Flying Meeses... well one flying moose anyway...

Moose? That ain't a moose.

Tiz so a moose.

I wouldn't pick that out of a moose lineup.

It's young or early in the antler season, but the shoulder hump is a give away.
Might be a European Elk though.

No.

Not. A. Moose.

What are it?

The car and the surroundings don't look especially Murkin.

If it were America, I'd guess a smaller elk species, Tule, maybe. Otherwise it looks like the stags of Scotland and/or New Zealand.

Whatever it is, it doesn't jump like Evel Knievel, nor do they fly.

Tule elk don't quite have the antlers that 'regular' elk and red stags have.

And the antlers of moose show obvious palmation very early.

Our Notamoose does have a fairly prominent hump, though, I'll give ya that.

Here's the pictures before and after that one. The poster claims it's a Red Deer.

http://cellar.org/2017/moose2.jpg

But look at the antlers on these meeses.

http://cellar.org/2017/moose3.jpg

:eek:That's gotta be a world record leap.

I'm impressed. Really.

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Will you do the fandango?

Ah takes mah victrees where ah finds 'em.:)

It's not certain the chick that posted the pictures know for sure what it was but it looks like it could be a humpy Red Deer. But look at the antlers on the Meeses.

Handy helpers...

In horse drawn vehicles, and early automobiles, lap robes were a thing. Nature provided those for the rich.

I don't want to live next to this nature. :headshake

Sure, we can box.

But first, meet my manager, Mr. Ruger SP101.

I am sooooo tickled that the new camera has manual focus:

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A bird on the breeze
Shot through the trees
Focused manually
With handheld ease

:jig:

I got this camera this past June. 4 more pix makes one thousand.

I've charged the battery three times.

Jesus bro, do you even lift?

Hey Griff, wanna see my skin flap? I look like a flying squirrel. :lol:

Wait for it...

A buddy down in Texas caught this bad boy, and friends, partying in the attic.

All tail, not much good eatin'.

Tail?

Wait til it gets hard, then use it for a toothpick.

That's what I tell all the girls.:cool:

Good Samaritans frantically rush to save herd of elk that fall through ice into frigid water

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Saved all 13 of them.

Thank you, that was a great story. :notworthy

People can be a pretty disagreeable bunch, but it's good to see that there are some decent souls about.

Thanks, Mr G. :thumb:

Quite welcome, sirs, quite welcome.:)

When your Yorkshire Terrier rolls over for a belly rub, he's merely manifesting his inner wolf. Or something like that.

snakes

That's a Yahoo misleading headline. Had nothing to do with the video.

I wasn't even close...

Popdigr said "That's a sturgeon."

Pause while waiting for the end of the clip.

"Eating a moose."

:lol2:

smart spider...

:speechls:

The bidders are using tools now.

We're doomed.:bolt:

Left it big for detail, apologies.

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Those two have been hanging out for a while.

Why yes, yes they do. ;)

Thanks so much for finally answering that question. We now know that, yes, the Pope does indeed shit in the woods.









You thought I was gonna say bear dinja?;)

I know it's a Pope pooper cuz o' the toilet paper. Bears don't use tp.

Bears use rabbits.

Not according to the Charmin commercials.

Damn! That was Charmin. I was all set to tell you just how fuckin' wrong you were. That they weren't Charmin bears.

But they are.

My apologies for doubting you sir. It'll never happen again. Til the next time.:D

:notworthy

Charmin is made from rabbit fur.

And steak is made from cows, but I ain't eatin' a cow.:p:

Bald eagle swoops in, grabs fish off Montana lake in close-up video

Don't blink.

Grumble, snort, stupid humans, mumble, bitch...

Nah, he's looking for a victim to lick to get his salt intake.

Nothing about that pic looks genuine. It looks like someone tried real hard, though.

It won a major international photography contest so I guess they tried hard enough.

Or there weren't many entries.:neutral:

You're right, only 320,000 entries.

That's a lot of crappy pictures

Skid marks leading up to the vehicle
In line with the tires
Car was moving away and is still pointing away

Did it leap into the air and do half a barrel roll and then land non destructively on its roof?


Weird

That skid mark is not from the tire, it's only on one side. It's snow pushed aside by the roof.

Somewhere in the beginnings of this thread, I posted pictures of our front and back lawns after they had been raided by Badgers looking for autumnal grubs.
Frankly, they left a hell of a mess. I wasn't too bothered as neither lawn is a horticultural work of art and the turf was mostly left in a state where it could be reinstated reasonably easily.
My biggest gripe was that I never got to see the creatures only the aftermath.
The only time most people will have ever seen a Badger is when one has perished on the road.
I've been fortunate in having access to some private land in recent years, spotting the elusive creatures there but never in our garden.

Fast forward to last Spring. One evening I went out into the conservatory to lock up and normally I would just rely on the light from the living room but for some reason I switched on the conservatory light which illuminated the back garden. There staring back at me was a black and white striped face!
In an attempt to get a better look I started leaving out peanuts in the garden and we've had nightly visits ever since.
They have poor eyesight and it is possible to shine a torch without frightening the creatures so we can get a good view.

I recently treated myself to a trail cam or camera trap which arrived on Saturday.
I didn't attempt to use it that evening as it snowed most of the day and into the night.
Yesterday evening I set up the camera but due to operator error (note to self: read the sodding manual) it didn't work.
This evening I was blessed with more success because, mirabile dictu, not just one but two Badgers turned up!

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There's still a bit to do in terms of where to place the food in relation to the camera and adjustments to make for best results but I think I'm off to a reasonable start.
Taken within the last hour, by the way.

WOW!