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"Are you laughing at ME? Because I don't see any other bats here."

Great work Grav

B-o-P did turn his head and look at me photographing him. I'm three feet away here with an 8x zoom.

Since January of this year, the Montgomery County Health Department has received reports of 7 positive Animal Rabies cases in Montgomery County: 3 raccoons Salford Township (1), Perkiomen Township (1), and Towamencin Township (1), and 2 skunks Upper Merion Township (1) and Upper Moreland Township (1), and 2 bats Horsham Township (1) and now in Upper Merion Township (1).


Bat of Prussia is missing his Bros he had wild and crazy fun with. :haha:

Aw crap. Well what do you think I should do?

They are close, but Bat of Prussia doesn't seem distressed, and you don't have a pet, so just don't handle him. Or train him to attack JWs and salesmen. ;)

I read up and bat to human rabies transmission is very rare, like one case per year or so. You pretty much have to be bit, and in order for that to happen they pretty much have to be in the house.

That's what I understood, the big danger is them getting indoors and freaking out.

It didn't click when Digr posted the don't care picture, went right over my head. :o So I did a Google image search and got nothing.
Then I Googled Bat of Prussia, and half the links on the first page were companies who do bat removal in King of Prussia. That warranted further investigation.

HeyIfoundyourkeys!

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Go ahead, pick 'em up...Whaddya mean 'you don't want 'em'?

I tawt I taw a puddy tat

I LOL'd, loudly, @ the 10 second mark..."Ah, shit!!"...:lol2:


That cougar looks to have an abscess/cyst or something on his neck/jaw area. Some kind of swelling.


ETA: Deer get those in the lower chest between the front legs sometimes. Usually filled with liquid (colloquially called a 'water cyst'), and harmless.

Life in Africa... notice the perimeter of pointy stones to discourage animals.
Bet they wish it was just the dog. :haha:

Loved that vid, Grav.
That walker has balls of steel - does all the right things.

Bruce, I have always had a slightly shuddery reaction to elephants. Even those I met close-up in Sri Lanka. That photo, to me, is more unhappy than most of those in the nightmare thread.

Score one for nature.

That's a well-done newscast by ABC.

But maybe the Ranger saying "Yellowstone is wild" is something of an exaggeration.
And a collar on a predator (1:40 mark) is not a Yellowstone pet tag.

I had to play the bit around the 1.40 mark a couple of times as I couldn't believe how close to the bear those people were in the hopes of getting a good photo!

Couldn't they just leave these things to National Geographic or the Discovery Channel? :eek:

It's funny, those folks wouldn't have paid $50-$100 to see a bear, but yet, they're willing to put their life and/or the lives of others on the line...People are stupid.

:eyebrow:

The animals are wild, plus the interaction of wildlife and people along the road are pretty wild in another sense. Especially Asian tourists, as every time they take a picture of some special attraction like a historic building, monument, or scenery, they have to be in the picture. Forerunner of the selfie, I guess.

The best one was the Ranger telling about a woman smearing peanut butter on her kids necks so she could get pictures of a bear licking them. :facepalm:

Not only are the animals wild. The RV camps get that way after dark.

And here is a "something of an exaggeration" to the other side...

Old Faithful Geyser
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Winter in Yellowstone
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That's a pretty good argument. I hadn't thought about it like that.

Parking at the most popular attraction, and snowmobiles on the road in winter, where cars would be in summer. But neither show hiking the 3500 sq miles of back country. Most people never see anything they can't see from the road.

Don't eat the Daisies carnations and chrysanthemums.

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I suppose if I spent good money on a floral tribute, I would resent having it eaten the same afternoon. But it does mean I know what to plant on Mum's grave if I outlive her. She would love the idea of squirrels coming to visit her.

I put a bird feeder on Slick's grave.

:)

Florida is holding their first bear hunt in 21 years, $100 in state, $300 out of state, and may have more hunters than bears.

I got a hat like that.

Now Florida has everyone worked up about bear hunting just hope it doesn't lead to a tragedy like this one in Alaska.

Please use it responsibly.

What is a responsibly?

I'm not really sure. I've consciously avoided the things most of my life.

:)

lol

While shooting a Teddy Bear, even a huge one, might be extreme, real Black Bears are vicious killing machines as show here.

Awww. He's just playing.
(I used to say that when Diz cut me to ribbons too)

Aww, such a sweet cuddly bear......never mind the fact they are vicious carnivores

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/black-be...-on-his-porch/

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...cent-attacks-/

Remember this little fella?

He took a grape out of Momdigr's hand yesterday.

She said "I just about squealed!".

:D

That's awesome. It's the little things like that that make life good.

:)

Wow, Momdigr's lucky. Pete's kind love human blood you know, go for the throat. :haha:

You mean these, from "The Lone Ranger"?

That's them!

Family of bears enjoys a Rockaway Twp, NJ pool.

Closer up.

Five cubs! :eek: That poor bear, I wonder if she knows octomom?

The cat whisperer will end up getting mauled. Mark my words.

I went through my vacation photos yesterday and got them organized over lunch.

This wildlife isn't exactly living next to nature.

What do you do when you come across a dead whale on a beach? Poke it with a stick, of course.

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It's much better to see living whales. Especially a rare Baluga. And a mommy and baby Right whale pair.
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Once I chose to mute the bear video I adored it.

Whiny child-voice made me want to bleach my eardrums. How did such a grounded-sounding Mum get such hideous children? ("My floatie, my floatie!")

Looks like the glatts had a whale of a time. :thumb:

Oh, a dead fish with bugs on it. Wait those aren't bugs, they're grizzly bears.:eyeball::eyeball:

!!!!

Cardinal chick on Popdigr's tree stand:

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Mama was fluttering and bouncing around the yard squeaking at the top of her lungs whilst I was taking the pix, trying to lure me away from her babby. I took a short video of it, but, I'm sure you've seen it happen. This was like that.

Believe it, or, don't, but, that teensy li'l feller flew away when mama came out. I was surprised he could fly as well as he did.

Oh you've got a little piece of - here, let me get that for you -

Reminds me of a dog thinking he's hidden behind a curtain. Yep he can't see me since I hid under this stick. :haha:

Some birds make sounds that are pretty strange, here's five of them.

Fear--It gives you wings! (apologies to Red Bull)

Damn dirty Crows, murder is common and sometimes arson. A thatched roof is especially vulnerable to their wicked ways. ;)

Perhaps they smoke to suppress their ravenous appetites.




Thanks, I'll be here all week. Try the blackbird pie.

hahahahahahaaaahahaha!

Crows am too clever to smoke.

Smart crows.

Yes, fix it with fire.