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[fresh_42]

Kids and snow ...

 

[strangerep]

This is a companion post for my earlier post #1679, which showed the kangaroos at my back door. Here I show one of Eastern water dragons of a small community that seems to have developed outside my front door.

"Well, human? Will you really challenge me? I laid low the warriors of old, and their like is not in the world today!"

I named this guy "Smaug" because he's the biggest, the scariest, and he ain't afraid of nuthin'. I can approach quite close and he just looks at me (whereas all the other smaller dragons scramble for cover as soon as I open my door). The smaller dragons are cuter than Smaug here, but he keeps scaring them off before I can get pics.

The backstory here comes from the hibiscus bush, whose lower trunk you can just see in the upper right of the photo. It was looking rather sick during recent drought(s) and I decided to start watering it. So of course, it then started pushing out lots more leaves and pretty pink flowers. Normally, hibiscus quickly make a dreadful mess on the ground as they drop their flowers. But I hardly ever noticed flowers on the ground here.

Then I realized: the water dragons love those flowers! Mmmm, Mmmm. Tasty as.
A flower on the ground won't last more than an hour or so before a dragon finds it.

This morning, I even noticed a small dragon actually leap off a rock, up into the air, trying to grab a low-hanging flower that had not yet dropped. He succeeded, but then took an unceremonious tumble down the hill and had to hunt around for a while to find his flower again.

In the last few months, I've also noticed an increased population of these dragons in this little area of fernery under the hibiscus bush. Now, when I come out my front door, Smaug sometimes rushes up onto the rock because he associates me with the possibility that some hose water might be forthcoming.

Inadvertently, it seems I've become warden of a miniature sanctuary for water dragons.

Ain't life strange?

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Update (25 Feb 2017): Smaug is now eating flowers (almost) out of my hand(!), if I dangle them a centimeter or so in front of his nose.

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Update (27 Mar 2017): These dragons are more perceptive than you might think... There's a smaller female who hangs out in this same area. Several times, when I was giving flowers to Smaug, she was up on a higher rock, observing proceedings. She seems to have decided she wants a bit of that hand fed luxury too...
A few days ago, she started to come out of hiding whenever I approached the area, and waited for me to drop some flowers in front of her. Yesterday, she actually took one from my hand as I dangled it in front of her. I never expected that, since the smaller dragons are usually far more timid than Smaug.

 

[phinds]

 

[DennisN]

Prepare to be amazed by nice exploration footage:

Deepwater Exploration: 2016 Deepwater Exploration of the Marianas

 

[davenn]

love it ...

 

[davenn]

cutiesss

 

[DennisN]

10+ Animals That Look Like They’re About To Drop The Hottest Albums Of The Year
www.boredpanda.com/animals-about-to-drop-album-photos/

e.g.

#1 They Look Like They Are Posing For A 90s Rap Album Cover

#3 The Newest Grunge Band In The Scene

 

[DennisN]

Herding bunny:

 

[Rx7man]

It's calving time here on the farm again

mother and 2 year old daughter

First one of the year

I have high hopes for this one

 

[DennisN]

Juvenile bat squeaks while being petted

 

[Rx7man]

I have a bunch of little hell raisers now

 

[DennisN]

 

[DennisN]

Dramatic horses...

 

[zwierz]

watch the movie till end :)

 

[XZ923]

IDK where it scores on the cuteness factor, but I took this a couple months ago when I was trying to condition my pet ball python to support my driver in NASCAR (my theory was that by putting a model car in front of his hideaway where he feels safe, he'd come to associate the feeling of security with the pattern contrasts of the car).

Sorry about the image quality I took it with a cheap phone camera.

 

[DennisN]

More drama from the animal world :

Chipmunk Drama

Sheep drama

Cat drama

 

[fresh_42]

Labor Day Downunder:

 

[AlexCaledin]

 

[DennisN]

10+ Pics That Prove Corvids Are The Biggest Badda**es In The Animal Kingdom

e.g.

"I think I'm going to pinch your tail..."

