Hmmm. I know this beast as an oryx, but I believe maybe a gemsbok and an oryx are the same? Research time!
Is that a blue ringed octopus?
Is that a blue ringed octopus?
Let's play "Guess what this critter is"
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No mystery, that is a dead dog.
What's this?
What's this?
I agree, partially bloated dead dog that was already ugly before it died.
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No mystery, that is a dead dog.
What's this?
A live bird.
Very perceptive!
Now what kind of live bird?
Hint: He has a unique way of storing his food.
Now what kind of live bird?
Hint: He has a unique way of storing his food.
Nope. Much more...vicious in it's feeding habits than a mere chickadee.
does he store it in his beak?
No, he does something a bit bizarre with his food, which consists of large insects, small lizards, even an occasional small rodent or bird.
Here's an example of his handiwork:
I don't know what kind of bird it is but I'm glad it's small.
Not that far from early humans using nature to dry meat.
Not that far from early humans using nature to dry meat.
Ha! What if he was a big as a condor, and one day you spotted Fluffy impaled upon a tree?
Anybody heard of this little fellow before?
He's kind of rare, I suppose.
In Australia they have a bird with similar habits, though that one's a diffeent species, I believe.
Anybody heard of this little fellow before?
He's kind of rare, I suppose.
In Australia they have a bird with similar habits, though that one's a diffeent species, I believe.
psycho-bird?
The Butcher Bird...I remember dried worms, lizards, butterflies, crickets, and frogs drying on the barbed wire fences...
Logger Headed Shrike
Camu gets 90% of the prize for his clue
Scale the sucker up and you will have the basis for a good horror movie.
Camu gets 90% of the prize for his clue
Scale the sucker up and you will have the basis for a good horror movie.
The Shrike it is. Interesting example of being what you want to be. No talons like a hawk, so he impales his chosen prey on thorns so he can rip it apart later.
Songbird-of-prey!
How about this alien -looking thing?
Songbird-of-prey!
How about this alien -looking thing?
Pangolin, AKA scaly anteater.
That's pagolin, XS is right...I kept thinking of the word "pagoda" and knew for sure it wasn't right...a pic of that thing hung in my class room in 10th grade, where we had zoology lab ... still remember it...
next animal, next animal !!!
next animal, next animal !!!
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