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Question about Wildlife.

20:56 / 19.05.06

grant, or any other floridians... it is common for Alligators of this size to be found?

I would imagine these animals grow in accordance with their environment and available food. I would've thought city sprawl would have made such creatures almost non-existant.

at 14 feet long and about 700lbs. I thought the spectical would be worth an online video and some chatter.

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22:22 / 19.05.06

Um.

I would... call that unusual, indeed.

Gators— pretty common.

Gators of that size— not common. One might say rare.

*looks around for a Mighty Big Beatin' Stick*

22:34 / 19.05.06

Gators have been very busy this year. I believe they've killed three people so far.

Hydra vs Leviathan

10:16 / 20.05.06

Anyone seen the photo of the gator and the snake that both died in the attempt to eat each other? IIRC, the snake was a python (or poss anaconda) that had probably been let loose (or was the descendant of snakes that had been let loose) by people using Florida as a location for filming African/Brazilian jungle set films in the 60s and 70s...

Apparently there are all sorts of tropical creatures (birds, lizards, snakes, monkeys, possibly even chimps, some reckon big cats) living wild in bits of Florida because they were bought to use as film "props" and then just released cos they figured, well, wild animals are wild animals, surely a few from some random other country wouldn't do any harm, and it was cheaper than taking them back to the zoo...

Interesting possible topic of discussion: what goes on when wildlife that has been displaced or relocated by human activity interacts with other wildlife, causing all sorts of ecological chain effects? Is this humans destroying ecosystems, or creating whole new ones?

10:31 / 20.05.06

The news on thursday said, that a brownbear is very close to the german border and might cross very soon. Her would be the first wild bear on german ground since 1835!

His name is JJ2 after his parents Jurka and Jozé. He´s 2,50 m tall (standing up *gulp*) and weighs 300 pounds.

Usually these bears are very shy, but JJ2 is a rascal and has killed sheep, stolen honey and pig food.

And this week, a little bear was born in one of Berlin´s zoos, he weighs almost 8 pounds and is a Malayen-bear. There´s a big picture on today´s newspaper. He´s very cute, but I can´t find a photo of him online.

ORA ORA ORA ORAAAA!!

13:11 / 20.05.06

Oh, I want the wild bear to make it to Berlin! That would be fantastic.

As long as, I don't know, they didn't shoot the critter.

So, maybe I want the wild bear to make it to berlin and then sedately walk into the place behind town hall (Is it behind town hall? I forget) where the bears are supposed to live, to be feted and worshipped and looked after for the rest of its life, except when it needs to be elsewhere, which is also ok.

Poor bears.

Wild animals introduced to random locations become cane toads, and then the most irritating and evil animals ever invented. I don't know where cane toads come from, but I wish they weren't in my country.

13:29 / 20.05.06

In the newspaper today:
A speaker for the WWF said, the bear hasn´t been seen since thursday. Originally they wanted to equip JJ2 with a GPS transmitter, so that they could track his travels.

He would be very welcome here. The flag and crest of Berlin has a bear on it.

14:33 / 20.05.06

Cane Toads are from Hawaii, I think. (don't quote me on that, though).

All Acting Regiment

14:42 / 20.05.06

I know this doesn't really match up to the Gator, which is "A!A!A!" mazing, but Geese, man- on the canals, early morning, they'll stand on one leg and sun themselves on the toepath.

You approach, thinking they'll hop out of your way. But they don't. Bloody hell. Hisssssss. I fucked right off.

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

14:47 / 20.05.06

Swans are fucking scary, too. I was starting to worry that my little dog, having shown no fear of ANYTHING WHATSOCOCKINGEVER in the whole time I've known her, was lacking in self-preservation instincts. Until we walked past a nesting pair. Fuck me, they weren't happy. She backed off REAL quick. Not, I hasten to add, quite as fast as me, though.

A badger could still take a swan, though. Piece of piss.

14:50 / 20.05.06

Yes, I have a healthy respect towards swans. Last year, I was sitting on a park bench and watched a swan standing on the path, with fluttering wings, hissing and looking dirtily at passers-by.

It looked very funny, but I was glad, I sat 10m away.

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14:52 / 20.05.06

I tell you, if I'd been walking a badger rather than a small cute dog, that swan would have been hissing on the other side of its beak.

