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Out Of Place Animals

Cows cause havoc in living room

In Tasmania.

They’re apparently pets that escaped their enclosure. The owner went out & came back to this:
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Capybaras move in.

In Nordelta, an upscale suburb of Buenos Aires, Argentina, capybara's have been finding a new home.

Capybara's are giant South American rodent species weighing roughly 120 lbs. and 3 feet in height and hordes of them have decided they would like to share the neighborhood with the people, mostly because there is no place else to live.

via AP:

But resident Gabriel Iglesias said the area's relationship with the capybara had soured from "friendly" to "complicated".
Since 2019, residents have reported incidents related to the expansion of the capybara population, including road accidents and attacks on pets.
Sebastian Di Martino, a conservation director at the Rewilding Argentina Foundation, said the rodents were being driven into urban areas by the degradation of their wetland habitats.
In 2020, fires devasted more than 300,000 hectares of wetlands in the Parana River delta.
Di Martino added there were also fewer predators to keep the capybara population in check.
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https://boingboing.net/2021/08/23/capybaras-take-over-upscale-neighborhood-in-argentina.html
 
The Grey Wolf is back.

In Kern County, CA, researchers are celebrating after spotting a single grey wolf on a wildlife camera.

The California Department of Fish & Wildlife says it's the first verified wolf to return to the area in over 100 years.

The lone wolf made the roughly 700 mile journey from the border of Oregon to Central California, crossing 18 other counties and several major highways before its tracking collar stopped transmitting. It was finally found a few weeks later, in May, on a wildlife camera on a ranch in Kern County.

Wildlife experts are now trying to reconnect with the wolf's collar and investigating the ranch for DNA to see which wolf made the trek.

Those who think they've spotted the wolf (who is wearing a purple collar) are being encouraged to report the sighting to the California Department of Fish & Wildlife. Residents are also reminded that it is illegal to harm, pursue, harass, hunt, shoot, kill, trap, or capture gray wolves.

https://boingboing.net/2021/09/01/g...ast-for-the-first-time-in-over-a-century.html
 
ramonmercado said:
The Grey Wolf is back.

In Kern County, CA, researchers are celebrating after spotting a single grey wolf on a wildlife camera.

The California Department of Fish & Wildlife says it's the first verified wolf to return to the area in over 100 years.

The lone wolf made the roughly 700 mile journey from the border of Oregon to Central California, crossing 18 other counties and several major highways before its tracking collar stopped transmitting. It was finally found a few weeks later, in May, on a wildlife camera on a ranch in Kern County.

Wildlife experts are now trying to reconnect with the wolf's collar and investigating the ranch for DNA to see which wolf made the trek.

Those who think they've spotted the wolf (who is wearing a purple collar) are being encouraged to report the sighting to the California Department of Fish & Wildlife. Residents are also reminded that it is illegal to harm, pursue, harass, hunt, shoot, kill, trap, or capture gray wolves.

https://boingboing.net/2021/09/01/g...ast-for-the-first-time-in-over-a-century.html
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It they tracked the wolf using a collar, why do they need to investigate the ranch for DNA to identify the wolf, surely they would have that information from when they tagged it initially?
 
A British woman returned from a Caribbean holiday to find a stowaway gecko in her bra. No, she wasn't wearing it on the trip home ...
Stowaway gecko takes 4,000-mile trip in traveler's bra

A British woman unpacking her suitcase after a trip to Barbados made a shocking discovery -- a gecko that stowed away for a 4,000-mile journey inside her bra.

Lisa Russell, 47, contacted the RSPCA after she spotted the tiny gecko while unpacking her suitcase at her home in Thrybergh, a village near Rotherham, England. ...

"I thought it was a tiny dead creature and then when it moved I started screaming -- it is not what you expect to find in your bra after a 4,000-mile journey," she told the RSPCA.

"The tiny lizard was lucky as the bra was on top of my suitcase on my clean pile -- as it was so hot out there I didn't bother wearing one. ..."

Russell said the gecko must have been in her suitcase for at least 24 hours, from the time she packed it to the time she started unpacking.

"I am just so shocked not only did it survive the journey, but also the fact it didn't get squashed as my suitcase was so full when we were returning I had to sit on it to get it zipped up," she said. ...

RSPCA Inspector Sandra Dransfield was dispatched to Russell's home to collect the gecko, which she named Barbie.

"Lisa was quite relaxed about the whole thing ... -- unlike a lot of women the lizard must have found it comfy," Dransfield said.

Dransfield said the gecko did not appear to be injured. ...

