An Original New Animal + a Trade offer

Hey Jammers! This Wild Weekend isn't as cool as ones we've had in the past, but I thought I'd just feature the couple of items I think are cool.

But this wasn't just a Wild Weekend– it was a full-on update! And the main star of this update is...

Baron Brightfire, the amazing camel!

I have to say that this camel design isn't too bad– I suspected it would be an obvious edit of the llama, so let's compare their designs:

Aaaand they're completely different! Props to you, AJHQ, for making an 100% original animal that genuinely looks like the real-life version :')

On a side note, when I was looking at pictures of llamas, something occurred to me:

The llama Alpha is named Andy. Why, you may ask?

Because llamas are native to the Andes mountains!!!

I wonder if there's any story behind the shark Alpha being named Drake... hmm

As promised, here are the couple of items from the Juno Wild Weekend that I think are worthwhile:

I like them both because they have that rough-around-the-edges style of AJ items that I've been missing in recent years. I think the mural in particular is more interesting than some of the other Juno furniture items because it's more lore-focused than simple and decorative.

Moving on, National Honeybee Day is also coming up:

I'm not sure if these fun facts are the same that they've always been, but it's good to have them nonetheless.

Something that not a lot of people realize, though, is that the bees that are most in trouble in America due to pesticides and habitat destruction are native bees, many of whom do not necessarily produce honey.

Let me introduce you to diadasia envata, also known as the sunflower bee:

Unlike honeybees, which are actually native to Europe, the sunflower bee is native to North and Central America– this means that they have evolved alongside other native American plants and animals for a much longer time (hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of years) than honeybees. 

And unlike the honeybees, who are generalists who will drink nectar from and pollinate just about any flower, the sunflower bee will only be found where there are sunflowers. Those are their absolute favorite flowers, and though I think they can also forage off of other flowers, they cannot exist without sunflowers. 

As you can imagine, honeybees have an easier time thriving in an America where native plant ecosystems are becoming scarcer and scarcer. They don't depend on any specific flower.

However, native American bees like sunflower bees depend on native American plants, which are losing habitat fast to human buildings.

Here's something you can do if you want to help these bees: 
typical garden flowers like tiger lilies or hydrangea are not native, and therefore cannot feed native bees (they just can't digest their nectar because they haven't evolved long enough alongside them). 
However, if you have any space at all to plant flowers, you can use plant databases like wildflower.org to see what flowers are native to your region. If you plant those, you can attract and feed native pollinators! 

I have a small garden of native plants that does just that, and you can't imagine the difference in wildlife I've seen since I started it three years ago. Maybe I should post a photo sometime :P

Before I go, one last thing:

I don't normally do this, but I've been searching for a long time and I just can't find it. If you have a blue Rectangular Coffee Table (image above ^), I am willing to trade some or all of the items below for it:

The green Rectangular Coffee Table I have is worth just the same amount as the blue one I'm looking for, but it's been so hard to find this item that I am willing to overpay my entire list for one.

Comment if you're interested!

Ok, time to keep working on my blog's header. See you in Jamaa!