【推荐1】Fennec foxes (耳廓狐) are the smallest fox in the world, weighing between 0.6 to 1.5 kilograms and standing only 20 centimeters tall. They look so sweet that you can’t help but entertain the thought of taking one home.

Originally coming from North Africa, the fennec fox can live in a range of desert environments and can be found throughout the Sahara desert and east to Sinai. They prefer dry areas with desert grasses or scrub vegetation.

Their ears half as long as their body not only help to give off much heat from the desert without sacrificing precious water by sweating, but also help them listen for their meal underground. Once the fox locates a tasty meal, it uses all four of its feet to start digging. In the wild, fennec foxes are big fans of insects, specifically locusts and grasshoppers. But they actually feed on everything from birds and their eggs to mice and small rabbits, significantly bigger than them. Fennec foxes tend to hunt at night, and they don’t like company when they do it.

During the day, fennec foxes like to hide themselves in shady spots to avoid the heat. They’re expert burrowers (掘穴动物), digging out tunnels that can reach up to 10 meters in length. They usually dig a series of these tunnels, with multiple exits so they can make a quick getaway if they have to. They often live in family groups of up to 10. Scientists have even found instances of multiple family groups sharing one complex den.

It’s not encouraged for anyone to have a fennec fox as a pet. They need special care, housing, and a diet that the average person usually cannot provide. While fennec foxes are commonly trapped for sale in the domestic pet trade, their main predators are certain large varieties of African owl, so they should be included as a threatened Species in time.

【推荐2】You may have visited antique stores and found cutting-edge goods in second-hand furniture stores, but have you ever stooping? On the streets of big cities at night, some young people are “looking for something”. Obsessed with the spiritual core of the old thing recycling, they fell in love with it. But what exactly is stooping?

In fact, this English word originally meant “bending over”, and now refers to a way of life of picking up discarded items and renovating and recycling old things, which originally emerged in New York and other foreign big cities.

Since the beginning of last year, the trend of “stooping” has spread to many big cities in China and many young people look for second-hand items such as discarded furniture on the streets, take home and repurpose them with a new look. In order to make the flow of information better, some “stoopers” have also built communities where group members can share “treasures” on the street with each other.

Mikiko, 27, is reportedly one of the first people in China to get involved in practicing stooping. At first, she posted online things that people no longer use, want to throw away, or exchange at home, and slowly hundreds of messages flooded in and since then, stooping has become more and more popular among young people. Mikiko admitted that she was surprised that the concept has become a hit on social media, as older generations often stigmatize picking up things from the street or using second-hand goods. “People like my mom consider stooping as’rubbish-picking’, and people will be looked down upon by doing this.” She even created an app called “Grecycle” where people can give away or take unwanted items for free, hoping people may realize that stooping can also be about doing good and helping others.

This generation of young people has given “new life” to old things, practiced social responsibility in their own environmentally friendly ways in life, and also contributed to the circular economy and sustainable society.

【推荐3】Driving has always been my escape. And then I have kids. Kids change the whole freedom of the road experience. They arrive in your backseat one day, like some crying VIPs that you need to carry around, and nothing is ever quite the same again.

These days, with three kids between the ages of 1 and 6 lined up in the backseat, I find that driving my car has become more about predicting what might erupt at any moment. So, for those of you about to become parents, here are some types of kids you’ll have in your car.

1. The Complainers

“Are we there yet?”

“Why is it taking so long?”

“I’m so bored that I hate your fat face, Dad!”

When kids are tired or feel a little annoyed, they complain. And nothing can make a car ride worse than a steady stream of complaint coming from the backseat.

2. The Boxers

Once you have two kids back there who’ve reached the age of 3 or 4, you can be absolutely certain that, if they are within even a long arm stretch of one another, they will hit each other in the face more frequently than most parents ever want to admit.

3. The Hungry Vikings

My kids attack the snack and let it fall anywhere they may. I don’t know why I continue to let my kids eat in the car. Maybe it’s because we’re on the go a lot? Maybe it’s because I’m a complete idiot? Regardless of the real reason, the fact of the matter is that kids under, say 15 seem to eat food in a moving vehicle much the same way that I imagine hungry Vikings used to tear a barely-cooked turkey leg whenever they set foot on shore after a long period at sea.

4. The Conversationalists

Kids are really great traveling companions a lot of the time-especially when they’re fast asleep. But when they’re just sitting back there talking to you, listening to you, and smiling at you in the rearview mirror (后视镜), those are the best times in the world.