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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2009 13:07:24 GMT
Here is one of a moose that spent nearly a year with us, she had a habit of putting her nose to the living room window, or suddenly appearing behind you or following you around. We miss her. Feeding pigeons in Montreal: (Contained) wildlife, at the zoo. (my son is the tough looking dude on the left)
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Post by spindrift on Aug 3, 2009 18:23:24 GMT
What a handsome boy
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2009 21:03:36 GMT
He is that, looks like his dad, except his dad is a blue eyed blond
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2009 14:26:46 GMT
We often find different little creatures outside, in the past we've come across small snakes, rats, mice, squirrels, skunks, frogs, even eagles and bats...the list is endless.. Yesterday, my son found this toad, and he named it 'Warty', it'll probably be released later on today.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2009 16:50:12 GMT
Not too much wildlife in Paris, except for rats and pigeons.
Many years ago, there was a major abandoned area (now the site of the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie) that was absolutely full of wild rabbits.
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Post by spindrift on Aug 8, 2009 19:28:56 GMT
I love Warty! He's fun I only have birds coming into my garden...robins, blackbirds, pigeons, doves, maybe a magpie and seldom a crow.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2009 19:35:00 GMT
Warty is kind of cute, I must admit! He kind of looks at you with those big 'ol eyes. I don't want to pick him up though, I'll let the guys do that I did catch a grasshopper for him earlier on though.
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Post by hwinpp on Aug 12, 2009 8:35:43 GMT
I had a little green pit viper living under the stairs to my apartment. I saw it sometimes catching the early morning sun. I've also seen a couple of other snakes, even in a bar once. Scorpions are everywhere, including once inside my bedroom. I haven't seen tarantulas in the wild though they must be around because people eat them. The only mammal I've seen was a jackal in the forest in the northeast. There's still a fair bit around in Cambodia, because people are too scared to poach in areas that haven't been demined.
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Post by traveler63 on Aug 13, 2009 15:27:19 GMT
We have had a raccoon on our little wall. We have also had a herd of javalina going down our little street to the wash. They come because our townhouse area houses have oak trees in front of their homes. They product acorns and the javalina love to eat them. Our next door neighbor called us one night in May to tell us that she heard something and her cat was going crazy. We went out and there they were, had moved across the street and there must have be 2 dozen of them, just munching away. Eventually they went around the last house on our street and down into the wash. Some of our friends that live in the foothills have bobcats and cougars that come down from the mountains and drink from their pools. Every spring we have many sightings.
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 13, 2009 15:49:12 GMT
I love the idea of HW's pretty little snake quietly sharing the residence.
T63, that is amazing about so much large wildlife in Tucson. I would have thought that the growth of the city would have pushed all the native creatures out long ago.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2009 17:20:22 GMT
hwinn, you have scorpions? That would freak me out no end. Are those vipers poisonous? I had a slimy garter snake in my couch one time, I was sitting down and it crawled out, a horrible memory! It must have just slithered in the front door, as far as I could make out. traverler, do you live out in the countryside too? A friend saw a bear the other day, on the highway, I'm still waiting to see one though, as long as I don't bump into it while walking the dog
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 13, 2009 21:18:57 GMT
Snakes aren't slimy!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2009 21:32:24 GMT
I'll never get a photo of my mice until they are dead, because I only ever catch a fleeting glimpse out of the corner of my eye.
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Post by traveler63 on Aug 13, 2009 23:52:09 GMT
Actually, no I don't live in the countryside. I live on the east side of Tucson in a townhouse in a very populated area with lots of people around and shopping mall close. That doesn't stop the animals from visiting. We haven't had any of the cats around us. What we do have is washes that wind thru out town, and the animals will follow the washes.
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Post by hwinpp on Aug 18, 2009 8:38:40 GMT
D, yes, a couple came into our room one day but we only found one at first. My girlfriend whacked it but warned me there'd be one more around. Sure enough the second one climbed into my bed and stung (stinged? stang?) my thumb. But then it got rolled over and I found it the next morning when I woke up. The sting wasn't terriblt painful but my whole hand got swollen for 4 days.
Yes, the pit viper is poisonous but it always slithered away when I opened the door. And in the rainy season it kept frogs out of the house.
