Animals

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Why is Sasquatch in the "Animals" thread?

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2 Dead As Search For Sasquatch Takes Tragic Turn
Volunteers "fought through freezing temperatures, snow, high water levels, heavy rain, downfall, and heavily wooded terrain" to find the pair, said authorities.

Spoiler:

Sasquatch didn't kill the fools.

... They were located “in a heavily wooded area” and “both deaths appear to be due to exposure, based on weather conditions and ill-preparedness,” said the sheriff’s office....

Or was it Sasquatch, indirectly?

Why is Sasquatch in the "Animals" thread?

They're not fungi like Matango or plants like Groot and Audrey II.

Yeti am open to suggestions, even Abominable ones. Your wisdom leaves a Bigfootprint. Which thread would you have chosen?

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2 Dead As Search For Sasquatch Takes Tragic Turn
Volunteers "fought through freezing temperatures, snow, high water levels, heavy rain, downfall, and heavily wooded terrain" to find the pair, said authorities.

Spoiler:

Sasquatch didn't kill the fools.

... They were located “in a heavily wooded area” and “both deaths appear to be due to exposure, based on weather conditions and ill-preparedness,” said the sheriff’s office....

Or was it Sasquatch, indirectly?

Why is Sasquatch in the "Animals" thread?

They're not fungi like Matango or plants like Groot and Audrey II.

Yeti am open to suggestions, even Abominable ones. Your wisdom leaves a Bigfootprint. Which thread would you have chosen?

Wall of weird?

[O Really]

Given what the two guys did, I might have put in Darwin Awards, but I'm just having some fun with it. But if you believe the pics, Sasquatch may be more humanoid than simian. I'm not really a Sasquatch believer, but I don't find it reasonable to dismiss the possibility out of hand. If you compare to other creature you know to exist, it isn't impossible for Sasquatch to exist yet be rarely if ever seen. Consider: there are 6,000 moose in northeast Vermont, yet you don't see one very often. There are about that many bears in WNC and how often do you encounter one hiking the forest. (Urban bears don't count here). Now how often when you do see a moose or bear in the forest do you have your camera immediately ready. More likely now, but before there were cellphone cameras, hardly any chance. And how often have you run across a dead bear or moose carcass? Wildcats, Florida Panthers, mountain lions, all exist and occasionally seen, but rarely. Now suppose a creature of at least ape-level intelligence, who is very rare, and really doesn't want public interaction. It doesn't seem unlikely to me at all that Sasquatch could be real and yet never reliably seen.

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Wall of weird?

I thought that was exclusively KINO. Oh wait, is he . . .

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Wall of weird?

I thought that was exclusively KINO. Oh wait, is he . . .

If the Bigfoot shoe fits....

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Given what the two guys did, I might have put in Darwin Awards, but I'm just having some fun with it. But if you believe the pics, Sasquatch may be more humanoid than simian....

Humanoids aren't animals?

My personal experience doesn't matter. I'm confident that one of the millions of Washington hunters over the decades would have nailed one or stumbled on a carcass.

You didn't say which thread would you have chosen.

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I don't know if Flat Rock counts a urban, but we had a resident on my mountain.

I've had two fleeting sightings in Dupont and two in Pisgah (in 25 years).

There were often nuisance type bears around Pisgah Inn.

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Given what the two guys did, I might have put in Darwin Awards, ...

You didn't say which thread would you have chosen.

Did too.

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Did too.

I even quoted it. Guess I put my Bigfoot in my mouth.

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FAFO, what happens when one dresses like a fish:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DFa9zL0SWVF/

Article

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8fspqCKiVM
Article

Patton Oswalt

IT’S STARTING.

We humans had a good run. Been nice.

I don’t welcome these new Overlords.

Years from now, when bees are running the world, this will be one of those anthropologic videos shown to young bees in school about a key moment in the evolution of their species - like when humans first used crude tools

Cue the theme from 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Michael Steele

Aww hell, we in trouble.

Is this the real life?! Is this just Fanta bee?!

On a long enough timeline, we are screwed.

