Wildlife

[Mazderati]

The swamp rat.

[hutash]

That thing looks ill; did you put it down?

Orangutans are an endangered species, you need a permit to put one down.

Maybe Trump shouldn't gut the endangered species act, its the only thing protecting him.

[Flyoverland Captive]

That’s not an Orangutan, it’s a Shitgibbon, which I believe are not protected.

[hutash]

Except by PETA, you don't want to fuck with PETA.

[bodywhomper]

Let’s get back on subject before we start making observations/comparisons about rape and orangutans

[Norseman]

Let’s get back on subject before we start making observations/comparisons about rape and orangutans

If that's what I think it is - a Rough Skinned Newt - please take great care not to touch your food if you handle that thing. Their skin contains a burly toxin that can cause paralysis and asphyxiation.

[2FUNKY]

If that's what I think it is - a Rough Skinned Newt - please take great care not to touch your food if you handle that thing. Their skin contains a burly toxin that can cause paralysis and asphyxiation.

Whoa, did not know that. I used to play with them as a kid all the time and never washed my hands. Explains a lot...

[hutash]

As I recall. they only secrete it when really stressed, so don't piss it off and you will be fine.

[krp8128]

Had some batts swooping around tonight, you could tell when the ly got into the bugs as their flight path and flapping would change. They can have as many as they like, I hate bugs that bite.

Good to see given the decline in population around here. Crossing my fingers they aren't nested in the shed I need to tear down.

[hutash]

Build some bat house near tour shed.

[Mazderati]

Walking into my house I noticed something small and dark in the crease below the door sill. Turned out to be a little brown bat. Not sure why it was on the ground during the day and not sleeping upside down somewhere dark and cool. But it was still breathing and still alive so I poked holes in a box, put the bat in the box, and brought it inside to get it out of the heat thinking maybe it ran into a wall - which would seem weird given radar - and just needed to sleep it off. It didn't make a peep.

Took the box outside and opened it up at dusk. Bat was breathing but not moving. I took off for a few hours and the bat was gone when I returned. Thought another animal might have eaten it but I walk outside the next day and see this hanging on the door frame. It hung out there for a day and then was gone and never seen again.

[bodywhomper]

If that's what I think it is - a Rough Skinned Newt - please take great care not to touch your food if you handle that thing. Their skin contains a burly toxin that can cause paralysis and asphyxiation.

Sierra newt (Taricha torosa sierrae)

[happytimefunbox]

You shall not pass

[Norseman]

Sierra newt (Taricha torosa sierrae)

Ok, thanks. They look quite similar to my bioJong eye.

[bodywhomper]

Ok, thanks. They look quite similar to my bioJong eye.

I agree. They look very similar at first glance. We had a little freakout (not knowing the spp) when we first moved to our place and one of the kids kept licking them like homer simpson. They're all over the place around us. Cute little buggers.

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[hutash]

Both are toxic. Different species, same genus, and are more similar then different. Best not to lick, or even handle them, toxin can be absorbed through cuts and abrasions.

Poisonous skin secretions containing tetrodotoxin repel most predators. This potent neurotoxin is widespread throughout the skin, muscles, and blood, and can cause death in many animals, including humans, if eaten in sufficient quantity. (One study estimated that 1,200 - 2,500 mice could be killed from the skin of one California Newt.) This poison can also be ingested through a mucous membrane or a cut in the skin, so care should always be taken when handling newts.

[babybear]

You shall not pass

purty

I also showed this thread to andrew and I think I could hear him having a nature-gasm from the next room
here are a few cool ones from his recent park adventures

[detrusor]

This morning from the porch


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[irul&ublo]

Both are toxic. Different species, same genus, and are more similar then different. Best not to lick, or even handle them, toxin can be absorbed through cuts and abrasions.

The most toxic Newt:

[hutash]

...and the ugliest too.

[bodywhomper]

Both are toxic. Different species, same genus, and are more similar then different. Best not to lick, or even handle them, toxin can be absorbed through cuts and abrasions.

Thanks!!

[evdog]

On a brighter note, they just released several hundred Yellow legged frog tadpoles into streams in the San Gabriel mts, hoping to bring back the endanger population.

Good to hear! Part of the PCT up there has been closed for a few years, poor hikers have to walk the highway or detour 20mi of shitty high desert trail to get around the closure area...

[babybear]

up close bison

[yeahman]

Loon couple and their chick been hanging out in front of the dock all week, and serenading us at night. The chick is often riding on their backs, but sometimes both parents dive for food and leave the little one alone on the surface.

[old goat]

I love loons. We get them here sometimes but only briefly during migration season. They remind me of northern michigan, wisconsin, northern ontario--places I spent time a long time ago.