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I don't know what species that is or how dangerous it might be, but I'm moving to Australia soon and I am taking the term "Danger Noodle" with me.
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Nov 6, 2018 16:11
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it's a cottonmouth
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Nov 6, 2018 16:13
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Nov 6, 2018 16:34
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Cottonmouths put on a big show, and they have some strong venom that can kill you if it goes untreated or you have an allergic reaction, but they don't want to bite you. Here's a really good video where this guy disproves a number of cottonmouth myths. He goes through a lot of effort to get one to bite him, and here's what it takes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=314N7xIeRR8&t=735s I've had similar experiences. In Florida, I was chasing a watersnake and realized that I needed to be more careful since the area I was in looked really good for cottonmouths. I stopped, and when I glanced around, found two within a foot of me. Neither made the least bit of an aggressive action towards me. The other cottons I've found have all been the same - I've moved a few across the road with my snake hook and they mostly just ignore me in the process. Don't step on them or mess with them and you're fine.
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Nov 6, 2018 17:39
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He was very polite about me invading his space and making him pose for photos
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Nov 6, 2018 18:28
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OneTwentySix posted:Cottonmouths put on a big show, and they have some strong venom that can kill you if it goes untreated or you have an allergic reaction, but they don't want to bite you. this is amazing lmao people who are like fundamentally afraid of snakes baffle me. don't kill snakes you dopes Gunshow Poophole fucked around with this message at 20:42 on Nov 6, 2018 |
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Nov 6, 2018 20:39
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ExecuDork posted:I don't know what species that is or how dangerous it might be, but I'm moving to Australia soon and I am taking the term "Danger Noodle" with me. You're actually quite unlikely to see any snakes unless you go out into the outback looking for them. I've been here 6 years and I've seen one Brown snake and that was in an area that had loads of signs saying they were there and we only caught a glimpse of it as it shot into the undergrowth. However you can find things like this in pockets of bush in the cities. I found this near where I live in Sydney and I think it's an Eastern Water Dragon (feel free to correct if it's something else!)  
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Nov 7, 2018 12:38
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Helith posted:You're actually quite unlikely to see any snakes unless you go out into the outback looking for them. I've been here 6 years and I've seen one Brown snake and that was in an area that had loads of signs saying they were there and we only caught a glimpse of it as it shot into the undergrowth. Not being able to see any snakes does not mean you aren't surrounded by them. I live in wetlands surrounded by snakes at all times and I only see them once or twice a year
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Nov 7, 2018 19:43
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This is why you should just go out and look for snakes. More fun that way.
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Nov 8, 2018 02:37
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Gunshow Poophole posted:this is amazing lmao I am friend to all* animals, in large part because of where I lived as a child. I had a itinerant boa constrictor curl around the beam above my bunk bed for a week or so. A tarantula living in a crevice in the shower. *I kill flies.
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Nov 8, 2018 21:19
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the bug-a-salt is amazing for killing flies and sometimes it just messes up their wings and stuns them so you can pick them up and feed them to your spider friends. it's basically a bb gun that fires a few grains of kosher salt like a shotgun, and everyone should own one gently caress flies poverty goat fucked around with this message at 22:07 on Nov 8, 2018 |
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Nov 8, 2018 22:04
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I try to avoid killing most things, but I make a few exceptions. Flies are one. Crane flies are another, although they often kill themselves pretty effectively. Ants, if they start coming into the house. Fleas and mosquitoes. Yellowjackets and the like if they get stuck inside. I've found that the older I get the less I want to kill anything. 
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Nov 12, 2018 02:57
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Backyard critter dump! Nice camouflage on this inchworm.  Some sort of shield bug?  I felt really bad for this caterpillar and pulled it out of the web but I fear I was too late.  Various bees on various flowers.     Not a bee!  Spiky caterpillar.  A nice little moth.  Big ol' mosquito!  Some neat dragonflies.   The tiniest little snails I ever did see.  We had some good spiders around too.  Especially this one! 
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Nov 12, 2018 04:14
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Nice pics! Your big ol mosquito is no such thing. It's a crane fly, family Tipulidae, and non-biting.
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Nov 12, 2018 04:44
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Chinston Wurchill posted:
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Nov 12, 2018 16:27
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CaptainSarcastic posted:I try to avoid killing most things, but I make a few exceptions. Why crane flies? They're odd-looking, but completely harmless.
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Nov 12, 2018 17:16
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One of several reasons I don't like to visit my parents in Arizona. Instead of little soaps by the sink they have these fuckers.
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Nov 12, 2018 17:47
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OneTwentySix posted:Why crane flies? They're odd-looking, but completely harmless. They're an invasive pest species in the US, are obnoxiously loud when they get in the house, and have a perverse ability to leave their corpses in gross places, like the floor of the shower. Trying to relocate one just means it will lose one or more legs, as they are more prone to limb loss than zombies. Swatting one leads to not only the legs getting stuck on the surface they were on, but a generally smeary mess. The only good thing I can say about them is that the Bewick's wrens around here eat them, but that's about it.
