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Beautiful Animals

 
 
tsarstepan
 
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Reply Thu 8 Oct, 2020 09:32 am
@Roberta,
https://imgur.com/qrNZY7z.jpg
Source
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Roberta
 
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Reply Thu 8 Oct, 2020 11:06 pm
This is an illustration of an Irish elk. Why not a photo? Cuz these animals went extinct a long time ago.

https://media.sciencephoto.com/image/c0366801/800wm/C0366801-Irish_elk,_illustration.jpg
BillW
 
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Reply Thu 8 Oct, 2020 11:37 pm
@Roberta,
Thanks Roberta, I learned something tonight! That is the largest deer ever. I looked at it and thought, " those are like moose antlers?

I am familiar with the Irish Elk and knew it was very big, but it hasn't dawn on me before about the antlers. Come to find out it isn't closely related to an elk, though the body and head look closely like an elk. It is actually a deer, closely related to the fallow deer shown below:

https://www.huntshack.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/A3826965-C77C-4F2E-9894-5AAF1CECE839-1024x683.jpeg

A very beautiful animal!
izzythepush
 
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Reply Fri 9 Oct, 2020 01:18 am
@Roberta,
Pointless answer on the quiz show of the same name yesterday. The category was extinct animals, and there were two Pointless and therefore good answers, the other one was the elephant bird.
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Roberta
 
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Reply Fri 9 Oct, 2020 04:09 pm
Fan throated lizard:

https://sp-images.sgp1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/uploads/2020/07/07/1594133902.jpg
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Borat Sister
 
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Reply Fri 9 Oct, 2020 10:24 pm
@BillW,
What’s the difference between a deer and an elk, Bill?
BillW
 
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Reply Fri 9 Oct, 2020 10:57 pm
@Borat Sister,
Borat Sister wrote:

What’s th seee difference between a deer and an elk, Bill?


Moose, elk and deer are all three "deer". They are all three different branches of the deer family. Moose (also known as an Elk) and Elk are bigger than deer. Roberta's deer (Irish Elk) above is as big as or bigger than an elk, but hasn't existed during recorded history. The Irish Elk was also know as the Irish Deer or Giant Deer. It is closely related to Fallow Deer.

It kinda get confusing when getting away from general speaking!

So, for an answer to your question - nothing, they are all three "true deer".
Borat Sister
 
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Reply Fri 9 Oct, 2020 11:56 pm
@BillW,
Oh deer! That is confusing!
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tsarstepan
 
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Reply Sun 18 Oct, 2020 03:47 pm
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BillW
 
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Reply Wed 4 Nov, 2020 04:26 pm
https://images.saymedia-content.com/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_716/MTc0NjQwMTA4NTIyNzExMDMw/top-10-most-beautiful-animals-in-the-world.webp
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Roberta
 
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Reply Sun 15 Nov, 2020 03:43 pm
Nudibranch:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Glossodoris_atromarginata.jpg/800px-Glossodoris_atromarginata.jpg
BillW
 
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Reply Sun 15 Nov, 2020 07:17 pm
@Roberta,
https://miro.medium.com/max/795/0*U5W4ghnlzPFl1fIx.jpg
Praying Mantis species boast some of the most majestic colors of any other insect. Not typically aggressive, nor a threat, there is a growing number of Mantis collectors who admire them for the diversity of their unusual, almost alien beauty. Although native to southeast Asia, currently, most Mantis species are sold all over the world, including some of the most in-demand species like The Flower Mantic, and it’s cousin….The Orchid Mantis.
https://miro.medium.com/max/1050/1*AIdcoasweWGEO59R80icxA.png
https://phaylen.medium.com/the-15-most-beautiful-animals-in-the-world-ea92b2a03a4e
Roberta
 
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Reply Mon 16 Nov, 2020 06:18 pm
@BillW,
These are spectacular animals. I posted photos of them a long time ago.

You say that mantises aren't aggressive or a threat. I guess that depends on your perspective. Females are notorious for biting off the heads of mates.
BillW
 
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Reply Mon 16 Nov, 2020 07:16 pm
@Roberta,
I've never mated with one; but, I think some of my mates had a little mantis blood 😶
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Region Philbis
 
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Reply Tue 24 Nov, 2020 06:12 am

https://i.imgur.com/koJpCKR.jpg
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farmerman
 
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Reply Tue 24 Nov, 2020 06:23 am
@Roberta,
There was a New Yorker cartoon , showing two preying mantids looking at each other. The one had eyelashes and ws therefore a female and she was talking to the male

"AFTER WE HAVE SEX, AND BEFORE I KILL YOU, I WILL NEED YOU TO INSTALL SOME VENETIAN BLINDS IN THE KITCHEN WINDOW"
hingehead
 
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Reply Tue 24 Nov, 2020 07:38 pm
@farmerman,
https://i.imgflip.com/2v25lz.jpg
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BillW
 
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Reply Tue 24 Nov, 2020 07:48 pm
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/32FMTkdBXk4/hq720.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEhCK4FEIIDSFryq4qpAxMIARUAAAAAGAElAADIQj0AgKJD&rs=AOn4CLC6opE8Lkl2jUoxmSJAsSn5_DUo6Q
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Region Philbis
 
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Reply Thu 26 Nov, 2020 11:04 am

https://iili.io/FWVMsj.jpg

Ocellated Turkey
BillW
 
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Reply Sat 28 Nov, 2020 12:16 am
@Region Philbis,
https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d7/80/0c/d7800c9b45d64b2c918ccedbc77f0d56.jpg
 

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