Author Topic: amazing animal stories thread (post your own) (Read 243000 times)

sys · « **Reply #2100 on:** June 07, 2016, 01:16:13 PM »

of course.

ben ji · « **Reply #2101 on:** June 14, 2016, 10:38:51 AM »

@sys Are there state records for garter snakes like there are for fish?

This guy has to be numero uno for the entire state right?

I see him in my garden a couple times a week and snapped this pic of him soaking up some rays on my compost pile.

Just living life getting fat on slugs and bugs.

sys · « **Reply #2102 on:** June 14, 2016, 01:52:19 PM »

i probably should have mentioned this before, but those aren't actually garter snakes. i mean, they are, but they aren't called garter snakes.

there are maximum length records for species, i don't think they are usually categorized by state, but maybe some organizations or people do record size records for some states.

420seriouscat69 · « **Reply #2103 on:** June 14, 2016, 01:57:56 PM »

If that snake ever approaches lady, i'm calling the animal humane society and reporting you! How dare you let her roam around such danger, with that pretty of a face.

sys · « **Reply #2104 on:** June 14, 2016, 02:00:04 PM »

actually, i'm not 100% sure. take a better pic and post it.

Emo EMAW · « **Reply #2105 on:** June 14, 2016, 02:39:49 PM »

What are they called? I've only ever heard garter or garden snake.

ben ji · « **Reply #2106 on:** June 14, 2016, 03:43:07 PM »

Quote from: sys on June 14, 2016, 02:00:04 PM

actually, i'm not 100% sure. take a better pic and post it.

Well there is this pic I took of one in my front garden....Please Identify it.

sys · « **Reply #2107 on:** June 14, 2016, 04:23:02 PM »

that one looks like a garter snake. but get a better photo. i need to see the bottom of the snake's side. or the color pattern of the dark area between the top stripe and side stripes. or the head pattern.

Tobias · « **Reply #2108 on:** June 14, 2016, 04:24:29 PM »

get him (her? can't tell with that pic) to post here

sys · « **Reply #2109 on:** June 14, 2016, 04:33:04 PM »

are they this?

or this?

ben ji · « **Reply #2110 on:** June 14, 2016, 04:55:26 PM »

There is definitely some red in the patterns but not as pronounced as your second picture.

sys · « **Reply #2111 on:** June 14, 2016, 05:16:11 PM »

ok, then they're garter snakes. ignore my previous post.

ben ji · « **Reply #2112 on:** June 19, 2016, 03:27:12 PM »

A couple of the eggs hatched

SdK · « **Reply #2113 on:** July 05, 2016, 10:45:52 AM »

Evidently a Turtledove mom has made a nest in my gutter. I've been watching her intently. Today I noticed two chicks.

Canary · « **Reply #2114 on:** July 05, 2016, 06:32:35 PM »

Quote from: Sundance»¤«Kid on July 05, 2016, 10:45:52 AM

Evidently a Turtledove mom has made a nest in my gutter. I've been watching her intently. Today I noticed two chicks.

Remind me to check that out next time I'm there. I didn't realize there were eggs there.

SdK · « **Reply #2115 on:** July 05, 2016, 06:35:38 PM »

Quote from: Canary on July 05, 2016, 06:32:35 PM

Quote from: Sundance»¤«Kid on July 05, 2016, 10:45:52 AM
Evidently a Turtledove mom has made a nest in my gutter. I've been watching her intently. Today I noticed two chicks.

Remind me to check that out next time I'm there. I didn't realize there were eggs there.

Oh yes. And evidently they can have up to 6 broods per season. So it may go on a while. Julie and I noticed up to 5 other mourning doves in the courtyard.

Canary · « **Reply #2116 on:** July 05, 2016, 07:09:58 PM »

Quote from: Sundance»¤«Kid on July 05, 2016, 06:35:38 PM

Quote from: Canary on July 05, 2016, 06:32:35 PM
Quote from: Sundance»¤«Kid on July 05, 2016, 10:45:52 AM
Evidently a Turtledove mom has made a nest in my gutter. I've been watching her intently. Today I noticed two chicks.

