Critter Thread

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this afternoon

>>1031280
what kind of snek is that? kind of a neat pattern on him

>>1031329
One of the dozens of species/subspecies of garter snake. Not familiar with that particular one though.

And yeah they can be really pretty.

>>1031333
yeah i was gonna say some type garter snake, they're pretty chill. sometimes i find my dog playing (not eating or attacking) with them and they don't seem to mind

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>>1031280
Raccoons mostly

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>>1031280
snek has lied, he's still coming for you

I was riding my bike through the park and saw a groundhog. I yelled "EY! GROUNDHOG!" as I whizzed by and he ran away.

>>1031280
I was on my way back down a trail a few days ago and I found a caterpillar stuck in the middle of the trail

he didn't like it but I put him back onto a plant

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Few days ago I saw a deer close to the house from my bedroom window. I see a lot of snakes, 3 blue racers so far, big ones. Killed one northern black widow so far, had a ton last year to deal with. I love to feed the chickadees by hand from the porch. I see lots of birds, blue jays, crows robins, eagles, hawks, cranes, lots of frogs and toads. I do a lot worm hunting so I come across a ton of cool bugs- found a few albino June bugs around here

>>1031329
>>1031333
http://srelherp.uga.edu/snakes/thasir.htm
It's an Eastern Garter. I'm not sure if it's a subspecies or a color phase. Most of the ones I've seen around here (central Alabama) have this coloring.
>>1031335
I actually rescued this one from the cat. he calmed down pretty quick and was just curious after that.
>>1031283
That camouflage tho. cutie
>>1031337
Tell them to tell their buddies to stay out of my deer feeders. Destructive little shits.

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Found these guys, they survived their mother getting hit by a car. Unfortunately she died, but her six babies were just fine.

>>1031560
Gibsmedat

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Dumping leg monsters
This is a brown tarantula that we found 6ft up the outside of a barn

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Wolf spiders. Smaller one must have been scared he didnt want none

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Mom spider

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Ant mimic spider hiding in a rivet

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Fuzzy jumper

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Vampire jumping spider

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Tiny crab
..or ocean spider?

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Innahole unnaground

a bunch of those western woodland scorpions. So many of them. I think we imported them on some fence post. id never seen scorpions in real life except in a pet store before the invasion.

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Cricket death

>>1031579
what a cutie

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Diggy beetle

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Barred owl

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Last one for me

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I lied this is the last one

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Great horny owl hooting at me in my own backyard.

>>1031600
Big horny bird?

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Too skittish to let me get any closer.

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kinda hard to see but this bastard coyote and his pals were stalking me

>>1031337
My dog mortally wounded one last summer. I had to coup de grâce it with a shovel. I felt like shit about it.

>>1031847
I'm suprised your dog came out on top. I've seen coons wreck dogs twice their size.

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Not recently but here's a picture of a sharp shinned hawk that ate a dove on my shed roof for a couple hours

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Dumping pics
Just found this noodle in my wood pile

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>>1031900
Water Gremlins

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>>1031902
More water Gremlins

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>>1031905
Bb toad

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>>1031906
Frog

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>>1031907
Bb snapping turtle
(Actually found 4 or 5 fresh hatched this day but they all looked the same )

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>>1031909
Painted turtle
Refused to come out or it's shell for pictures

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Saw this deer today in Stockholm. Pretty relaxed. Munched some leaves then wandered off.
Saw a froggo and newt too but phone was flat.

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>>1031910
Baby toadlets

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>>1031912
Sleepy grey treefrog

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>>1031914
Caterpillar

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>>1031915
Bullfrog

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>>1031916
Different baby snapping turtle from a different time

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>>1031918
Water gremlin from a different time and place

>>1031918
That eye...it's peering into the depths of my soul...

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>>1031920
Little thinger

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>>1031921
You like eyes?
Bullfrog

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>>1031925
Northern redbacks salamander

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>>1031927
Yellow spotted salamander

That's all I've got for now
If anyone wants I can get some more pics of salamanders , frogs, and snakes I'd wanted later on or tomorrow

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What's this? A cave you say?

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>>1031950
Not verry deep, full of water at the bottom. Some newts or salamanders in there...but I didn't get a good look.

