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In summary: In summary, this conversation consisted of various links to funny and cute animal pictures and gifs. The conversation also touched on the dangers of raising wild animals, the importance of having a sense of humor in certain areas of the forum, and an amusing owl meme.
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BillTre said:
Bat Photo
That is an amazing photo! Did you take the photo, or did you find it somewhere?
It must have been hard to take, bats are so darn fast. :smile:
 
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DennisN said:
That is an amazing photo! Did you take the photo, or did you find it somewhere?
It must have been hard to take, bats are so darn fast. :smile:

I wish.
Just saw it on the internet.
I like it because it so clearly shows the bone structure of the bat which is so different from that of birds (besides being a great picture).
Bird wing bones here.

It is hard to understand how it picture was taken unless it was either complete luck or set-up in some way.
 
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A very fascinating short video about bird intelligence! For instance, it shows a clip of New Caledonian crow making its own tool to solve a puzzle! :))

The clip also describes a graph showing body masses versus brain masses for various intelligent animals, and some details about the brains of crows that I did not know. For instance, one side of their brain can sleep while the other one is awake! :))

Crows, smarter than you think | John Marzluff | TEDxRainier
John Marzluff, Ph.D., is the James W. Ridgeway Professor of Wildlife Science at the University of Washington.
 
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Some amphibian embryos I found under a rock by my fairly heavily watered raised bed (its wet there).
The picture has some plant stems for scale.
Second embryo from the top (side view):
Pointy end to the left is the tail.
The stomach area of the embryo (which comes from the yolk area of an egg) is near the middle of the embryo, on the upper side.
The head is the kind of bulbous part on the right.

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I am guessing they are from a small salamander species we have around here.

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Example of fascinating color changes of octopus. And these are not just cool animals, they're intelligent too.

Watch the brilliant color changes of a sleeping octopus. (Nature on PBS)
 
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"Tail" does not move and has not skeletal elements.
 
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BillTre said:
"Tail" does not move [...]
That's unfortunate. He could have used it to wipe rainwater out of his eyes. :oldbiggrin:
 
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He looks like a fun little creature. I bet he likes to play heads or tails.
 
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Here's a vid of my latest calf, he's shy, but terribly curious, me walking away is very exciting and he's got to chase me
https://photos.app.goo.gl/cswaNtC598gbn8fZ9z

A little lizard I found in the fall

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These two are best buddies, they're always hanging out together
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sorry about the bad link for the video, this one should work
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My poor abused cows have such a rough life

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Big daddy Hector, 2300 lbs and thankfully just a big baby
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His son Zeus.. Loves me, doesn't seem to like strangers much though
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Like mother, like daughter
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Rx7man said:
sorry about the bad link for the video, this one should work
https://photos.app.goo.gl/cswaNtC598gbn8fZ9z
Nope.
 
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Alright, I put it on youtube, better work now!
 
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Rx7man said:
My poor abused cows have such a rough life [...]
Thanks for posting some happy images. They made me feel a bit better.

The situation over vast regions of Australia is so indescribably bad that I wasn't sure whether to post
this video which I find heart-wrenching. Take a deep breath before you decide whether to watch it.

Regrettably, animals like this one that people manage to rescue and nurse are probably a tiny drop in an ocean.

[Epilogue: the koala rescued in the video had to be euthanased a few days later as his burns were too severe and the pain intolerable, even with strong pain killers.]

:cry:
 
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strangerep said:
[Epilogue: the koala rescued in the video had to be euthanased a few days later as his burns were too severe and the pain intolerable, even with strong pain killers.]
Great bravery and kindness by the woman who rescued it, but yeah, it sure looked like the burns were going to be too severe to recover from. I've dealt with human burns a bit in EMS, and that poor little guy looked to be in very bad shape.
 
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I've been hearing a lot about it, I have a few friends and acquaintances in australia and it is really bad there.. I can't personally relate to the drought part as I have reliable water to irrigate with, but I can relate to the fires.. 2 years ago we had two fires in BC that were over 1 million acres each, one was only about 30 miles away as the crow flies.. few years prior we had a fire about 3 miles away, and several within 20 miles.. the smoke was unbelievable

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I did not know there was a species called red panda.
They are endangered and according to the wiki article it is estimated that less than 10'000 individuals exist. I was instantly struck by how beautiful they are (check the wiki link above for more great photos):

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Sidenote: How did I end up at the red panda page? I was reading this post by @jbriggs444 about moles, and then I checked out the mole page on wiki and learned they have an extra thumb similar to the pandas, then I checked out the panda page on wiki and found out about red pandas. I started reading a classical physics thread and ended up discovering the red panda with a few clicks. The power of internet. :smile:
 
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There is also the endangered Bread Panda. :oldbiggrin:

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Borg said:
There is also the endangered Bread Panda.
I see similarities between the looks of those and your avatar. Does eating a lot of Bread Pandas make you look like them?
 
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DennisN said:
a species called red panda.
Sticking its tongue out---got to love it.
 
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Two new monsters joined us this past weekend. Meet Simba and Missy on the right.

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Simba, sleeping on the couch. He's the sweetest little thing.

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@Evo here's your cat picture for the week!
 
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Drakkith said:
Simba, sleeping on the couch. He's the sweetest little thing.
Are you keeping the two new ones, or are they just visiting?
 
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Here's a recent closeup of my female friendly feline called Cissi:
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DennisN said:
Are you keeping the two new ones, or are they just visiting?

Keeping them.
 
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Missy, taking her turn on this end of the couch.

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Drakkith said:
Two new monsters joined us this past weekend. Meet Simba and Missy on the right.
Judging from your first photo of them they look relatively young too me, six months or something maybe? Do you know their age?
 

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