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    WILD ANIMAL ENCOUNTERS

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      lordbelh @sao
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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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      • ToriT
        Tori @sao
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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 😕

        she/her, them/they - not super particular

        I have been here the whole time

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        • EvilgraysonE
          Evilgrayson
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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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          • SolsticeS
            Solstice
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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:

            9efbb4db-a699-47f4-9c0b-0db7af83e733-image.png Eastern Hercules Beetle, Male - Courtesy of Google Images

            For 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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            • SnacknessS
              Snackness @Solstice
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              @Solstice I love this story so much.

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                lordbelh
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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. 😄

                Made it into a lil gif

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                • tsarT
                  tsar @lordbelh
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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. 😄

                  Made it into a lil gif

                  I love this!

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                  • TezT
                    Tez Administrators @lordbelh
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                    @lordbelh said in WILD ANIMAL ENCOUNTERS:

                    Made it into a lil gif

                    A relatable picture of me poking my head out of the covers in the morning.

                    she/they

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                    • YamY
                      Yam
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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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                      • TezT
                        Tez Administrators @Yam
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                        @Yam I’M IMMERSED. I CAN SMELL THE FRESH SEA AIR.

                        she/they

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                        • saoS
                          sao @Yam
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                          @Yam pls doodle illustrate your daily life and sell it as a book so I can buy it

                          let it be a challenge to you

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                          • YamY
                            Yam @sao
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                            @sao rofl ❤

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                            • AposA
                              Apos
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                              My dog Braum certain he saved me from imminent death this morning at the hands of a deer.

                              oh deer

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                              • NarsonN
                                Narson @Apos
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                                @Apos Good boy Braum. Many ear strokes.

                                When someone shows you who they are, over and over again? Believe them.

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                                • YamY
                                  Yam @Apos
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                                  @Apos tell me how you acquired a pet cloud

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                                  • TNPT
                                    TNP
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                                    That’s not a cloud. It’s a polar bear.

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                                    • BurnNoticeB
                                      BurnNotice @TNP
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                                      Am I the only one worried about why the deer had hands. Braum knew some shit was up.

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                                      • KestrelK
                                        Kestrel
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                                        Picture taken by me:
                                        lionness

                                        This one too:
                                        pink

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                                          eye8urcake @Kestrel
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                                          @Kestrel Fuck those pink sheep, man.
                                          they're so dangerous

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                                          • tsarT
                                            tsar
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                                            I SAW A TURKEY VULTURE

                                            this is really exciting to me because vultures are not REMOTELY common around here and I have never seen one in my 30+ years living in the area ah;hghgggg

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