>>1031954
what state you live in? il tell you if you have any cool salamanders nearby

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>>1031954
When I crawled in to get a closer look I was interrupted by the caves main resident.

I left him alone and went to explore somewhere else.

>>1031955
Alabama.

>>1031958
you guys have some coolshit, should go back with a net and take pics

>>1031961
Not there, it's occupied.
See >>1031957
There are plenty of other places in that area though. Just waiting on a rain free weekend when my kids are home

>>1031970
definatley go and dipnet some, take pics and return them, if you post um here i can help id them

I found a diamond back terrapin in a pool skimmer during work s few weeks ago, about 2 inches long. Cute little guy.

>>1031958
Yo where at in Bama? I need a new caving buddy. Im in Huntsville

>>1031994
South of B'ham. I haven't been caving since the 90's. That was just a hole in the ground. I'm to claustrophobic now

>>1032016
Ah darn

>>1031929
saved all of your pictures
are you a professional by any chance?

Not really /out/ but I was in the bike trails of a local park and saw two snakes. Small, skinny, black, and with some sort of orange or yellow ring around it's neck.

>>1031283
Should have ate it.

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I accidentally stepped on a european viper (Vipera Berus), fortunately I stepped on its head and killed it instantly. Didn't get a chance to bite me, shit's venomous.

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>>1031283
serious question: can anyone recognize this sound?
I'm wondering if it's a doe giving birth.

https://soundcloud.com/digrpat/terril-ridge

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>>1032175
I'm flattered
, no I'm not a photographer /pro
I don't even have a nice camera just a nice cellphone camera and a cheap Amazon macro lense for the close ups
I've been trying to get better and desu the only reason I end up with good pics is because I take so damn many

Noodles get more dangerous.

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>>1032626
Forgot pic.

Question. How do I resize pictures I take on my phone? They're all too big.

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I met Billy

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Was right in the middle of the road, at sundown. Put it on the side, but still open enough that it could be spotted. Made a bed of grass for it because it was shivering.

Went back a day later and it was gone. I told my wife that there were doe tracks around it. Really I think a coyote got it.

>>1032641
When i cropped this one
>>1031280
to make it not lay over sideways it made it smaller...try that maybe

>>1031485
i've never tried feeding birds by hand how well does that usually work out?

>>1031575
fuck that and i'm not even scared of spiders

>>1031915
fuck those things

>>1032641
Screenshot it and post the screens
Or send it to someone over whatsapp, whatsapp will send a compressed version, redownload that, upload that to here.
Or just change your cameras settings

>>1031280
not /out/ but 3 baby woodchucks have shown up out in the yard

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>>1032641
Google picresize

>>1032817
Cmon man theyre adorable babies

>>1032843
I love wolfies. Haven't seen any around here in a while though

>>1032641
Open them in any software that can edit photos. I use MS Paint because it's quick and easy

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>>1032886
These are all from NE/KS/OK

Pic is the one on the arm

Woods I've been camping at got lots of deer and jackrabbits.

One morning I was getting dressed and lift my gaze and see one just 3meters away.

A young (1yo?) slender deer was looking back at me.

For a while we just shared a look, and when I spoke, it skiddled away.

I've been thinking about that deer for a while now. I didn't know I could be into deers. I want to make love to it and sleep with it in one cozy pile. Lick it's cunt, under it's raised inviting tail.

Fuck. If only I hadn't spoken. Basic fucking human mistake. I should've just calmly reversed my getting dressed act, and let the pheromones do the talking. I am going crazy. I seriously felt more love and lust than for any human in ages.

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I live in a drafty warehouse with a steel roof, no heat or AC, and when it rains it leaks like a sieve. And all in the land where everything tries to kill you.

As such, /in/ is /out/

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>>1033074
speaking of macros!

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>>1033075
i-is that a deer butthole

>>1031280
No pic but I found my first salamander of the year yesterday. My Filipino friend wanted to out him in a shot of moonshine for some odd reason.

>>1033065
God damnit

>>1032816
They love sunflower seeds, these guys are are easy to feed. Spend time in the area, only put seed out when you are out for association, they will get to know you. They will come to tell you when they are stopping by. Mine land by the window and chirp for me to come feed them. I've been able to teach visitors as young as three to sit still and feed them. They will test you to see if you jump as they get to know you.

