Miscellaneous Wildlife
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They are absolutely harmless! When you try to get closer they run like crazy into their burrows or dig themself in the sand. That makes them easy to catch and difficult to photograph.
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These are wild in Hawaii? Have you seen one catch a snake?Here are few from today!
The Small Indian Mongoose (before someone asks me what it is and I answer after couple of years
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Old photos of the two species of Ghost Crabs existing here - just to make sure Eric sleeps well 
)): on clean sand they are looking different. The second one is the real "Ghost": small, well blending in the sand, very fast and you don't really realize what you noticed in the sand!
)): on clean sand they are looking different. The second one is the real "Ghost": small, well blending in the sand, very fast and you don't really realize what you noticed in the sand!
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Off course they are wild! It's a Botanical garden not a Zoo! And they are everywhere!
No, I haven't seen one catching snakes and I hope it will stay like that: the only naturalized snake we have here is the Brahminy Blind Snake!
Small, blind and harmless if you don't take it in your hands - by my own experience! Take it in your hands and they will stink for a lot of time - it's only defense
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Virginia is almost like this. I think there are only 5 venomous snake species mostly copperheads and you almost have to intentionally search for them. I don't any are strong enough to be more than a nuisance for people, but I have heard of cats and small dogs dying from venomous bites here.Off course they are wild! It's a Botanical garden not a Zoo! And they are everywhere!
No, I haven't seen one catching snakes and I hope it will stay like that: the only naturalized snake we have here is the Brahminy Blind Snake!
Small, blind and harmless if you don't take it in your hands - by my own experience! Take it in your hands and they will stink for a lot of time - it's only defense
As always, wonderful photos with the crabs, but why post a ghost before bedtime? I'm going to wake up with something in my bed that looks like Coors light, but probably tastes better...
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Are they edible? (Sorry, but I'm French)Old photos of the two species of Ghost Crabs existing here - just to make sure Eric sleeps well
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Just dreaming of a yummy-yummy crab bisque...
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I have no idea. I have seen only kids to chase and catch them - for the fun! And some photographers chasing them - also for the fun!Are they edible? (Sorry, but I'm French)
Just dreaming of a yummy-yummy crab bisque...
Edited: Right now I found in the Wikipedia that they are edible but not much to eat there.
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I'm often wondering about this kind of question, too!Are they edible? (Sorry, but I'm French)
Just dreaming of a yummy-yummy crab bisque...
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The clouds had started rolling in so I tried to find some of the Merriam's Chipmunks in the mixed forest. This one, while having the muted markings, decided to pose on its way across a fallen trunk.
R5 RF600 w/1.4X 1/1250 : f/7.1 : ISO 1000
R5 RF600 w/1.4X 1/1250 : f/7.1 : ISO 1000
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Great!The clouds had started rolling in so I tried to find some of the Merriam's Chipmunks in the mixed forest. This one, while having the muted markings, decided to pose on its way across a fallen trunk.
R5 RF600 w/1.4X 1/1250 : f/7.1 : ISO 1000
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