It's wild animal day on ATOT! What's your favorite wild animal?

[Perknose]

It's funny, but two creatures featured here -- the fox and the red-tailed hawk, are what got my two, free range, tree roosting chickens -- at least some kind of raptor likely got my hen first, and we do have red tails here. The hen bit it early on, but my rooster Rainbow was with me for years.

I never knew an animal with a brain the size of a pea could have so much relatable personalty, but that dude was ok! :thumbsup:

A fox finally got him. I was angry, and even considered laying for him with my .22, but, eh, predation is the order of things in nature, so I let it go.

For my fave I choose the river otter. They're rare these days, but a couple of years ago one took up residence in the creek in back of my house for at least that summer. I felt honored.

Over the years, I've occassioally had herons land in my stream as well. I can go see them regularly over at the nature center on Lake Galena in Peace Valley Park, just a couple of miles away.

Very cool, and they look positively prehistoric in flight, which this stock photo above doesn't quite capture.

. . . Which reminds me, one of my fave beings of nature doesn't move much at all. It's a tree, also in the Nature Center, the Pooh Tree.

The Pooh Tree is hollow on the inside and has enough room for a couple of adults to stand and move somewhat freely about. Although amost completely hollow, this tree is still alive and healthy.

I always make sure to visit it when I'm there.

 

[SlitheryDee]

 

[natto fire]

I miss living in New Mexico because of these:

and rarely saw these:

All I get around here are chipmunks and little birds, although it is nice outside the city.

 

[schneiderguy]

moose

Also 9/10 women agree that schneiderguy is a wild animal but I didn't want to nominate myself :whiste:

 

[bryanW1995]

Pterodactyl and kemps ridley

 

[Atomic Playboy]

I like boobies, tits and hooters. I'm having trouble finding pictures of them on Google though...

 

[Away]

 

[BladeVenom]

Fox
http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/006/cache/red-fox_679_600x450.jpg

vs.

Redtail Hawk.
http://i.imgur.com/v8SsD.jpg

Fight!

We have a winner!

 

[Gooberlx2]

 

[thedarkwolf]

Wolves were already covered so I give you the Tibetan Sand Fox

 

[IronWing]

All I get around here are chipmunks and little birds, although it is nice outside the city.

Get more of those and you'll have fewer chipmunks and little birds. Roadrunners are death on stilts.


I want to see one of these sometime before I die.

 

[KeithTalent]

Red Pandas:

and Capybaras:

I do love a Sea Otter too.

KT

 

[BladeVenom]

This picture doesn't show it well, but I got really close to one of the three at my job. And yes, I am dumb enough to try and grab one of these bastards if I get close enough. (Or at least slap it in the head or something.)

Taken with an iPhone 4...and yes, it had a WTF look on its face.

http://amdhunter.net/hawk.jpg

All American birds of prey are protected species. Possession of even a feather without a permit is a federal offense.

 

[Perknose]

Some enterprising poster ought to label this pic with the corresponding AT forums -- say, left to right, L&R, P&N, OT, VC&G, and ending with Highly Technical, and, of course, Distributed Computing.

 

[El Guaraguao]

My damn self

 

[Saint Nick]

 

[Oil]

and Capybaras:

KT

:wub:

 

[BladeVenom]

Since hawks seem popular. Here's a pic of a Goshawk in action.

 

[amdhunter]

All American birds of prey are protected species. Possession of even a feather without a permit is a federal offense.

I wasn't going to grab it to take it home. I just wanted to piss it off. We had more of them, but they come and go every year. It was a big thing when they made a nest here, people came from all over to see them.

They hop from my job, to Fordham University to the Bronx Zoo.

 

[BladeVenom]

So that would be one of the descendants of Pale Male? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0410416/

 

[Platypus]

<---- monotreme

 

[AreaCode707]

I wasn't going to grab it to take it home. I just wanted to piss it off. We had more of them, but they come and go every year. It was a big thing when they made a nest here, people came from all over to see them.

They hop from my job, to Fordham University to the Bronx Zoo.

You're an ass. "Pissing it off" may frighten it enough to make it abandon its nest.

 

[SP33Demon]

Cougars, duh.

 

[brainhulk]

haha you have fallen for my riki tiki tavi trap card!

 

[Zargon]

cheetah's

but I love bears and all the predatory cats

eagles and hawks are pretty sweet too