Wildlife, living next to nature - Page 13

Gravdigr · 07-21-2014, 06:23 PM

Nay-est.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-21-2014, 07:46 PM

Says Wyoming but I think she's from much further south.

Gravdigr · 07-22-2014, 03:21 PM

And east.

infinite monkey · 07-28-2014, 12:59 AM

This turtle is famous here. I can't believe I got close enough to take pictures like this because despite what many think...turtles are fast. Once she got sick of me she ran like a rabbit! This was right behind my house, next to the river.

I put my sandal next to her for perspective. I wear a size 8 and a half. LOL

Griff · 07-28-2014, 06:53 AM

What kind of turtle is she?

infinite monkey · 07-29-2014, 09:27 AM

She's some sort of softshell turtle. Maybe Midland Smooth...but none of the cursory research I've done has definitively said they should even be found in my county. She was attempting to lay eggs when I came upon her, and that was a bad spot where cars park. Maybe the rain we'd had had made the river too high for her to find any good spots nearer to the river.

glatt · 07-29-2014, 10:30 AM

That's a cool looking turtle. We don't have any like that around here, as far as I know.

Big Sarge · 07-29-2014, 04:11 PM

Fresh turtle eggs taste pretty good.

Lola Bunny · 07-29-2014, 04:12 PM

The soft shell turtles can be pretty fast. It's the other ones that are slow.

Glinda · 07-29-2014, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

I think it's the chipmunk that lives in the nearby hole. This is war. Pics won't be following, out of respect for the sensibilities of animal lovers here. Hatching a plan now. Trip to the hardware store planned for later in the day. (They seemed indifferent to the poison pellets I dropped down their holes.)

Several years ago, there was a chipmunk population explosion here in my neck of the woods. Little fuckers were everywhere, making all sorts of odd and annoying noises, day in and day out.

One morning, I was in my garage (really just a three-sided, 24 x 24' metal shed), and heard all this furious scrabbling and scratching over in one corner. I carefully approached the sound and quickly realized it was coming from an open/empty garbage can I'd stowed in the far corner. Above the garbage can, on either wall, were high wooden shelves. Inside the garbage can, beneath the gap between the shelves, were seven - count 'em, SEVEN - freaked out chipmunks.

They'd apparently tried to jump from one shelf to the other and missed - one after the other - and fell into the garbage can below, which was too slick/tall for them to climb out of.

Proof that chipmunks do not have an effective warning / communication system.

infinite monkey · 07-29-2014, 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Lola Bunny

The soft shell turtles can be pretty fast. It's the other ones that are slow.

That is how fast she was the first time I saw her. Running down the grass towards the water. I was like 'WHAT'?

infinite monkey · 07-29-2014, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Glinda

Several years ago, there was a chipmunk population explosion here in my neck of the woods. Little fuckers were everywhere, making all sorts of odd and annoying noises, day in and day out.

One morning, I was in my garage (really just a three-sided, 24 x 24' metal shed), and heard all this furious scrabbling and scratching over in one corner. I carefully approached the sound and quickly realized it was coming from an open/empty garbage can I'd stowed in the far corner. Above the garbage can, on either wall, were high wooden shelves. Inside the garbage can, beneath the gap between the shelves, were seven - count 'em, SEVEN - freaked out chipmunks.

They'd apparently tried to jump from one shelf to the other and missed - one after the other - and fell into the garbage can below, which was too slick/tall for them to climb out of.

Proof that chipmunks do not have an effective warning / communication system.

I only found out a while ago that some people call chipmunks 'ground squirrels.' I think that's weird. Maybe it's a local thing. But it totally fucks up Alvin et all if you call them that. And don't get me started on Chippendales. (Apple core! Who's your friend?)

fargon · 07-29-2014, 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by infinite monkey

And don't get me started on Chippendales. (Apple core! Who's your friend?)

What about Chip and Dale?

infinite monkey · 07-29-2014, 07:28 PM

Yep, that was my 'funny' reference. Glad someone remembers that! Makes me feel less old.

fargon · 07-30-2014, 07:27 AM

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Originally Posted by infinite monkey

Yep, that was my 'funny' reference. Glad someone remembers that! Makes me feel less old.

You can't be old, you must be younger than me.

07-21-2014, 06:23 PM	#181
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07-21-2014, 07:46 PM	#182
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07-22-2014, 03:21 PM	#183
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07-28-2014, 12:59 AM	#184
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	This turtle is famous here. I can't believe I got close enough to take pictures like this because despite what many think...turtles are fast. Once she got sick of me she ran like a rabbit! This was right behind my house, next to the river. I put my sandal next to her for perspective. I wear a size 8 and a half. LOL Attached Images

07-28-2014, 06:53 AM	#185
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07-29-2014, 09:27 AM	#186
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	She's some sort of softshell turtle. Maybe Midland Smooth...but none of the cursory research I've done has definitively said they should even be found in my county. She was attempting to lay eggs when I came upon her, and that was a bad spot where cars park. Maybe the rain we'd had had made the river too high for her to find any good spots nearer to the river.

07-29-2014, 10:30 AM	#187
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	That's a cool looking turtle. We don't have any like that around here, as far as I know.

07-29-2014, 04:11 PM	#188
Big Sarge Werepandas - lurking in your shadows Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: In the Deep South Posts: 3,408	Fresh turtle eggs taste pretty good. __________________ Give a man a match, & he'll be warm for 20 seconds. But toss that man a white phosphorus grenade and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

07-29-2014, 04:12 PM	#189
Lola Bunny Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 2,728	The soft shell turtles can be pretty fast. It's the other ones that are slow.

07-29-2014, 07:28 PM	#194
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Yep, that was my 'funny' reference. Glad someone remembers that! Makes me feel less old.

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