Rudolph's not the only one who loves carrots! Rain, the Northern Luzon Cloud Rat, might not be the quietest eater - but she definitely enjoyed her carrot this morning! 💡 Did you know... Although cloud rats are currently abundant in their native habitats, their population stability is threatened by the destruction of their forest habitats as well as hunting (for food or for being crop pests). This species is legally protected from hunting, except by indigenous people using traditional hunting me

The shear line will continue to bring cloudy skies and rain over parts of Northern Luzon on Wednesday as weather may be generally fair for the rest of the country, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration said in its latest bulletin. | 🎥 : DOST-Pagasa Read more: https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1690766/shear-line-still-affecting-parts-of-northern-luzon-rain-likely-to-persist-pagasa | INQUIRER.net

🐀🌳 Not all ROUS' (rodents of unusual size) live in the Fire Swamp. Some, like the Northern Luzon giant cloud rat, live in the forests of the Philippines! These rodents can grow up to 30 in. long, not including their foot-long tail. 📏 Our animal ambassadors, Yzma Kronk, live at the Small Mammal House. . . . #NatZooZen #BringTheZooToYou #ClosedButStillCaring | Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute

Mount Pinatubo is an active stratovolcano in the Zambales Mountains in Luzon in the Philippines. Located on the tripoint of Zambales, Tarlac and Pampanga provinces, most people were unaware of its eruptive history before the pre-eruption volcanic activity in early 1991. Dense forests, which supported a population of several thousand indigenous Aetas, heavily eroded and obscured Pinatubo. Pinatubo is known for its VEI-6 eruption on June 15, 1991, the second-largest terrestrial eruption of the 20t