I can't believe I misspelled "raccoon". I was too busy making sure I got "opossum" right. Thankfully, the world appears to still be turning.
@xenos_n.4 жыл бұрын
Nobody told you? The Earth actually stopped revolving. It's really messing with the day/night cycle.
@arrocoda35904 жыл бұрын
How about Beavers? Beavers common in britain? Very common in the states especially out west
@JamesDunn-sk2sj4 жыл бұрын
Awesome video. Just one thing. The O in Opossum is silent. Don't know why but everywhere I've lived or been to in the USA the O it is that way.
@tjhorne824 жыл бұрын
Would love to see you do more, maybe break it up by region.
@GeographRick4 жыл бұрын
I like the river otters here in Indianapolis. They’re otterly cute
@olga1384 жыл бұрын
'Possums may be kind of homely, but they eat ticks. That, by itself, is a valuable trait.
@deekim81644 жыл бұрын
Ticks and trash
@ehrenbormann10144 жыл бұрын
And they taste great in a soup
@armadillotoe4 жыл бұрын
They can scare the crap out of you, if you are drunk and think they are a giant rat.
@kenbattor63504 жыл бұрын
They also eat Rattlers
@ehrenbormann10144 жыл бұрын
@@kenbattor6350 those also tase ok little bony
@maximaldinotrap4 жыл бұрын
Most of America: OH LOOK BALD EAGLE Alaska: See those five trees? 20 Bald Eagles in each of them.
@kimwhitehead90964 жыл бұрын
Whenever I see a bald eagle, I feel so honored. I know they’re no longer on the endangered list, but they’re magnificent.
@derynicat4 жыл бұрын
If you're really interested in them, there are livestreams of bald eagle nests on KZbin. The wild nesting season is pretty much over but there is still a young one on the Dollywood nest. GG3 is the offspring out Grant and Glenda, two non releasable bald eagles. Look up GG3an Eaglet's journal. Every week there is footage of the little one growing up.
@emilylewis53734 жыл бұрын
I live on the Indiana/my border and my parents actually live on the river. They now have a nest of bald eagles less than a mile from their house. They get to see them all the time. I haven’t seen an adult yet, but I did see two youths when I was at their house a few years ago.
@esco55934 жыл бұрын
They are indeed. Two big bald eagles used to live in my backyard when I moved in from England. It was easy to see why they were chosen to be the national bird. Not sure where they went, however, they've gone missing for about a year now.
@haroldwilkes66084 жыл бұрын
They're common in Wisconsin.
@Snorgviggle3 жыл бұрын
@@esco5593 Though bald eagle nests are reused, the eagles sometimes move elsewhere (not very far away) for unknown reasons. IOW, here today, gone tomorrow. At least one bald eagle nest is thought to be at least 200 years old.
@nunyubidnez48873 жыл бұрын
We had a domesticated skunk in our house when I was a kid. What I can tell you is that, if they are kept as pets, they are likely de-scented. But, that doesn't mean they don't have an intensely musky scent if you don't bathe them regularly. They are, however, highly intelligent, deeply loyal animals that love their people a great deal, and will protect them. You should have seen the mailman's face the day we had the door open, so there was only a screen door between him and a skunk who immediately whipped around to point his raised tail at the man, and then backed up quickly towards him to "spray" LOL. I have never seen a man move that fast in my life LOL.
@virtuouswanderer5563 Жыл бұрын
That's evil.. I want one
@angelcollina2 ай бұрын
I used to have ferrets who are in the same family as skunks and they don’t spray like skunks, but they do have a very musky odor especially their waste, so their maintenance is notably higher. But they are so adorable and playful and curious with tons of personality! They just also, sadly, have very short lifespans. 😢
@sheilatruax61722 ай бұрын
That's hilarious!
@hiro1114 жыл бұрын
You haven't seen anything until you've seen a full grown moose in the wild. They are... rather large.
@garycard14564 жыл бұрын
We have moose in England. We spell it as: Mousse
@zachdemand45084 жыл бұрын
@@garycard1456 Is wild mousse just as big?
@jeremyflippen34844 жыл бұрын
Or chased by one. They are good eats though.
@trentenswett63064 жыл бұрын
Lived in Pinedale Wyoming it was expected to run into at least one of them daily. Can't count the amount of times I had to play statue because I ran across one riding my bike or was stuck inside because a moose was in my front yard or the school didn't allow us outside due to a moose being in the playground or football field. After a while you got used to them.
@shawnj19664 жыл бұрын
@Gary Card, ours aren't made of chocolate and you certainly wouldn't want on in your hair!
