Mouselemur

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Mouselemur's Zoo Photography

What you see is what we saw.

We take our photos using our camera and only minor editing through Photoshop Elements. The photos we share are as close to our experience as possible.

Our aim is not to take the perfect photo - our aim is to make you smile by sharing genuine moments.

Perfect photos are gorgeous, but they can get boring, and while we certainly take pride in taking good photos it's the awkward and cute moments that make us happy. We hope they make you happy as well.

Let us introduce you to new species and learn something new.

Zoo photography is a hobby - only the lucky few employed as a photographer by a zoo are allowed to make money off the photos taken at a zoo.

Yet we enjoy sharing photos with you every day and hope that through us learning about these animals you learn something new alongside of us.

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Become a Beta Tester on DeviantArt! by team, journal

Become a Beta Tester on DeviantArt!

Sep 19, 2023

Join the beta testing program to help test and improve future DeviantArt features! Beta testing is a cornerstone of DeviantArt’s history, and beta testers benefit the community by providing feedback and usage data. Through bug reports and insight shared during the testing stages, beta testers can help shape and improve site features. Any deviant can become a beta tester by adding this journal to their favourites. :+fav: New Beta Testers are added daily; once you favorite this journal, you'll gain access the following day. If you decide later that you want to opt-out, you can do so by removing this journal from your favorites and you'll be removed the following day. :sherlock: How It Works Beta testers are among the first to see new features introduced to DeviantArt. This early access is provided so deviants can test new features and provide feedback for the DeviantArt team through comments, bug reports, and user engagement metrics before it's released sitewide. When there’s an

How to DeviantArt: Notifications by JenFruzz, journal

How to DeviantArt: Notifications

Apr 26, 2020

Greetings, ye olde quarantined masses of the world. For future generations of deviants wondering what on earth that greeting means, at the time I am writing this we are at day 41 (at least in good old Massachusetts) of social distancing due to COVID-19. A bit more down time than I am used to has resulted in this tutorial. So there is the bit of shining light. Yes, I am equating this tutorial to shining light. COME AT ME. As with my other How to Eclipse tutorials (linked at the end), the goal is to help the community learn and adjust to the new version of DeviantArt! It can be difficult to learn something new whether you have been on the sit

If you want to save your profile page forever-read by LadySeshiiria, journal

If you want to save your profile page forever-read

Apr 24, 2020

I have mixed feelings about this whole thing. I am staying because I love my community. And starting new somewhere else can be hard. Especially so late in the game on some of these older platforms... With that said if you are like me mourning the loss of old site DA this can be a great way to hall of fame the site in its ultimate perfection. A memory locked in a screen capture. If you want to save your profile intro landing page forever frozen in memory, try screen-capturing the whole page not using the screenshot button but this tool here, you can always uninstall it when done: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/full-page-scr

All About Seniority by Yuukon, journal

All About Seniority

Mar 19, 2020

Community Week Hi all, I am Yuukon (https://www.deviantart.com/yuukon) and I am excited that today I'll be sharing some ins and outs about being a Senior on DeviantArt with you! Seniority is more than just toilet seats, nursing homes, walking canes and grey hair, and I definitely look forward to sharing with you what it is beyond that! What is Seniority? Being a Senior on DA is different from being a senior in real life. One can be both, of course, but on DA, it's not a requirement to be a senior in real life to receive Seniority. Seniority on DA is basically a form of recognition for people who have left a positive mark in the community. Some get it for their time devoted t

History of the Book: A Very Brief Introduction by AlexanderPaupoff, journal

History of the Book: A Very Brief Introduction

May 16, 2015

Art History Week Suppose someone asked you this very basic question: What is a book? How would you answer? Would you say, like anybody else, that the book is a physical object made when a collection of pages are bound together, often between protective covers? If you did, you wouldn't be wrong. However, that answer is far from complete; after all, the book is also a metaphorical construct, isn't it? So, for example, when we discuss a book we both have read, we're not talking about the same book: both of us have not read the same physical object. What we both have read is the same text. A Book, then, is a conflation of the physical object

