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BaldDwarfOnPCP posted:I just read the wikipedia on that and they sound like the giant fish from SMB3, human fatalities are unconfirmed though. Not sure if they're fans of the philosophy of "fish are friends not food" either. Goliath grouper are pretty chill. There’s one resident on one of the popular dive wrecks (hog heaven) down here, and he just kinda leaves the wreck for a bit when the divers hit the water, and moseys back as they head up the bouy line. If you saw what direction he left, you can see him hovering just barely at the edges of visibility out on the sand. If you head down there with just a couple people, sometimes he’ll hang out with you. The Goliath breeding season dives off Jupiter are loving astonishing, as well. 10/10 would dive with Goliath groupers any day.
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Might be an invasive brown anole, Anolis sagrei. And a marsh rabbit? Not used to seeing such short ears on wild bunnies! ETA: Whoops, page break, this was in response to Karl Hungus
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The Red Queen posted:... And a marsh rabbit? Not used to seeing such short ears on wild bunnies! I didn't even notice the ears but I knew it looked strange.
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I get bit by some pretty excellent lizards.   Good sized Five Lined Skink.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5aZOcCxygM mrs crow was not at all impressed by my puzzle
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poverty goat posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5aZOcCxygM  great idea
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poverty goat posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5aZOcCxygM That was great - I love crows. I'd be afraid if I tried to give a puzzle to my neighborhood crows they just wouldn't bother, as they seem to be under no food pressure. They ask me for peanuts and I provide, but I'm not sure they'd be up for further shenanigans.
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  my cat is norris posted:found and loving your deep sea thread thanks 
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MagpieConcept posted:Weird Yard Dogs the only critters that are not comrades
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My wife saw these handsome fellows on our feeders this morning. Sadly I had forgotten to put the chips back in the wildlife cams to get higher quality images and video (this was taken from the upstairs office window with a phone). There were a whole bunch of them, apparently. A couple would hit the feeders while the rest kept watch up on the power lines. I'm told the kitties were all out on the catio ekekekekek-ing at them and the birbs were doing it right back 
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So, uh, what's this white thing? Eggs?? Alien zygotes??? Central Oregon coast, in a series of tide pools. 
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Apr 16, 2022 03:01
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Looks like opalescent squid eggs.
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McGavin posted:Looks like opalescent squid eggs. We do have ABUNDANT squid....
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TIL there's a squid expert named Dr. Zeidberg.
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I finally remembered to put out my cam chips again last night and made some discoveries. The rats now climb the bird feeder pole (which needs to be lubed up from now on). https://i.imgur.com/acllD7C.mp4 Definitely caught at least 4 visible in that clip, some of which seemed to be significantly smaller? Yup, we got babies that are probably adolescents by now. https://i.imgur.com/se1AFUS.mp4 Tree cam caught a red cardinal! https://i.imgur.com/XPdocD1.mp4 Which is apparently a dick that fights the other birds. https://i.imgur.com/KMpubCj.mp4 Then the first morning clip from bush cam had a startling beginning.... https://i.imgur.com/8bfYcpo.mp4 I had no idea those birds were carnivorous.
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was that a frog?? great snack for that... starling?
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It was a lizard of some kind, and I think it was a grackle.
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 I met this fella in the back yard where it crawled out from under some plants. I'm not certain, but I think this is a tawny mining bee, Andrena fulva. It's high season for them and they burrow, which fits with the location.
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Look at this deadly-poisonous beetle with caustic blood that seeps out of its leg joints when disturbed just leisurely strolling through my back yard!! https://i.imgur.com/WKDIbrw.mp4 It's an Iron Cross Blister Beetle native to the Sonoran Desert. 0.1ounces of these beetles ingested is enough to kill a horse! Yike!! I've lived here for 25 years and it's the first time I've seen one. Took me by surprise because it looks like a gigantic cross between an ant, a wasp, and a cockroach as evidenced by this picture from Google; 
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Poor ol' Freckles, ate a beetle and died.
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deep dish peat moss posted:Look at this deadly-poisonous beetle with caustic blood that seeps out of its leg joints when disturbed just leisurely strolling through my back yard!! That is cool as hell. We have scorpions here but they're just good wood-pile living critters. Big and black, not those white skinned devils. You can handle them safely if they need to get moved out of the grocery parking lot.
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deep dish peat moss posted:Look at this deadly-poisonous beetle with caustic blood that seeps out of its leg joints when disturbed just leisurely strolling through my back yard!! This has led me down a wiki rabbit hole to molliscum contagiosum or "water warts" something I’ve never heard of in my life but which apparently accounts for like 1% of all skin afflictions ever reported Nature is metal as gently caress
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It's spring again! (Barely.) Small tortoiseshell (Aglais urticae)  Bumblebee - don't know the different subspecies
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Success! Snagged mom (Templeton) and one of the babies. That just leaves one more baby and Lemmiwinks to go. I've come around on these guys over the past weeks of watching all the videos of them just doing rat stuff. If only they weren't invasive and loving up my bushes and clearly breeding to make more of them 
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YOSIW-1AKA
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"I'm not playing your game!" *knocks off jar*
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"What is this bullshit human, think I'm here to do tricks for you?"
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Taking a walk and there is something on the side of the mail building I cautiously approach...  Never seen hoppers on a wall before 
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sitting in the sun when it's slightly chilly out is a top tier pleasure. Imagine how good all those dudes feel. Someday I hope to die the same way as those enormous praying mantis' who manage to survive all the way into mid fall, basking in the sun & just vibing while my organs shut down.
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Are you in Virginia? Only asking because as I recall, Virginia is For Lubbers
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BaronVonVaderham posted:It was a lizard of some kind, and I think it was a grackle. Lizard was definitely a green anole (can tell from the little flash of red from its dewlap thing), not sure on the bird.
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The Red Queen posted:Are you in Virginia? Only asking because as I recall, Virginia is For Lubbers Jacksonville, Florida I've only ever seen these black with neon racing stripes guys once before, they're not exactly common here
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I believe they are nymphs of the Eastern Lubber grasshopper, the adults have less of a Tron vibe but have their own kind of razzle dazzle.
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Nostalgamus posted:
Looks like either Bombus terrestris or something from the B. lucorum complex at a glance. Need to get a better look from the back. If you live in North America, it could be B. cryptarum.
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One more rat down, one to go (we think). I need to pull the camera chips today to see who was active last night.
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The Red Queen posted:I believe they are nymphs of the Eastern Lubber grasshopper, the adults have less of a Tron vibe but have their own kind of razzle dazzle. yeah theyre cool around now the everglades will fill up with them 
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  Slimy friend, I find a couple salamanders in water bowls occasionally. I don't want stinky dogs to eat them or have them drown, so I move them to wet garden areas.
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