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Windy day!
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Frosty buffalo in Yellowstone. Yellowstone National Park, USA. Photo by Tom Murphy.
Red Necked wallaby and joey in our property who comes to say hello regularly and drinks the water and eats the food we give her to help her out in this drought as there is no grass -
Isn't she and baby cute !!!.
Isn't she and baby cute !!!.
@Sewingcreations15 That's just too cool! To have one hop up to your yard. I've never seen one except in a zoo.
@Peanut it is really cool that they trust us enough to get this close to them especially with joeys in their pouches as they are usually very protective of their young. This is one of the mummies who is the head of the mob and she comes and tells us when our water bowl is out of water by hopping up to us on our back patio. There are 3 more apart from her all carrying joeys at the moment and one who may be pregnant with a little joey on board but not sure until it gets bigger if that is the case.
What is the difference between a wallaby and a kangaroo?
Kangaroos are much bigger than wallabies @Terri9630 
. The grey kangaroo male that visits here also when it stands on it's hind legs is close enough to the height of DH who is 6'2" tall with the females slightly smaller at about 3/4's the height and size.
. The grey kangaroo male that visits here also when it stands on it's hind legs is close enough to the height of DH who is 6'2" tall with the females slightly smaller at about 3/4's the height and size.
I had to google it to know the difference between the two... Then there was the 3rd critter, a wallaroo. I'd heard the first two names, but not this last one. I guess it's sort of like the difference between a crocodile, an alligator and a caiman. To someone who hasn't seen each of them they appear to be the same critter.
Last good ride before putting the bike away for the winter.
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I had a student whose parents obliged his interest in reptiles. He had a small caiman that he asked to bring to school to visit. I thought they were illegal, but he had one. It came to visit one day, and got out. It was kind of scary to think of students potentially being bitten by those sharp teeth. Student eventually got his caiman back in the cage, but it created quite a disturbance. I'd bet every student went home and talked about the caiman that day.
East Fork... been back in this untouched paradise a few times learning wild medicinal plants. A beautiful place to spend the day.
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Those calves look"wrong." Wrong shape head/face.
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It's the pills, Phideaux. Everything looks cute and fuzzy.
They are mutants. Back in the old days we called them 'culls'
.Now they are a fashion-statement, go figure.
I was at a exotic animal auction a few years ago... They had some miniature brahma's. The wrangler was herding them out to the arena when this tiny brahma cow kicked him, almost took his knee cap off! He actually left in an ambulance. I felt bad for the guy but couldn't help but laugh... I was dying. The lady wrangler helping him was laughing harder than I was... This tiny cow put this big guy on the ground in a blink! He dropped like a rock!
Can you imagine the coffee shop the next morning? "Hey Bill, what happened?"
Bill... "A tiny cow kicked me!"
I bet he never lived that down!
He dropped like a rock! Can you imagine the coffee shop the next morning? "Hey Bill, what happened?"
Bill... "A tiny cow kicked me!"
I bet he never lived that down!
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Yeah right. ...
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@Peanut we also have wallaroos visiting here as well down the back and there was a mob of 3 of them. I will see if I can get a photo of them although they are a lot more skittish and take fright easily.
I will try and take cover and get a photo of the large male grey kangaroo here too. He shaped up to DH a few days ago (when he startled him going to the shed) and growled at him. Standing on his hind legs he is taller than me. Got to be careful with the males especially near breeding season which is about now and going forward as they can literally disembowel you with the sharp claws on their hind legs if they are frightened or startled.
I will try and take cover and get a photo of the large male grey kangaroo here too. He shaped up to DH a few days ago (when he startled him going to the shed) and growled at him. Standing on his hind legs he is taller than me. Got to be careful with the males especially near breeding season which is about now and going forward as they can literally disembowel you with the sharp claws on their hind legs if they are frightened or startled.
My idiot nephew bought a mini cow and didn't know it was a mini. Paid top dollar for it too.
He's a liar and thief not a farmer. He let a couple of day-old calves die because he thought he could just bring them home and put them in the pasture. I told him that if he ever did that again I would call the county Sherrif and his ticket would be substantial. He didn't buy any more calves.
He's a liar and thief not a farmer. He let a couple of day-old calves die because he thought he could just bring them home and put them in the pasture. I told him that if he ever did that again I would call the county Sherrif and his ticket would be substantial. He didn't buy any more calves.
I have no desire to go back to raising cows. The only cow I want to see is this...............
