The ALL Animals Thread :)

[ChrisL]

 

[ChrisL]

 

[ChrisL]

 

[ChrisL]

 

[ChrisL]

 

[Wry Catcher]

In the winter the buzzards will be mating, flying in vertical circles in the sky above the house.......the Eagles are building nests....

Ah, that's why I've seen them high in the sky flying in circles. I thought someone had been buried in a shallow grave somewhere in the fields around our home.

 

[Wyld Kard]

Is that real? The birds had people voices. Lol!

Of course it's real. Birds like parrots or macaws can copy the sounds they hear.

 

[Moonglow]

Is that real? The birds had people voices. Lol!

Yes it's real. Birds like parrots or macaws can copy the sounds they hear.

Chris was a very sheltered human......

 

[ChrisL]

Is that real? The birds had people voices. Lol!

Of course it's real. Birds like parrots or macaws can copy the sounds they hear.

I know they can, but are they supposed to sound like people when they talk? I knew a person (or saw it on TV - can't remember) who had a bird that would say pretty baby, but it squawked when it said that and didn't really sound much like a person.

 

[Wyld Kard]

Is that real? The birds had people voices. Lol!

Of course it's real. Birds like parrots or macaws can copy the sounds they hear.

I know they can, but are they supposed to sound like people when they talk? I knew a person (or saw it on TV - can't remember) who had a bird that would say pretty baby, but it squawked when it said that and didn't really sound much like a person.

are they supposed to sound like people when they talk?

Sure with enough patience and time in training them, it could be possible.

 

[ChrisL]

 

[ChrisL]

 

[Wyld Kard]

 

[baileyn45]

I have to include lions because I am a Leo.

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That top picture looks like a view I would not want to see in person. Yikes! Nice kitty!

 

[baileyn45]

I've had tropical fish in my office for many years. Very Sooooothing.

 

[ChrisL]

I've had tropical fish in my office for many years. Very Sooooothing.

I was thinking about getting a salt water fish tank for a while, but they are a lot of work and maintenance. You have to make sure the pH levels are perfect. Plus the salt makes a coating on the tank which has to be scrubbed regularly. They are so beautiful and peaceful though.

 

[baileyn45]

I've had tropical fish in my office for many years. Very Sooooothing.

I was thinking about getting a salt water fish tank for a while, but they are a lot of work and maintenance. You have to make sure the pH levels are perfect. Plus the salt makes a coating on the tank which has to be scrubbed regularly. They are so beautiful and peaceful though.

I lucked out and have a friend who's a tropical fish guru. She won't let me do anything except watch them.

 

[ChrisL]

 

[waltky]

Granny says it sounds like a lotta monkey business to her...

Lions chasing warthog escape park, wander streets of Nairobi
February 19, 2016 Nairobi, Kenya, is a rare city in which a park full of the world’s most vicious predators abuts a sprawling metropolis that’s home to millions of humans. Usually it’s a peaceful coexistence. On Friday, it got a little scary.

Four lions escaped from Nairobi National Park and headed toward a heavily populated part of one of Africa’s largest cities. Kenyan wildlife officials tried — in some cases unsuccessfully — to keep people calm. ‘‘Avoid provoking the lions by confronting them,’’ tweeted Kenya Wildlife Services spokesman Paul Udotu. A toll-free number was distributed for anyone who spotted one of the animals. Many people used it — they thought they had heard a lioness, or seen one moving in the early morning darkness. ‘‘People were just in panic,’’ said Nelly Palmeris, a senior park warden at Nairobi National Park.

A lion in Nairobi National Park, where several of the big cats escaped from on Friday.​

It turned out that the lions had sneaked out through a culvert, likely when chasing a warthog, Palmeris said. By early evening, two had returned on their own, and two more had made it to a neighboring military barracks. The population around the park has grown more than tenfold since it was established in 1946, Palmeris said. Decades ago, when animals escaped, they posed no immediate threat to humans, as the park was surrounded by miles of mostly undeveloped wilderness.

Now, the park is a green dot in the middle an enormous, growing city, in some cases just across a fence from heavily populated areas. It is a few miles away from Kibera, Africa’s largest slum. ‘‘As soon as they venture out they are in conflict with humans,’’ Palmeris said.

A lioness walked in front of tourist vehicles at Nairobi National Park​

There are between 35 and 40 lions in the park, a number that remains steady. But in 2012, six lions were killed by locals when they escaped from the park. No one was injured by the lions Friday. After residents were reassured by wildlife officials that the lions had been accounted for, the incident became fodder for jokes, particularly on Twitter. ‘‘Please allow the lions to patrol Nairobi during peak traffic hours. They do a much better job than the cops,’’ said one wit.

Lions chasing warthog escape park, wander streets of Nairobi - The Boston Globe

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Knife-wielding monkey terrorizes Brazilian bar after guzzling rum
February 19, 2016 - Capuchin monkey wandered into bar, drank leftover booze; It then grabbed a knife, chased male bar patrons; Firefighters caught monkey, released it back into wild

Monkeys just want to have fun - and brandish dangerous weapons. At least that’s what a group of bar patrons in Patos, Brazil, learned earlier this month, when a capuchin monkey ambled inside and proceeded to sample leftover rum on the tables, UPI and the Brazilian news website aRede reported.

A capuchin monkey plays at a zoo in Fort Wayne, Ind. In Brazil earlier this month, a wild capuchin monkey terrorized bar patrons with a knife.​

After the long-tailed creature had guzzled its fill, it somehow came into possession of a kitchen knife almost as long as its body. With the powerful weapon in hand, it began chasing the men in the establishment; according to local fire Lt. Col. Saul Laurentino, it left the women alone. “It was a bar staff oversight that ended with the monkey drinking some rum and taking the knife,” Laurentino told aRede.

Video footage captured on the scene shows the monkey on a roof with the knife, indiscriminately stabbing at shingles. UPI reported that firefighters were able to capture the monkey and release it back into the wild. Its antics soon attracted attention and alarm a second time, however, when residents living near the woods reported that it was behaving aggressively towards them. Local authorities are now in the process of determining whether the monkey should be permanently kept in captivity.

Knife-wielding monkey terrorizes Brazilian bar after guzzling rum

 

[Carla_Danger]

I love this parrot.