Animals

[billy.pilgrim]

https://www.facebook.com/reel/757853356 ... 7S9Ucbxw6v

Not sure how I can play this as I don't do Facebook. It was sent to me as a text.

Amazing video

[billy.pilgrim]

https://youtu.be/QZigUVdVLGA. Dinnertime

[Vrede too]

https://www.facebook.com/reel/757853356022431/

Not sure how I can play this as I don't do Facebook. It was sent to me as a text.

Amazing video

Bravo Beluga!

https://youtu.be/QZigUVdVLGA. Dinnertime

Kitty be like: Is anyone looking? Let me ponder. This is so easy I'm almost ashamed to do it . . . . . almost.

[Vrede too]

Yellowstone bison fight shows why rut should be taken seriously

[Vrede too]

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Mary Esther, Florida, about an hour from you:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/florida-home ... 13440.html

[billy.pilgrim]

A headline you don't see very often:

"Authorities issue warning after aggressive sea otter seen going after surfers in Santa Cruz"

https://abc7news.com/sea-otter-steals-s ... /13490929/

An otter in California is on the run from local and federal authorities, wanted for aggressively confronting locals and stealing surfboards at a popular beach. But its outlaw status has turned the slippery sea otter into an international icon, with growing support to leave her in the wild.

The 5-year-old female otter, known officially as otter 841, has been deemed a public safety risk by state and federal wildlife officials

"There are several petitions circulating online in support of 841's freedom, one of which has gathered over 50,000 signatures."

[Vrede too]

An otter in California is on the run from local and federal authorities, wanted for aggressively confronting locals and stealing surfboards at a popular beach. But its outlaw status has turned the slippery sea otter into an international icon, with growing support to leave her in the wild.

The 5-year-old female otter, known officially as otter 841, has been deemed a public safety risk by state and federal wildlife officials

"There are several petitions circulating online in support of 841's freedom, one of which has gathered over 50,000 signatures."

An otter turned outlaw continues to evade wildlife officials in Santa Cruz



... As a result, wildlife officials and Monterey Bay Aquarium staff are attempting to capture and rehome the otter to an aquarium or zoo, according to a joint news release....

Permanent imprisonment . No relocation?

"I don't have all the facts and history of the incidents but it just seems to me to be yet another example of humans feeling that they have the right of way on the earth and that other contemporary species and their rights to their native habitats are expendable," (Another local, Ann) Stadler wrote....



...

They otter reconsider.



Care2 petition:

Keep This Precocious, Surfboard-Riding Sea Otter Safe! ...
recipient: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services

52,630 SUPPORTERS, including me. Harambe lives!

[O Really]

Probably everybody knows, Santa Cruz is a major surfing town. They couldn't ask for better promotional material and they're fools if they don't just let 841 keep doing her thing.

[GoCubsGo]

She just wants to learn how to surf.

[Vrede too]

Probably everybody knows, Santa Cruz is a major surfing town. They couldn't ask for better promotional material and they're fools if they don't just let 841 keep doing her thing.

People are showing up just to root for 841 (and against wildlife officials and Monterey Bay Aquarium staff ). Good opportunity for a food truck and a popup merch stand.

The locals are way ahead of us:

Businesses capitalizing otter 841 mania with new merchandise, boosting local economy

She just wants to learn how to surf.

https://i.etsystatic.com/27597828/r/il/ ... 7_eyhj.jpg

Will some brave soul take her for a ride on a wave?

[Vrede too]

When state govt is well-run and responsive from the top down Californians feel good about pitching in to do their part:

This bear is helping keep drivers safe

Caltrans posted a video of a bear out for a walk when it comes to an orange traffic cone that was tipped over on its side.

The bear stops, grabs the cone in its teeth, and stands it back upright.

Satisfied with a job well done, the bear continued down the road....

That's incredible.

[GoCubsGo]

The locals are way ahead of us:

Businesses capitalizing otter 841 mania with new merchandise, boosting local economy


https://i.etsystatic.com/27597828/r/il/ ... 7_eyhj.jpg
Will some brave soul take her for a ride on a wave?

That is probably the least surprising thing I'll read today.

[Vrede too]

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Mary Esther, Florida, about an hour from you:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/florida-home ... 13440.html

Another Mary Esther bear video in the news:

'Bye bear!' Florida woman scares off nosy bear
A Florida woman yelled and hollered to scare off a nosy bear approaching her home. She later apologized to the spooked bear.

[billy.pilgrim]

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Mary Esther, Florida, about an hour from you:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/florida-home ... 13440.html

Another Mary Esther bear video in the news:

'Bye bear!' Florida woman scares off nosy bear
A Florida woman yelled and hollered to scare off a nosy bear approaching her home. She later apologized to the spooked bear.

Bears are a daily occurrence from Navarre to Mary Ester.

[Vrede too]

Bears are a daily occurrence from Navarre to Mary Esther.

Mary Esther is even giving them public works jobs:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnwR6xz8zwI

Trainee.

[billy.pilgrim]

Bears are a daily occurrence from Navarre to Mary Esther.

Mary Esther is even giving them public works jobs:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnwR6xz8zwI

Trainee.

That's funny

[billy.pilgrim]

Bears are a daily occurrence from Navarre to Mary Esther.

Mary Esther is even giving them public works jobs:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnwR6xz8zwI

Trainee.

California has had them on the payroll for years.

https://youtu.be/2v1nJbI3ry4

[Vrede too]

California has had them on the payroll for years.

https://youtu.be/2v1nJbI3ry4

Scroll up. Great minds . . .
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[billy.pilgrim]

https://youtu.be/ij_5TMwqi4A

[Vrede too]

https://youtu.be/ij_5TMwqi4A

The kick after the first bounce looked like hacky-sack. Commenters speculate that it was trying to crack the "egg". Others just call it playing.

Seriema: Behaviour and ecology

... When seriemas catch small reptiles, they beat the prey on the ground (Redford and Peters 1986) or throw it at a hard surface to break resistance and also the bones....

If neoplacebo was a bird . . .


'Once in a lifetime': New Hampshire man's video shows 3 whales breaching at the same time

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