How Romanian Blouses Became An International Style by GeorgeXVII, journal

How Romanian Blouses Became An International Style

Dec 20, 2017

Art History Week "Ia" is the main part of the Romanian traditional costume, the other parts take shape around it and harmonize chromatic and ornamental with it. It is more than just a piece of clothing, it is a symbol, a historical proof of the existence and continuity of traditional Romanian port. Around the world, one of the key items common to all folkloric costumes is the shirt. La blouse roumaine, the Romanian blouse, the title of a picture painted Henri Matisse in 1940, is the garment most strongly associated with Romanian folkloric costume. Reaching into antiquity, some of the basic designs appear on the bas-relief figures enacting

Living, Healing, and Growing Through Art by team, journal

Living, Healing, and Growing Through Art

Oct 9, 2019

As we commemorate World Mental Health Day, we want to empower deviants to use their art as a way to cope with the ups and downs of life. Join us as we explore how art therapy can better your mental and emotional well-being. #DAMentalHealth As we commemorate World Mental Health Day, join us in exploring how art therapy can improve mental and emotional well-being, and ask our art therapist any questions you may have. Twitter Facebook No matter our experiences in life, art is what brings the entire DeviantArt community together. We use art as a means of expressing ourselves, how we feel, and how we see the world around us, even in moments w

What is art and how does it work? by Malintra-Shadowmoon, journal

What is art and how does it work?

Jul 20, 2019

What is art really? Art is much more than just the original expression that it is a learnable skill which can be refined through technique and practice and run to mastery. The product of art is created by human hands and is not natural, but something artificial - not necessarily something alive, but something that can be quite alive through the artist's hand and world of thought. There are five different art product branches: - Visual arts - Music - Literature - Performing arts - Media art With their respective subcategories: - Painting, graphics, sculpture, architecture, photography, comics and crafts - Composition and interpretation, e

A Newbie's Guide To Being A Group Admin by SinistrosePhosphate, journal

A Newbie's Guide To Being A Group Admin

Jul 16, 2019

Being a Beginner Week Shakespeare once wrote: "some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon'em." The same goes with being an admin of a group, I find. Some people planned out to create a group and worked out every detail on how to run it like a well-oiled machine while others ended up curating for a group through one set of circumstances or another. One thing for sure, however, is that everybody goes through the beginning stages of "Oh, my! I'm an admin now! Now what do I do?!" "Ahhhhh! Everybody panic!" I will be honest with you, I started out in the second category. Through some twists and turns of Fa

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Updates on Collecting, Formatting, and Shortcuts by team, journal

Updates on Collecting, Formatting, and Shortcuts

Jun 17, 2021

We made some changes to improve your experience on DeviantArt! Here are some of the updates we’ve recently released: New Favouriting/Collecting Dropdown As we spoke about in our previous status update, the community has been asking for a better and faster way of favouriting and collecting deviations. Recently, we launched a new experience that requires less clicks and allows you to scan and find the collection you’re looking for much more quickly. After testing and monitoring the usage of this new version, we’re seeing that deviants are collecting even more! Dividers, Anchors, Link Preview, Pasted Images In addition to keyboard shortcuts, we have new features in editor, including dividers, anchors, link preview, and pasted images. Link Previews: When you paste a link into editor, you have the option to include a link preview within your text. Dividers: You can now insert dividers in your text to separate your content visually (seen below). There are also different line styles to