"They're here to replace us......"

Nah, obesity and diabetes will get them first.

More posts at the link.

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https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8A73jLntSgQ

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https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8A73jLntSgQ

That is amazing, can't believe the owl was so calm.

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I even quoted it. Guess I put my Bigfoot in my mouth.

To quote GoCubs "If the Bigfoot shoe fits"

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That is amazing, can't believe the owl was so calm.

Real pro handling it. He never explained why he finds chimney birds after it's been windy. Do they perch and get blown into the hole? I love the dialogue.

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That is amazing, can't believe the owl was so calm.

Real pro handling it. He never explained why he finds chimney birds after it's been windy. Do they perch and get blown into the hole? I love the dialogue.

New to me, but my chimneys were capped.

Wildlife may use a chimney to hunker down and avoid cold air and wind during the winter, and some species may even use them as dens while giving birth, according to home solutions company HY-C. Capping a chimney can also prevent leaves, snow and other debris from falling down the shaft.
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/owl-cam ... p_catchall

Not unheard of.

https://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=Aw ... fr2=sb-top

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New to me, but my chimneys were capped.

Wildlife may use a chimney to hunker down and avoid cold air and wind during the winter, and some species may even use them as dens while giving birth, according to home solutions company HY-C. Capping a chimney can also prevent leaves, snow and other debris from falling down the shaft.
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/owl-cam ... 00201.html

Not unheard of.

https://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=Aw ... fr2=sb-top

Ah, thanks. Sounds like most choose to enter the chimney and just get stuck. I like this one (same story as you linked, different source):



Video, including indoor flight and release
https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/ ... 8ed6ed3e93

Better than a star or an angel!

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Philly Zoo’s 100-year-old tortoise gives birth to critically endangered hatchlings

... The zoo announced the hatching of four critically endangered hatchlings born to the Zoo’s oldest residents: Female Mommy and male Abrazzo, who are both estimated to be around 100 years old.



According to the zoo, Mommy is also the oldest first-time mom of her species.

The first baby tortoise hatched on February 27 and the animal care team is still monitoring eggs that could hatch in the coming weeks, said the Zoo....

“This is a significant milestone in the history of Philadelphia Zoo, and we couldn’t be more excited to share this news with our city, region, and the world,” said Philadelphia Zoo President & CEO Dr. Jo-Elle Mogerman. “Mommy arrived at the Zoo in 1932, meaning anyone that has visited the Zoo for the last 92 years has likely seen her. Philadelphia Zoo’s vision is that those hatchlings will be a part of a thriving population of Galapagos tortoises on our healthy planet 100 years from now.” ...

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Extinction
Colossal Biosciences Resurrects Long-Extinct Dire Wolf
Next up are woolly mammoths, dodos, and Tasmanian wolves.

Dire wolves went extinct around 12,000 years ago, at the end of the last ice age. Weighing around 150 pounds, they were about twice the size of today's gray wolves. Dire wolves roamed both North and South America, preying on ancient horses, camels, sloths, and bison.

Those are big wolves, "up to 243 pounds" I read.

Colossal Biosciences, the private company aiming to bring back from extinction the woolly mammoth, announced today that it had produced three dire wolf pups using genetic editing and cloning....

I'm excited about this. We need to be cautious, but there's no reason we can't restore these wild populations. After all, modern humans either were the chief cause or played a role in these species' extinction.

... The new dire wolves have thick white coat and are bigger than gray wolves, with more powerful shoulders, wider heads, larger teeth and jaws, and more muscular legs.

... Some native nations have expressed interest in eventually providing land where dire wolves can once again roam freely.

Colossal Biosciences continues its work to bring woolly mammoths ("as early as 2028"?), dodos, and the Tasmanian wolves back from extinction.

Woolly mammoths went extinct about 4000 years ago while the Egyptians were building pyramids. Dodos were ravaged by European sailors and Tasmanian wolves (tigers) finally succumbed to colonists.

I don't think that I would favor bringing back any species that weren't wiped out by humans, certainly not to release into the wild.

Your thoughts?