Tag Archives: wildlife
Snake Smuggler Caught with 95 Boas
Travelers and employees at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport got a heck of a surprise last week. One of the bags on the luggage conveyor belt burst open, revealing 95 live boa constrictors – and one turtle.
The owner of the bag, Keng Liang Wong, a 52 year-old Malaysian man, confessed on the spot to wildlife [...]
Pallas’ Cat
You think your cat is the definition of “cute, but psycho” — meet the cat that taught all other cats the real meaning of “twitchy”. Meet the Pallas’ Cat.
The Pallas’ Cat or Otocolobus manul is a wild cat native to central Asia. They got their name from Peter Pallas, a German zoologist and botanist who worked in Russia. [...]
Rabies Seemingly More Prevalent
This last weekend while I was walking Stanley I saw a notice on a community board in Reston that a rabid raccoon had been caught recently. Seeing this reinforced all the news items on rabies – the two rabid bats found in Orange County, CA at the end of July; a cat with a confirmed [...]
Ohio Wildlife Center Produces Two Rare Onagers
The Wilds, a conservation center in Ohio, has successfully produced two rare Persian onagers through the means of artificial insemination.
The onagers are the first wild equids of any species to be reproduced in this manner, and even more “first” is that one of the onagers was created using semen that had previously been frozen. It [...]
The Crocodile Whisperer
Fearless Costa Rican fisherman Chito playfully wrestles in the water with his best pal Pocho (the name means strength), a deadly 17ft crocodile.
The 52-year-old daredevil draws gasps of amazement from onlookers by wading chest-deep into the water, then whistling for his 980lb buddy and giving him an affectionate hug.
Chito made friends with the croc after finding him with a [...]
Wild Encounters with Wildlife
Last week we presented various ways you could help avoid having a too close for comfort experience with wildlife in the suburban towns and urban cities. This week there are a number of news items confirming that we and the animals are butting up against one another far too often.
A Bailey, Colorado man had a [...]
Ways to Keep Wildlife Safe
As the human population grows and spreads into formally rural areas running into wildlife is going to be a more common occurrence. For people who live “out in the sticks” they are aware that their nearest neighbor might have four-legs or no-legs. If your house is more farm than apartment building seeing deer and fox out [...]
Red Fox Dive (Video)
Wow!
Should we consider calling this Dramatic Animal Imagery Monday? Doesn’t roll off the tongue, does it? I’ll work on that and you keep watching this video.
And thank you to Shawn for sending us this video!
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Amazing Animal Photos – Nick Brandt
I was sent this site over the weekend . . . The Young Gallery – Nick Brandt
Out of respect for the artist I’m only posting the cover of his book, but please go check out his photos on the gallery’s site. They are breathtaking! Brandt doesn’t use a telephoto lens, the standard equipment of wildlife [...]
Friday Quote – Wilderness
When was the last time you were wild? Have you ever howled at the moon?
All good things are wild, and free.
~Henry David Thoreau
Getting to be a part of a natural setting, away from roads and buildings, water delivered through pipes and light brought from wires, helps reset our minds and our spirits. If it’s been [...]