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Nov 12, 2018 21:17
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CaptainSarcastic posted:I try to avoid killing most things, but I make a few exceptions. Ticks can go to hell
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Nov 13, 2018 04:14
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parasites know what they're getting into
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Nov 13, 2018 04:40
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CaptainSarcastic posted:They're an invasive pest species in the US, are obnoxiously loud when they get in the house, and have a perverse ability to leave their corpses in gross places, like the floor of the shower. Trying to relocate one just means it will lose one or more legs, as they are more prone to limb loss than zombies. Swatting one leads to not only the legs getting stuck on the surface they were on, but a generally smeary mess. The only good thing I can say about them is that the Bewick's wrens around here eat them, but that's about it. We've definitely got native crane flies in the US. I mean go around killing them if you want but they are definitely not all invasive.
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Nov 13, 2018 04:59
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Potential BFF posted:That's a 10/10 frog. Definitely grey fox. Grey foxes have black tips of their tail and red foxes have white tips, plus they're red.
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Nov 13, 2018 05:02
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Sometimes for work I have to go up to the pallet building, which is just a big open sided shed and grab pallets to pack jobs. And this is at night, by the way when it's hard to see. I'm seriously paranoid I'm going to stick my finger right on a black widow one day. Would those general work gloves that are similar to gardening gloves probably be thick enough to stop a bite out of curiosity? Also I was surprised to learn we have geckos in Alabama. I'll try to get a photo next time, but at night when we leave the porch light on they crawl around on our glass door. Apparently it's a Turkish Gecko.
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Nov 13, 2018 05:14
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poverty goat posted:.... oh come on, some flies are just adorable, even though most of them breed in animal poo (like this one)  Been a while critter lovers, so here's another one a backwards nosed weevil  Same one playing dead  These are Australian insects and believe it or not, they are not dangerous or deadly!
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Nov 13, 2018 06:37
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sexy tiger boobs posted:We've definitely got native crane flies in the US. I mean go around killing them if you want but they are definitely not all invasive. They might not all be invasive, but they are all affronts to everything that is fine and good and worthy of respect.
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Nov 13, 2018 08:14
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All crane flies I’ve encountered are pretty silent though. Maybe a bit of noise when they crash into things.
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Nov 13, 2018 12:36
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Drunk Driver Dad posted:Sometimes for work I have to go up to the pallet building, which is just a big open sided shed and grab pallets to pack jobs. And this is at night, by the way when it's hard to see. I'm seriously paranoid I'm going to stick my finger right on a black widow one day. Would those general work gloves that are similar to gardening gloves probably be thick enough to stop a bite out of curiosity? Yes.
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Nov 13, 2018 13:29
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I fuckin love weevils
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Nov 13, 2018 14:32
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So do cerceris wasps 
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Nov 13, 2018 14:56
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Potato quality, through a screen door, but any chance of IDing this murderbirb that landed on my balcony? I'm in Eastern Ontario. It was about the size of a cat. I think it was looking for a squirrel that sometimes frequents the balcony.
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Nov 13, 2018 17:55
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Herr Schuler posted:
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Nov 13, 2018 21:59
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Ran into this guy on a hike today in Brisbane, Aus. Australian tree snake, or green tree snake. and also this guy. 
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Nov 15, 2018 11:18
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That Bearded Dragon is not fooling anyone with its camouflage.
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Nov 16, 2018 14:04
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Asiina posted:Potato quality, through a screen door, but any chance of IDing this murderbirb that landed on my balcony? Really hard to tell from the photo, but looks like a red-tailed hawk, the generic hawk of North America.
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Nov 16, 2018 15:44
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Going through a batch 16 rolls I've just had developed.    
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Dec 23, 2018 10:06
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this is my favourite photographic genre a small friend on a very big adventure 
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Dec 23, 2018 13:33
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Went to Colorado for Christmas, I really wanted to see a wild moose since where I'm from we don't have them. It was a long shot but a christmas wish is a christmas wish... After about 2 hours of driving we came across a small cluster of bedding deer next to the road, this one was eager to pose. Didn't push too close since the weather was bad and didn't want to ruin their bedding spot.  Then about an hour later, we finally spotted some moose. This was a mother and her calf.   Adorable lil thing!
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Dec 27, 2018 07:23
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Helith posted:However you can find things like this in pockets of bush in the cities. I found this near where I live in Sydney and I think it's an Eastern Water Dragon (feel free to correct if it's something else!) Late to the party, but that is indeed an Eastern Water Dragon. The red/crimson colouring you can see on its chest means your specimen is a sexually mature male. They like to climb trees near water, which makes for some surprises if you're not expecting them to take a dip.
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PREYING MANTITS posted:Went to Colorado for Christmas Looks cold. Up north in downunder, its 34 oC, 83% relative humidity. The fruit on the Pandanus palm is ripe and the cassowaries are on the move.  
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