ORA ORA ORA ORAAAA!!

15:03 / 20.05.06

He would be very welcome here. The flag and crest of Berlin has a bear on it.

Indeed. My vague rememberances of Berlin and there being an old bear-pit behind the town hall are probably wrong, but I do remember the occasional flag...

Also: I hope cane toads are not from hawaii. Is there even sugarcane there? I don't want to dislike hawaii as the ultimate source of some annoyance to me. But I'll do it if I have to!

15:15 / 20.05.06

oops. i was wrong. kinda. they are native to central america, but exported to hawaii to eat beetles who were munching on the sugar cane crops....and i think it kinda wopked there, so that's why they were sent to australia.

ORA ORA ORA ORAAAA!!

15:20 / 20.05.06

ahah!

I knew I could blame the contintental USA eventually!

Thanks, Mono. Appreciated.

15:52 / 20.05.06

Actually they are from Central/South America so it's a little far south to blame the USA.

Sorry to burst your bubble, dude.

17:47 / 22.05.06

What's curious to me is how the media tend to act in the face of some wild animal.

Not long ago there was a mountain lion that at strayed too far down the mountain and encountered humans. Not sure on the details but with-in days the news was all out about this Mountain Lion scare.

hunting praties were actually formed and the poor beast was eventually killed. Why it was relocated is a mystery to me.

In the foothills east of here I live in Oakland California hiking can easily lead you into an encounter with a pack of Coyote (usually if you're hiking in the evenings) this can be unsettling if you're out on your own and notice a few of them - are they surrounding me?

Of course I have two huge Dogs that I hike with . . .

So my concern is what trouble might ensue when the bigger of the two decides to play "top dog" with a pack of wild Coyote.

Has anyone heard about the shooting of the first recorded Grizzly/Polar Bear hybrid?

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18:10 / 22.05.06

Cool dogs, Mr Tricks.

I think there's stuff about the grizzly/polar bear's sad demise in either the anger or miserable thread. Definitely some somewhere on the board.

22:29 / 22.05.06

It's in a thread called Prizzly Bears I believe.

02:03 / 23.05.06

I was just in Doral, and I fucked that gator's shit up, man, because he got all in my shit.

No, seriously. I was in Doral. I didn't actually see the gator, but I've seen them that big before. Not often, but occasionally, and sometimes closer than I'd like.

Sometimes they get that big because they've been fed. By people. But often, it's more like the sprawl finally reaches them. Doral didn't exist five years ago. That was all swamp.

03:46 / 23.05.06

How's life on the island, Mr Tricks?

16:06 / 23.05.06

How's life on the island, Mr Tricks?

Well Me and Scarlett Johansson have been having a great time now that they finnally harvested Ewan's organs. But I'm not sure that's what you were asking about.

08:41 / 26.05.06

Mork saved a fluffy little duckling from the cemetary in Stoke Newington yesterday. He and a friend looked all around for the parents, but to no avail. There were junkies and dogs and people on motorbikes everywhere so they brought it back to the house and called the RSPCA.

When I got home, Duckling was in a box in the shed with some water and an old pillow case. The RSPCA took 5 hours to get to the house and Duckling had stopped being feisty by about hour 4. Mork was worried, so brough the box into the dinig room, made a cozy little 'nest' in the box with an old jumper and put Duckling in the middle of it.

Whe the RSPCA arrived, Duckling was doing fine and the officer told us that he was looking really healthy and that they have a DUCKLING CRECHE (!!!!) for all the little guys who get lost this time of year.

It. Was. So. F**ing. Cute.

The best thing was, after Duckling left, we noticed a fresh poo in the corner of the box opposite the jumper. BUT when the RSPCA officer came, Duckling was on the jumper again. Obviously, Duckie didn't want to ruin Mork's stuff so waddled over to the other corner of the box to do his business.

IT WAS TEH CUTE!!!

I'll post pics when we upload them.

08:43 / 26.05.06

ummmm...my internet just freaked out and i posted that msg about 100 times. will request to delete the extra ones..sorry!

09:40 / 26.05.06

12:17 / 26.05.06

Awwwwww! Widdle webby-toed fuzzy-head!

All Acting Regiment

12:32 / 26.05.06

I cannae see no ducklets...

All Acting Regiment

12:32 / 26.05.06

Now I can...