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>>1032817
b-but they eat pest and keep your basement clean.
and they are great mothers to !
> pic related

>>1031880
My 8lb housecat kills them with regularity. Hasn't ever so much as gotten a torn ear from it.

>>1033080
yus

>>1031573
Jesus fuck, that'd utterly terrifying. Nice spider though.

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>>1033368

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Nearly stepped on this little guy.

>>1031573
You look like that antifa chick who got punched in the face at Berkeley. There is nothing more disgusting than a white girl with dreads.

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>>1033368
It was actually really chill, crawled over our hands for a few mins then we put it under some sticks and leaves

>>1033395
That aint me anon but thanks for sharing

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I was bitten by a Yellow Sac Spider last year. The bite area got much worse after this including necrosis. I pasted out on the ground drunk with my shirt off next to a river in the mountains.

I saw several bears while hiking in Sequoia on Saturday, as well as some Pikas and Marmots near Tokopah falls.

>>1033418
Whats it like being retarded

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Hawk near trail... I'm sure this photo will fucking flip

>>1031891
Bro, that's not just a bad ass picture.
That's alternate reality Vietnam propaganda.

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>>1033459
>photo will flip
turn your "camera" sideways

>>1031280
>my face when Americans call a danger noodle a "snake."

I went spearfishing last thursday and aside from all the regular stuff like harbor seals, opaleye, garibaldi, lobster, sargo, all the other assorted reef fish and the two calico bass I shot, I also say a ~80-120 lb black sea bass. Only the second time I've seen one of them.

Dogs been barking up a storm for the past few days, now I know it's a fuckin deer screwing with him since they can tell he's on a leash. I have half a mind to wait up in the tree it was under and drop on it with a knife.

I went outside today. I encountered a bird.

>>1033510
pacific US coast? where do you go? gun make/model? set-up? boat? swim from shore? give me the details m8

>>1033547

This was at La Jolla, I just do shores dives in different areas depending on the conditions when I get off work.I have a couple scupper pros and my dad's 16' Klamath center console for when me and my buddy get our acts togeher.

I usually dive with a rob allen 90cm with a mantis roller muzzle on it, I have a 75cm seac for holes and I'm finishing up building a couple new guns. One is a 3 band 58" I'm trying to hurry and finish now that the yellowtail are back and the other is a 48" single roller. I just dive in line with a RA hard foam filled float on a 50' float line when I shore dive and a 100' vinyl line and kelp carrot in kelp, but the 58" is being rigged for breakaway and the 48" I'm putting a 50m ulusub reel on it.

>>1033561
Sounds good, I always dive with a 2.5 foot paratang on an 8 foot leash to give me the range, then again here it's all submerged rocks with flounder in between, or mackerel and sea trout further out. Ever used a bunting?

>>1033599

>paratang and bunting

Must be regional cuz I don't know what they are.

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>>1033395
>nothing more disgusting than a white girl with dreads
I can think of many. I kinda like it sometimes.

>>1031280
Went whitewater rafting the other week.

Saw some beavers.

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Poison dart frog

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>>1034333
poison dart toad

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>>1034334
Komodo dragon

>>1034320
Now that's a critter i wouldn't mind finding while. /out/
>>1034335
kek

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Sanik

>>1031643
Spider on a toad? Cool

>>1031880
He's a big hound with a prey drive. He's killed groundhogs and possums before as well. He usually grabs them at the head or neck, gives them one good shake and breaks the neck. This particular raccoon wasn't too big. Either a female or juvenile. Instead of the head he shook it from the back and paralyzed it, that's why I had to finish the job.

Raccoons can be dangerous if they get the dog to follow them into the water though. I've heard they can drown dogs.

>>1033490
>mfw Americans call Tiny Ground Fellows "Ants"

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>>1031280
>>1031346
>>1031590
>>1031900
>>1032628
>>1034333

how the fuck do you know if those are venomous or not? i would gtfo as soon as i see one

>>1035302
You could learn the differences between safe and dangerous NA noodles in about 2 hours if you gave a shit

>>1035340

well stop being a condescending asshole and address me to some info. this isn't /r9k/

>>1035469
>if you gave a shit
These are the keywords here. DIY faggot.

