Some of the wildlife where I live.

[Chilli]

Wow! There are two tawny frogmouths in that picture, aren't there?

Yeah, 2. My misses was with me and I told her to look up at the birds in the tree. It took her a few minutes to spot them. They never moved an inch.
How many iv walked past over the yrs I'll never know. I only spotted them as I was looking up to make sure the tree I was parked under didn't have any dead limbs directly over the car that might fall on it.

 

[Chilli]

Hey I have a few questions for you guys about your Rattle Snakes.
I was listening to a radio show on BBC the other night called Tooth and Claws. One person who was a snake expert in Africa and another from the USA.
The Rattle Snake one in particular had me scratching my head.
A part of me said surely this person is ascribing way too much intelligence and social interaction to these, surely. I could be wrong but this is exactly what I heard.
Rattle Snakes are highly social and sentient snakes. The mother often has another friend snake that will baby sit the young whilst she may go off to hunt!
That they, the male and female Rattlers, have friend snakes that they just like to hang out with socially at times. Visit!
Is this true?
This is the podcast I listened to.

Discovery - Tooth and Claw: Venomous snakes - BBC Sounds

Adam Hart discovers why rattlesnakes make good mothers and how deadly their venom is.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Tpmetal]

wait so it is actually not koalas that do that but a different animal? guess i got it mixed up

 

[Tpmetal]

Hey I have a few questions for you guys about your Rattle Snakes.
I was listening to a radio show on BBC the other night called Tooth and Claws. One person who was a snake expert in Africa and another from the USA.
The Rattle Snake one in particular had me scratching my head.
A part of me said surely this person is ascribing way too much intelligence and social interaction to these, surely. I could be wrong but this is exactly what I heard.
Rattle Snakes are highly social and sentient snakes. The mother often has another friend snake that will baby sit the young whilst she may go off to hunt!
That they, the male and female Rattlers, have friend snakes that they just like to hang out with socially at times. Visit!
Is this true?
This is the podcast I listened to.

Discovery - Tooth and Claw: Venomous snakes - BBC Sounds

Adam Hart discovers why rattlesnakes make good mothers and how deadly their venom is.

www.bbc.co.uk

not sure about the rattlers, as we have very few in my area. It would not surprise me though, most animals are more social than we like to think for some reason.

 

[ronwoodcraft]

I never noticed the frogmouth on the bottom until about the fourth time of going back and looking at the pics...Very Cool!

 

[Chilli]

wait so it is actually not koalas that do that but a different animal? guess i got it mixed up

Nah, the only thing that will drop on you on the rare occassion are Bulldog Ants. Koalas are dopey things really. Theyre like the stoners of the bush along with our wallabies. Thankfully apart from things that want to bite and sting you we dont have monster bears like your grizzlys or mountain lions to contend with. To be honest if I had the choice between our bush and its biters and stingers or yours with a bear that could rip my head off I'll choose ours every time. I read about some campers in the US a while ago with a bear dragging the person out of the tent. We dont have anything here that will do that to us except if you camped next to a river way up north with crocs. No, im happy with our spiders and snakes, very glad we dont have bears.

 

[rginn]

The tawny frogmouths. Now that's a cool pic.

 

[ArfieBoy]

I have lived in and near rattlesnake country my whole life (75 years old) and have heard and seen a lot of rattlers. But I have never heard stories about them being social animals and having social friends they hang out with or babysit their little ones. Sounds like bull crap to me! I don't know anyone that has ever had any story anything like that. I have only had a couple of face-to-face encounters with rattlers, and they weren't very social to me! None ever struck at me but they sure rattled out their warnings!

 

[Chilli]

I have lived in and near rattlesnake country my whole life (75 years old) and have heard and seen a lot of rattlers. But I have never heard stories about them being social animals and having social friends they hang out with or babysit their little ones. Sounds like bull crap to me! I don't know anyone that has ever had any story anything like that. I have only had a couple of face-to-face encounters with rattlers, and they weren't very social to me! None ever struck at me but they sure rattled out their warnings!

Hi, I have to admit that as I was listening to it I thought "huh, what the!?"
But as we have nothing like that here, I read they, might not have the right term here, hibernate in huge clutches up to a hundred or so!? None of ours do that. I did find it fascinating to read they do that. You guys sure do have some unique creatures there. I know people think we do too, but I can assure you we think the same in regards to your US creatures. Im so glad we dont have Monster bears and Skunks! 😀

 

[dougachim]

Hey I have a few questions for you guys about your Rattle Snakes.
I was listening to a radio show on BBC the other night called Tooth and Claws. One person who was a snake expert in Africa and another from the USA.
The Rattle Snake one in particular had me scratching my head.
A part of me said surely this person is ascribing way too much intelligence and social interaction to these, surely. I could be wrong but this is exactly what I heard.
Rattle Snakes are highly social and sentient snakes. The mother often has another friend snake that will baby sit the young whilst she may go off to hunt!
That they, the male and female Rattlers, have friend snakes that they just like to hang out with socially at times. Visit!
Is this true?
This is the podcast I listened to.

