Dave Shepard
Square peg, round world.
I have a new tenant in my sawmill shed/tiny house. Not sure nibbling the lawn in exchange for rent is going to work out as well as I'd hoped.
The Official Critter Thread
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BlackSmith
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BlackSmith
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I’ve been trying to get a shot of the triplets but they’ve been shy.
BlackSmith
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They’re a beautiful creature.
Marc-Antoine
TreeHouser
Big surprise yesterday morning in my garden, I saw a fox sunbathing on an old pile of chips. Big surprise because that's far from a wild area, more like a relatively dense urban environment with fence walls almost everywhere. I saw previously foxes time to time but only in the country nearby, most of them flattened on the road. My wife unknowingly disturbed him in his nap and he sneaked in the neighbor's yard by a crumbling wood door. Beside the birds, the wildest critters I saw here are hedgehogs and I know that they go through this same decayed door and a gap at the unfinished gate entry.
I read an article on people in the UK building hedgehog highways. This isn't the article, but it gives the reason why...
theconversation.com
Hedgehog highways: what are they and how to help build one
Hedgehog numbers may be stabilising in towns and cites, helped by routes through gardens.
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BlackSmith
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Check out the wound pic.
Take razor sharp, serrated teeth and add an insane level of brute strength borne of the wild.
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Take razor sharp, serrated teeth and add an insane level of brute strength borne of the wild.
Spearfisherman Attacked by Bull Shark Says It's a 'Blessing' He Kept His Hand
On July 29, a spearfisherman in the Gulf was attacked by a bull shark that tried to steal his fish. He says he's lucky to still have both hands.
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The only logical explanation for this attack is that the sharks have somehow learned that it's shark week on discovery. The doctor right there on the boat just waiting, cut proof dive gloves, quick little nibble and get away....there's just too many coincidences that all line up perfectly. I bet they had a meeting about it, decided that Steve over there in the corner was the perfect size to sneak in and out and to try to cause minimal damage, and they knew just the boat to go where he would have instant medical care. 
BlackSmith
Uncivil
Hummingbird Moth
CurSedVoyce
California Hillbilly
These suckers are a common complaint in fire zones. They can be in large numbers and have a good bite...
Treeaddict
Treehouser
Amazing! Never would have thought something like this existed.
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Ham the Astrochimp: Unwilling Simian Pioneer in the Space Race » Explorersweb
Early in 1961, NASA was scrambling for space supremacy. As rockets exploded on the launchpad, a brave but unwilling chimpanzee made a historic liftoff.
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5 mountain lions just passin thru
denvergazette.com
WATCH: Group of 5 mountain lions captured on Colorado security camera | OutThere Colorado
In footage that's sure to send chills down the spines of Coloradans with homes in remote, forested areas, five mountain lions were captured in a single home security camera clip
Treeaddict
Treehouser
They looked about the same size. Hard to believe that they were offspring. If they were, they were grown.5 mountain lions just passin thru
WATCH: Group of 5 mountain lions captured on Colorado security camera | OutThere Colorado
In footage that's sure to send chills down the spines of Coloradans with homes in remote, forested areas, five mountain lions were captured in a single home security camera clip
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Fitting wild sea lions with cameras to explore the Aussi sea floor.
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Move Over, Robots: Sea Lions With Cameras Can Map the Ocean Floor
Daphne, Phoebe, Iris and Pasithea demonstrated how marine mammals can help scientists understand mysterious places that humans may never visit.
Treeaddict
Treehouser
Yeah, I get it. I bet our hamsters could do that. Rodents are more trainable than I ever realized. That’s a good use for rats. There’s not a place they can’t squeeze into.
BlackSmith
Uncivil
Stinky Cat making her morning rounds.
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Namibia, Facing Drought, Plans to Kill Elephants for Meat
The Southern African country plans to butcher over 700 wild animals, including 83 elephants and 300 zebras, to feed people and, it hopes, cut down on dangerous cross-species encounters.
