Everything Animals

[MaineCoonMama]

I wish I could get some footage of the possum who lives in our backyard. They're nocturnal so we never see her, only hear her making those horrible dying pig noises possums do.
On very hot nights I put water out for her and sometimes cut up fruit and leave it near her tree.
I only know she's a female as I saw one of her babies once.

 

[Tatooine_legend1]

I didn't see a thread dedicated to animals, so thought I'd start one, especially heartwarming, interesting and/or funny animal content.

I've recently been watching this lady's channel on YouTube and her content is great. Such majestic animals:







I always found it fascinating how we as humans have been able to tame dangerous animals, even if raised by humans its still crazy.

 

[MaineCoonMama]

Aww lovely videos, I always remember that one of a lion think he was called Christian who was looked after by a couple of blokes, then they went back to see him in the wild and he recognized them, bloody heartwarming.

Can I include birds in this thread? Was just outside thinking it's April, wonder when the swallows will arrive, they really fascinate me how they come back every year, how they journey from Africa, they're probably on the way somewhere now!

Oh, yes I love birds! I'm lucky enough to live in a part of Australia that has kookaburras, galahs and cockatoos everywhere. They're loud but gorgeous.

 

[Tatooine_legend1]

I tell you what, I came across videos red pandas recently and they are bloody adorable. I didn't even know they existed.

 

[MaineCoonMama]

Oh you really have such pretty birds over there

We do! This is a pair of (I think) sulphur crested cockatoos near my house.

 

[Tatooine_legend1]

Some more good news on the reintroduction programme of Bison in Britain.

 

[Maid22]

We do! This is a pair of (I think) sulphur crested cockatoos near my house.
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Gorgeous! We got a pair of doves here, the boy is quite friendly they have a nest in the tree next to us, but they really aren't good parents, apparently doves lay eggs all through the year, if the egg survives and a chick hatches, when the chick gets to a size, it normally falls out the nest, it's left there until it can fly, I've tried to save at least 4 over the years, as they've been left out in cold and rain, and I'm a proper softy and worry about them!

 

[Tatooine_legend1]

Heartwarming videos.

 

[Tatooine_legend1]

This is a nice little watch. A video talking about rewilding in Britain. It's a great channel too, it focuses on the environment, but includes animal content as well.

 

[Tatooine_legend1]

I wish I could get some footage of the possum who lives in our backyard. They're nocturnal so we never see her, only hear her making those horrible dying pig noises possums do.
On very hot nights I put water out for her and sometimes cut up fruit and leave it near her tree.
I only know she's a female as I saw one of her babies once.

I've never come across a possum in real life. They always creeped me out a little with how they looked, lol, but recently I've seen various clips of them interacting with humans and they seem quite docile. They carry quite a few babies, right?

 

[MaineCoonMama]

I keep forgetting about this thread! No pics, they're too quick! but I take my dog in the field next door to us, the swallows are out catching food to feed their young ( can't wait until they fledge, last year we had 3 lots of youngsters!) but the way the swallows are swooping, inches away from me and my dog is unbelievable! Just glad my dog takes absolutely no notice of them!
Plus I've got the most friendliest robin here, every time I go out, he or she is there

That sounds like 'swooping season' here in Australia except we get magpies doing it. People wear ice cream containers with eyes drawn on the back to stop them, or bike helmets with pipe cleaners sticking out.

 

[Maid22]

I hate rats, years ago when we kept chickens, their feed was in a bin with a lid on in the shed, when hubby went to scoop feed out, there was a rat in there and it bit him, so he had to go hospital for a tetanus as the bite can cause wells disease.

 

[MaineCoonMama]

Big cats being big babies

 

[MaineCoonMama]

Some lovely owls

 

[Kim Mild]

I saw some rats yesterday, I found them quite fascinating so I hope it's ok to post about them here. I was at a big park doing an easter trail, at the edge of the park is field with horses . There were rats coming out of the undergrowth , running across the path and going into the horse field . It looks like people have been given the horses apples , so the rats were probably after food .

 

[MaineCoonMama]

How cute is our native Bilby? They're nocturnal, I've never seen one outside of a zoo.
At Easter time some chocolate companies make Easter Bilbies instead of bunnies which is great.

 

[MaineCoonMama]

I love Safari Sammie! This is one of my favourite of hers, Danger Boops.

Also a big fan of gorillas, especially the dad gorillas and how patient they are with the little ones.

 

[Maid22]

I keep forgetting about this thread! No pics, they're too quick! but I take my dog in the field next door to us, the swallows are out catching food to feed their young ( can't wait until they fledge, last year we had 3 lots of youngsters!) but the way the swallows are swooping, inches away from me and my dog is unbelievable! Just glad my dog takes absolutely no notice of them!
Plus I've got the most friendliest robin here, every time I go out, he or she is there

 

[Kim Mild]

The baby aardvark at Chester Zoo is all over my social media

 

[Maid22]

Aww lovely videos, I always remember that one of a lion think he was called Christian who was looked after by a couple of blokes, then they went back to see him in the wild and he recognized them, bloody heartwarming.

Can I include birds in this thread? Was just outside thinking it's April, wonder when the swallows will arrive, they really fascinate me how they come back every year, how they journey from Africa, they're probably on the way somewhere now!