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'scummer' badger attack.....

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quick trip to bournemouth hospital, the junior stanislas wing.....

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edit - in true junior style, sad to report his leg subsequently fell off again, but he had another operation. it was on long enough however to sign another 2 year contract.
 
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Toronto Wildlife is a really good organization and we do a bit of volunteering for them. They always need money and are very good at tugging at the heartstrings to separate people from their wallets.

These little opposum (oppossa?) are very cute indeed, and will likely raise some funds.

They have 49 orphans right now. The adults are slow moving and nocturnal, so are often hit by cars. However, their pouches can protect the little ones and we are told that if you see one on the side of the road, check to make sure there are no babies.

Hope you can view this.

 
Toronto John said:
Toronto Wildlife is a really good organization and we do a bit of volunteering for them. They always need money and are very good at tugging at the heartstrings to separate people from their wallets.

These little opposum (oppossa?) are very cute indeed, and will likely raise some funds.

They have 49 orphans right now. The adults are slow moving and nocturnal, so are often hit by cars. However, their pouches can protect the little ones and we are told that if you see one on the side of the road, check to make sure there are no babies.

Hope you can view this.

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they are pretty cute, I admit. it helps being a cute animal (& cute human).
 
Opossums really get a bad rap from people who don't really understand their value from eating ticks and other similiar things to cut down on diseases and nuisances.Good on ya'll for helping them out.
 
Arctic Terns - getting pretty feisty when I was in a group on a conducted tour walking near their breeding colony. The guide on the day in question was quite an expert, showing us they are just the most remarkable birds. The longest migration route of any creature on earth, they breed in the far North (these were in Iceland) during the summer but then migrate around 16,000 miles to winter in the far Southern latitudes. And that's not only the adults, but chicks too. Spend a lot of their flight time gliding (and who can blame them with that distance to cover) which is easy for them as they're so light, and their journey South takes about three months, though for some reason the journey North in the Spring is much quicker. Difficult to comprehend the journey they make, every year. Fantastic creatures.View attachment 546A3952.jpg
 
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Arctic Terns - getting pretty feisty when I was in a group on a conducted tour walking near their breeding colony. The guide on the day in question was quite an expert, showing us they are just the most remarkable birds. The longest migration route of any creature on earth, they breed in the far North (these were in Iceland) during the summer but then migrate around 16,000 miles to winter in the far Southern latitudes. And that's not only the adults, but chicks too. Spend a lot of their flight time gliding (and who can blame them with that distance to cover) which is easy for them as they're so light, and their journey South takes about three months, though for some reason the journey North in the Spring is much quicker. Difficult to comprehend the journey they make, every year. Fantastic creatures.View attachment 11432
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I remember getting regularly bombed by arctic terns in Shetland. They were more vicious than the great skuas!
 
Rob151060 said:
Arctic Terns - getting pretty feisty when I was in a group on a conducted tour walking near their breeding colony. The guide on the day in question was quite an expert, showing us they are just the most remarkable birds. The longest migration route of any creature on earth, they breed in the far North (these were in Iceland) during the summer but then migrate around 16,000 miles to winter in the far Southern latitudes. And that's not only the adults, but chicks too. Spend a lot of their flight time gliding (and who can blame them with that distance to cover) which is easy for them as they're so light, and their journey South takes about three months, though for some reason the journey North in the Spring is much quicker. Difficult to comprehend the journey they make, every year. Fantastic creatures.View attachment 11432
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stanthevan said:
I remember getting regularly bombed by arctic terns in Shetland. They were more vicious than the great skuas!
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The same when we visited Inner Farne last year in June, we were all advised to wear a hat because of the risk of attack by these birds.

When we landed one lady in particular was attacked but had head cover, myself one swooped just above my cowboy hat but didn’t make contact.

The terns also like to try and nick the puffins eels when they get back from a fishing trip, too lazy to fish themselves.

Was quite funny how a few terns were waiting near the puffin burrows and the puffin popped down another one, after a while the terns got bored and went away and the puffin popped out and back down another burrrow. :grinning:

Sadly a month later the Islands were hit with bird flu and a lot died.
 
billythekid said:
The same when we visited Inner Farne last year in June, we were all advised to wear a hat because of the risk of attack by these birds.

When we landed one lady in particular was attacked but had head cover, myself one swooped just above my cowboy hat but didn’t make contact.

The terns also like to try and nick the puffins eels when they get back from a fishing trip, too lazy to fish themselves.

Was quite funny how a few terns were waiting near the puffin burrows and the puffin popped down another one, after a while the terns got bored and went away and the puffin popped out and back down another burrrow. :grinning:

Sadly a month later the Islands were hit with bird flu and a lot died.
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Wanted to “like “ this post, but seemed inappropriate in light of the last sentence. Good post though. Hopefully the bird flu has worked its way through
 
Came across two muntjac dear plus a fox, hanging out together as if they were a gang of friends. Tame enough to let me stand and watch them for a few minutes, the dear seemed totally unafraid of the fox and the fox was quite happy to sniff them a bit and then lie down for a chill. Eventually they all wondered off seemingly in the same direction together. Seemed strange to me?

Maybe the fox has gone vegan.
 
northstandmark said:
Came across two muntjac dear plus a fox, hanging out together as if they were a gang of friends. Tame enough to let me stand and watch them for a few minutes, the dear seemed totally unafraid of the fox and the fox was quite happy to sniff them a bit and then lie down for a chill. Eventually they all wondered off seemingly in the same direction together. Seemed strange to me?

Maybe the fox has gone vegan.
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They were probably out foraging for mushrooms ; )
 
northstandmark said:
Came across two muntjac dear plus a fox, hanging out together as if they were a gang of friends. Tame enough to let me stand and watch them for a few minutes, the dear seemed totally unafraid of the fox and the fox was quite happy to sniff them a bit and then lie down for a chill. Eventually they all wondered off seemingly in the same direction together. Seemed strange to me?

Maybe the fox has gone vegan.
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perhaps they were taking a break from filming the new 'live-action' version of Bambi?
 
Might be interested in this article Mark.

One final point on the interaction between deer and foxes: not all encounters are aggressive or predatory. I have seen foxes cross through fields of deer with each ignoring the other and, in the New Forest, have watched a fox pouncing on rodents in a field as red and roe deer grazed, their young hidden nearby. There is also an interesting, but unconfirmed, report of apparent play behaviour between a muntjac and fox. (I remain sceptical having not seen the video, but the reference is included here for completeness.) In May 2008 a gentleman posted on a wildlife Internet message board describing footage that he had been sent by a friend showing a fox and Reeves' muntjac deer in the garden of their London home. He explained:

“[the footage] is of an adult fox and a muntjac deer playing wildly together in the garden. They take it in turns to chase each other around the various shrubs etc. The fox looks the most enthusiastic of the two, cavorting and leaping around like a big kitten with those characteristic 'mouse jumps'.”
www.wildlifeonline.me.uk

Red Fox Interaction with Other Species - Deer | Wildlife Online

Adult deer are beyond the predatory capacity of foxes, but they may take newborn animals. Studies suggest they can significantly impact roe deer populations.
www.wildlifeonline.me.uk
 
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