DeviantArt: Moving Forward by team, journal

DeviantArt: Moving Forward

May 29, 2020

It’s been just over a week since the full launch of the new DeviantArt and official sunset of the old version of the site. We wanted to provide a community update sharing additional insight and clarity regarding the new site and the realities of its existence and reception. CHANGES WE MADE One question we’ve received frequently is, “Why did you change the site at all?” The short answer is that the old version of DeviantArt wasn’t sustainable long-term. The longer, more thoughtful answer is twofold: one part code, and one part design. Code DeviantArt’s base code was built early, in Internet years. Every time we added a new feature, it had to be built on top of old code from the early 2000s, which meant more work in order for the site to scale to meet new technological advances. The decision was made to rebuild DeviantArt with a more modern framework, which makes it easier and faster to build new features without having to deal with cleaning up or rewriting old code. We reached the

Countdown to new DA - 0! by JustACapharnaum, journal

Countdown to new DA - 0!

May 20, 2020

(Cover image by @Acerbical) °*°Best viewed by clicking on the journal°*° Today all of us will gain access to the new version of DeviantArt and old DA will be sunsetting! In order to mark this new DA era, we've decided at communityrelations to make a countdown until the big day where we spend the following days featuring artists from around the community to showcase a sampling of the amazing artworks DA has to share! TUTORIALS ABOUT DA General Info How to Use DeviantArt Eclipse How to DeviantArt: Sidebar Eclipse Tutorial #1 - The Basics How to DeviantArt - Notifications How to DeviantArt - Searching I Created Art Now What #9 - Eclipse How to DeviantArt - Watch Best Practices for Tagging Customizing How to DeviantArt - Cover Images Eclipsing with Shadow: Custom Boxes Eclipsing with Shadow: Profile Headers Eclipsing with Shadow: Spotlights Eclipsing with Shadow: Profile Decor Creating a User Style for the New DeviantArt How to customize your journals on Eclipse Submitting How to Make

Eclipse quick tutorial - Group notifications by Stygma, journal

Eclipse quick tutorial - Group notifications

Nov 15, 2018

To all of you people who are using Eclipse and are wondering "Where do I find my groups' notifications? Here is how you will find them! Click on the notification bell; Click on "see all"; On the Feedback page, you'll see your icon, your name and a down arrow. Click on the down arrow; You'll find the list of the groups you are moderating. Click on the group to see its notifications.

Fanart, Eclipse and Tags by Thiefoworld, journal

Fanart, Eclipse and Tags

Feb 4, 2020

Fan Art Week Hello! In this article we'll overview what exactly constitutes Fan Art and how it will be handled in Eclipse, the new version of DeviantArt! For this we first need to define a few concepts. Fan Art Vs Original Work A common and simplified definition of Fan Art is: "Artwork created by fans of a work of fiction such as comics, movies, television shows, books, video games, etc. and derived from a character or other aspect of that work." So basically, art you create based on something that already exists. With this in mind, the most simple distinction between Fan Art and Original Work would be: Fan Art If your artwork is derived

How to make a feature on Eclipse by JustACapharnaum, journal

How to make a feature on Eclipse

Apr 28, 2020

Many of you (myself included) wondered if it was possible to make a feature without faving every single deviations or selecting a deviation without having them in full view. Well, it IS possible! Consequently, this tutorial is about adding deviations to a gallery grid that are NOT in one's faves or collections. Hope this helps! But before I start, here are some informations that could help you with Eclipse: The group communityrelations (https://www.deviantart.com/communityrelations) has a list of tutorials about new DA on their front page!The DA group DAWelcomeWagon (https://www.deviantart.com/dawelcomewagon) is a great group with great tutorials about Eclipse!Here is a tutorial about how to customize your journals on EclipseGu

How to DeviantArt: Status Updates by JenFruzz, journal

How to DeviantArt: Status Updates

Feb 9, 2019

Three years ago I created a tutorial when DA came out with what was arguably my favorite new feature of all time: Status Updates. GONE were the days where I needed to use a poll or journal to get a simple thought or declaration of hilarity across to my watchers. GLORY BE! The original tutorial was created to help others find this wonderful piece of the delicious DA pie and it's still relevant... But now there is this MASSIVE change coming in the form of DeviantArt Eclipse... So here is an entirely new one! Eclipse is really enhancing the usability of status updates. I hope this tutorial will help you embrace the new ways to use Status Updat

