Wildlife, living next to nature - Page 13

infinite monkey · 07-29-2014, 08:27 AM

She's some sort of softshell turtle. Maybe Midland Smooth...but none of the cursory research I've done has definitively said they should even be found in my county. She was attempting to lay eggs when I came upon her, and that was a bad spot where cars park. Maybe the rain we'd had had made the river too high for her to find any good spots nearer to the river.

glatt · 07-29-2014, 09:30 AM

That's a cool looking turtle. We don't have any like that around here, as far as I know.

Lola Bunny · 07-29-2014, 03:12 PM

The soft shell turtles can be pretty fast. It's the other ones that are slow.

infinite monkey · 07-29-2014, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Lola Bunny

The soft shell turtles can be pretty fast. It's the other ones that are slow.

That is how fast she was the first time I saw her. Running down the grass towards the water. I was like 'WHAT'?

Big Sarge · 07-29-2014, 03:11 PM

Fresh turtle eggs taste pretty good.

infinite monkey · 07-29-2014, 06:28 PM

Yep, that was my 'funny' reference. Glad someone remembers that! Makes me feel less old.

fargon · 07-30-2014, 06:27 AM

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Originally Posted by infinite monkey

Yep, that was my 'funny' reference. Glad someone remembers that! Makes me feel less old.

You can't be old, you must be younger than me.

orthodoc · 07-30-2014, 10:53 PM

Nah ...you're old.

Not that that's a bad thing.

Glinda · 07-31-2014, 11:29 AM

Yesterday, there was a young deer in my front yard (still had spots), and I see adult deer on my property with some regularity. I don't mind that they wander through my yard, but I'd like them to leave my fucking rose bushes alone! They eat most of them down to sticks. GRRR.

xoxoxoBruce · 08-11-2014, 08:06 PM

Bees...

xoxoxoBruce · 08-14-2014, 11:15 PM

Well living next to nature if you're a photographer/fishing boat deck hand, in Alaska.

busterb · 08-19-2014, 06:34 PM

Black Bear on campus. http://www.clarionledger.com/story/n...dian/14282441/

xoxoxoBruce · 08-19-2014, 06:50 PM

What, they let him get away without talking to coach Sherrill !

busterb · 08-20-2014, 08:01 PM

Measuring 15 feet long and weighing in at a staggering 1,011.5 lbs, this giant alligator was pulled out of a river in Alabama on Saturday morning, becoming the largest ever caught. The woman who did so broke out her special pearl necklace to celebrate.
http://indefinitelywild.gizmodo.com/...ght-1624521405
LArgest? Maybe.

glatt · 08-20-2014, 08:53 PM

"hooked and then shot" would be more accurate than "caught."

But it's still impressive

07-29-2014, 03:11 PM	#5
Big Sarge Werepandas - lurking in your shadows Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: In the Deep South Posts: 3,408	Fresh turtle eggs taste pretty good. __________________ Give a man a match, & he'll be warm for 20 seconds. But toss that man a white phosphorus grenade and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

07-30-2014, 10:53 PM	#8
orthodoc Not Suspicious, Merely Canadian Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 3,774	Nah ...you're old. Not that that's a bad thing. __________________ The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. - Ghandi

08-11-2014, 08:06 PM	#10
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Bees... __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-14-2014, 11:15 PM	#11
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Well living next to nature if you're a photographer/fishing boat deck hand, in Alaska. Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-19-2014, 06:34 PM	#12
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Black Bear on campus. http://www.clarionledger.com/story/n...dian/14282441/ __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

07-29-2014, 08:27 AM	#1
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	She's some sort of softshell turtle. Maybe Midland Smooth...but none of the cursory research I've done has definitively said they should even be found in my county. She was attempting to lay eggs when I came upon her, and that was a bad spot where cars park. Maybe the rain we'd had had made the river too high for her to find any good spots nearer to the river.

07-29-2014, 09:30 AM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	That's a cool looking turtle. We don't have any like that around here, as far as I know.

07-29-2014, 03:12 PM	#3
Lola Bunny Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 2,728	The soft shell turtles can be pretty fast. It's the other ones that are slow.

07-29-2014, 06:28 PM	#6
infinite monkey Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 13,002	Yep, that was my 'funny' reference. Glad someone remembers that! Makes me feel less old.

07-31-2014, 11:29 AM	#9
Glinda Fucktard Resistance League Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: 1.14 acres of heaven Posts: 1,512	Yesterday, there was a young deer in my front yard (still had spots), and I see adult deer on my property with some regularity. I don't mind that they wander through my yard, but I'd like them to leave my fucking rose bushes alone! They eat most of them down to sticks. GRRR.

08-19-2014, 06:50 PM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	What, they let him get away without talking to coach Sherrill ! __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

08-20-2014, 08:01 PM	#14
busterb NSABFD Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: MS. usa Posts: 3,908	Measuring 15 feet long and weighing in at a staggering 1,011.5 lbs, this giant alligator was pulled out of a river in Alabama on Saturday morning, becoming the largest ever caught. The woman who did so broke out her special pearl necklace to celebrate. http://indefinitelywild.gizmodo.com/...ght-1624521405 LArgest? Maybe. __________________ I've haven't left very deep footprints in the sands of time. But, boy I've left a bunch.

08-20-2014, 08:53 PM	#15
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	"hooked and then shot" would be more accurate than "caught." But it's still impressive

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