>>1035469
>spoonfeeding
>on 4chan

you have to go back

>>1031337
fucking coons took my cereal last night

>>1035740
Fucking coons broke my deer feeder. Dumped 200 lbs. of corn on the ground. At least it hasnt rained on it yet.

Picked up a 5 foot Ohio watersnake the other day. He was passive after a bit of handling but the musk... never again. Still smelled it after 3 showers.

>>1035815
2 foot*

Girlfriend saw a moose in the bwca last week. She called me over and I saw it's backside as it disappeared back into the forest. It was maybe 60m away on the island next to us.

>>1031283
adorable. of course we we outters know, durrs leave babies while out colleting food.

>>1032816
there is a patch of woods near quabbin where I live in massachusetts where people have been feeding birds by hands for decades. almost as if it is also 'culturally' ingrained in the birds. mostly it's chikadees. very fun.

>>1035815
Yeah they're pretty horrid. Same thing with rat snakes.

I keep fucking catching them trying to fish topwater frogs around lily and yonka pads. They're a bitch to get off a hook and that's about the only thing I've noticed that'll actually turn them aggressive. I keep a leather glove in my tackle bag now specifically for unhooking them and turtles.
>tfw a 3' northern water snake only weighs about a pound
>tfw they fight harder than a 4lb bass

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Tarentola Mauritanica, found in Bordeaux last week, at like 3am. Pretty unusual around here, but some can come with exotic wood and live here well enough to reproduce. Pretty neat.

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>>1036201

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>>1033065

>>1031560
grill them while they're small and tender.

>>1035469
To give you the short-and-sweet I.D. skills needed for the NA outback, all you need to know is that 90% of any venomous snakes you'll encounter are rattlesnakes. So, if you see a rattle, leave it be, if not, approach with caution and respect.

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My son found this little guy in a dirt pile the other day.

>>1035740
>>1035746
I hate when black people steal my breakfast and animal feed too :(

>>1031560
Raise them as the ultimate scent possums

>>1036345
Cool! Know what species of salamander that is? I've never seen a salamander in the wild ( W. Texas).

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>>1036201
>>1036207
Mississippi is crawling with their little Asian cousins.

>>1036491
They're way too cute.
>>1036345
Jesus Christ she's a beauty.

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>>1035469
Most of the safe boys have round features while the poisonous ones seem more angular.

There is probably a lot of exception out there but that's usually enough.

>>1036400
Pretty sure its a "green salamander" (Aneides aeneus). Located in SW corner of VA if anybody else wants to take a stab at identifying.

i was walking through City Park in New Orleans tripping on acid the other night and almost stepped on a 3-4 foot alligator chillin by one of the lakes

being as i'm not from around these parts, i was startled.

>>1031573
where you from? Always wanted to find a tarantula in the wild.

>>1037085
Found that outside Tulsa OK.

>>1036535
That's close enough, at least for the US. Here we have pit vipers and the coral snek (and like 2 saltwater poisonous watersnakes that stay in the water 99.999% of the time), and all pit vipers have the blocky angular heads.

>>1036330
While rattlesnakes outnumber the other poisonous snakes in NA about 20:3 by species, by population numbers the copperhead is the most prevalent and the water moccasin/cottonmouth is second most prevalent by numbers per species.

Unless you live in the southwest you're more likely to encounter a non-rattlesnake poisonous snek than you are a rattlesnake by about 300%, and with >70% of the population east of the Mississippi that holds true as a national average as well.

On a side note, how the fuck did the coral snake get its name?
>doesn't live in or near coral
>doesn't have coral-shaped patterns
>isn't coral colored

>>1031592
what a cutie

she looks preggo as fuk (filled with eggs)

>>1032655
That's pretty abnormal. They usually hide in extremely tall grass or thickets where you wouldn't see it until you stepped on it.

>>1037128
I get that, I only covered rattlers since even a dumbass can ID one from other snakes, and fuck him he can search the rest of that up.

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>>1035302

There are significantly more non-venomous snakes than venomous ones. So the easiest approach is get visually acquainted (online ofc) with the venomous species in whatever area you're in at the time (if you travel somewhere and intend to spend time in the wilderness, look up the snakes). Chances are there are only a couple in your area if at all.