@kylemcclellan96864 жыл бұрын
In some parts of the US we refer to raccoons as "trash pandas".
@Neenerella3334 жыл бұрын
And opossums are Garbage Witches.
@Joe-xq3zu4 жыл бұрын
I refer to both as Road Kill, because that's the place i see them most often.
@Bohica3694 жыл бұрын
So does Peter Quill.
@lancerevell59794 жыл бұрын
Had a 'Coon get into my trash jins one night. I managed to pop him with a paint ball. Man, those gray, black and pink raccoons can MOVE! Heheha...... He never came back.
@kimwhitehead90964 жыл бұрын
Rabies carriers!
@hardcorehunter71624 жыл бұрын
Mario suit is actually based on an animal called a Tanuki. They're also called Racoon Dogs by some. This is why the power up is represented by a leaf. In folklore Tanuki use leaves to preform transformation magic. Turning into a Monk statue is one of their tricks as people in Japan leave food offerings at these statues. The Tanuki will then steal the food being left at the false alters.
@basedeltazero714 Жыл бұрын
There's both a racoon suit (the normal flying suit from SMB3) and a Tanuki suit (the one that turns into a Jizo statue). Similar looking animals, though, and both now live in Japan (the North American Racoon having been imported in large numbers because a show made it really popular to keep them as pets. Really)
@raquel_era_lei_49303 жыл бұрын
My kids brought home an "injured puppy" they found on the side of the road. I nursed it back to health, and we had another dog, I thought. Turns out it was a coyote puppy. He's been with us for a long time now. He always had peculiar behaviors like walking on his back legs down the hall, taking a nap on top of the kitchen table, hunts and eats grubs, will go lay and hide in the grass. His butt wants to come inside though, and sleep on the bed and snuggle. He runs from a opossum. He may be the sweetest dog I ever had.
@aris1869 Жыл бұрын
The most American pet story ever 😂
@sandy9064 Жыл бұрын
My brother had one mixed with a German shepherd. She was sweet but so sharply vocal. High pitched and never ending if one of her people wasn't around when she wanted them. Have a pic of my little mom sitting in a kitchen chair with this 75 pound mutt sitting on her lap. She still calls her, her lap dog when we talk about her.
@heathercurry898 Жыл бұрын
Wow thats a crazy and lucky twist of fate, what a cool pet experience to have a coyote as a pet!
@mookieluvr Жыл бұрын
2 years late but this reminds me of the “American howling retriever” post that goes something like: “The American Howling Retriever is a breed of dog that is extremely coyote like. In fact, the only difference between it and a normal coyote is my inability to admit that I may have made a mistake and all the Benadryl I keep giving it so it won’t maul me.”
@deanlute794 Жыл бұрын
Yup they act like fox.
@Megadextrious3 жыл бұрын
"They're keen on fishing" is probably the most British way you could describe an eagle LOL
@frogsrulemyworld4 жыл бұрын
When people have skunks as pets they usually have the scent glands removed so they can’t spray. Same thing with ferrets.
@th0rkiller4 жыл бұрын
Yup. My mother had one when she was young.
@dalehammers98054 жыл бұрын
phenomenal pets too. very intelligent but stubborn.
@larryjenkins19654 жыл бұрын
This could simply be a myth but through my life I have also heard stories that skunks have nursed and raised abandoned domestic kittens and that momma cats have done the same with skunk kits
@PolymurExcel4 жыл бұрын
@@larryjenkins1965 *cat points to baby skunk. "Charlie, you were adopted." skunk: "WHAT?!"
@xenxander4 жыл бұрын
but honey badger don't give a shit xD
@wtk60694 жыл бұрын
A raccoon used to come onto my back porch and eat with our cats. They all got along famously, the raccoon hung around for a couple of years. We named him George Cooney.
@btnhstillfire4 жыл бұрын
I heard a raccoon killing a cat a few years ago. Saw the raccoon later on.
@haroldwilkes66084 жыл бұрын
@@btnhstillfire Raccoons can become amorous - are you sure it was killing the cat?
@blackdeath4eternity3 жыл бұрын
if the food ran out or it was cranky it would have eaten the cats.
@XSemperIdem53 жыл бұрын
The name 👏
@Hollylivengood3 жыл бұрын
My cat had a racoon buddy who used to come in through the cat door every evening and take the cat out for a night run. They would walk out together like high school kids heading out on the town. We called him Rocky. I actually woke up to Rocky petting my face in the morning. Nice human, nice human.