Discovery - Tooth and Claw: Venomous snakes - BBC Sounds

Adam Hart discovers why rattlesnakes make good mothers and how deadly their venom is.

www.bbc.co.uk

Rattlesnakes have live birth and leave.

 

[Gare]

By the looks of things i would say ou have to KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN ALL THE TIME> Thanks for SHARING !!!

 

[WannaDig3687]

Very neat pics. Koala and tawny frogmouths are very cool.

 

[pepperj]

Nah, the only thing that will drop on you on the rare occassion are Bulldog Ants. Koalas are dopey things really. Theyre like the stoners of the bush along with our wallabies. Thankfully apart from things that want to bite and sting you we dont have monster bears like your grizzlys or mountain lions to contend with. To be honest if I had the choice between our bush and its biters and stingers or yours with a bear that could rip my head off I'll choose ours every time. I read about some campers in the US a while ago with a bear dragging the person out of the tent. We dont have anything here that will do that to us except if you camped next to a river way up north with crocs. No, im happy with our spiders and snakes, very glad we dont have bears.

While paddling along in the canoe we were kind of saying "Oh dear don't rock the boat please."

 

[Chilli]

While paddling along in the canoe we were kind of saying "Oh dear don't rock the boat please."

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I was fishing once at Cooktown. I was high up on a bank and hooked an awesome barra! I fought it for about 5 minutes, it was done. I was ecstatic!
I looked down at the muddy bank and saw a big Croc. There was no way I was going down. I, without hope, tried to lift a 30lb barra up on 20lb line.
I still like to think I kinda won 😕
Snap.....

 

[pepperj]

We went out on a day trip on the GBR to do some snorkelling about 30KM off shore. The operator ran through the list of do's and don't and safety procedures, just in case of a sinking, and said have you any questions.
The Mrs asked: What do we do if there's a shark?
Reply: No problem-just stab the guy beside ya.....
Amazing adventure

 

[Chilli]

We went out on a day trip on the GBR to do some snorkelling about 30KM off shore. The operator ran through the list of do's and don't and safety procedures, just in case of a sinking, and said have you any questions.
The Mrs asked: What do we do if there's a shark?
Reply: No problem-just stab the guy beside ya.....
Amazing adventure

Sure he wasn't Aus?
😆 Sounds like one.
Ever come here again let me know. 👍

 

[Ed_DE]

Went to the Florida Everglades some years back. First time I every saw crocs.

 

[Chilli]

@pepperj
I was friends once, I like to think I still am, well actually I still am in heart, with a guy from the US. He was a Chopper scout gunner in Vietnam. He last I knew lived in New Mexico. Great guy. He and his wife came here in the early 2000's. I took him to various places on our goldfields. We had a great time. The American Silver Dollar I showed a reef nugget here recently he gave me. I cherish that. He was a great guy, no, fantastic person. I met him on another's forum yrs ago from the US but im not sure which one it was. His user name was Timotheus. Him and his wife were, are, lovely people. I lost touch with them unfortunately and sadly.
He also gave me this. Every time I look at this and that Silver Dollar it brings back great memories. I miss communicating with Tim.

 

[Chilli]

Went to the Florida Everglades some years back. First time I every saw crocs.View attachment 2013410View attachment 2013411

Hey we have those water birds here too.
They are so funny. At night when we would camp and fish by a river. At night we would mimick their call. The closest would respond, then the next, and if you were real quiet you'd hear it get passed on all down the river for miles 😀
Thinking now they were probably saying "just an idiot human!"

 

[Tpmetal]

Nah, the only thing that will drop on you on the rare occassion are Bulldog Ants. Koalas are dopey things really. Theyre like the stoners of the bush along with our wallabies. Thankfully apart from things that want to bite and sting you we dont have monster bears like your grizzlys or mountain lions to contend with. To be honest if I had the choice between our bush and its biters and stingers or yours with a bear that could rip my head off I'll choose ours every time. I read about some campers in the US a while ago with a bear dragging the person out of the tent. We dont have anything here that will do that to us except if you camped next to a river way up north with crocs. No, im happy with our spiders and snakes, very glad we dont have bears.

I only have black bears and larger coyotes, and they are usually pretty relaxed. The occasional mountain lion passes through the area. I prefer big things I can see and avoid easily vrs the spiders and snakes. I can wander into any body of water or thick brush/tall grass around me and have no worries minus maybe a few ticks.