Once you know those you can pretty quickly discern whether a snake you come across irl is one of those few venomous ones or not. And you most definitely should take the time to get acquainted with them. It's important for your safety and all the sneks out there that you don't sperg out and kill a 'harmless' beneficial snake.

But pic related is a fairly good rule of thumb, usually. You'll see this pattern as you research. There are, of course, exceptions. You shouldn't really be approaching/handling strange snakes anyway, unless you're very confident in your identification.

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>>1035302

This pic also related.

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This little snek hanging out in our backyard. It was all curled up, sunning, and when I approached it popped its head out. So I got a couple pictures, one good one, and left the big noodle to continue sunning.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BVQYXOQj9uq/?taken-by=snowfarmvermont

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creepy looking spider in my bathroom

>>1031337
How many sneks died for your pants?

I don't have a photo because I was busy having a heart attack, but I almost stepped on an Eastern Massasauga rattler yesterday.
Called the DNR and they took it. I'm like 5 minutes from the city, didn't even know we had them here.

>>1036345
>>1036400
>>1036612
yeah, looks like Aneides aeneus
theyre protected throughout most of their range,iirc,
a really cool salamander, the only Aneides in the east really,

I was riding my bike on a towpath the other day and there were like 5-6 vultures eating a dead groundhog in the middle of the trail. They didn't fuck off till I forbid real close to them and then they circled me for like a mile. I don't know if you guys have ever seen a vulture up close but they're about 3ft tall. I though that they were gonna come down and kill me

>>1039576
We want the vultures to eat the dead shit tho.

Toss the body's to the side so no one runs the birbs over.

>>1039264
Hey its a yellow sac spider. You know many people believe these are on par with brown recluse/black widows? Absolutely retarded. Harmless house spider. Theyre ugly little fucks though.

>>1037195
Probly. Those moths are weird. Wait forever to become a moth so you can fly around like an idiot for a week laying eggs everywhere. We actually have some cecropia eggs that we are trying to keep until their moth forms

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>>1035302

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>>1039615
It's better than some cicadas which spend years underground

At least moths are super qt and aren't screaming "lemme smash" 24/7.

Also did you know that Saturniid moths (like Luna moths and pic related) don't eat at all once they're moths? They don't even have functional mouth parts.

>>1039766
Yep. Moths are pretty GOAT.

>>1031579
snib

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Octoboy

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More critters

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>>1040674

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>>1040676

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>>1040677

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>>1040678

Just got back from a quick hike and I saw a nice fat timber rattler. He was only like 3 ft off the side of the trail and waited until I was past him to rattle, and even then he only rattled for a second or two.

>>1040676
>>1040677
>>1040678
These don't look real unless you get up close. Cutie's

>>1034320
Still pretty disgusting, truth be told. It wouldn't surprise me if she found moths in that mop every now and then.

>>1032218
Sounds like a barred owl fledgling to me.

>>1040678
>>1040677
>>1040676
Red spotted eft

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>>1040077
Thats a fucking blue ringed octo......
either you stole that picture or youre dead now

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>>1031280
Cute!

>>1041178
Either way someone is fukin dead.

>>1041142
yep, notophthalmus viridescens in their terrestrial eft phase

>>1040997
you are either under the impression that dreads=filthy or you just don't like how they look. the former just speaks to your ignorance while the latter is totally fine.
i've only seen a moth fly out one persons hair ever and it was a giant afro

>>1031911
Whereabouts in stockholm do you live?

>>1033065
>it's
its*

>>1033418
what's it like having necrosis and what did you do about it

>>1040677
>>1040678
2cute

>>1033418
>>1041647
nevermind just found out you probably can't get necrosis from that spider and you're bullshitting

>>1041455
It's not about the dreads themselves, it's about the personality of the person who wears them. Every person I've ever met irl with dreads was a massive douchebag for one reason or the other, the women especially.

>>1031576
Riveting

not very /out/ but i was driving today and came across a live snapper innaroad.
Put my 4 ways on and moved the snappy fucker, he tried to bite me but he didnt.