@matthuck3783 жыл бұрын
I've lived in New Mexico for 21 years now, and I still get a kick of out seeing roadrunners. They just wander around the city, usually in the mornings.
@scarpru Жыл бұрын
Meep-meep! Roadrunners are AWESOME!!! We had one in our rural neighborhood in Oklahoma. And yes, you'd only see it in the morning. ❤ I wonder if they're diurnal?
@aidanmulligan73424 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: practically almost anywhere in the USA there is a coyote territory. They sort of have their territories set up like we do states.
@wfr11084 жыл бұрын
Aidan Mulligan lmao yeah
@pluto5874 жыл бұрын
I live right outside NYC and a lot people don't know that there is a family of coyotes that live in central park. They don't bother anyone so we don't bother them. They've been living there pretty peacefully for years. They really are all over the states.
@tuckinatorinator7874 жыл бұрын
On a Virginia base I was on a coyote was just hanging out in the parking lot. I didn't even know they existed this far East.
@troodon10964 жыл бұрын
It's the polar opposite of what happened to wolves; wolf ranges decreased as a result of human activity, while coyote range increased (as they're both effective scavengers and predators of scavengers, and human trash attracts a lot of scavengers). There's probably some in the city you live in (they tend to avoid humans so they're hard to spot, but I guarantee you they're around somewhere).
@youknowwhoiam85004 жыл бұрын
The road outside my house is crawling with coyotes at night
@thedragong4 жыл бұрын
Here in Florida, we have many reptiles, gators, crocodiles, caiman, Burmese python, boa contractors, iguanas, Cottonmouth, and the most deadly Florida man.
@llchapman12342 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@risingdawnuvu96042 жыл бұрын
Living in Florida a dutch friend would always refer it as life on insane hard mode
@lindaeasley56062 жыл бұрын
This is why I never want to live in Florida.. Also,it seems every bizarre criminal act takes place in Florida judging by news stories
@thewillow3457 Жыл бұрын
australia light one might say lol
@armadillotoe4 жыл бұрын
You left out armadillos, porcupines, moose, and the infamous jackalope.
@lisatravis39894 жыл бұрын
My neighborhood is dealing with a serious jackalope problem at the moment. Big time nuisances in residential areas!
@Pluggit19534 жыл бұрын
He only listed the ones he’s seen.
@marthachampagne3164 жыл бұрын
the infamous jackalope is right up there with Australia's dropbears
@nicholasbrown41094 жыл бұрын
@Major woody Snipes are actually a real bird, they just arent found in the US. I think the Boy Scout Snipe hunts are to blame for so many people thinking they are a fictional animal
@matthewkreps33524 жыл бұрын
The Boy Scout Snipe is a real fictional animal. while the Jackalope is a fictional real animal.
@ihatehandleswtf Жыл бұрын
I hadn't realized until recently how much we take hummingbirds and fireflies for granted over here in the US. Was totally unaware that they're exclusive to the Americas! They never struck me something "unique" to this side of the world-unlike, say, a moose or coyote. I'll often snap pics/vids of these guys in my yard for my friends over in Europe :)
@shellyviescas4205 Жыл бұрын
After I retired and moved back to Kansas, I knew how much I missed the cardinals. But I was surprised at how delighted I was to see fireflies again.
@justsomejerseydevilwithint4606 Жыл бұрын
You mean brits don't get dragonflues darting around their kiddy pools?
@forton615 Жыл бұрын
We do have fireflies in Europe, maybe a different animal, they are a kind of beetle and the adults as well as the larvae glow in the dark.
@pbrazor504 жыл бұрын
"Nasally raucous." A brilliant euphemism for "stinks to high heaven."
@zatoth133 жыл бұрын
wait until he discovers the muskrat
@pirobot668beta4 жыл бұрын
Several years ago, a coyote was being chased by a crow in downtown Seattle. OK, not so weird, but then the bird chased the coyote into the elevator of a Federal Office building. The coyote rode the elevator for a bit, then exited the building. The crow resumed its pursuit of the coyote at that time. All of it on video. I love Seattle!
@joaquindonoso54814 жыл бұрын
I love crows
@monember27224 жыл бұрын
Oh man. I feel bad for whoever was on that elevator with Cayote. I would've fallen out.
@barbaramcgee89334 жыл бұрын
In Portland we've had a coyote and a deer ride the MAX (our public transit train). Not at the same time.
