Let's talk about wildlife

[Cami]

I was always trying to save animals as a kid, they all died anyhow despite my efforts. meh. whatever.

 

[housepicks]

As a boy we "hunted" all the time...I also brought home stray animals....


.....the good ol days.

 

[mrquincy]

I have read articles on whether or not Ground Hogs are edible/tasty. If you had a good recipe you could be onto something. They are vegetarian and seem to re-produce like nothing

 

[Cami]

I tried to get a picture, but it ducked, that Cardinal was at my window again, literally knocking on it with his beak. That is one persistent little birdie.

 

[Cami]

My little birdie friend! Steve got to experience it sitting at the window knocking on it. And the momma bird has started building a nest right outside my window, I love it! (yes I know, I'm obsessed.)

 

[reno cool]

nice bird.

 

[Blitty]

nice bird.

ditto

 

[roguejuror]

Woody Woodpecker?

EDIT nvm cardinal

 

[Matty]

three words

seal belly rub

 

[mrquincy]

 

[Mudcat]

This seahorse was spotted off the coast of Nova Scotia which apparently is news for some reason.

Check it out 'n shit.

 

[bacon]

SAVE THE SEAHORSE

 

[Cami]

I opened my window today to try to get a better picture of the mama bird in her nest, freaked her clear out. I didn't mean to scare her. She would not stop chirping and carrying on until the male bird came over the check things out, I left it open for a little while thinking she would calm down, but no, she did not. I ended up closing the window and now she is happily back in her nest. Women.

 

[Mudcat]

Weird critter, the seahorse. Like I guess the one above is outside its normal territory so that's why it made the news but bigger picture with the seahorse in general ---> it's like, dude, what are you?

 

[roguejuror]

Very pornographic if you ask me.

 

[Mudcat]

The seahorse is the right name for it - I won't dispute that.

 

[roguejuror]

Read this about vampires that I didn't know.

Consider the vampire bat. At night, it ventures from its cave, along with thousands of other bats, and goes on the hunt. The vampire bat like some sort of comic-book villain has evolved a special brain region that enables the detection of hot spots on animals (usually goats, its favorite food). Its a sort of infrared vision.

The bat must feed every two nights, but doesnt always manage to find a goat. Instead, it often has to rely on the charity of other bats, who share blood after a successful hunt. The bat then pays this forward sharing blood with those bats when theyre hungry.

As it turns out, bats are pretty decent game theorists. The hunting-sharing cycle is sorta like an iterated prisoners dilemma. If everyone shares, were all well off, and if everyone is selfish, a lot of good bats will starve, but if everyone else shares except me, great, since I get gallons of blood. To enforce cooperation, the bats implement a tit-for-tat strategy if you share with me, Ill share with you next time. This, plus a friendliness clause sharing with unknown bats is tit for tat.

Such a strategy breaks down when the share-or-not-share decision is not iterated. In a single shot game, prisoners defect all the bats will be selfish. For blood sharing among bats to occur, they must frequently interact with bats they know.

 

[roguejuror]

himalayan ninja goats