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Originally Posted by Griff (Post 932414)

and sardine cans.

What does this mean? Are you talking about real sardine cans or is that slang for something?

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Originally Posted by Griff (Post 932414)

Is that a compost heap?

She says it's a fire pit.

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Originally Posted by glatt (Post 932421)

What does this mean? Are you talking about real sardine cans or is that slang for something?

Maybe the sardine cans are for hanging on the fence, to rattle when the bear comes over/under, might turn him around, I suppose...I'd think the sardine stank might actually draw the bears.

I was thinking the sardine smell would cause the bears to snuffle and maybe lick, the electrified can?

There's a thought. A jolt to the tongue would deter me.

Well, from most chicks, anyway.

:D

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce (Post 932447)

I was thinking the sardine smell would cause the bears to snuffle and maybe lick, the electrified can?

Exactly. There is almost no fence that can stop a determined bear so you have to scare the bejesus outa them. Electric does not deter someone in a bear suit unless they make wet tongue contact or are convinced to pee on it.

Be vewy, vewy qwiet...I'm feeding wabbits.

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He (she?) seems rather fond of grapes...yeah, not the cheapest rabbit chow.

Name's Pete.

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The White-throated Needletail - the world's fastest flying bird - was thousands of miles off course after turning up at Tarbert on the Isle of Harris. It was first seen by two bird spotters from Northumberland on Monday. There has not been a sighting of the species in Britain since 1991 when a single bird was seen four times - in Kent, Staffordshire, Derbyshire and finally Shetland.

Twitchers are Brit bird watchers who upon hearing of a rare bird sighting, will travel to the location to trying to notch their binocular belt. This is the ninth sighting in Britain since 1846.

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"Once the news was spread on the evening, many birders started preparing for the long journey north in the hope of catching up with the bird," said Mr Duffield. "Unfortunately after showing very well to the delight of all present yesterday - probably around 40 people in the morning with others arriving in the afternoon - it was seen to hit the blade of a small wind turbine in Tarbert and was killed.

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He added: "The corpse will be sent to a museum but obviously this is just terrible. Some people will have lost the cost of their flights.

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Grav, that's such a slice of gorgeousness!
(Slick would have thought so too... in a different way)

Bruce, I didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
Poor birdie.

Wind power's unintended consequence. Happens pretty frequently.

I've read the stats on bird kills from these things and don't get it. I've seen a lot of wind turbines and they look like they're turning very slowly. I've also seen a lot of birds and most of them look like they can move and maneuver pretty quickly. I guess the turbines are moving faster than they look because they are so big...

...and the birds don't avoid them because they're busy texting.;)

Pretty much. They're massive. I saw one (in pieces) on a trailer on the highway.
I was amazed at how big - shocked really.

OK, I found this for a NJ wind farm.

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Depending on wind conditions the blades turn at rates between 10 and 20 revolutions per minute. Considering the length of the blades, at average wind speeds of 13 to 15 mph, the tips are traveling at 120 mph. At maximum wind speeds, the blade tips are spinning at an estimated 180 mph.

Reminds me of the Chinook blades spinning at 102 rpm, with a tip speed of near 500 mph.

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Originally Posted by classicman (Post 932769)

Pretty much. They're massive. I saw one (in pieces) on a trailer on the highway.
I was amazed at how big - shocked really.

Caught this coming off I-65 back in 2010:

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yes yes yes! You posted that then. thanks for reposting.

And to think that is just ONE blade. smh

I'm always a little amazed by the size of the hub to which that blade must bolt.

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Originally Posted by Sundae (Post 932736)

Grav, that's such a slice of gorgeousness!
(Slick would have thought so too... in a different way)

Glad you liked it. Those are grapes we've been feeding them, in the pic and vid, not the world's largest rabbit droppings.

Slick used to sit in the window and watch the rabbits, squirrels, and birds, and give out these little tiny barks, for lack of a better word, a quiet, abbreviated, little chopped off beginning-of-a-meow.

He tried a squirrel once. He didn't think too highly of the experience.

They're getting so big if we put power to them so they spin backward, we could speed up the earth rotation. :haha:

What a croc..
Police have been alerted after a scaly reptile was apparently Spotted in a stream between Clevedon and Kingston Seymour, along Lower Strode Road.
Hang on tight to that leash, Carruthers. :haha:

Mountain lion stories are increasing again. Oddly two cats have been called black which isn't supposed to be a thing among mountain lions but who knows? The other two had typical coloration. I know one guy very well who saw a dark one recently on his way home from work. He was very impressed with the size of the tail. That was around Speedsville, NY and I think the other was near Springville, PA. I've got to get some googly eyes for the back of my helmet.