@mermaid17174 жыл бұрын
So there's some basis of truth behind Looney Tunes Coyote and Roadrunner 🤣
@user-cv8qe9ru8c4 жыл бұрын
Well if the crow is following the coyote it sounds like the coyote has some unfinished business here on earh
@stephanginther90514 жыл бұрын
When I was 7, I was with my dad and brother in a waiting room of some kind, I don't remember for what. We had an hour or so wait which is torture for a 7 year old. Out of desperation I took one of the magazines and, found an article that was so interesting that I actually read the entire thing. So it is illegal to keep bald eagles as pets, however in a national park there was an eagle that got hurt and was found by park rangers and taken to a vet who had to amputate one of the poor guy's wings. Now unable to fly, it could not be released into the wild. Now during the time it was with the humans, it bonded with the ranger that found it and he got special permission from the state to keep the eagle since it could not longer fend for itself. Well, he took it home but, it was sickly. It almost didn't eat and spent all its time staring at the wall in the room where its perch was. Its feathers started falling out, ironically making it start to go bald. Well, right around the time he found the eagle, the ranger was taking hang gliding lessons. The ranger got his license and started going up. One day he got the bright idea to have a harness made for the bird. When the harness was finished, he took the bird up with him when he went gliding. Upon arriving home he opened the carrier and the eagle ran out of the cage and made straight for his food dish, eating all of it than loudly squawked at the ranger until he refilled the dish. After a second helping of food was gone, the bird turned and explored the rangers house, something he'd never done before. The bird simply missed the sky.
@aaronmiller61183 жыл бұрын
that's pretty wholesome
@raeperonneau49413 жыл бұрын
What a lovely story. Thank you for sharing!
@debrakleid57523 жыл бұрын
Wonderful story💙💜
@0323195813 жыл бұрын
Fantastic story
@jadeanderson13843 жыл бұрын
Awww
@slikrhodez33363 жыл бұрын
Rattlesnakes!! You forgot rattlesnakes!! That's an encounter you'll never forget!
@AubreyMK4 жыл бұрын
The "raccoon suit" from Mario is the "Tanuki suit" its based off a "Tanuki" a raccoon dog, according to mythology it can use leaves to shape-shift and cause chaos. I must say it is much more cuter than the American Raccoon.
@kaldo_kaldo3 жыл бұрын
There is a raccoon Mario in the same game though, I think he got them mixed up
@deadinsidemcgee4112 жыл бұрын
Not so fun fact, they have a helicopter wang.
@bretterry83562 жыл бұрын
The "raccoon suit" is the tanuki suit. It's not a raccoon at all. They are real animals, but like many animals in folklore, there are myths that attribute magical powers to them, similar to Coyote. One of those powers is shapeshifting. Another is illusion. Arguably, the shapeshifting could be seen as the extension of the illusion. Their magic comes from their enlarged scrotum, not leaves, but they do use leaves in their illusions. They are rumored to transform into human travelers, visit ramen shops, and purchase large quantities of ramen using leaves which they have made to appear as money. After they leave, the money turns back into leaves. Ramen shops put statues of tanuki with large testicles outside their shops to indicate that their ramen is so good, it's the preferred ramen of tanuki, the true connoisseurs. Their magic giant scrotum also gives them the power of flight, not their "helicopter wangs," and it is used as a weapon.
@Sol17Opacus2 жыл бұрын
@@bretterry8356 magic is stored in the balls
@maruka17163 жыл бұрын
I once had a housemate who freaked out when he saw a "giant rat" in the backyard. It was a possum. They're great... you want them in your yard for insect control. Also, they're the only North American marsupials, which is kind of interesting.
@stockinettestitch Жыл бұрын
I was walking in my neighborhood at 5:30 a.m. 6/6/21 and I saw the WEIRDEST thing I’ve ever seen in person - I couldn’t figure out what it was for the first few seconds. It turned out to be a mother possum with little baby possum faces up and down her spine and two of them hanging off the side of her body. Scared the living shit out of me at first lol she kept making a loud “TS“ sound at me.
@ireneparrish3070 Жыл бұрын
They eat ticks.
@RichZFishes9 ай бұрын
@@ireneparrish3070 That's a myth from a very poorly executed study, in which captive possums were place in an enclosure with nothing to eat EXCEPT tics, so naturally they ate them. In subsequent studies done in more natural environments, it appeared that they would eat most anything else available before settling for a tic.
@Beth_Alice_Kaplan8 ай бұрын
@@stockinettestitch You're so lucky! I'm always wanted to see a mama opossum with her babies.
@guyfaux39786 ай бұрын
They're the actual animal that is the legendary "rat the size of a cat" in the NYC sewers.
@EPattMusic4 жыл бұрын
The "raccoon suit" in Mario 3 is actually a Tanuki suit, also known as the Japanese raccoon dog! There's a lot of Japanese folklore about them.