"This is fun"

 

[AlexCaledin]

 

[Rx7man]

Here is a Dusky Grouse rooster that was very mad at me.. I stopped my truck in the middle of the road because he pretty much ran underneath it..



So then I wanted to leave, and NO WAY he'd let me, so I picked him up and moved him out of the way, and he'd come back after me.. finally, on the 3rd attempt, I threw him over the embankment to give me time to make a clean getaway

 

[DennisN]

"Edgar is a simple rancher from Loncopué in Argentina who is currently living a Disney-like moment by befriending a bird. And not just any bird, but a massive condor whom he found in the yard of his house and has been helping to grow for the last few months."
(from http://www.boredpanda.com/rancher-helps-condor-bird-argentina/)

 

[fresh_42]

"Edgar is a simple rancher from Loncopué in Argentina who is currently living a Disney-like moment by befriending a bird. And not just any bird, but a massive condor whom he found in the yard of his house and has been helping to grow for the last few months."

Spoiler: Have, you seen my new birdie?

"No! What is it? A domestic canary?"
"No. Slightly bigger."
"A budgerigar?"
"No. Slightly bigger."
"A bullfinch?"
"No. Slightly bigger."
"A cockatoo?"
"No. Slightly bigger."
"I know. A falcon!"
"No. Slightly bigger."
"A hawk?"
"No. Slightly bigger."
"Don't say you have an eagle?"
"No. Slightly bigger."
"A turkey vulture?"
"No. Slightly bigger."
"I give up. What is it?"
"A little condor."

 

[Rx7man]

Here's a video from 2 weeks ago of my poor, starved cows.. bunch of lazybones!

 

[Gayathri MK]

 

[davenn]

cute

 

[davenn]

lots of good moments in this one
trying to find the longer version of the lion one ... only saw it a few days ago

 

[davenn]

ahhhh here it is

 

[DennisN]

Otterly Adorable

 

[DennisN]

Guinea Pig Bridge:

 

[DennisN]

15 baby animals that shouldn’t be allowed to be this cute
animalchannel.co/15-cute-baby-animals/

Baby kangaroo:

 

[Rubidium_71]

We just got a new puppy in our home.

 

[DennisN]

Shark facts:

 

[Psinter]

How to eat and burn Calories at the same time:

https://imgur.com/gallery/PYIwr

 

[davenn]

this is wonderful, cute and a whole lot of other cool descriptions

 

[phinds]

this is wonderful, cute and a whole lot of other cool descriptions

Very cool. Thanks for posting

 

[AlexCaledin]

 

[hyunxu]

Thank you for posting it! Awww soooo cute!

 

[hyunxu]

15 baby animals that shouldn’t be allowed to be this cute
animalchannel.co/15-cute-baby-animals/

Baby kangaroo:
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Thank you for posting it! So cute![emoji74] [emoji198] [emoji190] [emoji190] [emoji213]

 

[AlexCaledin]

 

[hyunxu]

OMG! HAHA Want to meet those ducks atleast once!

 

[BillTre]

Here is a video of a playful platypus.
I am guessing it is a female, since the males have vemonous spurs in their hind legs.

 

[BillTre]

Here is a cute picture of a preying mantis wearing R-G 3-D glasses.

Also, they only use movement information to computer 3-D location.

 

[Psinter]

https://imgur.com/gallery/jcZjF73

Oh hai girl. I'm just here choosing what to wear for valentines. I think white and pink combines well. I feel pretty, what do you think?

 

[BillTre]

Is that bird auto-decoration or a way to carry building materials back to a nest?

 

[Psinter]

Is that bird auto-decoration or a way to carry building materials back to a nest?

It's dressing itself!

(Actually I'm not sure. I don't know much about birds. )

 

[davenn]

this is cute :)

pets having baths
some love it, some are not so sure

www.facebook.com/trynottolaughpets/videos/1976498565934184/

 

[Drakkith]

Banana filling: https://i.imgur.com/VTRxGD3.gifv

 

[Borg]

 

[fresh_42]

That explains the haircut of this headbanger!