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Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36618 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
With all the wet here down under a lot of dangerous visitors are wanting to get into our houses. Deadly snakes. The terrifying moment a massive brown snake “knocked” on the door of his home on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast has been captured in a video. Deadly spiders. A deadly creepy-crawly surge is unfolding in Queensland and NSW following torrential rain and major flooding. Even the mozzies have been deadly of late. Japanese encephalitis likely entered NSW via migrating water birds. Thankfully our dangerous water dwellers are happy where they are ATM. ;-) Cheers. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36618 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
The experts get outsmarted. Magpies outsmart the scientists studying them. ...After spending half a year designing harnesses for the black-and-white birds that would hold tracking devices, the scientists fitted them on the magpies - with surprising results.Cheers. |
Dr Who Fan Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3332 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4 |
"The first tracker was off half an hour after we put it on," Magpies apparently are as smart or possibly smarter than their cousins the Crow. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36618 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Crows around here are pretty stupid when compared to the Maggies. Cheers. |
Dr Who Fan Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3332 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4 |
Tremendous swarm of bugs crawls across the Outback A wild video from near Quilpie, Australia, a town in Eastern Australia about 600 miles west of Brisbane, caught thousands of slater bugs moving across red dirt in the middle of the Australian Outback. The sheer number of creepy crawlies moving across the dirt almost made it look like the surface of the Earth itself was moving. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36618 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Tremendous swarm of bugs crawls across the OutbackThose things are everywhere here down under and I reckon that recent inland flooding events have proved beneficial for their breeding, but there isn't enough damp rotten wood out there to keep them all happy so they're on migration to find better pastures now. Cheers. |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22506 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
...and provide the local bug eating birds and critters with a moving feast. Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21129 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
A weather induced follow-on Biblical feast-and-famine?... See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36618 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
While our east coast here down under is flooded out by rain it's beaches are also being attacked by a Bluebottle (aka: Pacific man o' war & Portuguese man o' war) invasion. :-( Horror pic shows bluebottle influx danger on Australian beaches. And remember, if it comes from the water and is blue then leave it alone. ;-) Cheers. |
Dr Who Fan Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3332 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4 |
A large mako tried to bite a shark researcher’s camera off North Carolina, and the resulting photo is giving people the willies on social media. BEST QUOTE ON SOCIAL MEDIA “That’s a face only two people could love, it’s mother & orthodontist,” Avalanche of razor blades.’ Shark’s gaping mouth caught in stark photo off NC coast |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3351 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
I've been seeing posts on Facebook* that say that opossums don't bite. A couple of nights ago my dogs were harassing an opossum so I picked it up. It didn't bite me. I put it over the fence and let it go. *Usually originating from somewhere else. ~Sue~ |
Dr Who Fan Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3332 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4 |
True... according to reliable web search / sites results. Opossums *won't bite* - but if provoked, or feels threatened it WILL BITE, just like any other wild animal. They generally aren't aggressive- hence the phrase "playing Opossum". |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36618 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
I wouldn't try that with our possums here (yes, that without the "o") as they bite and claw like a mean old feral cat. ;-) Cheers. |
Dr Who Fan Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3332 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4 |
From PBS/NOVA ‘Talking’ seals mimic sounds from human speech, and validate a Boston legend In the late 1970s, a harbor seal named Hoover began catcalling passersby at the New England Aquarium in a thick Maine accent. A new study confirms seals’ uncanny ability to copy human speech. |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21129 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Modern day Sirens?... One up from the "meow" of 'domesticated' cats mimicking the sounds of hungry human babies?... Keep searchin', Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
Carlos Send message Joined: 9 Jun 99 Posts: 30572 Credit: 57,275,487 RAC: 157 |
News flash from Berkeley's Chancellor: Grinnell, the male peregrine falcon who has lived atop the Campanile since 2016, was found dead last Thursday in downtown Berkeley days after his longtime mate Annie had laid two eggs. The news devastated the pair’s fans, amplifying what has already been a dramatic season. But to our surprise and delight, a new male has arrived and is displaying bonding behaviors with Annie, giving us hope that the eggs — now numbering three — may survive. |
Dr Who Fan Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3332 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4 |
No word from the fox on how it plans to vote on upcoming bills... Fox captured after Rep. Ami Bera, others attacked near Capitol Hill Animal control officers captured a wild fox Tuesday afternoon after US Capitol Police said that multiple people were followed or attacked by the beast near the chambers of Congress. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30981 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Animal control officers captured a wild fox Tuesday afternoon after US Capitol Police said that multiple people were followed or attacked by the beast near the chambers of Congress. Apparently their intelligence is a threat to members of congress ... |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21129 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Animal control officers captured a wild fox Tuesday afternoon after US Capitol Police said that multiple people were followed or attacked by the beast near the chambers of Congress. Or are the poor furry creatures being persecuted with a DCMA takedown from the Faked News advertising corp?... Thankfully (hopefully), at least they're not being shot or poisoned. Stay safe folks! Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
Suzie-Q Send message Joined: 9 Mar 07 Posts: 3351 Credit: 4,746,812 RAC: 1 |
Animal control officers captured a wild fox Tuesday afternoon after US Capitol Police said that multiple people were followed or attacked by the beast near the chambers of Congress. The fox was rabid. Otherwise, it might not have found itself in that area. I hope those attacked folks get their rabies shots. I've had a series of rabies shots. What fun that is! ~Sue~ |
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