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Post by nei on Apr 2, 2021 10:22:41 GMT -5
is there a thread on wild animals? threats to wildlife, formerly endangered wildlife doing well, or just fun pictures of animals you like starting with wolves have made it to central California, only a decade ago there were no wolves in California and a few packs migrated over the border from Oregon. Central California wolf with radio collar get updates on known wolves in California from the state site wildlife.ca.gov/conservation/mammals/gray-wolf#559682741-known-wolves-in-california |
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Post by rozenn on Apr 2, 2021 14:10:46 GMT -5
Map of wolf presence in 2020.  |
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Post by urania93 on Apr 2, 2021 14:37:46 GMT -5
Anecdotally, I can say that quite a lot of them have been spotted also around my place, in the last year or so they have been seen also in the villages and towns (usually at night, but at least once even in the middle of the day).
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Post by Marcelo on Apr 3, 2021 10:33:11 GMT -5
Ibera project is the most ambitious rewilding project ever in Argentina, intended to restore the once extremely rich biodiversity of the Ibera wetlands, in Corrientes province, Northeastern Argentina.
It’s been running for more than 10 years. At first there was a lot of skepticism about the outcome, but eight species which had become extinct in the area have been already reintroduced: the jaguar, the giant anteater, the lowland tapir, the collared peccary, the red and green macaw, the bare faced curassow, and the giant river otter. All of the reintroductions have been successful so far but the works are still far from finished, as in some species only few specimens have been released, and in case of the giant otter (the hardest one to work with and one of the most threatened mammals in South America) if I’m not mistaken, there’s only a single couple still kept in semi-captivity. Other high profile residents of the wetlands are the ubiquitous capybara, the yacare caiman, the yellow anaconda, the cougar, the maned wolf, the howler monkey, the marsh and pampas deer, the rhea and the jabiru stork. When I visited the wetland for work (not tourism, therefore not actively seeking for wildlife watching) a couple of years ago I could see LOTS of capybaras, lots of birds including caracaras and jabiru storks, some caimans, a pair of rheas, a very curious fox and a small brocket deer running around the ranger facilities. |
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Post by nei on Apr 7, 2021 9:59:09 GMT -5
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Post by Ariete on Apr 7, 2021 10:03:44 GMT -5
Some kind of monitor lizard.
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Post by alex992 on Apr 7, 2021 10:03:44 GMT -5
Just a cute little Florida Swamp Lizard, no big deal.  |
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Post by Speagles84 on Apr 7, 2021 10:24:23 GMT -5
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Post by greysrigging on Apr 9, 2021 19:39:50 GMT -5
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Post by Mörön on Apr 9, 2021 22:20:12 GMT -5
Deer in AK? Nah. I'd like to see what the stats for moose are though. |
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Post by Ariete is a Russian Alcoholic on Apr 10, 2021 1:24:47 GMT -5
Kangaroos are absolutely spastic. It's as if they jump out in front of you on purpose, then they see you and go completely spastic like a malfunctioning jack-in-the box all over the road, slipping, derping, boi-oi-oi-oiiooiinnnging all over, it's rediculous. Then there's these birds called swamp hens. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swamphen These things are spammed here, and they specifically SHIT all over your deck, and any and all driveways, paths, grassed areas on the specific access route to your front door. These things are the stupidest creature in the world. They herp around the road edge, then as you approach, they run into the middle of the road, stop, shit themselves like a Cambodian with dysentery, then run back, then run out infront of the next car. As far as I'm concerned, these useless birds should be naught more than a fossil relic like the Dodo. |
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Post by snj90 on Apr 10, 2021 4:51:01 GMT -5
There are moose warning signs all over the place in Vermont from what I remember. Apparently, a collision with a moose is far more likely to cause human fatalities for those in the front seats than with a regular deer, because of the higher center of mass, unless you have a truck that's high enough off the ground.
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Post by Ariete on Apr 10, 2021 11:48:07 GMT -5
Prevalence of some wild animals in Finland.
Wolf:
Bear:
Lynx:
Wolverine:
All maps are from 2019.
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Post by aabc123 on Apr 10, 2021 16:15:18 GMT -5
The climate of the tropics and low latitudes often makes me as a resident of a cool climate envious because there is a warm summer all year round. However, there is also something there I absolutely hate. The last time I was traveling in the tropics it was just okay but then on the very last day I saw such a creature in the bush. Not so big one but I still felt very disgusted. A bonus of living in the north is that there are few such repulsive-looking animals. Once my friend repairing the floor of his old summer house saw a large and stocky slow-worm under the old floorboards and I was disgusted even as I listened to his description of the unexpected meeting. I have seen a viper twice myself. But luckily that's all. |
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Post by FrozenI69 on Apr 13, 2021 16:20:02 GMT -5
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Post by Marcelo on Apr 14, 2021 10:22:55 GMT -5
"World-record highest altitude mammal"
Mouse found atop a 22,000-foot volcano, breaking world record
Last year an expedition to Llullaillaco Volcano (6739 m) in the Argentina-Chile border led to the finding of a mouse living at the very peak of the mountain. The main goal of this expedition was indeed looking for mice living at very high altitudes, but finding one at such altitude was unexpected. It has become, by far, the highest dwelling mammal of the world.
The most interesting thing is that it lives in an area without vegetation, and we don’t know what it eats. It’s suspected that it thrives thank to vegetal debris blown upslope by the wind, something like what happens in abyssal environments, but reversed. Still, it’s unknown how this could sustain a population up there.
For us weather fans, the extreme climatic environment adds interest. Despite the high altitude, the peaks of that region often lack permanent ice caps due to extremely low precipitation; Llullaillaco is found in a region called “Puna de Atacama”. Availability of bare rocks may help mice to warm up during the day. Anyway, average temperatures at the peak is estimated to be only -8°C in the summer and -17°C in the winter, so these guys live in a year round below freezing environment, something pretty unique among land vertebrates. 0°C isotherm barely appears at 5200 m approximately, and I doubt these mice move too much around.
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Post by nei on Apr 20, 2021 13:00:39 GMT -5
locals blocking traffic for fun in Connecticut
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Post by Speagles84 on Apr 22, 2021 7:17:26 GMT -5
In my old city neighborhood!
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Post by Speagles84 on Apr 22, 2021 7:18:05 GMT -5
Prevalence of some wild animals in Finland.
All maps are from 2019.
Ruskies no like bears? |
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Post by Ariete on Apr 22, 2021 7:32:22 GMT -5
Quite the contrary, on the Russian side there's a lot more bears and wolves.
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