How to DeviantArt: Searching by JenFruzz, journal

How to DeviantArt: Searching

Apr 17, 2019

The next tutorial in our "How to Eclipse" series is going to focus on Search and finding the artwork you want to see delivered right to your screen. I wrote a similar tutorial for projecteducate (https://www.deviantart.com/projecteducate) (noticing a pattern here?) a few years ago. A lot of the same principles still apply, but nonetheless, I am excited to bring you this refreshed version for the new DeviantArt! Why is a Search Tutorial Necessary? For some, it isn't at all. But some just want some extra guidance and DeviantArt has an overwhelming amount of artwork submitted to the community daily, weekly, monthly, foreverly (yep, I went there)... There is a lot to sort through. Knowin

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Contest 5 (and) 7 is 1 (and) 2 is 3 by Malintra-Shadowmoon, journal

Contest 5 (and) 7 is 1 (and) 2 is 3

Jan 28, 2024

NEW - DEADLINE EXTENSION TO 31st May 2024 - NEW Unfortunately, I don't have any milestones to celebrate this time. For example, last year I had 40 years of active singing and 25 years of board service, but this year? This year there is only one normal birthday to celebrate. :) A completely normal one? But not quite “normal” if you look closer..... The number 57 has spiritual and humanitarian meaning. It is a combination of the numbers 5 and 7, which represent freedom, change, progress, spiritual awakening, enlightenment, faith, intuition, creativity and art. People associated with these two numbers have a gift for writing, especially creative writing, which then expresses the independence of the writer and the communication of himself and the self of others. If the two numbers 5 and 7 are added together, the result is 12. If these are added together, the result is 3. Now there is a more detailed explanation of the individual numbers: 3 = creativity, self-expression, tolerance

DA Community Positivity Challenge (Prompt 5) by Malintra-Shadowmoon, journal

DA Community Positivity Challenge (Prompt 5)

Aug 26, 2022

Next prompt of the DA Community Positivity Challenge I am joining, hosted by the lovely @RTNightmare #DA_CPC The fifth prompt is the following: Create a post about at least 1 deviant who you have befriended on DeviantArt. You must include a mention of the person so they can see it. (Example: If you were trying to mention me, you'd do '@ RTNightmare' without spaces to make RTNightmare.) Write a description of how you became friends and why they are so important to you. Extra Points: Include more than 1 deviant. If you do this, you're still expected to provide a reason why you included each deviant. Include a feature of content created by the deviant(s) you listed. This can be from their gallery, journal, group, etc. Share a funny/sweet/cool/interesting story that happened that solidified your friendship. This story should not be embarrassing or mean as it is intended to be kind and reminisce on good times. Submit your post to PromotingPositivity's Event Gallery Folder. Tag 5

Let llamas run wild with a new Profile Section! by team, journal

Let llamas run wild with a new Profile Section!

Dec 13, 2022

Add the new Llama Farm section to your Profile to show off your Llama badges! The Llama badge has been a popular presence on DeviantArt since its introduction in 2010, with deviants giving and trading llamas in the hope they would eventually get the coveted Golden Llama and Runaway Llamas. Over the years, deviants have asked for ways to showcase more than one level of llama on their Profile, and now you can share your llamas as you fleece! Flaunt Your Llama Farm Being a real-life llama farmer is complicated, but being a digital llama farmer is easy! Create your farm in three simple steps. Step 1: Add the Llama Farm section to the left or right column of your Profile. Step 2: Add up to 20 llamas to your herd. Step 3: Choose a background that suits your llamas’ vibe, then click Done! There you have it! You’re now the proud owner of a digital llama farm. When viewing someone else’s Llama Farm, you'll find a “Give Llama” button to contribute to their growing farm. It takes just a

Tutorial Recap: Did you collect them all?! by team, journal

Tutorial Recap: Did you collect them all?!

