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Does anyone know what species this is? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd-ux9gM-p8&t=120s (I thought the thumbnail was fake, it isn't.)
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Oh poo poo I guess it's CGI... it fooled me. :P
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Scarodactyl posted:Unfamiliar kitty at my front door. If you leave food out for him, over time he might warm up to you a little.
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Feb 1, 2022 19:34
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Just import another non native animal to eat the newts. Problem solved!
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May 10, 2022 13:08
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He probably just hit his head, and is concussed. If that's the case, he should recover in about a day. In addition to the water, you can try feeding him something like jam or jelly, which will give him an energy boost, since it has a lot of sugar in it.
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May 13, 2022 17:59
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Silver Falcon posted:Thanks for the help, everyone. Sadly, the poor little guy did not make it. You tried, that's all that counts! Good work, even though he didn't make it. Not all of them do. Don't let it stop you from trying again next time the situation arises.
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May 13, 2022 21:37
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excuse me millipede wtf r u doin
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May 19, 2022 08:16
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Interesting fact Insects use a "tripod" system of walking, meaning, two legs are on the ground on one side while one leg is on the ground on the other side. Centipedes and millipedes also use the tripod system... it's multiplied down the length of their bodies. Think of it as dozens of tripods connected together.
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May 19, 2022 20:03
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Blood Nightmaster posted:I found this lil guy having a real one across the street on a neighbor's porch the other day (do not skip the sound!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqddneGYkc4 Insects are brutal.
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Jun 15, 2022 06:50
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treat posted:I've got a huge haul today This is one of those moth species where the adults do not feed. They have as much energy available to them when they come out of the cocoon, as their digestive system is gone after pupation. The adult form is for mating, which they don't have that long to do. When done, they find somewhere to rest, and quietly run out of energy.
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Jun 20, 2022 06:36
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In Oh God, You Devil, the Devil version of George Burns says to God, "Next year I'm bringing back the Gypsy Moth." They were a really big problem and reported on extensively back in the 1980's.
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Jun 28, 2022 10:20
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McGavin posted:It's a mayfly. The long front legs and large eyes reveal that it's a male. There's 3,000 species of the things and most look very similar so I can't give a species ID. They are also so numerous in some parts of the states that they have earned the name "fish fly" because vast numbers of them settle on the roads after they mate, then just sit there as cars drive over them, producing a putrid smell of dead fish.
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Jul 5, 2022 02:49
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I always feel sad when I have to get into something where an orb weaver has made a magnificent web, and I have no choice but to destroy it to get into whatever is being blocked by said magnificent web.  It's like I'm destroying a work of art.
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Aug 2, 2022 09:24
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Various species of orb weaver spiders and their web decorations:    
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Aug 2, 2022 09:31
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Silver Falcon posted:Random observation re: orb weavers. Do you reckon the titular Charlotte would have been an orb weaver? She could spell words in her web! The book was in fact inspired by the web decorations orb weavers make.
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I can't have hornet nests on my house, but I am always extremely upset by having to have someone come and kill them. Each nest is made by one hornet that starts it, all of the eggs are genetic clones of the hornet the starts the nest. They make paper by chewing bark and other woody plants. I like them, but not on my house or over my garage, where they will attack me. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3sj6edu3Go
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Aug 7, 2022 19:22
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Neon Noodle posted:Also saw this wood frog: I think that's a pickerel frog, not a wood frog.
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Is the road runner still on that guy's table? Does he still love him? 
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I'm guessing a marsh adaptation, so they don't sink. Some kind of swamphen maybe?
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Scarodactyl posted:Darkling beetle larva aka superworm https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zophobas_morio Darkling beetles comprise a lot of species, included the common feeder mealworms. Buy some mealworms at the store, take care of them, and they will eventually pupate and become darkling beetles of some type (most likely the common Tenebrio molitor). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXIuSXFGX-k
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Literally A Person posted:It looks like a turd. no it doesn't 
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I don't think he's angry... more like terrified. :\
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Good work! 
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Can someone identify these rodents? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSp-PKbJIiM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbflJaxBGcg Title/descriptions call them "mice" but they're not mice. Something in Meriones I would tend to think. I don't think they're Mongolian gerbils ("pet gerbils")... I was thinking they could be juveniles, but their tails seem way too long to be standard garden variety pet gerbils. Bula Vinaka fucked around with this message at 03:25 on Feb 18, 2024 |
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McGavin posted:Jirds of some sort. But what kind?
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Bula Vinaka posted:Can someone identify these rodents? I'm going crazy. I must know. The current likely candidate in my mind right now is Meriones libycus, the Libyan Jird. They do look too small to be that. However, I'm not sure if they're juveniles (the males' testicles are very clearly fully descended), or if they might be a smaller sized subspecies, as they are very widespread (according to Wikipedia: Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Western China). The uploader of the videos wasn't much help, referring to them only as "desert gerbils". The uploader's about page says they are in Pakistan, and while it's not listed in the above locations, Libyan jirds do appear to be present in Pakistan.
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McGavin posted:I've changed my mind and now I'm thinking North African Gerbil, Dipodillus campestris. I think you're right! 
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McGavin posted:I've changed my mind and now I'm thinking North African Gerbil, Dipodillus campestris. Edit - I'm changing my mind yet again... The original uploader says that the gerbils in the videos are wild caught in the desert in Rajasthan, India, and over the border in Pakistan. Based on that, I think that the likely candidate is the Balochistan gerbil (Gerbillus nanus): https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Gerbillus+nanus%22&tbm=isch&source=hp&oq=%22Gerbillus+nanus%22&sclient=img https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id35645/       There are several subspecies, any of which might be the ones in the videos. If they're not Gerbillus nanus, the other candidate is the Indian hairy-footed gerbil (Gerbillus gleadowi). I could only find one page on the Internet with pics of them (if they even have the right species in the pics): http://beszamelispolkabezograniczen.blogspot.com/2015/09/gerbillus-gleadowi-indyjski-gerbil-z.html I had to use the following uBlock filter in order to load the above page properly: code:   The tail looks too short, but it could be a subspecies. I think it's safe to say they're probably some species of Gerbillus. Bula Vinaka fucked around with this message at 18:29 on Mar 3, 2024 |
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Captain Invictus posted:not critter, but a lifeform. this stump in my yard has become encrusted in lichen and I really like how it looks That's not lichen, it's some kind of conk / polypore / shelf mushroom, probably Turkey Tail. It's extremely healthy and anti-cancer. It's sold as a supplement. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeZVqJJGYqI Bula Vinaka fucked around with this message at 05:24 on Apr 14, 2024 |
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They like to use animal fur, even from animals that predate on them. Ornithologists originally thought they pulled it from dead predator carcasses, but they were wrong. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqjidqAmWpE
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