Nature- the good, the bad and the...strange

[Rachael Nexusei]

To start off, the tramatizing-


It's Raining Spiders In Brazil

I know they are beneficial and all, but...but...*shudder*

[Rachael Nexusei]

This is cute, though!  Crows are so comical-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwjTO0oF800&feature=player_embedded

[onan]

Crows are (I hate to use the term) awesome.






Joshua Klein: The intelligence of crows

[Eddie Coyle]

 
          Watching "Canadian" geese here in the Boston area, form a phalanx and then go to the curb and apparently look both ways before crossing astounds me. They cross major intersections as a team, and do it expediently. They're not dumb creatures just running across a street.

[Usagi]

I watched squirrels having sex recently.  It was hypnotizing.  At first glance (well, first hear in this instance), I thought the male was harassing the female and that squirrels were perhaps just a "sneak in, poke, run away" sort of species.  It was far more complicated than that. It turned out to be a playful game of catch.  The male would approach almost close enough to the female, at which point she would squack and scurry halfway up a tree.  But then, she would tentatively climb back down and sneak up to paw his nose (seemingly violently on her part) and then it would start all over again.  Rustling, rolling, squeaking, and just a little bit of poking.  It went on for about a half hour.  It was surprisingly lovely.


I've seen far far less charming animal copulations before, though.  Let's just say, I have been mentally scared by the sight, at an early age, of a randy goose.  Traumatized.

[onan]

randy goose. 

that is noory's porn name.

[Usagi]

that is noory's porn name.

Madre de Dios.  You're just wanting me to seek therapy, aren't you?

[Surmo]

Thanks Onan, for that fascinating little short on the intelligence of crows.  Having watched
them daily as I kid I knew they were smart, but I am impressed with just how smart they
are.

[Yorkshire pud]

I used to live opposite a golf course, behind which was a large wood; one night early January we heard what we thought was a dog screaming outside, the sound was coming from the road that ran between our house and the golf course. Our own dog went mental and ran to the back door barking her head off. I flicked on the garden light and went outside, our dog went bolting into the garden, aggressively barking.. I still at this point thought I'd heard a dog in distress having been run over by a car or something...as I walked into the garden, out of the dark into the light spread came two foxes..the dog chasing the vixen..and our dog in hot pursuit! The noise that mating foxes make is horrendous, it really sounds as if one or both is having it's limbs torn off. Oh, and their faeces stink like you can't believe, but you'll never mistake it for anything else.

Watching a tarantula hang from the side of it's tank and then leap onto a cricket in the time it takes to blink is something else too.

[ItsOver]

that is noory's porn name.

Thank's for the laugh.  "Randy Goose," I'll have to remember that. 

[Caruthers612]

that is noory's porn name.

                 <groan> You just had to summon that image... Noory in a chat room, late at night, dressed in black leather, salivating as he and online pals Honey Dew and Rod Magnum engage in a shared fantasy. <retch, heave> 'Scuse me while I go bury myself under the Rockies...

[Harmness]

Fuck you Carruthers,now I'm all tingly.

[Yorkshire pud]

                 <groan> You just had to summon that image... Noory in a chat room, late at night, dressed in black leather, salivating as he and online pals Honey Dew and Rod Magnum engage in a shared fantasy. <retch, heave> 'Scuse me while I go bury myself under the Rockies...

Psssttt: You want the link?  ...It's a messy job, but someone has to do it.