Dransfield said Barbie is now doing well in the care of a reptile specialist.
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FULL STORY: https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2021/09/10/RSPCA-gecko-stowaway-Barbados-bra/8761631294153/
 

Escaped zebras bamboozle Maryland officials: ‘They’re just too fast’​

Five of the animals broke free from a private farm in Prince George county more than a week ago and have been roaming neighbourhoods south of Upper Marlboro in a search of food.
While the wandering beasts have entertained residents and sparked an impromptu metropolitan safari of social media pictures and videos, their presence has caused a headache for county officials.

“You can’t hunt them down. They’re just too fast, they run, they won’t let you get near them,” Rodney Taylor, chief of Prince George county’s animal services department, told the ABC affiliate WJLA news.

“We do have a feeding station set up, and we’re winning their confidence. They are eating there every morning between 2am and 4am.”

The zebras, part of a larger herd of 39 that reportedly arrived from Florida at the private farm in Upper Marlboro last month, broke free from their enclosure just over a week ago.
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In a park in the German city of Krefeld, across the border near Venlo, passers-by found a young ostrich last night. It is unclear who owns the animal, which is about four to five months old and 1.40 meters in size.

The passers-by took the animal to the local zoo, but it turned out that no ostrich had escaped there. According to a veterinarian at Zoo Krefeld, the ostrich is healthy and behaves calmly. It is suspected that he was dumped.

The young ostrich is staying in an animal shelter for the time being. The owner of the flightless bird can report to the shelter. It is unknown what to do with the animal if the owner does not report.

https://nos.nl/artikel/2397402-eigenaar-gezocht-van-loslopende-struisvogel-in-duitse-stad-krefeld
 
Have we had this?
News story

In Sunderland, not known for its sheep, someone was stealing lambs (from where?) and dumping them in suburban gardens. Saw this in the FT and a quick websearch reveals no follow-up. Anyone know more, a few months later?
 
Fans catch falling cat in flag at sports Stadium

It plunges from an upper tier to ground level. Crowd celebrates when it’s caught.

Craig Cromer and his wife Kimberly used an American flag to break the animal’s fall during a college match between Miami University and Appalachian State at Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium.

Mobile phone footage showed the moment the cat lost its grip and dropped towards the spectators after trapping one of its paws

The shocked crowd looked to see if the feline had made it before a student held it aloft to show it had survived.
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Short video.

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I hope it didn't spoil the cat's enjoyment of the game.
 
I've heard of "dog on the pitch" but "cat on the pitch" is a new one.
 
I saw a tiger on the pitch in that documentary The Naked Gun.
 
I reckon it's a croc of excrement.

A family in Yorkshire have spoken of their disbelief after spotting what they think is a crocodile on the loose in their neighbour's garden.

The sighting of the 'Castleford Croc' is just the latest in a number of reported sightings of a scaly beast seen around the area.

Is this photograph proof that a crocodile is on the loose in Castleford?

It was taken recently by Sarah Jayne Ellis in a garden just off Savile Road, not far from the River Aire.

Sarah thinks the animal was about 3 or 4ft long and "looked real". She told YorkshireLive : "I thought 'that's a crocodile'.

Sarah, who works as a nurse, didn't get a chance to investigate further as she'd just done a night shift and needed to sleep.

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Photo of the Castleford 'croc' spotted in a residential garden

https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/news/yorkshire-news/familys-shock-4ft-long-crocodile-21612500
 
ramonmercado said:
I reckon it's a croc of excrement.

A family in Yorkshire have spoken of their disbelief after spotting what they think is a crocodile on the loose in their neighbour's garden.

The sighting of the 'Castleford Croc' is just the latest in a number of reported sightings of a scaly beast seen around the area.

Is this photograph proof that a crocodile is on the loose in Castleford?

It was taken recently by Sarah Jayne Ellis in a garden just off Savile Road, not far from the River Aire.

Sarah thinks the animal was about 3 or 4ft long and "looked real". She told YorkshireLive : "I thought 'that's a crocodile'.

Sarah, who works as a nurse, didn't get a chance to investigate further as she'd just done a night shift and needed to sleep.

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Photo of the Castleford 'croc' spotted in a residential garden

https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/news/yorkshire-news/familys-shock-4ft-long-crocodile-21612500
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The photo certainly looks like a crocodilian, whether it real or not is a different matter, also, how tired do you have yo be not to investigate a crocodile in your nextdoor neighbours garden?
 
I don't think I would go to investigate a crocodile regardless of how tired or not I was!

Anyhoo.....tis probably one of them there 'painted concrete' doodads.

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Trevp666 said:
I don't think I would go to investigate a crocodile regardless of how tired or not I was!

Anyhoo.....tis probably one of them there 'painted concrete' doodads.

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It does look like that! However, the account says somebody noticed movement.
 
We all know about the validity of observed stuff and how people don't always see what they think they do. That and liars.

Looking at the pic though....do we not think that if it was actually a moving animal, wouldn't there be a trail of squashed vegetation behind it?
 
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