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Post by imec on Aug 20, 2009 4:15:42 GMT
Yellowstone Park
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 20, 2009 4:35:20 GMT
Beautiful pics, Imec! There are many buffalo in Quartz Mountain State Park* in Oklahoma. There are also many, many signs warning people not to mess with the buffalo. We watched dumbfounded as a guy gets out of his car and leads his three-year-old up to a reclining buffalo to pet it. Aaaargh, people! * linking to Quartz Mountain's website so everyone can see the truly fabulous 360° view feature there: www.quartzmountain.org/
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Post by Deleted on Aug 30, 2009 18:37:18 GMT
hwinpp, your gf is very brave! Gosh, the thought of a scorpion crawling into bed, just gives me the shivers. Did you have to see the doctor about your hand? imec, those are great pics! I can't imagine every trying to pet it though! Well, we finally released 'Warty' here's one of him/her just before we let it go, it didn't come out very clear, but anyway:
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Post by hwinpp on Aug 31, 2009 9:37:44 GMT
I thought I already posted these: These are not the kind we killed in the house. Those were a brightish yellowish colour. I think killing these potentially dangerous critters is not so much a question of bravery, more of panicky necessity. When we lived in Malaysia one of our dogs once found a cobra entering the house and started barking. My mother grabbed a broom and beat it into mush although there are few things she hates more than snakes or eels and refuses even looking at them.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2009 14:30:47 GMT
hwinpp, those can be considered wild life and insects, so we get to see them twice!
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Post by spindrift on Aug 31, 2009 18:49:42 GMT
Imec - those were buffalo in the Yellowstone? What are bison then? Deyana - so Warty has gone! Hwinpp - I'd be very scared of snakes. I've had two close snake encounters in Africa...one was with a puff adder (fairly deadly) in Botswana and I don't know the other variety. It fell from a makuti roof onto my bed in Mombasa.
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Post by bixaorellana on Aug 31, 2009 19:39:06 GMT
More than you ever wanted to know: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_BisonYes, they are usually called bufflo, even though they are really bison. This is called a buffalo nickel, for example. A song that went "Oh give me a home where the American Bison roam ......" wouldn't sound so great.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2009 20:49:39 GMT
hmmm...I wonder what Bison tastes like? It's probably not a nice thought, but every time I see chickens running around on a farm, I wonder what they would look like on a platter with mint sauce! Same with the cows down the road, although the horseradish might go better with them. Crikey, I'm becoming a ruthless hunter, just like the rest around here... Good job I don't like fried Toad! (sorry folks, I'm in a weird mood). Sprindrift, yep, we let Warty go, I thought it was about time, he needs to find a place to hibernate for the winter. We do that each year with the little critters we normally find around.
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Post by spindrift on Aug 31, 2009 22:19:49 GMT
I love the word 'Critters'....I can't imagine myself saying it over here in the UK. Perhaps I will try when I next see my best friend. She'll be speechless. I'm not sure how to phrase the sentence. It might be 'have you seen any critters running around your garden lately?'.... How else could I introduce the concept of critters? I'll tell you her reaction Ha ha.... Bixa - buffalo are bison then.... BUT African buffalo(e)s don't look similar at all!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2009 23:44:49 GMT
Spinny, don't forget, when you say 'critters' you have to drawl it out a bit, that'll confuse 'em good
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Post by Deleted on Aug 31, 2009 23:46:17 GMT
hahaha, Bixa, you wouldn't believe how close I am to being almost exactly like that now!
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Post by spindrift on Sept 1, 2009 8:45:41 GMT
Bixa - I watched the Beverly Hillbillies link twice...but no mention of critters. Are those people in the car meant to be Critters?
I must seem so stupid. You'd have a great laugh at me with our language differences!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 1, 2009 14:38:18 GMT
The critters are probably living under their hats, Spindrift. ;D
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Post by Deleted on Sept 2, 2009 15:38:28 GMT
damn... just found this little wild baby rabbit on the kitchen floor. It's no longer alive. The cat was sitting next to it.
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Post by spindrift on Sept 2, 2009 16:30:08 GMT
poor bunny
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