>>1041657

have you ever considered, just once, that they probably are douchy because of you sperging out about how they look?

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Ran into this fucker on trail in Leelanau, Michigan

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>>1041653
Thanks senpai , have some more found the next day at a totally different location

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>>1031280
I saw a bison while hiking today

>>1041801
chubby grumpy danger noodle
>>1041812
spicy gremlin
>>1041852
dangercow

>>1041713
No, considering I keep my comments to myself, and act pleasant around them. I only rant on the internet.

Have you ever considered that you can't tell anything about anyone by one sentence posted on an anonymous image board?

>>1033360

Well, I'm not pooping for a week.

>>1041657
Nigger almost everyone is douchey in one way or another it has fuck all to do with hair.

>>1041657
Fucking this. I have never seen a person with dreads that wasn't a walking roach motel. The last person I saw wearing dreads started an argument with a restaurant manager because they said he had to wear shoes in the building and ended up getting kicked out. He then went and pissed in the parking lot.

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Made friends with this small snek

>>1042103
So what the person you're replying to is saying is that some groups are more often douchey than others. I agree, I've never met a well balanced successful person wearing dreads.

>>1042345
That's a cute

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>>1031280
Almost stepped on this little guy today.

>>1031922
Millipede

>>1041178
Blue rings are actually pretty chill. If he just lifted this out of the water slowly there is every chance it just sat there. Its about as dangerous as handling a redback/black widow.

>>1031280
I was cooking at a public firepit yesterday. Two two guys came and asked to burn some personal papers on my fire.

>>1031580
>innahole unnaground
That cracked me up

>>1038374
So basically venomous snakes are shaped like circumcised dicks. But non venomous snakes are shaped like foreskin dicks?

>>1031486
central AL gan

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>>1042471

did you let them? did they looked sketchy?

>>1042377
I barely meet well balanced successful people at all. In fact, well balanced may as well not even exist. You're not well balanced, no one ITT is. I bet none of us have dreads either.
Get your retarded hair bigotry outta here

>>1042821
>no one ITT is
Check out this projection.

>>1043036
>Check out this projection.
Check out this projection.

>>1034510
Did he go fast?

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>>1031280

California Fence Lizard, aka Bluebelly

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>>1044305

He wanted to be friends.

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>>1044306

So I obliged him.
We hung out for a while.
Cool little dude.

>>1038374
>Quick! Flip it over and look at it's vent!

>>1043037
How is that projection? Maybe not everyone here is a loser like you.

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Been a banner year for snapping turtles. Seen more than half a dozen, even had one climb a front porch step on its way back to water.

>>1031573
I clicked on the image without looking at the thumbnail and actually jumped out of my chair. Fuck my arachnophobia.

>>1031589
Owls are so fucking cool. I was climbing a building one time and one almost knocked me off the roof.

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>>1041178
http://fishwrecked.com/forum/deathwish-dont-try-home

>>1033304
>>1036156
do you think you could train most kind of birds around the world like this?

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Found one of these right outside Portland, OR. Never seen one before.

>>1031575
I want to love spiders, but I just can't. Any tips on not being 2scared? ):

>>1044508
Exposure. An animal's an animal.

>>1044508
they dont do shit. they are just normal bugs that cant hurt you.

>>1044426
Check out this projection.

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>>1035302
If its got pits, hit the road.
If its bright, leave it the fuck alone.

Snakes are usually cool dudes, they will warn you if they are venomous, and usually will be very cocky, because it doesnt expect you to be.

>>1034320
get this whore out of my critter thread

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>>1031280
turtle identification pls

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>>1046339
Common snapper

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>>1046340
thank

i had two remove this one and a painted turtle who flopped away from the trails the other day.

are the little ones capable of tearing off fingers, too? i just used two branches like chopsticks and when i put it down, it bit one but didn't break the stick.

>>1046354
Potentially. They have a very strong bite. I hooked about a 2 pound one (~8" diameter shell) while bass fishing and it bit cleanly through my forceps in the process of trying to unhook it.

>>1046354

Smart move with the sticks- a lot of people try to pick them up by the tail or drag them by it, both of which will likely injure any reasonably sized snapper. The easiest way (IMO) is to throw down a shirt or blanket, tease them onto it with a stick, and then pick it up. As a bonus, the snapper will probably hiss and freak out but won't try to bite.

