WILD ANIMAL ENCOUNTERS
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Porch lizard!
eta I’m pretty sure I airdropped this to a complete stranger, I hope they enjoy it.
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@lordbelh I’m afraid so. At one point I witnessed my 14 month old cat, Heimdall, shove a mouse back into its hiding place with his big paw because he decided he wasn’t done playing cat-and-mouse with it. Really awful. I thought he was a himbo but actually he’s a terror.
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@sao My old cat was a terror, too. I know their ways from first hand experience.
If only all they murdered were pests! Anytime he brought home a lil birdie, though, I felt guilty as hell. I know its a wildlife problem.They’re so cute and loving at home. Outside the door, they’re mass murdering psychopaths.
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@lordbelh mine do not go outside! but they’re definitely awful murderers of intruders. never mind that some of these mice have probably lived here longer than they have (oh god).
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@sao Mine was always an outdoor cat, I inherited him. Never got another once he passed. If I did, it’d have to be some indoor cats, though.
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@sao said in WILD ANIMAL ENCOUNTERS:
My cats have been murder spreeing my rodent problem. As of last night they have killed 13 since I brought them home. … so I definitely have/had a rodent problem. @Tori can you set Lizzie loose in the attic or would this risk her precious wiggly body?
She is such a SKITTISH cat, even now! I think she would claw me apart before I could get up the ladder to the garage
It took months to even get her to go into the garage to use the potties.I’d try to put Piggy up there, but he’s nearly as much as a scaredy cat and, y’know. Big boi. Plus he isn’t a killer. He just likes to play and then gets bored.
My pest guy has put traps up there and will be back again Friday or Monday to check them again. I really REALLY hate mouse traps, but they don’t like re-release them into the wild or anything
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We lived in the country - mice in the house was standard - when we gained a crotchety old tomcat who was ludicrously intelligent. We rapidly came to an arrangement with Zappa; he brought us dead mice, he got tuna. 14 mice in 10 days, worked like a treat.
Unfortunately, this cat was too smart. After he’d emptied the house of its rodents, every time he wanted a bit of tuna in his diet, he brought us a dead rodent. So after a while he was getting a bit podgy, and we stuck him on a diet.
5 mice in one day.
He got his tuna, and we decided that a cat who can catch five mice in a day probably didn’t need a diet. Diet ended, everyone was happy, and we realised that our cat had grasped the basic principles of economics.
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Got out of my car today, and noticed a belly-up bug that had passed on in the parking spot next to me. Understandable, as it’s a billion degrees out, but holy heck I had no idea we even had these where I live. It’s like the size of a really thick thumb.
My partner absolutely loves to draw from life, and doesn’t shy away from bugs, so I scooped this poor passed-on little dude up and on my way to my apartment, a neighbor stopped me to chat. Imagine trying to hold a serious conversation while delicately holding one of these fellas by the carapace and basically hiding it behind your back like a bad sitcom:
Eastern Hercules Beetle, Male - Courtesy of Google ImagesFor like 10 minutes. I do not know how I got away with that.
My ‘gift’ was absolutely adored when I got home, though.
Squeal, eyes lighting up like it was Christmas, and everything.
Worth it.
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@Solstice I love this story so much.
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Whales pass through the sound between my island and the mainland. I barely caught one on film from my terrace. Checked it afterwards, so pleased with myself, and it’s basically a black blotch briefly breaking the water.
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@lordbelh said in WILD ANIMAL ENCOUNTERS:
Whales pass through the sound between my island and the mainland. I barely caught one on film from my terrace. Checked it afterwards, so pleased with myself, and it’s basically a black blotch briefly breaking the water.
I love this!
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@lordbelh said in WILD ANIMAL ENCOUNTERS:
A relatable picture of me poking my head out of the covers in the morning.
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DID SOMEONE SAY WHALES
When I lived in Florida I’d have to cross a bridge across a bay to work and occasionally I would see dolphins. I couldn’t take pictures because I was driving very fast with traffic HOWEVER I have recreated the experience to fully immerse you.
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@Yam I’M IMMERSED. I CAN SMELL THE FRESH SEA AIR.
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@Yam pls doodle illustrate your daily life and sell it as a book so I can buy it
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@sao rofl
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My dog Braum certain he saved me from imminent death this morning at the hands of a deer.
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@Apos Good boy Braum. Many ear strokes.
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@Apos tell me how you acquired a pet cloud
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That’s not a cloud. It’s a polar bear.