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Posted: June 22 2006 at 08:20

WOMBAT

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Posted: June 22 2006 at 10:07

Right on! Great pics, folks -- I love the Brazilian Tamarin, and the chubby Wombat.

Keep 'em coming, and please, don't just list animals from your area (how interesting is that?), but take the time to google and post an image or two! All critters welcome (bugs too) -- what is common to you will be exotic to another half a world away.

Saw lots of these awesome denizens of the deep last summer, when my family and I went to my Newfoundland home:

A truly magnificent sight! Watching these behemoths breach, dive, and slap the surface with their massive tails is an experience never to be forgotten!

Edited by Peter Rideout - June 22 2006 at 10:08

"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.

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Posted: June 22 2006 at 10:07

Peter Rideout wrote:

Majestic_Mayhem wrote:

We have the worlds smallest primate:

The Bohol tarsier...

...

and one of the worlds largest eagle:

The Philippine Monkey Eating Eagle

both endangered sadly.....

I'll say he's small, if he can hide behind that little red X!

Peter, the little dude's a primate... not an insect....

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Posted: June 22 2006 at 15:14

Here's the extent of the wildlife here in Texas-

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Posted: June 22 2006 at 17:18

^ Hmmmmm........looks like the little critturs cunning yellow striped camouflage didn't quite work........

"Every man over forty is a scoundrel." GBS

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Posted: June 22 2006 at 18:24

This little chap is the American Grey Squirrel,

i encounter them daily, and they are getting rather aggressive these days, they actually stop and growl at you. They are often attacked and eaten by rats, and i heard some have cross-bred, producing super-rats that climb trees!! They are becoming a real problem in Britain, as you will see from this link....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4635330.stm

the squirrel has its allies though....

http://www.savethegrey.org/

Edited by mystic fred - June 22 2006 at 18:28

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Posted: June 22 2006 at 18:24

I like these guys!

They do not nest here but every year, during Winter (now), more than 100 are rescued only inside Guanabara Bay (Rio de Janeiro). They were carried to a special zoo where they are nourished and medicated and later returned to sea, stronger and wiser. I myself participated in some rescues years ago.

Guigo

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Posted: June 22 2006 at 22:11

crimson thing wrote:

^ Hmmmmm........looks like the little critturs cunning yellow striped camouflage didn't quite work........

It depends on what it was trying to accomplish.

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Posted: June 23 2006 at 09:34

Arsillus wrote:

Here's the extent of the wildlife here in Texas-

I wouldn't be so sure about that!

My sources inform me that this cute little critter hails from Texas:

Her tender, homesick paean to the Lone Star State is especially moving:

Wish I was back in Texas,
The ocean's no place for a squirrel,
Wish I was in Texas,
Prettiest place in the world, oh no.
I guess deep in my heart I'll always be a Texas girl
I wanna go hommmme hooommmmmme hommme oh oh
Yoldle ay e oh, yodle ay e oh, yodle ay e oh, a lay-ee, a lay-ee.

I wanna wake up in Texas
I miss those wide open skies.
I miss my 20 acres, bar-b-ques,
And peacan pies, oh why?

When I'm so far from you, Texas, all I can do-o is cry.
I wanna go ho-oome,
Ho-oome, I wanna go ho-ome!

Such poetry! Such pathos!

Edited by Peter Rideout - June 23 2006 at 09:39

"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.

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Posted: June 23 2006 at 12:55

mystic fred wrote:

This little chap is the American Grey Squirrel,

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4635330.stm

the squirrel has its allies though....

http://www.savethegrey.org/

I know of that squirrel. I once saw here flying away when it heard a siren of some sort.

I only maneged to take one picture of it before flying away...

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Posted: June 24 2006 at 06:23

really great photos! . maybe i will be arsed to scan some of my photos in.

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Posted: June 24 2006 at 09:08

Here is of my favorite animals, just his sheer grace and the fact it is black :

A black leopard, there is no such thing as a black panther.

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Posted: June 24 2006 at 09:27

^You have those in Netherlands?? Shocked

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Posted: June 24 2006 at 09:33

Logos wrote:

^You have those in Netherlands?? Shocked

Nah

. Peter Rideout said : Keep 'em coming, and please, don't just list animals from your area .

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Posted: June 24 2006 at 09:45

Edited by Ricochet - June 24 2006 at 09:46

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Posted: June 24 2006 at 10:35

Peter Rideout wrote:

Arsillus wrote:

Here's the extent of the wildlife here in Texas-

I wouldn't be so sure about that!

My sources inform me that this cute little critter hails from Texas:

Her tender, homesick paean to the Lone Star State is especially moving:

Such poetry! Such pathos!

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Posted: June 25 2006 at 10:22

glass house wrote:

Logos wrote:

^You have those in Netherlands?? Shocked

Nah

. Peter Rideout said : Keep 'em coming, and please, don't just list animals from your area .

I guess that sentence was unclear. Embarrassed

But notice that "list" is underlined, not "your." I do want animals from your area (no zoos, please), but I don't want mere lists (as some had posted); I want pictures too. (Seeing a picture of an animal is more interesting than reading its name!)

So sorry, Dutchie, but black panthers are off the Netherlands list -- perhaps post a pic of the industrious Dutch beaver that builds all those famous dikes....

Seriously though, I know Holland is not exactly untamed, but you must have birds and some small mammals there. What gives you a wee thrill (animal wise!

) when you sight it there, as you bicycle past the tulips and windmills?

I saw this guy yesterday (lots of them around here), and he builds amazing dikes (dams)and lodges:

He can cut down some really big trees! The beaver gets immortalized on our 5-cent coin because he is such a hard worker (hence the expression: "as busy as a beaver."

Edited by Peter Rideout - June 26 2006 at 09:42

"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.

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Posted: June 26 2006 at 03:50

Australian wrote:

WOMBAT

Splendid! Let's all play WOM

Sorry, Bern, but as for these two:

That's just a pair of slippers

(albeit a pair which may just smell a little worse than mine...

)

And I'm sorry to each and every one of you, but I have to say this...

HEY! PETER....

NICE BEAVER!

Edited by Jim Garten - June 26 2006 at 03:57

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Posted: June 27 2006 at 05:13

Empathy wrote:

The Miracle wrote:

The greatest bird ever

<font size="7">WOW!
That IS one awesome bird.

I bet they're outlawed at the CIA, like the Furby Dolls.

actually if you have ever been lucky enough to see a space bird you would know it is far far greater. its kinda like a condor but twice the size and flies 150km above the earth.