https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cr588d843e7o
How sad, poor bear, I hope she had a good life, she was safer in the zoo than in the wild really and survived longer than she would in the wild, not to mention safe from hunters. What a magnificent animal and very cute too. It's sad that animals face so much danger in our world, they deserve so much better. Thank goodness for the amazing people that look after the animals in our world looking after their health, wellbeing and safety.
Respect animals first and foremost, then use common sense. Roughhousing is animal abuse and the animal cannot give consent. The animal is held in a protective enclosure and therefore vulnerable to human contact because it cannot escape to safety if it feels threatened.
While kangaroos are very cute, please don’t ever think of approaching them, they are very dangerous. Keep children well away from them. Wild animals need a comfortable distance between them and humans to feel safe. Take photos from a distance and zoom in with the lens. That way you are letting the animals know that you are not a threat to them or their babies.
Ever heard of the term being “unzipped” by a kangaroo? That is when they swipe you down the middle of your body with their powerful and very sharp claws. Try holding in your internal organs after that and getting to a hospital on time, people outside of Australia are so unaware of how dangerous kangaroos can be. They are known to drown dogs and don’t think you can stop them because they will do the same to humans if you mess with them. Australian people don’t go messing around with Roos as a general rule.
Red kangaroos do grow bigger than 6 foot tall, they can be up to 7 foot tall. Kangaroos are very powerful animals and their tails are powerful too. They can use their tails to knock down the intended target with one blow from the tail, then they use it to balance their body and use their legs to kick. The average man is not strong enough to defend himself bare handed against kangaroos.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangaroo different types of kangaroos and their behaviour
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_grey_kangaroo
The common Eastern grey kangaroo stands between 1.7 (5 foot 5) and 2 meters (6 foot 5) when high standing, as in facing off to an enemy or another male kangaroo.
Where I live these are practically everywhere especially in winter when they are looking for food. I see them at the bottom of my street. I can assure you people get out of their way pretty quickly and keep an eye on children if the kangaroos come into a play park or school grounds.
When my children were at school, teachers would be rounding up the kids some days to keep them away from kangaroos that entered the playground. It’s just part of life in town and we don’t mind them being around. But we are mindful at dawn and dusk when driving because that’s when kangaroos and other wildlife are very active. There are regular car accidents involving kangaroos and the car is a write off after hitting a roo.
What a terrific idea, vulnerable wildlife gets a chance to survive ❤️😀
This is extremely distressing reading for me and knowing that the Koala population in Australia is in decline as it is. I understand that seriously injured koalas have to be euthanised humanely but, if rescuers can get into the area safely then they should be allowed in to rescue the joeys and any adult koalas deemed to be able to survive. It was bad enough during the bushfires of 2019 with the massive loss of lives of our wildlife. Bushfires and culling of habitat by developers are the biggest threats to our Koalas. Proper back burning at the appropriate times of the year and the removal of debris that fuels bushfires is vital to prevent future disasters. This is something that all government agencies in Australia are well aware of but often ignored.
LOL, I just had to share this one. What a cute little stinker, lol. I love the expression used at the end of the article. My late cat Tolstoy had a thing for shoes, he would steal them and sniff them, sometimes we found them under the bed. He was a funny little guy.
What's the difference between a weasel and a stoat? A weasel is weasely recognised and a stoat is stoataly different
Unfortunately people don’t stop to think about the dangers of using fake spiderwebs or other decorative items that are harmful or potentially deadly to wildlife. We need an education campaign as well as laws that protect wildlife from being killed or injured by banning dangerous items outdoors in peoples gardens.
Orange led lights would be a better choice on shrubs and trees if you want to decorate them. It’s better to hang the fake spiderwebs up at windows inside the house and highlight them with a string of lights. Get creative with window displays instead of hanging dangerous fake spiderwebs in your garden. That way people can look at your window displays at night time without worrying about harm to wildlife. It’s a win-win for wildlife and people celebrating Halloween 🎃
It’s so sad to see the decline in any wildlife, and Australia is very unique in our wildlife, hence the strict biosecurity rules we have.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/oct/08/casula-train-koala-sydney-police-escort
Never mind the shaggy dog stories, we have Koala stories in Australia 🤣❤️❤️🐨🐨
I used to live near Casual which is part of the city of Liverpool in south western Sydney. However I have never seen a single koala in the area back in the day. Canberra though we have native wildlife around us and we love them very much.
When will people learn to respect wildlife? Kangaroos are wild animals that must be protected, they are also dangerous when upset. Have you ever heard the term unzipped? That is when a kangaroo slashes your body open in a quick swipe with its claws. You will die if you don’t get to a hospital immediately, meanwhile you’re trying to hold your intestines in. Please leave kangaroos alone, take a photo of them from a distance but don’t approach them. No Aussie will just walk up to a kangaroo and try to pat or pet it, we know better than that.
On a road they can suddenly hop out in front of your car and I have had it happen to me in the middle of town. A kangaroo hitting your car does terrible damage. If the car is going at a decent speed the kangaroo can go through your windscreen too. This actually happened to a lady on her way to work in Canberra a few years ago on the Tuggeranong Parkway, near my house. The kangaroo died on impact and went right through the windscreen as she was driving to work. There are many accidents like this every year in Australia.
