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20-Apr-23, 08:28:07 AM
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Anything Else / Totally OT / Re: My visit to the vet yesterday
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on: 02-Nov-10, 08:24:51 AM
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I just LOOKED at that picture and my heart is racing! I have the BIGGEST fear of snakes (and German Shepherds)   and I think I would have had to wait in the car and have the Assistant come out to get me! YIKES! And you stuck it out to learn about this thing and his others! WOW!  As much as I was afraid and creeped out by them, I actually sat on the floor next to them and listened to the man. I was mesmerized and I DON'T know why.  |
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Other Nature Related Information / General Nature Discussion / Re: the ABCs of birds - letter B
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on: 02-Nov-10, 08:10:32 AM
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B is for Barn Owl  Molly's babies The Barn Owl is one of the most widely distributed birds in the world, found on all continents except Antarctica, and on many oceanic islands as well. It has been introduced by people to some of the few places it did not already occur, namely Hawaii, the Seychelles Islands, and Lord Howe Island.
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Anything Else / Totally OT / My visit to the vet yesterday
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on: 02-Nov-10, 08:00:39 AM
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So I was taking my brothers Macaw to the vet for a nail and beak trim. I signed in and went to sit down. To my HORROR, this was on the the chair. I almost sat on this 4 1/2 foot Black and White Tegu. You know me and snakes, well this was no different, although, I found myself intrigued by this guy. The owner was in the room with his TWO other rather large Lizards, a monitor and another weird looking lizard. This guy just laid there, good as gold with his huge forked tongue going in and out. The owner has 6 all together, RUNNING around his house. They sleep with him and curl up on the couch and watch TV with him, (which I thought was rather strange). They have all bonded with him and the Monitor was not too happy and hissed BIG time at some woman in the office. (Made me run). The Tegu is from Argentina he said and it took him a while to acquire him. I think they should all be free but that's my opinion. He has 2 6 foot lizards running around his house. He loves them all dearly but for some reason I kept thinking of that show on Animal Planet, Fatal Attractions, where the beloved pets turn on their owners and kill them.
The Argentine Black & White tegu is also called the giant tegu, as it is the largest tegu in the world.
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Other Nature Related Information / General Nature Discussion / Whoopers and Bewick's Swans mix it up in Estonia
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on: 02-Nov-10, 06:46:04 AM
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 Comparing whooper swans and Bewick’s swans should be useful for telling them apart: quite often they are seen migrating together. Looking at the plumage and posture it seems as if there were no difference. The Bewick’s swan is smaller than its relative, the neck somewhat shorter, but we must look more in detail at their beaks. The smaller bird seems to have more dark than yellow colour on the beak. The patch at the base of the beak is square with rounded corners. When they are calling we can distinguish them nicely; difficult to describe but here is an attempt. The whooper swan has a stronger and more ringing voice. Bewick’s swans sound more like geese, the calls are shorter, higher pitched, sometime like dog barks. At the autumn migration there are maybe twenty thousand Bewick’s swans and only a third as many whooper swans. For wintering in open waters 300-900 of the larger swans, but only 30-50 of their smaller relatives stay. |
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Other Nature Related Information / General Nature Discussion / Re: Wildlife center of Va
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on: 01-Nov-10, 02:09:00 PM
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October 31 update
On Saturday, October 30 Dr. Miranda Sadar and Dr. Kelly operated on the bird to pin the fracture. On October 31 the eagle was standing; Dr. Miranda rated the eagle’s condition as ”better than expected.” The bird will be offered food and perhaps tube-fed.
Questions still remain about the viability of the bird’s humerus. Additional details on the surgery and the latest prognosis will be posted on November 1.
On November 1 the eagle was anesthetized again. The wound on the ventral [front] side of the wing was cleaned and sutured. Another round of radiographs were taken, revealing good post-surgery alignment of the pinned fracture. However, questions still remain about the viability of the bird’s humerus. The eagle’s eyes were also examined; there were no apparent problems.
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Other Nature Related Information / General Nature Discussion / Geese take break from hitting planes, this time they shatter bus windshield (NJ)
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on: 01-Nov-10, 07:31:43 AM
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MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. - Passengers aboard a New York-bound Megabus on the New Jersey Turnpike got quite a scare Saturday when geese crashed into its windshield, sending glass fragments into the driver's eyes.
State police say the driver, Andre Sweeney, sustained minor injuries in the incident, which occurred around 11:25 a.m. in a northbound lane in Mount Laurel. No passengers were hurt.
Sweeney, who was driving the bus from White Marsh, Md., was able to control the vehicle and quickly stopped at a rest stop about 2 miles away.
(Sick title if you ask me)
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Other Nature Related Information / General Nature Discussion / A Star at the Public Library: A Little Yellow Bird
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on: 01-Nov-10, 07:26:25 AM
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“It was not there on Friday, and it was not there on Saturday,” he said on Sunday morning. “The hopeful consensus is he has gotten a hang on this migration thing, and flown south.” Ah, the migration thing: That is what birders had worried about, even as they watched and ooohed and ahhhed. Prothonotary warblers (pronounced proh-THON-uh-ter-ee) are rare migratory birds that are usually just passing through on the way to winter in warm places like West Indies. They are bright yellow with grayish wings that feed on insects. And yes, history buffs, a prothonotary warbler figured in the tangle of memories and claims in the Alger Hiss case.  Fare well Little yellow bird. |
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