Remind me to check that out next time I'm there. I didn't realize there were eggs there.
Oh yes. And evidently they can have up to 6 broods per season. So it may go on a while. Julie and I noticed up to 5 other mourning doves in the courtyard.

Very cool.

Emo EMAW · « **Reply #2117 on:** July 11, 2016, 09:42:37 AM »

So I had (have?) a family of bats, I think 7 of them, living under my deck where there is a little gap between a joist and the wall. I had seen all their poop (bat crap) on the patio but figured it was chipmunks or something. Took the hose and sprayed the ever living crap out of them until 6 of them fell or flew out. I waterboarded two of them once they were on the ground. Just wanted them to get the message. I came out later and those two were still close, trying to tuck up underneath the siding. I knocked them out with a stick and they both just lay there on their backs with their mouths open showing their nasty little teeths (fangs?). Each one I flipped up into the air with the stick and they flew away. Why I didn't take any pics or video I have no idea.

Gooch · « **Reply #2118 on:** July 11, 2016, 10:11:54 AM »

Bats are awesome and eat a shitload of mosquitoes each night. I hope you get Westnile and Zika.

Mrs. Gooch · « **Reply #2119 on:** July 11, 2016, 10:21:33 AM »

You are lucky they didn't attack you and suck your blood.

_33 · « **Reply #2120 on:** July 11, 2016, 10:30:18 AM »

I saw a coyote, a raccoon and a deer last night. Separately. They weren't all hanging out, although I saw them within just a few minutes of each other so it's possible they were meeting up later.

Emo EMAW · « **Reply #2121 on:** July 11, 2016, 11:46:03 AM »

I will say I have more respect for bats being mammals than I would a bird.

My ratings of the animal classes in order of most respect to least respect is:

mammals
birds
amphibians
reptiles
fish

EMAWican · « **Reply #2122 on:** July 11, 2016, 12:12:42 PM »

Quote from: Emo EMAW on July 11, 2016, 09:42:37 AM

So I had (have?) a family of bats, I think 7 of them, living under my deck where there is a little gap between a joist and the wall. I had seen all their poop (bat crap) on the patio but figured it was chipmunks or something. Took the hose and sprayed the ever living crap out of them until 6 of them fell or flew out. I waterboarded two of them once they were on the ground. Just wanted them to get the message. I came out later and those two were still close, trying to tuck up underneath the siding. I knocked them out with a stick and they both just lay there on their backs with their mouths open showing their nasty little teeths (fangs?). Each one I flipped up into the air with the stick and they flew away. Why I didn't take any pics or video I have no idea.

Why don't you just seal off the gap at night, bad person?

Emo EMAW · « **Reply #2123 on:** July 11, 2016, 12:36:34 PM »

Quote from: EMAWican on July 11, 2016, 12:12:42 PM

Quote from: Emo EMAW on July 11, 2016, 09:42:37 AM
So I had (have?) a family of bats, I think 7 of them, living under my deck where there is a little gap between a joist and the wall. I had seen all their poop (bat crap) on the patio but figured it was chipmunks or something. Took the hose and sprayed the ever living crap out of them until 6 of them fell or flew out. I waterboarded two of them once they were on the ground. Just wanted them to get the message. I came out later and those two were still close, trying to tuck up underneath the siding. I knocked them out with a stick and they both just lay there on their backs with their mouths open showing their nasty little teeths (fangs?). Each one I flipped up into the air with the stick and they flew away. Why I didn't take any pics or video I have no idea.

Why don't you just seal off the gap at night, bad person?

I feel like doing that would just play into their hands where night time is ADVANTAGE: bat. I also feel like I need to intimidate them into believing it is hazardous for their health to try to make a home in/on my home. If you catch a hobo living in your attic do you seal the door whilst he's gone panhandling? Didn't think so.

ben ji · « **Reply #2124 on:** July 11, 2016, 03:08:56 PM »

Quote from: ben ji on June 19, 2016, 03:27:12 PM

A couple of the eggs hatched

So I left town for about a week after I snapped this picture and when I came back the birds were all gone, no trace of anything in the nest.

I hope they made it out alive but I don't think the develop that fast...Maybe one of my garter snakes got em :-(