Dec 5, 2022

It’s been a creative year for DeviantArt Tutorials, with a variety of skilled artists providing tips and techniques to help perfect your art! Did you miss getting any tutorial badges along the way? Take part in this three-week recap of DeviantArt’s tutorials to catch up on ones you might have missed! Even if you’ve already done all of them, you can redo one of your favorites to see how your skills have leveled up! Week 1: Technical Skills This week’s tutorials are focused on building your technical skill! Whether it’s perfecting anatomy or improving your lighting, these tutorials will help you level up your techniques! Eye | Hand | Landscape | Jack-O-Lantern | Rose | Fire | Weapon Week 2: Creatures For week two, it’s time to unleash the animal within you, as these tutorials are centered on fine-tuning your skills at crafting a variety of creatures! Get wild and give these tutorials a try! Cat | Wolf | Raven | Tiger | Dragon | Creature Wing Week 3: Fantasy It’s

DeviantArt Protect: Web3 Update by team, journal

DeviantArt Protect: Web3 Update

Sep 21, 2022

DeviantArt Protect has been safeguarding artists' works for over a year by informing owners of potential infringements. Whether the similar image is on DeviantArt itself or on an NFT marketplace, deviants have felt more secure in the knowledge that machine-learning algorithms have their back when potential infringement occurs. But what happens when it’s not infringement? There were instances where an artist received a DeviantArt Protect notification that art “similar to theirs” had appeared as an NFT, and it made perfect sense: they put it there! Prior to this feature, there was no way for the system to track this relationship. Now deviants can click "I minted this" to let DeviantArt Protect know who has claimed this NFT. "As a platform, we want to stay up-to-date with new technologies to better serve our community. That's why we’re introducing the next step in supporting artists who have ventured into the changing landscape of digital art." A new way to claim your work on

#MonaLisaFixed: The Mona Lisa, But Better by team, journal

#MonaLisaFixed: The Mona Lisa, But Better

Apr 1, 2022

The Mona Lisa is a portrait painted by Leonardo Da Vinci in the early 1500s. It’s one of the most famous paintings in the world and has been on display in the Louvre in Paris since 1797. It’s often said to be a masterpiece, a classic of the Italian Renaissance. But classics are overrated. The thing is, it’s pretty boring, right? The colors are dull. Her whole vibe is just… mid. You’re probably yawning now, and we get it. You’re not alone! So we’re challenging you to take the Mona Lisa from meh to magnificent! How to Enter Imagine. Think of all the different ways you can improve the Mona Lisa. The possibilities are truly limitless; it’s not like you can make it worse. Create. Now put that imagination into action and make a real work of art. Submit! Upload your masterpiece to DeviantArt with the tag #MonaLisaFixed. THIS CONTEST IS CLOSED One winner will see their new-and-improved version of the Mona Lisa displayed on a billboard! Rules The #MonaLisaFixed contest

Black History Month: Celebrating History and Art by team, journal

Black History Month: Celebrating History and Art

Feb 2, 2022

Black History Month is recognized and celebrated every February in the United States, as a means of preserving and sharing Black history, culture, and art. While it began as a week meant to emphasize the teaching of Black history in public schools in the United States, over time it grew in popularity and has since become a month of celebration in several countries around the world, the focus expanding to include enriching Black culture and looking toward the future. For Black History Month this year, DeviantArt is donating to four non-profit organizations that focus on art and education resources for Black communities. In this journal, we’ve included information so you can learn more about the organizations we’re donating to, as well as find resources to learn more about Black History Month. Organizations Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation The Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation is a multifaceted organization committed to preserving and building on the legacy of dancer and choreographer

Spread the Love for Valentines Day! by team, journal

Spread the Love for Valentines Day!

