General Wildlife Thread - Page 4

EmbraceCalamity · 10-28-12, 02:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gungirl

I think you took what they wrote wrong too..

I agree with them...

About putting down animals that are sick?

~Maggot

Roadtrash · 10-28-12, 08:15 PM

It's not that you just let animals get sick and die, think back 60+ years and you'll see what I mean. You didn't have all the immunizations back then that you have today for pets or people. I am obviously a lot older than you and probably most people on this site. When I was a small child they still hadn't come up with a vaccine for polio and a lot of other diseases that you have today. And some that they did have you couldn't find just anywhere. And there wasn't a vet on every corner you did all this kind of stuff yourself and with the help of neighbors.

You don't realize how good you have it today with all the technology that is available to you. These things are relatively new. Years ago you did the best you could with what you had and it wasn't always pleasant. We loved our animals and considered them part of the family just as you do today but we couldn't always take care of them the way you can.

EmbraceCalamity · 10-28-12, 08:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Roadtrash

It's not that you just let animals get sick and die, think back 60+ years and you'll see what I mean. You didn't have all the immunizations back then that you have today for pets or people. I am obviously a lot older than you and probably most people on this site. When I was a small child they still hadn't come up with a vaccine for polio and a lot of other diseases that you have today. And some that they did have you couldn't find just anywhere. And there wasn't a vet on every corner you did all this kind of stuff yourself and with the help of neighbors.

You don't realize how good you have it today with all the technology that is available to you. These things are relatively new. Years ago you did the best you could with what you had and it wasn't always pleasant. We loved our animals and considered them part of the family just as you do today but we couldn't always take care of them the way you can.

You should have read this part:

Quote:

Originally Posted by EmbraceCalamity

Now I don't know how long they've been around, so maybe they didn't exist back then, but if they did, then such things happening are terrible and inexcusable.

~Maggot

Roadtrash · 10-28-12, 09:09 PM

Guess I didn't read it well enough I didn't catch the first part just the last. Anyway I just wanted to clarify what I was saying.

bigsnakegirl785 · 11-20-12, 05:52 PM

Saw these guys at the local Nature Center.

A red-tailed hawk that apparently got its wing twisted, either hitting a car or a wall.

Red wolves.

Timber rattlesnakes.

Hellbender

Otter.

bigsnakegirl785 · 11-20-12, 05:56 PM

More....

Eastern hognose snake. Wasn't too happy to see me. lol

Copperhead

Mountain lion

White-tailed deer

A bad pic. I saw four raccoons and a opposum last week on my way home from my mom's, these are three of those.

reptileexperts · 11-20-12, 06:01 PM

Smooth-billed Ani, Ammo Dump Ponds, Gamboa Panama

Fasciated Antshrike, Northern Pipeline Road, Gamboa Panama

Three-toed Sloth, Panama Canal, South of Gamboa Panama

Night Monkeys, Pipeline Road Entrance, Gamboa Panama

White-faced Capuchin Monkey, Panama Canal, Gamboa Panama.

See some of my highlite shots from that trip here:
Panama Highlight Shots - a set on Flickr

I have been doing a lot of bird photography over the last three years, and started photographing mammals down in central and south america in 09. Really enjoy bird watching, but it's hard to get back into it hard locally because I've literally ran out of new birds to document so the motivation is not as rich. However, I feel I will get my needs met in May when I travel back to South America for 9 days of birding in the amazons and Andes

Cheers

bigsnakegirl785 · 11-20-12, 06:03 PM

Those are great pics, reptileexperts. I have also been able to see white-faced capuchins in the wild recently, when I went to Costa Rica this summer. Devious animals...

reptileexperts · 11-20-12, 06:05 PM

and they absolutely hate flashes . . . we flashed on once and it snarled, dropped its food, then ran off crying . . . felt horrid

bigsnakegirl785 · 11-20-12, 06:07 PM

Luckily, I didn't have to use the flash around them....I would feel horrid, too.

reptileexperts · 11-20-12, 06:11 PM

Yeah, we really didn't need to once we got to the right place. Our first run in with capuchins was a feeding troop in some palms about 30-40' up in the canopy. We got excited, and the lighting was really early in the morning with heavy clouds. So we used the flashes, but after getting the reaction we stopped attempting to photograph them and just observed . . . Night Monkeys, however, we struck out on during the day, so we used spot lights and super flash extenders when we found them in the middle of the night :-) they didn't mind though, but the spot light did cause 2 of them to turn around! Punk Monkeys :-) I hope to photograph about 7 new species of primate for myself in May.

bigsnakegirl785 · 11-20-12, 06:15 PM

Those pics would cool to post here when you're done.

BarelyBreathing · 11-20-12, 06:49 PM

Those are awesome pictures, Reptile!

reptileexperts · 11-20-12, 07:45 PM

Thanks BarelyBreathing!

EmbraceCalamity · 11-20-12, 10:03 PM

We've had a huge problem with monarchs dying off lately, and we've had a few that were living on the milkweed behind the house, but none of them every seemed to form chrysalises, so we took one in and got this:

~Maggot