What a sweet story, who doesn’t love Kolas? They always make good news stories to share around the world.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg4jv1j3dyo
I had no idea that there were free roaming peacocks in Scotland. We have free roaming Peacocks in Canberra too, in the suburb of Narabundah and out in Pialigo near Canberra airport. They are magnificent birds to see, and seeing them flying is surreal. However there are tragedies in the management of these birds as they are not easy to contain and will often escape into the busy streets and get hit by cars. Even at our local zoo and aquarium, peacocks are wandering around the grounds because they just fly over the enclosure the live in and go for a walk around to interact with visitors.
They are such beautiful birds like something out of a fairy tale or from mythology that bring joy to everyone just by their presence.
It’s not every day that a Kookaburra wakes up the locals in Scotland, they are lucky it’s not galahs or cockatoos squawking, because they are loud and make a real racket, lol. I often hear a Kookaburra early in the morning where I live.
I recall my first morning waking up in Australia as a 10 year old child and hearing their call. I rushed into my parents bedroom to tell them that I just heard a Kookaburra, because I had been learning about them at school in Scotland before coming to Australia and discovering the fantastic new environment with gum trees and eucalyptus trees. However I didn’t get to see kangaroos, wombats or koalas until I moved to Canberra. In Sydney I lived in a built up suburb so there wasn’t any chance of seeing the real wildlife.
It would be interesting to see how this kookaburra has adapted to the environment in Scotland. There are botanical gardens in Scotland that have Australian shrubs and trees so perhaps the bird could be relocated to a botanical garden or else returned to Australia which would be better for the bird.
On a funny note, kids in Australia have a little alternative rhyme to the original version that they say, Kookaburra sitting on the electric wire, jumping up and down with his arse on fire. I remember hearing kids in primary school saying this around 1973 and by the time I had children, it was still popular. I don’t think there is a single Aussie that doesn’t know that rhyme. 🤣🤣🤣
Poor Molly, being separated from her adopted family and doggy sister Peggy. I do hope this has a happy ever after ending. It’s not unusual for birds or wild animals to invite themselves into our lives and homes. Even if they just turn up in the morning and spend the whole day with us. Some decide to stay and charm their way into our homes.
Towards the end of my cat Tolstoy’s life he had a magpie friend. Tolly was an indoor cat most of his life, and was an amputee, having lost a hind leg to bone cancer at 10 years old. He was in the final stages of cancer when an elderly magpie started coming to our back door every day. We were letting Tolly outside for a little while to have peace and quiet from the rest of the fur babies. He would just sit on the veranda and eat his food while just shooting the breeze. This magpie just came up to him and sat with him every day until he died. We believe that both Tolstoy and the magpie were communicating and each other and were both at the end of their lives.
This went on for a couple of weeks, but the morning after Tolly had died Mr magpie was tapping on our door to ask where was Tolly. It was so sad trying to tell him Tolstoy had died. The bird seemed to understand though, but just after this two younger magpies came along and chased the old magpie and attacked him. He flew over the fence with them and I never saw him again, though I could hear them fighting and it was so upsetting for me that poor Mr magpie had such a terrible ending.
I really hope that this little Molly magpie gets to return to her adopted family and her doggie sister Peggy.
UPDATE: Molly has been reunited with his family
That’s possum magic for you. Close encounters of the furry kind.
Might give Hunca Munca from the Beatrix Potter stories a bit of advice on house cleaning 🤣🤣
This is heartbreaking, lovely flying teddy bears ❤️🥰🥰 After the terrible 2019 bushfires and flooding, tragedy and death just never seem to stop. A shortage of vets and not enough helpers makes things extremely difficult not to mention stressful.
I can barely bring myself to read these news articles of suffering animals. It’s bad enough when it’s human suffering but poor helpless animals takes it to a higher level.
Adorable flying teddy ❤️
That’s a code brown folks 🤣🤣🤣🐍🐍🐍 No one wants to have an experience like this on the road but hey, weird stuff happens in Australia and at least the snake was on the outside of his car. He really should have phoned an animal welfare agency to come to rescue the snake not just leave it in the car engine. I wonder if he was game to check the engine after work 😳 Spiders are another visitor and hitchhiker that we get in our cars over here, I have had spiders in my car but I just belt them , lol.
Snakes often get into a car in rural areas or out bush though. I recall a teacher that I had when I first came to Australia in the early 1970’s, telling the class about when he was driving way out bush and a snake managed to get into his car via the front wheel on the drivers side. This is not a regular occurrence but it does happen occasionally and just part of life in Australia.
I will just leave these snake pics for you to shudder at now 🤣🤣🤣🐍🐍
Aww, how can these cute water teddy bears be mean and nasty and still look so cute?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-30/cockatoo-video-dropping-pot-plants-melbourne/101710478
Cockatoos are natures assholes 🤣🤣 they destroy things because they can. They pull big branches off of my box elder in the backyard and chase other birds away from food and make a deafening noise squawking every afternoon, especially in summer. They are well known for taking the rubber seals out of street lights and opening garbage bing and strewing the garbage all over the street.
They are iconic and very intelligent birds they even teach other cockatoos to talk and they are good escape artists from cages. I used to watch my old neighbours cockatoos escape from their Avery as soon as my neighbours left for work each morning right on cue, lol. But they would be back every afternoon for food.