Feb 1, 2022

Create and share Valentines, and give Heart Badges to get the new Cupid Badge for your profile! Spread the Love Valentine’s Day is an annual celebration of love, and the perfect opportunity to show people that you have feelings for them! Create art for Valentine’s Day and submit it with the tag #Valentines2022 so other deviants can see the Valentine-themed art you share. If you’re not sure what kind of valentine you want to create, use these artworks as inspiration! Introducing the Heart Badge To celebrate the festivities of the season, you can now give Heart Badges to deviations and comments that you love! The Heart Badge will be available throughout the month of February, so you can show your love for art and comments that deviants share. All deviants who have visited DeviantArt recently while logged in (if you’re reading this, that includes you!) will receive 50 fragments on or soon after February 8th, so everyone has the opportunity to give out Heart Badges! Give Badges

Winners Announcement Milestones Contest by Malintra-Shadowmoon, journal

Winners Announcement Milestones Contest

Aug 11, 2021

Sorry for that kind of "old-fashioned" journal, but after I had tried several times to create a journal in DA which was not saved as draft, half deleted, unreadable and unpleasant - and of course, I did not want to let you wait any longer - I decided for this kind of announcement. I will contact all the donators for critiques, features, fragments and llamas and hope everything will be done before my vacation. :) After judging, the winners are announced as follows. Well, there is a new prize added, the "out of the comfort zone" prize. This is born out of two things. Both judges had different feelings about the special prize addition winner. S

Celebrating 21 Years of DeviantArt! by team, journal

Celebrating 21 Years of DeviantArt!

Aug 7, 2021

Get ready to celebrate! Whether you're a human or a website, turning 21 is a great reason to party. With such a milestone, there's no better way to kick off the festivities than with a ton of birthday activities to commemorate one more year around the sun. The next year is going to be a big one and we're excited to start with such a fun-filled celebration. Read more to learn how to earn this year's exclusive birthday Profile badge, then watch the video and join the scavenger hunt! Get the Badge! Happy 21st Birthday, Fella! Can you finish the meme? Five deviants created art of Fella in different genres and situations, and now we need you to

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About Mouselemur

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Artist // Hobbyist // Photography

Dec 3
Netherlands
Deviant for 12 years
Linktree Mouselemur Photography
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Website | Zoo Photography Instagram | Cat lovers' Instagram | Facebook | WildlifeReferencePhotos

*Our photography is protected through copyright. You are not permitted to copy, edit, use or distribute our photos without our permission. Our photos are not for sale as NFT and may not be used in AI; in case of either instance being discovered this qualifies as art theft.*

Hello! We are two sisters from the Netherlands, and together, we go by Mouselemur or Mouselemur Photography or even Portegiesje online.

As animal lovers and nature enthousiasts, we spend a lot of our free time either visiting zoos and cat cafés around the country or taking a walk in nature.

"May I use your photos as a reference?"

In using our photos as a reference, you have two options.

For high resolution versions of our best work, visit our profile on wildlifereferencephotos.
For reduced quality but a larger choice and more variety, get inspired by our DeviantArt gallery.

Since the quality of the work we share on DeviantArt has been reduced (to make it less appealing to steal them) we do not charge you if you want to use them as a reference. They are free to use.

However, there are a few conditions:

You ask permission before you use our photos as reference.
You create new, original work; this is not a license to freely distribute our photography elsewhere.
You do not use our photography to create art that is in any way offensive.
If you share your art online, you give credit for our reference photo through a mention (on DeviantArt), a tag (Instagram) or link.

*Permission once given, is granted for all future projects; you don't have to ask permisson to use every specific photo.

If you're a professional artist looking to sell your creations based off of one of our photos as a reference, you do not need to purchase a commercial license.

We truly enjoy seeing the results, and collect all art created by DeviantArt artists who have used our photos as a reference, in a favorites folder as a way to say thank you.

Want to know more? Read our FAQ.