The second best method is to pick it up by the back of the shell, in the space to the side of the tail. There's a lot of space there for the legs to retract into. It's an absolute pain in the ass if it's a larger turtle and you have to hold it at arm's length to keep it from trying to bite, but it'll keep you safe and won't injure the turtle.

You can also wait most snappers out if it's a safe location to chill for a minute. If they can't see you moving and there's no significant vibrations in the ground, most snappers will start moving in under a minute, and they'll clear out pretty quickly.

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>>1046466
>wait out until it starts moving
sounds like fun, actually. gotta turn off the heavy vibrating I-6 engine to do that but it'd be nice to actually see one move. I will do that next time I see a snapper by myself since I've never seen them move around on land.

I'm always spooped picking them up with bare hands in case one has a freakishly long neck due to a mutation or something. Worse way to lose your finger, desu.

thank for haylp. Here's a rare pepe I spotted between two large rocks the other day.

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>>1031280
Found 6 slugs today under my compost bin.

That totals up to 11 I've found this growing season in my garden. I kept two as pets.

>>1046466
>see big gator snapper on side of road
>pull over and get out to help it cross road safely
>3/4 of the way across road with turtle walking
>shirtless dyel brochad pulls up in redneck special f150
>runs out grabs turtle by tail throws it 10 ft into ditch
>call him a faggot brochad as he gets back in his truck
>gives me some deal with it bro smirk as he pulls off blaring radio rap
>Nebraska

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>>1046789

You're definitely right to be worried about moving snappers with your bare hands- the only safe way to do so is the aforementioned back of the shell trick. They've all got freakishly long necks even without mutation- pic very much related.

Semi- relevant story- while common snappers are primarily scavengers and opportunity carnivores, the older they get the less they hunt and the more they scavenge. There's a pair in the family irrigation farm that live off of windfall apples for most of the summer and early fall. When my father noticed the trails up from the water, he started throwing apples into the pond. After a couple years of doing this he got to the point where one or both turtles will surface and swim around if you throw anything heavy enough to make a splash into the water- but only when apples are in season. They'll even do so if the thrower close to the water, which is pretty cool to see because under most circumstances they're shy as hell.

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Found this ambitious little guy. I couldn't decide whether to help the snake or the frog so i just let nature be.

>>1047287
Now that sucks. He's in for some serious discomfort

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across the street, lot of deer here and they walk right by you.

>>1032655
You shouldn't touch them if they're just chilling. Then they smell and get eaten

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These lil guys grew up in my backyard until they were old enough to fly, except one who fell from the nest and was chased by mein hund. There was another batch after them till we took the nest down.

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Found this boy and carried him for a mile during cross country. Coach toom him home to his turtle habitat

>>1047519
did you take that picture while jumping up and down?

>>1047498
>http://fishwrecked.com/forum/deathwish-dont-try-home
where?

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>>1048216

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>>1048218

>>1046466
or you can just blast them with a shotgun.

>>1048224
why the fuck would you do that, they taste great, why would you waste the meat

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>>1047280
I moved this one across the trail today with a shoebox and a toolbox. It was actually quite difficult when you don't have much surface area to work with. ):

Any advice on how to pick it up with the rear?

>>1041888
but you can tell so much from hair

>>1041713
>purple hair
>green hair
>dreads
>septum piercing
Name something all people who have either have in common

>>1031337
careful kevin
https://phys.org/news/2017-03-deadly-raccoon-roundworm-infect-humans.html

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It wasn't a snek, but I found a different kind of noodle last week.

>>1049022
nice camera
how you take it?

>>1031337
why have these guys not been domesticated yet? they have as much potential as dogs

>>1049684
because cats exist and foxes are slowly being domesticated in russia

the chinese farm racoons for food if that counts

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>>1031280
>>1031337

>>1031600
uh
you mean horned
a great horny owl would be something out of a monstergirl doujin

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>>1049690

>>1033065
hello /k/, how's the rifle and kids?

>>1049684
1. they're not very useful
2. Not an pack animal. We domesticated most animals by pretending to be a head of the pack. Dogs and horses have very strong instinct to follow.