Or a generator on the pedals for a perimeter wire. :speechls:
I should think a big cat around your way would have plenty of food sources, and although you're quite handsome, I don't think you look tasty. But what do I know, you might taste like chicken.
Still, a cat's a cat, so they just might fuck with you for shits and giggles.

Would that be KO-52?

I notice they didn't manage to de-claw a honey badger.

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CBSNews article

Damn straight they're dangerous, they're after my nuts, Chipmunks too. :unsure:

Less-cropped version of the snake-eater squirrel:

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"...down to the last two inches..."

That must have filled that squirrel to the gills.

sounds like he stopped at the snake's ass.

"ew, it's bad now. ptui!"

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Originally Posted by BigV (Post 933563)

sounds like he stopped at the snake's ass.

Or he stopped at the cloaca.

Some squirrels just don't go downtown.

:jig:

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce (Post 933489)

Damn straight they're dangerous, they're after my nuts, Chipmunks too. :unsure:

All sensate creatures want your nuts, hon.

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A juvenile great white beached itself while trying to catch seagulls off Chatham, Massachusetts. Thanks to the harbor master and beach-goers, this shark was saved.

I've heard of jumping the shark, but that's the first time I've ever seen someone jump-starting a shark.

Good job.

Living next to nature, coexisting with respect, but don't overdo it.

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He went to Jared!

A tow-fer, today...A drunk squirrel (no pic), and a guy sees a super-rare English pine marten.

Squirrel Has Too Much To Drink, Gets Thrown Out Of Bar

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We've all gone a little nuts at a bar.

An English squirrel broke into a Worcestershire pub, causing more than $400 in damages after going on a drunken tirade, the Western Daily Press reports.

Sam Boulter, the 62-year-old owner of the Honeybourne Railyway Club, walked in Sunday night to see the rodent ransacking the place. Beer and smashed glass bottles littered the floor, according to the BBC.

"There were bottles scattered around, money scattered around and he had obviously run across the bar's pumps and managed to turn on the Caffrey's tap," Boulter told Western Daily Press. "He must have flung himself on the handle and drank some as he was staggering around all over the place and moving a bit slowly."

The squirrel, who refused to leave the premises or pay for damages, was eventually ejected from the establishment through a window.

"It's safe to say he is now barred from the club for life," Boulter told the paper.

A close friend of the squirrel (and totally real source) told HuffPost Weird that his buddy was on a bender, having recently gone through a divorce and forced to take out a second tree mortgage. His kids never call, but still come by once in a while to take his acorns.

The peanut packing plant he worked at shut down, and the only way for him to cope with his own miserable existence has been to drown his sorrows in booze, according to the source.

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The First Sighting of This Small Carnivore in a Century Is a Big Deal

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For the first time in a century, a pine marten has been spotted in England, roaming the forested hillsides of Shropshire along the country’s border with Wales.

The cat-sized member of the mustelid family (mink, weasels, etc.) was photographed by amateur wildlife enthusiast David Pearce, who sent the photos in to the Shropshire Wildlife Trust last week. There Stuart Edmunds, the Trust’s communications officer and an avid pine marten searcher was able to verify the discovery.

Though native to England, Pine martens have been extinct in the country since 1915, mostly due to forest clearing (they like nice, heavy tree cover), fur trappers, and systematic eradication (farmers and landowners saw them as varmint). Still, pine martens are thriving in Scotland, where 4,000 are estimated to roam, and a smaller population persists in Wales, where the Shropshire marten is thought to have originated.

So, Why Should You Care? While pine martens are still common in much of Europe, the animals’ disappearance from England has left a hole in the country’s ecosystem, and American gray squirrels have filled it. The nonnative rodents have taken over much of the territory of Britain’s native red squirrels. They also destroy young trees, hindering the establishment of new forests.

In Ireland, where some 2,700 pine martens reside under legal protections, gray squirrel populations have crashed wherever pine martens have expanded. At the same time, red squirrel numbers have risen in areas once dominated by the gray squirrels. The reason? Gray squirrels are just a bit slower and heavier than their red counterparts, and that makes them easier meals for pine marten.

Edmunds, who runs the Wildlife Trust’s Shropshire Pine Marten project, has been on the hunt for a true sighting of the animal the past five years. He’s investigated multiple supposed pine marten sightings, but they’ve all turned out be cases of mistaken identities—cats, mink, and even squirrels—or unverifiable until now.