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Get to know the photographers behind the name:

Tagged Questions, 2014
Our DeviantART Story, 2014
Admin interview with Amarantheans for @AnimalsPlantsNature, 2018
Interview on Curating Art with JustACapharnaum for @projecteducate, 2019
Interview on animal photography with @Pascua-Tanya for @Artistle, 2021
Or simply check out our website

Honored to have received different kinds of recognition for our work in the DeviantArt community:

Angels without Wings, August 2016

DA's Chronicle, July/August 2017

Deviousness (and subsequently seniorship), January 2019

Our Daily Deviations:

October 2019, "Night Fell On Our Glory Days"

April 2020, "Green Is All I See"

October 2020, "He Was a Teutonic Knight"

Literature

He Was a Teutonic Knight

Heaving one last sigh, Christian lowers his sword

June 2023, "Don't Mis A Thing"

Deviousness Award

Mouselemur is an influential force within the DeviantArt Community. These two dynamic sisters have been vivaciously supporting their fellow artists for years through their tireless work in several groups such as TandemFeatures, NaturesHaven and AnimalsPlantsNature. You'll also find them behind a plethora of features, highlighting up and coming artists around the site. Avid animal lovers, they post lovely wildlife photos that describe their zoo adventures and provide in-depth background on the species they showcase. Because of their undeniable dedication to the DeviantArt community we are thrilled to be awarding Deviousness for January 2019 to Mouselemur.

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Mar 15, 2024

On a different note: Looks like I won't be able to write my descriptions the way I used to anymore :( Sta.sh has been remodeled and resembles the rest of the website now. I like the new look, don't get me wrong, but a feature I use is now gone. Mainly: The original date of when my photos were taken... To re-cap: We are forever working with a backlog of photos. I think there's about 1k photos in sta.sh waiting to be submitted. I use old sta.sh writers to make a schedule of the photos I'm goin to submit, in order, each month. I then schedule those photos, going on the data shown and add those little tidbits in the discription (the when and where of each photo). Without the date visible to me in sta.sh it's very difficult to know when the photos was taken, and while I have a spreadsheets of dates and zoos we've visited, if I can't match the date I don't know where the photos was taken :nuu: Without knowing where the photo was taken, I'll have more trouble identifying some animals

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Mouselemur

Mar 14, 2024

Hi everyone :wave: Going through a rough patch here; our youngest cat has been diagnosed with FIP. A serious, life-threatening disease :( Luckily, there's an experimental, not yet fully legalised cure that has made it's way to the Netherlands. You'll understand a lot of our time and attention will be spent on helping her survive this disease and also provide our other cats with enough love. Please send good thoughts as we'll be spending the day at the animal hospital. UPDATE: The vets are optimistic - our cat's symptoms are - considering just how bad they can be - relatively mild. We caught it early so to speak, but she and we have a fight ahead of us. We were sent home with the medicine, and it'll be a harrowing 84 days of given it to her. Her mouth is like a vault and difficult to pry open, and while it's a capsule and can be opened to spread the powder medicine across her food, she can smell it so we're looking for ways to help her take the medicine.

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Mouselemur

Dec 31, 2023

Say Bye-Bye 2023

14 min read

At the end of each year, we take the time to reflect on that year and all that we saw and everything that happened. As I'm writing this, I can't help but think that over the past few years the world has become a lot scarier. I'm sure it's a matter of European white privilege, that one can know there's famine, war and genocide happening in the world but as long as it's outside of the "western world"? It barely makes the news, perhaps a byline every now and then. But once it gets too close, it becomes everyday news and you're actually facing it in the streets. Our hearts go out to everyone fleeing their homes and running for their lives - leaving behind everything and everyone they know. Civilian casualties are unacceptable collateral, but in the face of religious and political disputes it's always innocent bystanders - just trying to live through the day to see another tomorrow - who end up hurt. In the Netherlands too, we're facing a change due to the outcome of the November