General Wildlife Thread

[bigsnakegirl785]

Post pics/discuss wild animals or interesting plants you or someone you know has found/seen. Post only pics you or someone you know has taken, not random pictures off the internet. Here's a few of mine.

Prayingmantis


Eastern fence lizard



A few from my Costa Rica trip in June.

White-faced capuchin


An iguana that got stuck at one of our hotels, one of the hotel managers freed it.


I have no idea what these are, but they're pretty cool-looking. I found them at one of the beaches we visited.

[BarelyBreathing]

Great photos!

[Hannibalcanibal]

those last things are called chitons. their molluscs.

[BarelyBreathing]

Originally Posted by Hannibalcanibal

those last things are called chitons. their molluscs.

Is it bad that I'm wondering if they're yummy?

[h3h]

A Praying Mantis is always a cool sight to see, especially the Orchid, Flower, or Thistle. I would keep these if their life span wasn't so short. I get attached to my pets, and a year or so is just not long enough for me.

- h3

[bigsnakegirl785]

Originally Posted by BarelyBreathing

Great photos!

Thanks.

Originally Posted by Hannibalcanibal

those last things are called chitons. their molluscs.

Ah, thanks. I saw them everywhere at that beach, and just got curious about them. Now I know what they are.

[bigsnakegirl785]

Anyone else have pics/stories?

[Pareeeee]

The luckiest wildlife photo-op I had was this:







I had seen them for a few days while driving by this one spot out in the country. There was obviously a fox den nearby, and I was able to capture these awesome photos! The kits were so curious that the one came within 3ft of me! I was so excited.

[Pareeeee]

While on our honeymoon (Dominican Republic, 2007), my husband and I kept noticing weird patterns in the sand on the beach every evening and morning. Then one day I noticed sea-snail shells up in all the trees. I picked one up and one of these little guys came out!

Hermit Crab:


We also snorkeled a lot!

We saw this massive fish below us while snorkeling, I think it may have been a "Tarponsnook" (bad pic)


Sardines, we swam through a huge school of hundreds, they were almost invisible since they were basically mirrors, reflecting the sand and water around them. The water depth was probably only 4 feet (photos enhanced so you can actually see them, we didn't even see them at first since they were "cloaked" lol):


This dude was awesome, found out he was a "Smooth Trunkfish"


We saw lots of Yellowtail Snappers (big fish!)

[Pareeeee]

Annoying 8 image cap, lol

And wrasses ate from our hands:



This unidentified fish was very pretty:


The Bermuda Chub were HUGE and they wouldn't stop biting our hands (we had food with us) it was like someone was scraping our hands with sandpaper.


These Panamic Sergeants were very striking:


One of my favourites, the Caribbean Blue Tang:


Fish eating the treats we took with us (Brown Surgeonfish & Wrasses):


French Grunt:

[cossiecraig]

I took this shot last yr in the Rockies ,pure fluke i must add.....great pic but i've no interest in Crows......lol where did he come from lol

[Pareeeee]

Originally Posted by cossiecraig

i've no interest in Crows

While they annoy the heck out of me by cawing at 5 AM, and getting into my garbage at times, I have always been fascinated by these amazing birds.

Crows are amazing, they and ravens are actually considered some of the most intelligent animals in the world.

They have the ability to reason, problem-solve, identify shapes, make and use tools, they also have a very good memory. They often score very highly on intelligence tests.

Recently they discovered that crows can possibly even recognize individual people by their facial features alone.

[cossiecraig]

Originally Posted by Pareeeee

While they annoy the heck out of me by cawing at 5 AM, and getting into my garbage at times, I have always been fascinated by these amazing birds.

Crows are amazing, they and ravens are actually considered some of the most intelligent animals in the world.

They have the ability to reason, problem-solve, identify shapes, make and use tools, they also have a very good memory. They often score very highly on intelligence tests.

Recently they discovered that crows can possibly even recognize individual people by their facial features alone.

wow ,i learnt something today ,thankyou for enlightening me on the above ,i never knew they were Ravens . thanks again

[h3h]

That last picture Pareeeee posted looks awesome.

- h3

[bigsnakegirl785]

I love those fox pictures, I've only seen a few in the "wild", as in living out of the dumpsters of the city.