“Many people have questioned my sanity for a while now for dedicating so much of my time investigating sightings,” Edmunds said. “Although two other photos [of pine martens] have been taken in the last decade, those cases were thought to be photos of escaped pine martens that escaped wildlife parks/sanctuaries. It is likely that this marten is completely wild, so this is a very important record.”

Important because it shows that England can once again provide habitat for the pine marten, which is thought to have been once the second most common carnivore in the country.

Edmunds hopes this most recent sighting will rekindle interest among conservationists to restore the species in England. Early plans have looked at capturing martens from Scotland for re-release in potential pine marten habitat sites in England and Wales.

Leggo my mama, you bastard.

I almost put this in the 'What Is This' thread...

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So...What is it?

Is it a bear? Is it the most muscular fucking mountain lion that ever lived? Arnold Schwarzencougar?

It's hanging around Milwaukee, and they're not sure what it is, either.:yelsick:

Looks like a fuzzy bear to me.

Fuzzy wuzzy was a bear.
Fuzzy wuzzy had no hair.
Fuzzy wuzzy wasn't very fuzzy.
Wuzzy?

Fuhget about the lion! We need to take care of the crazed deer population NOW! Run, don't walk, to your nearest home improvement superstore to find a bag of Uncle Ian's Crazed Deer Repellent! Or maybe the deer just got ahold of those wax lips/teeth things we had as children.

(This is actually on a bag at the store. I have pointed it out to cow orkers, none of whom had ever noticed it before. One dum bass (not on our crew) got all puffed up as he explained to me "it's photoshopped, see? it's supposed to look scary, see?" To which I pointed out there's a FLUFFY BUNNY [fluffy bunny not pictured] and a FRISKY SQUIRREL right next to it, and THEY don't have Crazy Mouth.)

So off I went looking for "deer teeth" in google....
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Musk deer:

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Also try water deer

From HuffPo

Baby Owl Questioned In Owlbsolutely Adorable Police Encounter

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Whoooooo's this shady character?

A sheriff's deputy in Boulder County, Colorado, came across this suspicious baby owl last week. As you can see in the clip above, she proceeded to interrogate the little bird.

After a brief and clearly tense standoff, it seemed clear the northern saw-whet owl was guilty of being owl-bsolutely owl-dorable.

One Twitter user asked if the owl revealed how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop.

"The owl wouldn't give anything up," the department wrote in response.

They also wrote that the encounter took place near the Rainbow Lakes Campground in Nederland.

"After some curious head twisting (on both sides) it safely flew away," the agency wrote in its YouTube description.

Please don't tell him I LOLed. I don't want my eyes pecked out.

We kid the Aussies about Drop Bears and all the deadly wildlife they have.
Well, be that as it may, we've got a few ourselves. :blush:

Crikey me, is that Arizona?
Not going there, no thanks.

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Originally Posted by Sundae (Post 934739)

Crikey me, is that Arizona?
Not going there, no thanks.

Yes, but look at dear old Wyoming. Another good reason to like the place. :thumb:

To be fair, Wyoming might be packed with species we don't know about because there aren't any damn people there... What is it about hot desert-y climates like Australia and Arizona that lend themselves to venomous evolution?

That chart must include insects and arachnids. Virginia has like 2-3 species of poisonous snakes, but that's all I can think of without getting into bugs.

And why the hell would the eagle video get deleted by the owner?

Not only that, but I'm pretty sure it includes species that are technically venomous but could never really hurt something as big as a person, like Daddy Long-Legs spiders.

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Originally Posted by glatt (Post 934753)

That chart must include insects and arachnids. Virginia has like 2-3 species of poisonous snakes, but that's all I can think of without getting into bugs.

Not poisonous, venomous. Bugs? Absolutely. Plus ex-wives, and politicians. ;)

VENOMOUS SPIDERS FOUND IN EACH STATE
That's incomplete because PA has recluse spiders also. One of the guys I worked with got bit. Nasty results. And climate change will see all of them moving north.

VENOMOUS SNAKES FOUND IN EACH STATE

VENOMOUS SCORPIONS FOUND IN EACH STATE

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce (Post 934729)

Fly like an Eagle.

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This video has been removed by the user.

:mad:

The Eagle video was evidently sold to CBS News.
It's here, but with commercials. :(

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Bat of Prussia is still hangin' in there, six weeks later.