Wildlife, living next to nature - Page 76

Griff · 07-23-2018, 06:09 PM

Deer ate some of my ghost pepper plant while I was away...

xoxoxoBruce · 07-23-2018, 08:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

They're at least 7 blocks from the nearest place deer could live (ie a wooded park of reasonable size).

We think of a wooded park as habitat for them but as long as they can find something to eat/drink and don't feel they are threatened, they can live anywhere.

glatt · 07-23-2018, 06:09 PM

Happy Monkey · 07-24-2018, 02:22 PM

It's a city; everything that isn't wooded park is street and lawn. They can wander it, especially at night, but they need to be able to go somewhere when the people come back out.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-24-2018, 02:30 PM

True, but they can cover a lot of ground in a short time. Also if the milkman or someone out early spots them, not likely to freak out like if was a bear or coyote or something bitey.
Maybe the deer are renting an apartment close by.

glatt · 07-24-2018, 03:26 PM

I almost hit a deer in my neighborhood yesterday. I wasn't even going fast. Maybe 25? I saw it out of the corner of my eye running along side me and veering toward of me. I knew there was no car behind me so I stepped on the brake, and it veered harder at me, so I stepped harder. The fucking thing finally got me to panic brake by cutting directly in front of me just in front of my bumper.

Gravdigr · 07-24-2018, 03:42 PM

I saw a nopedeer the other evening. I saw her running toward the road, when she got into the outside edge of my headlights, she said "Nope.", and made the laziest u-turn back into the field, without changing her gait whatsoever.

Happy Monkey · 07-25-2018, 04:17 PM

That cat looks comfy. There's a certain Harry S. Miller folk song that comes to mind.

Griff · 07-25-2018, 06:30 PM

um eeeeeek

captainhook455 · 07-29-2018, 07:23 AM

I think this cat was someone's pet they turned out in the wild. It saw the door open and went in like any house cat would. Being the cat didn't freak out upon seeing the human tells me it was probably rescued until it could be turned out.

glatt · 07-29-2018, 04:03 PM

OK. I fee dumb that I never realized this before, but when you are outside at night and are wearing a fairly strong headlamp, those glittering dew drops you see here and there in large numbers on the grass are actually spider's eyes looking back at you. You'll see, when you get closer. And they are everywhere.

If you change your headlamp to red, they glow red.

Clodfobble · 07-29-2018, 04:15 PM

I have no experience with the phenomenon you're describing, but how do you know it's not actual moisture/dew drops?

glatt · 07-29-2018, 04:51 PM

Because when you walk up to one, it's a spider. I tried to say that in my post but wasn't terribly clear.

captainhook455 · 07-29-2018, 08:10 PM

It is a ground spiders web which catches fleas or mosquitoes or whatever. Before morning they collect their web to recycle for the next night. That is dew shining back at you as the spider is so small its doubtful you could see the reflection of its eyes.

travis_fitness · 07-30-2018, 07:17 AM

That article was so informative. Thanks!

07-23-2018, 06:09 PM	#1
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Deer ate some of my ghost pepper plant while I was away... __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-24-2018, 02:22 PM	#4
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	It's a city; everything that isn't wooded park is street and lawn. They can wander it, especially at night, but they need to be able to go somewhere when the people come back out. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

07-24-2018, 02:30 PM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	True, but they can cover a lot of ground in a short time. Also if the milkman or someone out early spots them, not likely to freak out like if was a bear or coyote or something bitey. Maybe the deer are renting an apartment close by. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-24-2018, 03:42 PM	#7
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	I saw a nopedeer the other evening. I saw her running toward the road, when she got into the outside edge of my headlights, she said "Nope.", and made the laziest u-turn back into the field, without changing her gait whatsoever. __________________ These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, EPA, FBI, DEA, CDC, or FDIC. These statements are not intended to diagnose, cause, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. If you feel you have been harmed/offended by, or, disagree with any of the above statements or images, please feel free to fuck right off.

07-25-2018, 04:17 PM	#8
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	That cat looks comfy. There's a certain Harry S. Miller folk song that comes to mind. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

07-23-2018, 06:09 PM	#3
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717

07-24-2018, 03:26 PM	#6
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	I almost hit a deer in my neighborhood yesterday. I wasn't even going fast. Maybe 25? I saw it out of the corner of my eye running along side me and veering toward of me. I knew there was no car behind me so I stepped on the brake, and it veered harder at me, so I stepped harder. The fucking thing finally got me to panic brake by cutting directly in front of me just in front of my bumper.

07-25-2018, 06:30 PM	#9
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	um eeeeeek __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-29-2018, 07:23 AM	#10
captainhook455 Rapscallion Join Date: Aug 2016 Posts: 1,357	I think this cat was someone's pet they turned out in the wild. It saw the door open and went in like any house cat would. Being the cat didn't freak out upon seeing the human tells me it was probably rescued until it could be turned out.

07-29-2018, 04:03 PM	#11
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	OK. I fee dumb that I never realized this before, but when you are outside at night and are wearing a fairly strong headlamp, those glittering dew drops you see here and there in large numbers on the grass are actually spider's eyes looking back at you. You'll see, when you get closer. And they are everywhere. If you change your headlamp to red, they glow red.

07-29-2018, 04:15 PM	#12
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	I have no experience with the phenomenon you're describing, but how do you know it's not actual moisture/dew drops? __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

07-29-2018, 04:51 PM	#13
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Because when you walk up to one, it's a spider. I tried to say that in my post but wasn't terribly clear.

07-29-2018, 08:10 PM	#14
captainhook455 Rapscallion Join Date: Aug 2016 Posts: 1,357	It is a ground spiders web which catches fleas or mosquitoes or whatever. Before morning they collect their web to recycle for the next night. That is dew shining back at you as the spider is so small its doubtful you could see the reflection of its eyes.

07-30-2018, 07:17 AM	#15
travis_fitness Banned Join Date: Jul 2018 Posts: 3	That article was so informative. Thanks!

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