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יוני 12, 2022

Story #5

One day in late summer on the hot, African plains, a female cheetah was stalking a gazelle. Suddenly, from out of nowhere, she saw a male charging toward her, his horns pointed. She whisked off like quicksilver, the buck pursuing. But he became tired, and pranced back to the herd. Now that the herd was alert, the female cheetah could not hunt. So she walked back to an acacia tree, where she purred, soft, loving sounds, to her three cubs. They came, tugging at her tail, sprawling all over, asking for food. But she had nothing to give them. Even worse, the same thing had happened yesterday. if this continues, the family will starve. If the mother cheetah cannot eat, she cannot make milk for the three cubs. The family is threatened. But there is a ray of hope. A female ostrich is only a few meters from the tree. Ostriches can be deadly prey. They have enough force in their leg to kill a cheetah. But, if the cheetah succeeds, it could mean enough food to last a week. Should she take the risk, or back away and starve. She boldly decides to attack. She orders the cubs to remain there, and starts stalking. Her coat blends in with the withering grass. The ostrich does not see her. She stops, waiting for the ostrich to come close enough. Then she gathers all the energy in her body and puts it in her legs. Then, jump! In a single leap she is on the ostrich's back. She tries to nip at the ostrich's neck. The ostrich is falling. She grabs at the neck, closing her deadly jaws. The ostrich kicks at her and misses by an inch. Then, it is over. The ostrich is dead. she purrs to her cubs, calling them over. They eat until their bellies are full.
The End

Sent by: @imladris

הועלה ב-יוני 12, 2022 11:18 אחה"צ על ידי rangermyles rangermyles | 0 תגובות | הוספת תגובה

ינואר 21, 2021

Story #4

My sister has basically made up her mind to be a naturalist. One day I walked into her room and saw her working on her computer. I asked her what she was doing and she said looking at ADW, (A.K.A. Animal Diversity Web) a website. she said she was looking on it to try to identify a bird she saw. asked her what it looked like and she said it was completely black, or brown, or dark gray, except for it's belly which is white. we looked at many different bird species, and as we were looking through the list of names, we saw there was a type of bird called a Common Snipe, so now we know that in the movie Up, Mr. Fredrickson was wrong when he said there was no such thing as a Snipe. we found out later that the bird was a dark-eyed junco!

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הועלה ב-ינואר 21, 2021 07:47 אחה"צ על ידי rangermyles rangermyles | 0 תגובות | הוספת תגובה

נובמבר 26, 2020

Story #3

Sent by @imladris

This has happened many times before.

Every winter a flock (or two) of Canada geese land into our neighbor's yard. they sleep in the nearest city to us, (Washington D.C.), at least they go there in the evening. usually they come so early that I'm still in bed when I hear them honking in the air, I get out of bed as quickly as I can, so I can see their majestic landing. I've always thought of them as king of the geese, they land so smoothly that It's like they're swans landing on water. That's the story.

הועלה ב-נובמבר 26, 2020 11:40 לפנה"צ על ידי rangermyles rangermyles | 0 תגובות | הוספת תגובה

נובמבר 7, 2020

Story #2

Sent by @imladris

This story was one of the most memorable experiences that I have ever had in my life. I was walking along the fence that separated one yard from another yard when all of a sudden, I saw something brown on the ground on the other side of the fence. At first, I thought it was some sort of trash (e.g. a paper bag), but when I took a closer look, I noticed that it was a baby White-tailed Deer! It lay there for quite some time and I wasn't sure if it was dead or not. After a long time, it suddenly got up and started walking towards the forest that led to a nearby park making this noise: Maaaa, maaaa. It was adorable to watch, and I think it got up because it was hungry. I hope it survived. This encounter reminded me of an experience that a British cameraman named Mark Smith had when he went to Pakistan to get footage of Snow Leopards. He was the second cameraman to attempt this and spent all Christmas in the mountains without any luck. But, as Sir David Attenborough said, "it was a much happier new year." Mark had seen a leopard-shaped rock on a ridge, and when he looked through binoculars, he noticed that it was a mother leopard! Well, that's my first story.

הועלה ב-נובמבר 7, 2020 08:28 אחה"צ על ידי rangermyles rangermyles | 0 תגובות | הוספת תגובה

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הועלה ב-נובמבר 7, 2020 08:23 אחה"צ על ידי rangermyles rangermyles | תגובה 1 | הוספת תגובה

Story #1

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This happend to me on Saturday November 7, 2020

I was going for a walk and it was clam and then it happened....

A BUNCH of geese flew past me, there were hundreds of them and all together they made a big load geese sound

הועלה ב-נובמבר 7, 2020 04:01 אחה"צ על ידי rangermyles rangermyles | תגובה 1 | הוספת תגובה

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הועלה ב-נובמבר 7, 2020 03:58 אחה"צ על ידי rangermyles rangermyles | 7 תגובות | הוספת תגובה

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