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Friday, October 14, 2016

Fierce Animals I Have Known (Part I)


Yes, it's true. I have never killed nor photographed wild creatures in Africa, but North America is not without its' dangers...
Two Right Under Our Rental Cabin....scary!
Then one came closer... right at me.....
Retreating to a nearby grassy area, out of the ground popped a fierce looking wild dog with large protruding teeth - a Prairie Dog!

Spotting  a tree for a quick  escape, I saw it was already occupied. These Great Gray Squirrels were noted for dragging their food up the tree. I wanted no part of that....:(
 

Enough was enough and I headed for a walk around a pond on the local golf course. There rising out of the depths watching me is what I could only describe as a "Golden Shark." Man eater no doubt....
With danger lurking everywhere around us in southern Minnesota,  Mrs. T. and I decided to head off to the wide open spaces of the West. Perhaps were could see danger  coming our way more clearly... And sure enough there a baby Burro  was in the Black Hills of South Dakota.  Cute and certainly not aggressive.
Then his parents showed up and did everything but climb in the car with me to get at my bag of potato chips.  Ugh!
We do love our creatures great and small though as evidenced by the recent rescue by our son visiting from Arizona of a rather large Snapping Turtle who made his way, much too slowly across a busy highway.  Tony picked him up by the tail and deposited him safely in the ditch.
Coming soon in Part II the animals grow bigger and fiercer and the two photographers more foolish yet.....
 

17 comments:

  1. Yea---you gotta watch out for the bunnies. They might "cute" you to death!
    :D

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  2. Those burro parents look very funny!

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  3. Hahahaha! I sure enjoyed your wild animals, TB. Those rabbits are man eaters, no doubt about it! :-)

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  4. Well, the bunnies are sure fierce and scary!

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  5. I actually laughed out loud and frightened myself.

    Thanks for brightening up my day.

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  6. Loved the tale of the snapping turtle, and all the other four legged creatures. Seeing the pictures made a nice start to my day.

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  7. You crazy nut! Saw a fierce bunny today myself!

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  8. Oh, those snappers do get themselves into bad spaces.

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  9. I hope e washed his hands after picking up the turtle, it can be rough.Like your animals

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  10. Bunnies, burros, squirrels, "sharks" and turtles Oh My. This was such fun and I enjoyed this safari. Looking forward for more.

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  11. Oohhhh, that snapping turtle was the absolute scariest!

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  12. Oh my .... I just loved this post. You are so creative and have a fun personality. Thank you for the smiles.

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  13. I hope you are going to tell the story behind the first photo! And yes, you do have to watch out for those ferocious carrot-eating bunnies!

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  14. Thanks for the report on the most fierce animals in Minnesota. I have seen a Snapping Turtle attached to a stick by its teeth...it never let go. I hope you had a wonderful visit! :)

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  15. I'm glad you lived to tell the story !! Those wild animals were just waiting for a good time to attack.

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  16. I'm very impressed with the way you handled those wild animals that you have come across. You may not have killed any, but you captured them all well. I think we saw the same burro parents when we visited the Black Hills a few years ago.

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  17. Hi Troutbirder, Sure enjoyed all your photos in Fierce Animals Part I. I will be smiling all day about that photo with the two burros at the car window. Gotta love the “golden shark” too. :-) Great post, thanks for sharing!

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