Author Topic: amazing animal stories thread (post your own) (Read 236922 times)

420seriouscat69 · « **Reply #1500 on:** November 19, 2013, 04:45:10 PM »

http://www.grindtv.com/outdoor/nature/post/catch-of-900-pound-sunfish-creates-stir-in-jamaica/

Emo EMAW · « **Reply #1501 on:** November 27, 2013, 03:14:17 PM »

So my in-law's farm dog got sprayed by a skunk so she had to sleep outside last night. This morning they found her curled up cuddling with a possum.

Rams · « **Reply #1502 on:** November 27, 2013, 03:32:14 PM »

our mini dachshund tried to kill a possum a few years ago. grabbed it by the back of it's neck and shook the hell out of it. it was still sort of twitching so I though it broke its neck but was still alive. I finally got my dog away and the rest went something like this.

possum:

me: /grabs shovel to finish it off/
possum:

me:

possum:

me:

mrs. rams:

Mr Bread · « **Reply #1503 on:** November 27, 2013, 04:30:46 PM »

Quote from: Rams on November 27, 2013, 03:32:14 PM

our mini dachshund tried to kill a possum a few years ago. grabbed it by the back of it's neck and shook the hell out of it. it was still sort of twitching so I though it broke its neck but was still alive. I finally got my dog away and the rest went something like this.

possum:
me: /grabs shovel to finish it off/
possum:
me:
possum:
me:
mrs. rams:

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When threatened or harmed, they will "play possum", mimicking the appearance and smell of a sick or dead animal. This physiological response is involuntary (like fainting), rather than a conscious act. In the case of baby opossums, however, the brain does not always react this way at the appropriate moment, and therefore they often fail to "play dead" when threatened. When an opossum is "playing possum", the animal's lips are drawn back, the teeth are bared, saliva foams around the mouth, the eyes close or half-close, and a foul-smelling fluid is secreted from the anal glands. The stiff, curled form can be prodded, turned over, and even carried away without reaction. The animal will typically regain consciousness after a period of between 40 minutes and 4 hours, a process that begins with slight twitching of the ears.

puniraptor · « **Reply #1504 on:** December 02, 2013, 02:34:47 PM »

Quote from: Metalhead on December 02, 2013, 02:33:15 PM

My uncle once put a cat in a gott cooler because he thought it could breathe out of the spigot, it died.

Asteriskhead · « **Reply #1505 on:** December 02, 2013, 03:31:14 PM »

Quote from: puniraptor on December 02, 2013, 02:34:47 PM

Quote from: Metalhead on December 02, 2013, 02:33:15 PM
My uncle once put a cat in a gott cooler because he thought it could breathe out of the spigot, it died.

FWIW, he was maybe five years old at the time. He's also really dumb and a t-shirt squawk fan.

WillieWatanabe · « **Reply #1506 on:** December 06, 2013, 03:54:50 PM »

Mr Bread · « **Reply #1507 on:** December 06, 2013, 04:06:44 PM »

What the eff is wrong with those psychos?

yoga-like_abana · « **Reply #1508 on:** December 06, 2013, 04:10:40 PM »

420seriouscat69 · « **Reply #1509 on:** December 06, 2013, 04:13:25 PM »

yoga-like_abana · « **Reply #1510 on:** December 06, 2013, 04:18:48 PM »

Deshi basara! Deshi basara!

ben ji · « **Reply #1511 on:** December 06, 2013, 06:52:22 PM »

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steve dave · « **Reply #1512 on:** December 06, 2013, 06:58:05 PM »

Paul Moscow · « **Reply #1513 on:** December 10, 2013, 04:30:03 PM »

http://www.dramafever.com/news/anaconda-swallows-drunk-sleeping-man-outside-liquor-store/?utm_source=outbrain&utm_medium=cpc&utm_content=blog&utm_campaign=outbrainpaid

Emo EMAW · « **Reply #1514 on:** December 10, 2013, 04:33:09 PM »

Oh to hell with you Paul Moscow!

sys · « **Reply #1515 on:** December 10, 2013, 04:35:49 PM »

not an anaconda, not in india, almost certainly not a man.

puniraptor · « **Reply #1516 on:** December 10, 2013, 04:37:08 PM »

http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/pythoneatsman.asp

puniraptor · « **Reply #1517 on:** December 10, 2013, 04:38:37 PM »

Quote from: puniraptor on December 10, 2013, 04:37:08 PM

http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/pythoneatsman.asp

however

it doesn't have to be true to be an amazing story, i suppose

Emo EMAW · « **Reply #1518 on:** December 10, 2013, 04:42:16 PM »

Question for sys: when I'm walking the Montana prairie and my eye catches the movement of a rattler raring up to strike and I instantaneously jump out of the way...is that instinct from some sort of genetic evolution that humans are or should be afraid of snakes? I mean it seems silly that humans are generally afraid of snakes and spiders and such, even though most species are not dangerous to us. Hell I've jumped at a mouse running across the floor. Basically I'm a pussy right?

sys · « **Reply #1519 on:** December 10, 2013, 04:50:19 PM »

Quote from: Emo EMAW on December 10, 2013, 04:42:16 PM

Question for sys: when I'm walking the Montana prairie and my eye catches the movement of a rattler raring up to strike and I instantaneously jump out of the way...is that instinct from some sort of genetic evolution that humans are or should be afraid of snakes? I mean it seems silly that humans are generally afraid of snakes and spiders and such, even though most species are not dangerous to us. Hell I've jumped at a mouse running across the floor. Basically I'm a pussy right?

iirc, infant humans don't show instinctive fear of snakes, but infant apes and monkeys do. but very young humans display an elevated sensitivity to snakes/snake shaped objects and often/usually develop a measurable fear fairly early in life.

so yeah, i'd say it's basically instinctive, although apparently not in exactly the same way as in some other primates.

Paul Moscow · « **Reply #1520 on:** December 10, 2013, 04:55:17 PM »

Quote from: puniraptor on December 10, 2013, 04:38:37 PM

Quote from: puniraptor on December 10, 2013, 04:37:08 PM
http://www.snopes.com/photos/animals/pythoneatsman.asp

however

it doesn't have to be true to be an amazing story, i suppose

yeah pic was too good to sit on

puniraptor · « **Reply #1521 on:** December 10, 2013, 04:57:42 PM »

prolly a deer! or a pig!

or a nutria? or maybe a drunk man?

Brock Landers · « **Reply #1522 on:** December 10, 2013, 05:23:50 PM »

Too small to be a drunk man.

Drunk child perhaps?

sys · « **Reply #1523 on:** December 11, 2013, 09:11:22 PM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tTmj9ll_uA

Emo EMAW · « **Reply #1524 on:** December 13, 2013, 11:19:09 AM »

http://www.youtube.com/embed/AA56LgpFbSw?rel=0