Here's another thread which might be of interest:
Name the Animal Game.
It's not limited to beautiful animals, so you'll find some weird ones, but still interesting. Have fun
Red Eft:
Rosborne, Thanks for the eft (aka salamander). When I was a kid, I spent my summers in the mountains. After a rain, these guys were all over the place. I remember my grandmother standing out on the lawn holding one of these guys by the tail and shouting, "Roboita, get a bowl" A new pet. I wasn't keen on having it as a pet. I let it go when the opportunity presented itself.
Thanks for the link to the game. I've looked in occasionally. Each time I showed up, either I didn't know the animal or someone knew it before I could post the answer.
BTW, there are some less than classic beauties on this thread. It's an eye of the beholder kinda thing.
Roberta wrote:Rosborne, Thanks for the eft (aka salamander). When I was a kid, I spent my summers in the mountains. After a rain, these guys were all over the place. I remember my grandmother standing out on the lawn holding one of these guys by the tail and shouting, "Roboita, get a bowl" A new pet. I wasn't keen on having it as a pet. I let it go when the opportunity presented itself.
You'll be happy to know that the Efts are still here
From June to August they roam the fields and the roads after every rain.
Glad to hear it. Gotta admit that I've known these critters as salamanders. Although I know that efts and salamanders and newts are pretty much the same thing (efts, I believe, are the young versions of salamanders), up until now I've only seen that word in crossword puzzles.
Young newt, 3 letters--E-F-T
Roberta wrote:Glad to hear it. Gotta admit that I've known these critters as salamanders. Although I know that efts and salamanders and newts are pretty much the same thing (efts, I believe, are the young versions of salamanders), up until now I've only seen that word in crossword puzzles.
Young newt, 3 letters--E-F-T
Red Efts are the terrestrial phase of green salamanders.
Some salamanders have a permanent terrestrial phase. And others remain in the water and never leave the larval phase.
Thanks for the info. I saw some greenies, too. But the reds were more plentiful.
Just finished reading up about terrestrial and larval. You're a hard taskmaster.
Emperor newt (aka Mandarin salamander):
Tube worms:
cj, Hard to believe that's from this planet. I'm guessing it's a bee. Thanks.
From Australia:
Buff-breasted paradise kingfisher:
Crimson rosella:
gustavratzenhofer wrote:
It looks like that dog can't decide if he should chase a car or take a crap. The indecision has paralyzed him and placed him in that ridiculous posture.
Region Philbis wrote:i think that's hip dysplasia...
Wolves
btw
German German Shepherds (GGS) are different as oppossed to American German Shepherds (AGS). The GGS have a different breed line and don't get hip dysplasia (not normally) as AGG do. Gus you crack me up
TTH, Glad to know that German German shepherds don't have the same problems as American German shepherds.
Thanks for the photo of the wolves (love dem wolves). They appear to be smiling.
Purple gallinule:
Red uakari:
Roberta wrote:From Australia:
Buff-breasted paradise kingfisher:
Wow, beautiful!
We're seeing more & more kingfishers on & around one of the local (inner-city) rivers where a friend & I regularly walk ... But never any as colourful as that!
Hiya msolga, Here's a bit more info on the boid in question:
The buff-breasted paradise-kingfisher breeds only in rainforests of north Queensland. It is a summer migrant, arriving in November and departing in March or April. It winters in southern New Guinea.
Does this explain why you don't get to see it?
More boids from Oz:
bowerbird:
Noisy pitta:
An aquaintance of mine has a wolf puppy.
CJ: That cub is too much. Really beautiful. I've heard about some unfortunate (but not surprising) occurrences with people who've had wolves and wolf/dog mixes for pets. I wish your friend well with this one.
Mainland serow:
Tube worm:
The bower birds round here, whilst beautiful, are really bothersome. They steal all the blue flowers out of the garden and make a mess of the garden beds scratching around for insects and worms and ripping out seedlings.
You may be interested to know they decorate their bowers with things that match their eye colour.
Hi Dadpad and thanks for the info. There was a discussion about bower birds earlier on the thread. That's when I learned about the eye color thing. I guess the bird in the photo here will like yellow stuff.
Didn't know that these master builders were such pests. Not surprised to learn that they steal things that are the right color. Sorry they make a mess of gardens. I know that people work hard on their gardens. On the other hand, a boid has to make a living.
They really aren't a pest Roberta not in the same class as rabbits and foxes are anyway.
I'd rather have bower birds than rats.
Superb Lyrebird.
We get these in the bush around here. you don't often see them. They sometimes dash madly across the road in front of the car early in the morning, or i will notice their display mounds when bushwalking. They do fly but i think are limited in how high or far.
