason on 22 Jan 2026. 🌎 🧪 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1723620849... @mammalweb.bsky.social
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Biological Recording Company @biologicalrecording.co.uk · 24/10/2025
Curious about camera trapping? Join Dr SammyMason (@mammalweb.bsky.social) on 22nd January 2026 for a live Introduction to Camera Trapping webinar. Learn how to choose, set & use camera traps for wildlife study & conservation. 🌎 🧪 🎟️ £12.50 → www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1723620849...
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MammalWeb @mammalweb.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Our June newsletter is out. It has an NHMP competition update, news on site developments, and a mystery deer to classify. If you aren't subscribed, you can read the newsletter here: lnkd.in/d7SCd6wZ If you're feeling keen, you can also classify the mystery stag, here: lnkd.in/dshPEidZ #cameratraps
Fox cubs (Image: NWKCP / NHMP Kent)A mystery stag (Image: jess.marshall / NHMP Dorset)
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Biological Recording Company @biologicalrecording.co.uk · 06/06/2025
Discover the power of citizen science! Join Dr Sammy Mason on 9 July to explore how @mammalweb.bsky.social is transforming mammal monitoring with 2M+ camera trap records and a growing community. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1349516232... 🧪 🌍 #MammalWeb #CameraTraps #CitizenScience
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BTO Garden BirdWatch @bto-gbw.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
🦉 Help classify wildlife photos from garden camera traps and win a camera trap of your own! 🦊 GBW & @mammalweb.bsky.social need your eyes to spot #birds & #mammals in over 180k image sequences. Every classification = 1 entry into the prize draw! Join in 👉 www.mammalweb.org/en/?view=pro... #CitSci
A promotional image inviting people to spot wildlife and classify camera trap photos for a chance to win a camera trap. Three camera trap images appear on the right side, showing an Eurasian Jay, a Fox (night vision shot), and a Pheasant in a garden. The Garden BirdWatch logo appears in the bottom left corner alongside the MammalWeb logo.
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London HogWatch @londonhogwatch.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
🎁 It's competition time! 🎁 You could be in with a chance to win prizes for taking part in the National Hedgehog Monitoring Programme! For more info on how to enter, visit www.hedgehogstreet.org/nhmp-competi... @ptes-org.bsky.social @hedgehogsociety.bsky.social @mammalweb.bsky.social
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Russell Hill @prof-r-hill.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Fantastic new paper led by @charlotteesharpe.bsky.social exploring the integration of Ai and citizen science through @mammalweb.bsky.social with @ps-wildlife-res.bsky.social zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/CJ8QP4...
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Increasing citizen scientist accuracy with artificial intelligence on UK camera‐trap data
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MammalWeb @mammalweb.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Our May newsletter has just gone out, featuring - among other things - news of a competition happening now, with prizes awarded by @ptes-org.bsky.social! If you don't yet subscribe, check it out here eomail1.com/web-version?... #mammals #ukwildlife #cameratraps
Roe deer and badger, red fox and rabbit.  Images: NHMP DurhamGrey squirrel and magpie, jay and domestic dog (we think). Images: NHMP Durham.
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Butterfly Conservation @savebutterflies.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Happy 99th Birthday to our President, the legendary Sir David Attenborough 🎂🦋 Thank you for being an inspiration to millions across the globe.
Sir David Attenborough in a blue shirt, smiling while holding up a butterfly on his hand
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London HogWatch @londonhogwatch.bsky.social · 28/04/2025
Missed the NHMP talk hosted by @zslscience.bsky.social ? 🦔 Catch up & find out how we're tracking hedgehogs across the country: shorturl.at/jP54j @ptes-org.bsky.social @hedgehogsociety.bsky.social @zslofficial.bsky.social @mammalweb.bsky.social @durham-university.bsky.social & Nottingham Trent Uni
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Developing a National Camera Trap Survey for Hedgehog Conservation
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Joanna Bagniewska @joannabagniewska.com · 22/04/2025
Double-whammy: #NationalMammalWeek AND #EarthDay - and what better way to celebrate than by learning about the differences between hares and rabbits? 🐰🐇 Video brought to you by @oxfordconted.bsky.social and @morethanadodo.bsky.social 🐾🧪🌏
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MammalWeb @mammalweb.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
Being new to Blue sky gives us a chance to emphasise that all our wonderful contributors have been recognised by not 1 but 2 awards over recent months! Thanks to @nbntrust.bsky.social for the 2024 group award for wildlife recording, and @durhamcouncil.bsky.social for the 2024 volunteer group award!
Sammy Mason and Russell Hill made it to Liverpool to collect the National Biodiversity Network Group award for wildlife recording, 2024, on behalf of all of our contributors.Members of the MammalWeb team were at the County Durham Environment Awards ceremony to collect the Volunteer Group of the Year award on behalf of all our contributors. Left-to-right: Phil Stephens, Graham Smith, Jim Cokill, Sammy Mason and Russell Hill.
