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31 minutes ago, sb67 said:

 

Love that!

I see foxes pretty regularly where I live, more so in the autumn/winter. Did you put the egg out for him? 

 

no he has only just started to visit will have start putting food out 

we have at least four in our area as going out at 0500 for work i see them a lot

 

John  

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On 16/10/2023 at 20:36, jbqfc said:

no he has only just started to visit will have start putting food out 

we have at least four in our area as going out at 0500 for work i see them a lot

 

John  

Mine get a bowl of Kibble and the odd chicken leg or thigh. Oh! and some tinned dog food sometimes. 

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Young stag showing off his hat rack in our garden today.
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Some sights from todays trip to a local wildlife park.

 

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 A joey  trying to catch a lift off of mum like they do when they are smaller.  (Its not koala smut!)

 

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6 minutes ago, 03060 said:

Thanks for that middle photo @monkeysarefun .... I nearly spilt my coffee all over me as I casually scrolled down past the nice cuddly Koalas and Wombat !!

 

 

I'm not a sicko!

 

Its not what it looks like, its a  joey still trying to bludge a lift from mum like they do when they are smaller

 

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. I shall edit the post to prevent further accidents. Sorry!

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13 minutes ago, monkeysarefun said:

 

 

I'm not a sicko!

 

Its not what it looks like, its a young one still trying to bludge a lift from mum like they do when they are smaller. I shall edit the post to prevent further accidents. Sorry!

 

No ... not that one , I'm scared of snakes !!

 

My comment was in jest but I do get a 'prime-evil' sense of fear when I see even an image like that; even when I knew that it was there I had to go back and sneak a peak .... just to scare myself again !! LoL

 

Great photos ... all of them.

 

Cheers,

Ian.

 

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4 minutes ago, 03060 said:

 

No ... not that one , I'm scared of snakes !!

 

My comment was in jest but I do get a 'prime-evil' sense of fear when I see even an image like that; even when I knew that it was there I had to go back and sneak a peak .... just to scare myself again !! LoL

 

 

 

 

I know what you mean, but there was a glass panel between me and the Tiger snake, so that's about as close as I've ever voluntarily got. 

 

I've come across my fair share of snakes in the backyard or while out wandering -   I understand why they call the response to danger  "Fight or FLIGHT" because I've launched myself into space  very impressively at those times.

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10 hours ago, monkeysarefun said:

I've come across my fair share of snakes in the backyard or while out wandering -   I understand why they call the response to danger  "Fight or FLIGHT" because I've launched myself into space  very impressively at those times.


At a park in Queensland, there was a path down into a valley to view a waterfall. At the top of the path, there was a notice board, giving instructions on what to do if encountering a snake on the path. The recommendation was to carefully step round the snake. It advised not to step directly over the snake. The option of turning round and running away screaming was not listed.

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19 hours ago, pH said:


At a park in Queensland, there was a path down into a valley to view a waterfall. At the top of the path, there was a notice board, giving instructions on what to do if encountering a snake on the path. The recommendation was to carefully step round the snake. It advised not to step directly over the snake. The option of turning round and running away screaming was not listed.

 

I'd be long gone before I'd even had time to read an 'Option 3' !!

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23 hours ago, 03060 said:

 

I'd be long gone before I'd even had time to read an 'Option 3' !!

 

I work in the Blue Mountains and until my knee gave out I used to run along the bush tracks at lunchtimes.  Twice I spotted a snake right where my foot was about to land and both times I somehow managed while in mid-air  to relocate myself 3 feet further on, all without touching the ground in order to do it. I still have no idea how I managed it. 

 

Similarly my arachnaphobic son was in my car one night when a Huntsman spider appeared on the windscreen in front of him. He managed to undo his seat belt and somehow perform some kind of manoeuvre - possibly a backflip -  into the rear seat, all in one smooth split-second movement despite being close to 6 feet tall at the time.

 

All I was aware of was that one second he was beside me, the next he had just disappeared while the same time the car started revving like crazy because he'd knocked the transmission into neutral on his way through..

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I don't know much about deer other than they are a feral pest here, introduced in the 1880's or so as game animals.

 

I spotted something in the scrub behind the paddock to the back of here   earlier and the zoom lens showed it to ba a fallow deer, and as I took a pic, its mate appeared. I waited for them to move away from the inconvenient powerlines  but they refused unfortunately. 

 

 

 

 

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