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Rachel · Guest

Near where I live (about –half a mile), there’s a herd of Deer in the Woods. Most days when I walk up there, I take my camera in the hope of getting a good shot. The Deer are terrified of people; as soon as they hear, smell or see you, they’re off. Yesterday we went walking (no camera) around the cornfields near the woods. Right there 10 feet in front of us, up to its knees in the corn, a baby Deer, just stood there. We looked at it; it looked right back at us, had a bit of a chinwag with it, asked if perhaps he/she would consider hanging around while I nipped home for my camera. Ten minutes went by just chatting, all the while getting closer until near touching distance. Then mummy and daddy Deer came along, all three of them took off at great speed. It could be months before I see another Deer, even at a distance. Humph! It was good to be that close though.

RockitRon · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 7646

To borrow and twist a famous saying, "The things you see when you haven't got your... camera!" Happens to me all the time (the same rule applies to my mobile phone - never have it with me when I really need to use it)

Sounded a lovely moment. Unless you had your camera ready it would probably have bolted - wild animals seem to be able to sense it a mile off even before you've got it out of its case (that's what I found in Scotland last year, when we stopped on the road out to Ardnamurchan Point, having spotted a pair just on the edge of some woodland).
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RockitRon · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 7646

I've just remembered that on a previous Scotland trip, about 15 years ago, we did spot one that hung around long enough to be photographed, in the trees just off the B-road which goes round Loch Lochy to Loch Arkaig. (I don't know how wild it was, though - those houses are pretty close!)

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RockitRon · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 7646

How do you talk to a deer?

(I googled - you don't want to know)
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Rachel · Guest

Doe!

What a great picture, Ron.

Well, when I chat to animals ... I answer for them in a ... How are you today?.... Oh you're very well... me too, that makes two of us. Just eating some grass are you? Looks yummy......there's not a lot else to do in the field is there? I suppose you could wiggle your ears a bit, maybe wander over there to see if the grass is any better.... etc etc.... kind of way.. Smile

Minx · Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 10:03 am Post subject:

When we first saw this creature on the Canal du Midi, we thought it was a large water rat. It swam quite close to the boat and we fed it bread which it took with its front paws to put it in its mouth. Then we saw the size of its body as it hauled itself out of the water and thought it might be a beaver. It is actually a Coypu, originally bred for its fur but released/escaped and now destroying wildlife and banks along the canal. We met two boaters whose dogs had got into fights with them, one becoming very ill due to bites from the coypu's bright orange, highly disease ridden front teeth.

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_SnDwcaz2Cn0/SoGfL7SHMyI/AAAAAAAAAEA/78PxLYIgylU/s720/DSC_0077.JPG

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_SnDwcaz2Cn0/SoGfH50zNzI/AAAAAAAAADs/HD-fc5oD2pc/s720/DSC_0072.JPG

But it's still quite an impressive looking creature.
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MadeinSurrey · Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2009 10:16 am Post subject:

RockitRon · Joined: 07 Dec 2006 Posts: 7646

Nice photos, minx, just a shame they're vermin.

MiS - Yes!
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aviddiva · Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2009 1:05 pm Post subject: Kit Kat moment

This also had me thinking of the Fast Show sketch where Bob Fleming's on a badger watch. They peep out of the hole while he talks to camera and as soon he starts coughing, they all flee!
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aviddiva · Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 1:47 pm Post subject: Kit Kat moment

The Kit Kat ad with the rollerskating pandas was shown again on 'The Funny Side Of Animals', but, sadly, they didn't show the Fast Show sketch with Bob Fleming and the badgers!
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