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WILD ANIMAL ENCOUNTERS

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    lordbelh @sao
    last edited by 14 Jul 2022, 17:59

    @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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      Tori @sao
      last edited by 14 Jul 2022, 20:20

      @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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        Evilgrayson
        last edited by 15 Jul 2022, 11:24

        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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          Solstice
          last edited by 15 Jul 2022, 18:43

          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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            Snackness @Solstice
            last edited by 15 Jul 2022, 18:55

            @Solstice I love this story so much.

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              lordbelh
              last edited by 19 Jul 2022, 19:19

              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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                tsar @lordbelh
                last edited by 19 Jul 2022, 19:29

                @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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                  Tez Administrators @lordbelh
                  last edited by 19 Jul 2022, 19:33

                  @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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                    Yam
                    last edited by 19 Jul 2022, 20:09

                    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.

                    701ac6b2-c2f8-4d87-bda7-74328927e563-image.png

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                      Tez Administrators @Yam
                      last edited by 19 Jul 2022, 20:11

                      @Yam I’M IMMERSED. I CAN SMELL THE FRESH SEA AIR.

                      she/they

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                        sao @Yam
                        last edited by 19 Jul 2022, 23:00

                        @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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                          Yam @sao
                          last edited by 19 Jul 2022, 23:57

                          @sao rofl ❤

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                            Apos
                            last edited by 22 Jul 2022, 13:51

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

                            oh deer

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                              Narson @Apos
                              last edited by 22 Jul 2022, 14:22

                              @Apos Good boy Braum. Many ear strokes.

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

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                                Yam @Apos
                                last edited by 22 Jul 2022, 14:44

                                @Apos tell me how you acquired a pet cloud

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                                  TNP
                                  last edited by 22 Jul 2022, 16:21

                                  That’s not a cloud. It’s a polar bear.

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                                    BurnNotice @TNP
                                    last edited by 22 Jul 2022, 16:32

                                    Am I the only one worried about why the deer had hands. Braum knew some shit was up.

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                                      Kestrel
                                      last edited by 26 Jul 2022, 02:54

                                      Picture taken by me:
                                      lionness

                                      This one too:
                                      pink

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                                        eye8urcake @Kestrel
                                        last edited by 26 Jul 2022, 03:37

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

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                                          tsar
                                          last edited by 28 Jul 2022, 20:46

                                          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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