They are now. But they weren't earlier this morning. IF i had gotten up later, i wouldn't have even noticed. Earlier, they displayed, but didn't play.
Re: Pets
Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2013 5:19 pm
by owlice
My "little" cat thinks he's hiding in the bed:
Re: Pets
Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2013 5:37 pm
by geckzilla
I think your bed is hiding. That's a pretty strange exposure. So cute!
Re: Pets
Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2013 6:19 pm
by owlice
Thanks, and yes, it's a strange exposure. I have no idea what happened to it! That's exactly as it came out of the camera.
Re: Pets
Posted: Sat Dec 07, 2013 9:36 pm
by neufer
James Joyce's _Ulysses_ Episode 1 Telemachus
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-- He was raving all night about a black panther, Stephen said.
The eagles are in Florida, where it's WARM! Don't know where Estland is, but it looks like there's snow on the ground. I'll take Florida.
Re: Pets
Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2013 3:36 pm
by Nitpicker
We don't have any official pets at our place, as we don't need them. We get regular visits from native possums, herons, brush turkeys, kookaburras, cockatoos, lorikeets, king parrots, currawongs and a resident family of magpies. We also get fruit bats, which give me the heebejeebies late at night when I'm out with my telescope. But my favourites are the countless geckos (apparently an invading species of Asian house gecko) which live in our walls and eaves. They live a good life at our place, getting fat off the juicy moths attracted nightly to our lighted windows, and they chirp loudly in delight. Here's a little fella I spotted tonight:
Asian house gecko
Re: Pets
Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2013 4:21 pm
by geckzilla
Needless to say, I am jealous of your cohabitation with lizards and especially geckos, even if they are invasive. Who are we to call other animals invasive, anyway?
Re: Pets
Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2013 10:17 pm
by Nitpicker
geckzilla wrote:Who are we to call other animals invasive, anyway?
Indeed.
Re: Pets
Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2013 10:55 pm
by rstevenson
geckzilla wrote:... Who are we to call other animals invasive, anyway?
This particular use of the word "invasive" is as a scientific term applied to a species that was moved by humans, accidentally or otherwise, to an area where they are not kept in check by their natural predators. It's descriptive and not pejorative.
Rob
Re: Pets
Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2013 11:04 pm
by geckzilla
I'm well aware of its use, Rob. But it is used pejoratively on occasion and even when it's not it's important to remember that we are the ultimate invasive species. We're not only good at claiming every last bit of land for ourselves but we bring the other invasive critters along. This is the same line of thought about our constant insistence that we manage wildlife populations while simultaneously declaring our own above reproach.
Re: Pets
Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 9:07 pm
by Chris Peterson
We just brought home a new dog, a very big (185 pound, 84 kg) 8-year-old Great Dane. He's a bit of a hardship case, having lived his whole life with a guy who was mostly homeless, and who died a couple of weeks ago. He seems to like it up here in the mountains already, and so far he and Maia (our female Dane) are getting on just fine.
I normally name all our dogs after stars, but this guy is already called Brutus, and I think eight is a little old to be changing names. So Brutus he remains.
Re: Pets
Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 9:18 pm
by Ann
Et tu, Brute!
(But it's so great that you took care of a dog who needed a home. Talk about Christmas spirit, among other things.)
Ann
Re: Pets
Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 9:21 pm
by geckzilla
You could always pick a star and name it after Brutus instead. Apparently the exoplanets are also up for grabs.
Re: Pets
Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2013 9:41 pm
by Ann
geckzilla wrote:You could always pick a star and name it after Brutus instead. Apparently the exoplanets are also up for grabs.
Sassy lost her battle today; I'll miss her very much! She had some type of red cell destroying disease. For a while it looked as though she had the problem licked; as she went into temporary remission.
Re: Pets
Posted: Thu Dec 26, 2013 3:52 pm
by Chris Peterson
orin stepanek wrote:Sassy lost her battle today; I'll miss her very much! She had some type of red cell destroying disease. For a while it looked as though she had the problem licked; as she went into temporary remission.
So sorry, Orin. I know how rough that is. I think she was a lucky dog, though.
Re: Pets
Posted: Thu Dec 26, 2013 4:04 pm
by owlice
Oh, Orin, how sad. I'm so sorry. Chris is right: she was a lucky dog. She had great humans.