Belesarius Posted April 1, 2017 Report Share Posted April 1, 2017 Have a video of an Otter on a Roomba. Donward 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted April 5, 2017 Report Share Posted April 5, 2017 Badger steals, buries entire cow. Donward 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Collimatrix Posted July 18, 2017 Report Share Posted July 18, 2017 A fly spray made from chemicals found in badgers was tested on horses and found to repel flies with 90% efficacy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mogensthegreat Posted September 9, 2017 Report Share Posted September 9, 2017 Oh, Texas, never change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted November 13, 2017 Report Share Posted November 13, 2017 Ancient Wolf-size Otter Found in China https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/11/fossil-otter-china-bite-tools-animals-science/ It was 100 pounds and could bite straight through a mollusk shell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted March 18, 2018 Report Share Posted March 18, 2018 Not everyone is appreciative of mustelids... Alaskans make new push to kill more sea otters, saying they’re decimating Southeast shellfish https://www.adn.com/politics/2018/03/17/alaskans-make-new-push-to-kill-more-sea-otters-saying-theyre-decimating-southeast-shellfish/ "Southeast Alaska's clams, urchins and crabs have fueled lucrative fishing industries and fed hungry families for decades. They also feed sea otters.'' And now, that human dependence on shellfish is clashing anew with a successful, state-sponsored restoration program that brought the marine mammals' population back from near extinction a century ago. The long-running conflict between otter conservation and Southeast fishermen and tribal groups has drawn new attention this year. State lawmakers and other policymakers have drafted letters asking the Trump administration and a Republican-controlled Congress to loosen federal otter protections, and to grant local managers more power to cull the animals and leave more urchins, clams, crab and sea cucumbers for humans." ... "The roots of the present conflict reach back to the mid-18th century, when Russian explorers found otters in the Aleutian Islands. The Russians harvested thousands of otters a year, selling their furs largely to Chinese markets. By 1900, there were small numbers of otters left in just 13 places in Russia, Alaska and California. An international treaty in 1911 allowed some populations to rebound, but into the 1950s, they were gone from Alaska's Southeast coast. In the 1960s, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game began a transplant program to a half-dozen Southeast sites. The idea, Estes said, was both to restore the species to its former habitat and to give residents opportunities to sell furs. The 400 otters came mostly from Amchitka Island in the Aleutians, where the federal government was doing underground nuclear tests." TLDR: It's all the fault of the Russians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted April 3, 2018 Report Share Posted April 3, 2018 Mustelid related BP meds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Collimatrix Posted September 30, 2018 Report Share Posted September 30, 2018 “We know that fishers are very opportunistic,” he says. “They are just a ball of fury.” Quote At this point, piecing together the evidence was a little like forensic anthropology at a crime scene. They would try to find the legs and various parts of the cat—especially the neck and head, which could show bite marks as evidence of a fisher kill and rule out the possibility that the weasel just stumbled across a lynx who had recently died. Belesarius 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted November 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2018 https://i.imgur.com/L79chIa.gifv Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted November 21, 2018 Report Share Posted November 21, 2018 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/chinatown-otter-sun-yat-sen-garden-koi-fish-1.4912942?cmp=FB_Post_News&fbclid=IwAR3tKqJe2mbMRkQKdr6ZgaN_zOCLNd3wFKnVPM_-aW0Y0T1GCzdMmKVBY-4 @Donward Check out this resourceful little bugger. Free food? He's all for it!. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted November 21, 2018 Report Share Posted November 21, 2018 5 minutes ago, Belesarius said: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/chinatown-otter-sun-yat-sen-garden-koi-fish-1.4912942?cmp=FB_Post_News&fbclid=IwAR3tKqJe2mbMRkQKdr6ZgaN_zOCLNd3wFKnVPM_-aW0Y0T1GCzdMmKVBY-4 @Donward Check out this resourceful little bugger. Free food? He's all for it!. Judging by the pictures, the Otter wasn't exactly... COY... about eating the decorative fish! Belesarius 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted November 23, 2018 Report Share Posted November 23, 2018 On 11/21/2018 at 5:43 PM, Donward said: Judging by the pictures, the Otter wasn't exactly... COY... about eating the decorative fish! Otter still at large. Stolen the bait out of a few traps set to catch him/her. https://www.cp24.com/lifestyle/human-interest/otter-6-humans-0-in-battle-of-wits-to-oust-koi-muncher-from-vancouver-garden-1.4188396 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted March 17, 2019 Report Share Posted March 17, 2019 Archeologists dig up clues about the lives of ancient humans by studying the tools and piles of trash they left behind. Now, it turns out they can do the same thing with another species of skilled tool users in the midst of their own "Stone Age" — sea otters. https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/sea-otter-animal-archeology-stone-tools-1.4792446 Tinker said video observations showed the otters were holding the shells in a very precise way as they pounded. "Right before they hit the rock, they slightly twist the shell so that their right hand is the one that's really smashing it on the rock," he said. The finding suggests that most otters — like most humans — are right handed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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