Animals

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I feel her pain.

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I feel her pain.
https://x.com/AMAZlNGNATURE/status/1844796510002684351

I've done that.


Wildlife numbers fall by 73% in 50 years, global stocktake finds

I've seen my share of wild animals and had/have the opportunity to see many more. My young family won't have those choices.

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New resident in my bird house:

This could be you someday, Uncle Whack:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shqhZgI62eM

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Monkeys still on the loose in South Carolina as authorities scramble to recapture them

Forty-three monkeys,who escaped their facility in South Carolina, were still on the loose Friday morning, the Yemassee Police Department told USA TODAY, though they had been located and efforts were being made to recapture them.

The rhesus macaques primates, described as "very young females weighing approximately 6 - 7 lbs," escaped from Alpha Genesis, a primate research facility in Yemassee, a small town about 26 miles from Beaufort, around 1 p.m. Wednesday, the Yemassee Police Department said in 5:50 p.m. advisory Thursday....

This is how Planet of the Apes started

Democrats turn on Moo Deng after she accurately predicts Donald Trump's presidential win

Moo Deng, the adorably sassy pigmy hippo from Thailand, landed in hot water with Democrats after she accurately predicted the outcome of this year's U.S. presidential election.

The viral sensation cast her "vote" on Monday, choosing her candidate from two fruit and veggie cakes, one with Vice President Kamala Harris' name on it and the other with Trump's....

It didn't take long for Moo Deng to make up her mind, choosing to munch and crunch on the Trump cake, according to a video posted to X by Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Thailand's Chonburi province. Moo Deng's mother, on the other hand, chose the Harris cake.

Social media, particularly X, has not been a particularly friendly or welcoming place for Moo Deng, or her supporters in the past 36 hours.

Some Democrats have come for the global treasure, writing mean messages, hurling insults and even threatening violence after Harris lost.

Boo hiss

Others have to come Moo Deng's defense.

She is a baby hippo after all.



... The pigmy hippo whose name means "bouncing pig" drew the attention and captured the hearts of social media users in September because of her cute features and sassy personality. Her "clumsy adventures" were posted by zoo visitors on social media, where she and her family have built a relatively large fanbase....

How quickly everyone turns once you make it political

The hate on moo deng is becoming insane

Moo Deng more accurate than @AllanLichtman

Stop being mean to moo deng not her fault she can predict the future.. she isnt even an american citizen

PREDICTED DOESNT MEAN ENDORSED STAY AWAY FROM MY GIRL

Are people trolling or they actually mad at the hungryhungryhippo?

so glad i never liked her

she didn’t predict-she decided

More tweets at the link.

These Dems are just angry that Bouncing Pig is smarter than us. Just look at her, they'll lose this fight, too.

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This is exactly how some horror movies begin:

‘Shocking:’ These squirrels are hunting and eating other rodents
'We had never seen this behavior before.'




California Ground Squirrels Hunting Voles

California ground squirrels
Figures. All the weirdos are there I will never see squirrels the same way again.

[GoCubsGo]

California ground squirrels
Figures. All the weirdos are there I will never see squirrels the same way again.

Don't tell Useless.

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California ground squirrels
Figures. All the weirdos are there I will never see squirrels the same way again.

Don't tell Useless.

Why? Even carnivorous squirrels have standards.

[GoCubsGo]

California ground squirrels
Figures. All the weirdos are there I will never see squirrels the same way again.

Don't tell Useless.

Why? Even carnivorous squirrels have standards.

Cause you're prejudiced against California squirrels.

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California ground squirrels
Figures. All the weirdos are there I will never see squirrels the same way again.

Don't tell Useless.

Why? Even carnivorous squirrels have standards.

Cause you're prejudiced against California squirrels.

Ah. Screw that. Hey Useless, your squirrels are scary, weird and well, squirrelly, just like you.

[O Really]

At the park close to us, the squirrels chase the dogs. At least the smaller ones. And small kids occasionally. They are still mad they didn't get the job instead of the rabbits in "Holy Grail"

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At the park close to us, the squirrels chase the dogs. At least the smaller ones. And small kids occasionally. They are still mad they didn't get the job instead of the rabbits in "Holy Grail"

Do they ever catch a small dog or small kid? What then?

[O Really]

They probably catch one about as often as the dogs/kids catch squirrels which is basically never.

[GoCubsGo]

They probably catch one about as often as the dogs/kids catch squirrels which is basically never.

Don't tell that to my dog.

Six last year, two the year before and two this year.

[O Really]

You've got a very quick dog or slow squirrels. Does your dog sneak up on them?

[GoCubsGo]

You've got a very quick dog or slow squirrels. Does your dog sneak up on them?

LOL

Both.

He can run like crazy and is Border Cillie agile.

He usually starts out in full chase mode then transitions to stalk and hunt and is very stealthy. But he's only caught them in fall during the feeding frenzy and when they're focused on caching acorns.

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You've got a very quick dog or slow squirrels. Does your dog sneak up on them?

LOL

Both.

He can run like crazy and is Border Cillie agile.

He usually starts out in full chase mode then transitions to stalk and hunt and is very stealthy. But he's only caught them in fall during the feeding frenzy and when they're focused on caching acorns.

What distracted squirrel can possibly hope to defend itself against "Border Cillie agile"?


Pleistocene Park ?
DNA tech is at or near the point of enabling the creation of woolly mammoth hybrids. Some scientists argue that humans causing or contributing to mammoth extinction make it morally acceptable or even mandated to bring the mammoth back. What do you think, should we?

My opinion:

Spoiler:

If Sam Neill, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum are on board, so am I.

[GoCubsGo]

You've got a very quick dog or slow squirrels. Does your dog sneak up on them?

LOL

Both.

He can run like crazy and is Border Cillie agile.

He usually starts out in full chase mode then transitions to stalk and hunt and is very stealthy. But he's only caught them in fall during the feeding frenzy and when they're focused on caching acorns.

What distracted squirrel can possibly hope to defend itself against "Border Cillie agile"?


Pleistocene Park ?
DNA tech is at or near the point of enabling the creation of woolly mammoth hybrids. Some scientists argue that humans causing or contributing to mammoth extinction make it morally acceptable or even mandated to bring the mammoth back. What do you think, should we?

My opinion:

Spoiler:

If Sam Neill, Laura Dern and Jeff Goldblum are on board, so am I.

Some scientists argue that humans causing or contributing to mammoth extinction

Huh?

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Some scientists argue that humans causing or contributing to mammoth extinction

Huh?

It's proven that humans hunted mammoths. The open question is how much that added to the population's demise. If significant, the argument is that we should undo the harm.

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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?