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>>1049684
They let her pet them which is crazy. But she is also crazy.

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Saw an absolutely massive golden eagle while out on a bike ride yesterday. Wish I had my real camera and not just the cellphone, this this was giant.

>>1031348
congratulations that caterpillar was on his way somewhere and you fucked his entire day up.

>>1031573
lol she has a spider on her hand and on her head

>>1042622
What board?

why is it that we can accidentally run into animals and not spook them until we're really close, sometimes only a few feet away and you're not even trying to be stealthy with your approach, but when you purposely hunt for some animal ( for a photo or something ), as stealthy as you could, taking all proven precautions not to spook the animal, they get spooked from a mile away and fly/run off?

It's annoying as fuck. Especially when I'm looking for critters to photograph; I can accidentally run into a maya as I'm loudly trotting about, but God-forbid if I sneak about and spook every damn bird within a 5 mile radius.

>>1047520
for future reference you shouldn't move them far from where you found them, they will try to travel back to where they were picked up

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>>1048329
like this, hands on either side of the tail above the back legs

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>>1050547
Like this?

>>1050547
I thought the could reach around with their weird necks doing that? Or snap at you and do a fully 90 degree turn before you even grab them.

Are there any gloves that are snap resistant?

>>1050616
scrungo bls

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Lots of theese.

Almost walked face 1st into one that was climbing up a tree (night)

Fucking wild boars, mom and two babies. Mountain lion a year ago, so i pack heat nowadays. Pulled out on the pigs (no offense cops), glad i didnt have to defend myself

while out fishing two beavers got pissed at me and started slapping the water with their tails. Scared the fuck out of me at first.

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>>1050493
Dunno.

I was fishing while wearing a neon yellow shirt. These two juvie mallards let me walk to within 2 feet of them, then when I crouched down to start taking pics the hen tried eating my boot lace.

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>>1035740
Reminds me of the time I was up at my uncles camp doing some fishing. Got a nice basket of crappie and gills. After we filleted them we put the guts in a bag and left them near the boat so we could dumped them for the turtles in the morning. When we woke up my buddy went down to get stuff loaded and yelled up "ah fuck! God damn coons got into the fish!" My uncle responded "what? The niggers got into the fish?"

O I was laffin

Have a spotted turtle

>>1050697
i mean, buy chainmail gloves, your hand will still get crushed to some extent

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I got some Turkey's at my deer feeder after almost a year.

Last post was 4 days ago? Man this board is slow

>>1041655
Maybe YOU'RE the idiot?
https://www.orkin.com/other/spiders/yellow-sac-spiders/

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I found this qt little guy. He didn't seem all that concerned about me.

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>>1031573
do you know what the fuck this might be? southwestern, tn btw

>>1031817
thats dicey, were you armed? i got fucking chased by a coyote on my bike inside memphis city limits. no shit.

Saw a bobcat today, about 30ft in front of me couldn't grab any pics tho

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Lubber grasshopper.

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Tree snail (I think, not sure about the varieties of snails around here).

>>1041852
Alberta?

>>1054071
>orkin.com
Hahaha youre a fuckin pleb anon gtfo with your aracnophobic ass.

>>1054567
Thats just some orb weaver spider. Itll make a big web and hang out til fall if you let it, then itll crawl away and die before it gets too cold out.

>>1032218
Sounds like an owl of some sort fucking another owl.

>>1038374
>>1038375
Like OP said
These are not reliable methods of identifying snakes. There are always exceptions.

Head and pupil shape are not safe indicators.s

If you cant ID the snake do not handle it and observe it from a distance.

>>1041801
Eastern Hognose, popular pet
>>1042345
Rough Earth Snake
>>1047287
Garter Snake

I think

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>>1031280
Found a rubber boa and some salamanders fishing beaver dams.

>>1031573
Moldylocks has a gigantic cave.

>>1031280
I didn't get a pic but I saved a baby gator that was chilling in the middle of the road, I just grabbed him behind the fore legs and the tail and tossed him into the tall grass next to the road

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>>1031280
This little fucker was in Sequoia, he is obviously used to human contact cause he was checking us out the entire time, he probably was waiting for food. These things are all over that mountain.