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[phinds]

Gads! These people are gluttons for punishment yet they look so happy

 

[berkeman]

Gads! These people are gluttons for punishment yet they look so happy

Yep, watching them go through the last obstacle and across the finish line was fun. The last obstacle was a chute with the first part being a big box about 2 meters wide, 4 meters long, and about 1/2 meter tall. It was filled with plastic colored balls about the size of baseballs. When the littlest dogs went through it with their owners, all you could see was when they jumped 3-4 times to get across -- they would magically appear mid-flight, then disappear back into the sea of balls before their next jump. Hilarious.

The last part of that obstacle was just a simple water pit, presumably to help rinse some of the mud off before the finish line. One of the funniest moments was when I saw a black lab with his owner crossing the finish line together, and the lab had one of the red balls from the pit in his mouth. You could see he was super happy, "I got a ball, I got a ball" !

 

[berkeman]

One of the funniest moments of the day came at the first obstacle on the course. It was an above-ground mud pit made with hay bales as the walls, with thick black plastic sheeting draped over them to form a pool in the middle (which was filled with water and mud). One of the first smaller dogs to start the race (a dachshund) ran with his owner up to the mud pit and put his front paws on the side to look in, then basically said "no way!" and backed away from it. The owner jumped over the side and into the pit and said something like "See, it's not so bad, I'm in here now, come on in!"

So the little dog jumps up onto the entry side of the pit, and everybody watching is thinking, "This should be interesting...", and then the smart little dog takes off at a dead run around the OUTSIDE of the pit on top of the haybales. This catches the owner completely off balance (plus his feet are stuck in the mud), and the dog and leash end up pulling him over forward and he does a face-plant in the mud.

I almost had to break out my oxygen tank, some people were laughing so hard!

 

[Rubidium_71]

Happy birthday to Scarlet, she is 7 today.

 

[AlexCaledin]

 

[BillTre]

Giant bullfrog tadpole found in a shallow pond in Arizona.

Its thought to have some kind of hormonal problem, probably preventing it from metamorphosing, so it just keeps growing.
Little article with more pictures here.

 

[AlexCaledin]

Lovely cheetah purring

https://www.instagram.com/p/BmI3V0CBbMi/

 

[Psinter]

Quack!

 

[DennisN]

 

[DennisN]

Hilarious birds in this one...

 

[BillTre]

Had to put down our dog (12 years old) a couple of days ago.
She (Snooter) seemed to be part houndish and part pit bull.
She had a very interactive and entertaining personality.

Here she is celebrating X-mas about 4 years ago:

 

[collinsmark]

 

[Borg]

Delivery for Harry Potter?

 

[fresh_42]

 

[Drakkith]

Life's so hard...

 

[DennisN]

Earlier in May this year I had the privilege of getting very close to a family of greylag geese and their beautiful small goslings. Greylag geese are very watchful, but I was very calm and spent some time around them, and after a while the parents let their goslings come very close to me. They finally came to be less than a meter away from me, and I captured it on video. It was a very nice experience . The close-up clip is at 5:10 in the video.

I also filmed some western jackdaws, and here is one who gets a surprise by stepping on a branch :

 

[Rx7man]

Sorry I've been a bit absent...

Here's a fresh Cicada

My bull calf getting lickings from momma..450 lbs at 3 1/2 months old.. he's sure growing

Gimme back my hat!

 

[Rx7man]

Pookie loves sleeping on my lap

Fawn, Momma sleeping in the hay shed (she really doesn't mind me around)

Can see momma's butt in the background under the tree

 

[fresh_42]

 

[phinds]

@fresh_42 that cat is gorgeous. Your?

 

[fresh_42]

No, unfortunately not. It is especially funny for me, because we often call our cats "Stubentiger" which is best translated by "indoor tiger" I guess, and I have never seen a cat where this name had been more adequate.

 

[pinball1970]

No, unfortunately not. It is especially funny for me, because we often call our cats "Stubentiger" which is best translated by "indoor tiger" I guess, and I have never seen a cat where this name had been more adequate.

Well named. Not a fan of cats but that colouring is impressive.

 

[fresh_42]

 

[Bystander]

Knew I'd seen it earlier; https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/breaking-news-brontosaurus.972437/

 

[berkeman]

I guess we all knew this, but we still enjoy them...

https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/08/heal...l&utm_term=business-hp-test&utm_content=learn

 

[fresh_42]

 

[phinds]

@fresh_42 that's hilarious. Thanks for the chuckle

 

[BillTre]

Bat Photo

 

[strangerep]

Bat Photo

Hmm. Now I'll have to post a pic of how I know whether they've active near my home last night.

 

[berkeman]

Just go stand outside for a bit. Their wing sounds are pretty distinctive. Very cool part of camping in the wilderness -- strange shadows swooping over the campfire catching bugs and flying by our heads. Fun.

 

[strangerep]

Just go stand outside for a bit. Their wing sounds are pretty distinctive. Very cool part of camping in the wilderness -- strange shadows swooping over the campfire catching bugs and flying by our heads. Fun.

Don't go to sleep under a date palm tree, or you'll wake up with a rather unusual facial.

 

[BillTre]

Crows leave gifts in exchange for food.

 

[fresh_42]

Crows leave gifts in exchange for food.

I know why I love them!

 

[newbiegirl]

I want one as a pet https://www.theweathernetwork.com/videoplayer/1942203455001/B1CSR9sVf/6002250252001?

 

[strangerep]

Crows leave gifts in exchange for food.

In my previous home, I would have fed the local crows, etc, forever if they could've learned to swoop down and peck the neighbour's dog whenever it was barking.