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MammalWeb @mammalweb.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
A quick post to announce that MammalWeb has finally arrived on Blue Sky! Check out our latest (April) newsletter at tinyurl.com/MW-April or visit the site at www.mammalweb.org. #citizenscience #mammals #ukwildlife #nature #naturephotography #cameratraps #biodiversity #peopleandnature
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MammalWeb Update April 2025
The latest news and images from the MammalWeb project
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MammalWeb @mammalweb.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Fantastic recognition for the enormous impact our contributors make to biodiversity monitoring. Thank you! x.com/durham_uni/sta…
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MammalWeb @mammalweb.bsky.social · 25/04/2024
Thanks to MammalWeb trappers Sian and Maggie English for contributing the footage.
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MammalWeb @mammalweb.bsky.social · 25/03/2024
A great opportunity to get involved with MammalWeb and the National Hedgehog Monitoring Programme in collaboration with @PTES and @hedgehogsociety x.com/durham_uni/sta…
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MammalWeb @mammalweb.bsky.social · 31/01/2024
Camera traps up for grabs! Every classification before the end of February on the Wild London project gets you a ticket in the draw. What are you waiting for?! t.co/F2vN8XQcDI
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MammalWeb @mammalweb.bsky.social · 09/03/2023
Did you see @MammalWeb on the @BBCTheOneShow earlier this week? Don't worry if not, you can catch it here in their great segment on trail cameras/ camera traps! <iframe width="400" height="500" frameborder="0" src= bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0f…
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Nature Spy, The One Show - BBC One
We meet budding enthusiasts who capture wildlife images from their doorstep.
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MammalWeb @mammalweb.bsky.social · 09/03/2023
Congratulations to @SammyMason25 who's incredible PhD work has made a big difference to the MammalWeb project, helping us understand the data and getting lots of new schools involved and more children connected to nature through camera trapping - amazing work Sammy!🥳 x.com/SammyMason25/s…
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MammalWeb @mammalweb.bsky.social · 11/01/2023
Don't forget that we have TWO camera traps to be won this month!!! Don't miss out 📷📷📷 #giveaway #cameratrap x.com/MammalWeb/stat…
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MammalWeb @mammalweb.bsky.social · 16/12/2022
Thank you to everyone who commented on our camera trap quiz yesterday! This was a tricky one, it looks quite rat-like but the size of the rodent and prominent ears point towards it being a wood mouse. Come back next week for another #cameratrapquiz !
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MammalWeb @mammalweb.bsky.social · 09/11/2022
As it is Wednesday, it's time for another #cameratrapquiz! Can you identify which species is lurking in this #cameratrap photo? Let us know what you think and the answer will be revealed here tomorrow! #MammalWeb #Mammals #CameraTraps #CameraTrapping #NaturePositive
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MammalWeb @mammalweb.bsky.social · 07/11/2022
It's time for a #MondayMammalFact, and this week's is about sea otters! 🦦#Seaotters have got pockets of baggy skin in their armpits, in which they store foraged food and their favourite rock. This rock is used to crack open hard-shelled prey, including #clams and #molluscs!🐚
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MammalWeb @mammalweb.bsky.social · 03/11/2022
Well done to anyone who guessed Pine Marten for this week's #cameratrapquiz! This particular set of camera trap snaps is from a study in the forest of Dean, in which camera traps were baited with eggs 🥚. #Mammal #CameraTrap #PineMarten
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MammalWeb @mammalweb.bsky.social · 02/11/2022
Join the University Mammal Challenge to develop your mammal monitoring skills and contribute to our national mammal monitoring effort by uploading and classifying your team's camera trap footage on MammalWeb x.com/MammSocStudent…
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MammalWeb @mammalweb.bsky.social · 02/11/2022
It's Wednesday, so it's time for another #cameratrapquiz ! What #species can you see in this #cameratrap photo wrapping it's jaws around what looks like an egg? Answer revealed tomorrow ! #Mammals #CameraTrap #TakePart
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MammalWeb @mammalweb.bsky.social · 01/11/2022
Even though it is no longer Monday, it's time for the weekly #mondaymammalfact! #Hedgehogs protect themselves from #predators by smearing #poisonous plant substances all over their spines. #Selfanointing has been observed in hedgehogs so young that their eyes haven't opened yet!
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MammalWeb @mammalweb.bsky.social · 28/10/2022
Calling all mammal loving students! Get involved in the @Mammal_Society University Mammal Challenge to learn mammal recording skills and help provide important data for mammal monitoring by uploading camera trap data to MammalWeb! #CameraTrapping #MammalMonitoring x.com/MammSocStudent…
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MammalWeb @mammalweb.bsky.social · 28/10/2022
It's #NationalMammalWeek and this years theme of 'Recording Mammals' is very important to us here at MammalWeb, so to celebrate we have partnered with @Mammal_Society for a very special edition of our #CameraTrapQuiz with a chance to win a footprint tunnel! x.com/Mammal_Society…
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