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In Holland, my work site in situated in the sand dunes and it is a nature reserves
 
We have seagulls, water fowls (there is one nesting just outside my window), foxes, badgers, hares, rabbits, herons, ibises, grouses and we even have strange Notus animals: when we go on a shooting rampage, killing everything in sight, there are those strange orange coloured/dressed animals turning around , throwing their arms up and yelling not us, not us!!!
 
 
 
In Brussels, the second greenest city after Berlin in Europe (in terms of garden and parks surface/per inhabitant) , we have foxes, badgers, hawks, squirrels, tourists, pigeons (other than the previous form), chipmunks, a host of common birds.
 
 
In my Ardennes hide out, I have an howl nesting in the old castle ruins next to the cottage, I regularly get woken up by badgers foraging around the house. During daytime all sorts elks, foxes, hawks, woodpeckers, kingfishers, etc...
 
 
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There's a pair of Robins in my backyard.



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Originally posted by NetsNJFan NetsNJFan wrote:

I have deer and wild turkey in my backyard, I love it.  We also have lots of groundhogs, who fight with the rabbits over grazing turf--hilarious.
 
 
 Well the venison is common enough fare, but is groundhog good served with rye, then?
 
 
BBQ'ed, or fried?
 
 
Remember to recycle the empties -- neighbors nosing through your green box be damned!Stern Smile
 
 
 


Edited by Peter Rideout - June 21 2006 at 08:29
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O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
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We have fun at the moment watching the behaviour of the woodpeckers (Greater Spotted) on the peanuts we put out for them. This year, for the first time, there's a young one - fluffier & apparently fatter than the parent, but more muddy-coloured - who clings to the wooden post on which the peanuts hang, but seems to have no idea how to get the nuts. The parent hammers away (showering the young bird with nut fragments) then has to feed the youngster beak to beak - he does try, hammering at the wood & the underside of the feeder, but doesn't seem to get it.......kids, eh?
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We have the worlds smallest primate:
The Bohol tarsier...
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and one of the worlds largest eagle:
The Philippine Monkey Eating Eagle
 
both endangered sadly.....

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Well...
 
For sheer terror, I'd pit the New York City rat against any of yours!  LOL.  Not only are some of them as large as small cats, but they travel in packs, and there are an estimated 100,000,000 of them!  Talk about Willard and Ben!!  These guys would eat your Romanian mountain boar alive in about 10 minutes!
 
Yikes!
 
Still, we do have a couple of red hawks, some peregrine falcons, and, of course, the carriage horses and millions of pigeons.  That's what passes for "wildlife" here in the Big (wormy) Apple.
 
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We don't get any wildlife in our yard (even though we live next a nice wooded creek area) and if we do, one of our three cats will kill it in no time. Mostly half-eaten animal corpses remain. Unhappy
 
 
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Originally posted by Arsillus Arsillus wrote:

Mostly half-eaten animal corpses remain. Unhappy
 
 
 
CoolThat would make a good album title -- ever write death metal lyrics?  Wink
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Originally posted by Majestic_Mayhem Majestic_Mayhem wrote:

We have the worlds smallest primate:
The Bohol tarsier...
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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!Shocked
 
 
The tiny tarsier is in danger of disappearing, for sure! Ermm
 
 
Cool Eagle though -- I like his retro 80s Don Henley "do." Clap
 
I'll try to coax yer tarsier out -- is this the wee blighter?
 
 
Awwww... sure the timid little tyke is wide-eyed with fright!
Leave 'im alone!


Edited by Peter Rideout - June 21 2006 at 14:53
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Originally posted by Peter Rideout Peter Rideout wrote:

Originally posted by Arsillus Arsillus wrote:

Mostly half-eaten animal corpses remain. Unhappy
 
 
 
CoolThat would make a good album title -- ever write death metal lyrics?  Wink
 
LOLLOL
 
 
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Originally posted by The Miracle The Miracle wrote:

The greatest bird ever


WOW!
That IS one awesome bird.

I bet they're outlawed at the CIA, like the Furby Dolls. Wink
Pure Brilliance:
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Well, if there's anything in the animal kingdom cuter than the Bohol Tarsier - I don't think I could cope.......Thumbs Up
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In my parts, I see so much of these it's getting annoying :




But they're so cute Embarrassed

They is also a lot of these :





Aaaaw Hug

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Maybe not after all Ouch LOL

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Originally posted by Ghost Rider Ghost Rider wrote:



BTW, Rico, we do also have those mountain goats (chamois is the French name, camoscio in Italian) in the Western Alps, and they're also protected.


But I hardly it is the exact black goat Wink
If even this exists somewhere else,we are done for it as unique country values Cry


Originally posted by The Miracle The Miracle wrote:

The greatest bird ever


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I SSSSSSSSSSSSOOOOO LOVE BIRDS!
I SSSSSSSSSSSSOOOOO LOVE THIS ONE!

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Originally posted by Bern Bern wrote:






FOL! LOL
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Originally posted by The Miracle The Miracle wrote:

The greatest bird ever
 
ClapStar
 
 
A (wo)man's cousin that left recently the list of endangered species (apparently he is safe now).
Golden lion tamarin.
 


Edited by Atkingani - June 21 2006 at 17:50
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Originally posted by crimson thing crimson thing wrote:

Well, if there's anything in the animal kingdom cuter than the Bohol Tarsier - I don't think I could cope.......Thumbs Up
hehe...
His eyes are larger than his brain.CryLOL 

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The picture of the golden lion tamarin shows what a staggering range of wildlife Brazil has!

 

As a kid, I was given an illustrated book about the wildlife of the Amazon rainforest; although, with hindsite, it was rather twee & anthropomorphised the larger animals, it nevertheless was one of my favourite books at that time. One creature that fascinated me particularly was the huge freshwater fish, the arapaima (also known as, I think, pirarucu?). These apparently grow to 3m! Have any of our Brazilian friends here ever seen one?
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Originally posted by Ricochet Ricochet wrote:

Originally posted by Bern Bern wrote:






FOL! LOL
Stoooooopid friggin animalAngry
 
 
I remember mountain biking in mid-Ontario in the mid-80's on a wild wooden path, and scaring the sh*t of one of those disgusting things; It spewed its stank on my foot and I was really marked for two weeks. Had to change the pedals, get rid of the sock and the shoes, and had to take tomato bath for my foot for two weeks to get the smell away. Of course no social contact was possible during that timeDead , even with myself >> wherever I went this stank accompanied me, even in bed.
 
 
 
Memoooooriiiiiiiies !!!!!!!...............LOL
 
 
 
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Originally posted by crimson thing crimson thing wrote:

The picture of the golden lion tamarin shows what a staggering range of wildlife Brazil has!

 

As a kid, I was given an illustrated book about the wildlife of the Amazon rainforest; although, with hindsite, it was rather twee & anthropomorphised the larger animals, it nevertheless was one of my favourite books at that time. One creature that fascinated me particularly was the huge freshwater fish, the arapaima (also known as, I think, pirarucu?). These apparently grow to 3m! Have any of our Brazilian friends here ever seen one?

 
Yes, c.t., I saw the pirarucu and also tasted its meat. Really good, but not common in Southern Brazil. The arapaima or pirarucu has no natural enemies, except some piranhas or, in shallow waters, the jaguar, but unfortunately is easy to 'caught' since they have lungs and need to come to the surface to breath. Some "farms" are being implemented to guarantee the meat for the local population and also not to disturb the environment.
 
Another South American mammal (very common still in Brazil), the lobo-guará or red wolf, the tallest canidae (although not the strongest or the heaviest):
 
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