@kyleward39144 жыл бұрын
There's a raccoon suit and a tanuki suit. They're mostly the same, but the tanooki suit can change into the statue whereas the regular raccoon suit cannot.
@mandyrobbins10414 жыл бұрын
The reason the Tanuki Suit allows you to change into a statue, and fly, is because the yokai version of Tanuki, much like Kitsune, is a master of pranks if mistreated, and can both fly AND change to mimic budda statues and even humans. But they're also said to bring fortune to those who treat them well and befriend them, the Tanuki are, that is. That comes from the practice of hammering malleable balls of gold into coins, called Ryo, using bags of Tanuki Skin. They use their own version of a play on words to make it "Tanuki Balls", cuz The words for Raccoon Dog and Gold Ball are so similar.
@xenos_n.4 жыл бұрын
@@mandyrobbins1041 I can relate, as I'm also a master of pranks if mistreated.
@MacGuffinExMachina4 жыл бұрын
I was hoping someone already said this. It would have been funny if the suit had the signature huge testicles they're often depicted as having. Can't remember if the actual animal has huge balls.
@BlackSmokeDMax4 жыл бұрын
Is that the real origin story of Tony Tony Chopper?!
@wall.daisies29523 жыл бұрын
I had a coyote stalk me while walking my dog in the winter. My dog was the same size as it. No amount of loud noises, rock throwing (didnt hit him), standing my ground, nothing worked except walking backwards towards roads and civilization. It was afraid to get too close to me, but was just stalking waiting for some opportunity. Had to have my sister pick me up to get away. I was surprised at how persistent they are when hungry, especially if you're alone with a pet.
@judithcoloma613 Жыл бұрын
The coyotes near me on the Kitsap peninsula in Western Washington, get very bold. We must watch our dog, a Westie, and our neighbors lost their cat after a coyote showed up. Be vigilant, Laurance.
@curtisa3069 Жыл бұрын
I was stalked by coyotes when I was young. I happened to be carrying fireworks with me at the time. Coyotes don’t like fireworks apparently.
@sevenofzach Жыл бұрын
If I hadn't eaten much in days or weeks I would be quite persistent too. They are very opportunistic hunters.
@stevenserna910 Жыл бұрын
We got lots of coyotes in South Texas. They like to shop a lot at the Malls. They're usually bilingual. They don't make as much as people think though, and their jobs don't offer any benefits like retirement, or paid vacation, or sick time. Anyone can become a coyote, you just have to be able to; walk & run over really rugged terrain, and swim really well. Its kind of like being a scout master on hiking trails, except the scouts ain't scouts, and the federal government wants to arrest you. Your own fellow coyotes don't like you, and see you more like competition for resources, instead of a coworker. They work mostly night hours, (some do days, holidays, and weekends) and have to be able to run, jump, swim, fight, and sleep with their eyes open. Also they can't have any aversions to firearms, violence, or incarceration. You might have a friend or buddy at work who's a part-time coyote, and you'll never know it. They're pretty friendly, until they're not. You could have a coyote friend, and never know it.
@lostwizardcat9910 Жыл бұрын
@@stevenserna910 lmao this is both funny and scarily accurate.
@panjamysy4 жыл бұрын
I ADORE OPOSSUMS. They are little tick eating machines and they have those cute little hands that look like they're wearing fingerless gloves. Absolutely love them
@markrenzella28254 жыл бұрын
Might not adore them so much if you ever see them eat a dead deer....They chew their way thru the anus first then get in and eat the guts via the ass. here in West Virginia we always know when possums are eating dead deer.
@Sodden3164 жыл бұрын
I like their pink noses and floppy ears.
@xenxander4 жыл бұрын
I saw a momma opossum with seven babies on her back and I just had to make the comment: Look it's a opossum made entirely out of opossums. (not using 'an' instead of 'a' here because the 'o' is silent)
@elleryeggen96784 жыл бұрын
@@markrenzella2825 I could have lived my whole life not knowing that, having that visual in my head till death. Oh my.
@waynepurcell60584 жыл бұрын
@@elleryeggen9678 Don't be freaked out. Nature does as nature does for a reason. If there wasn't a reason it wouldn't happen. Survival for just living until the next day is a VERY different thing than the cushioned life even the poorest of modern humans live. At least we don't have to discard our eldest and smallest children to keep them from draining resources away from the most capable hunters/gatherers anymore.
@patrickford75824 жыл бұрын
Coyotes are notorious for eating cats and small dogs. So keep your cat inside at night, or get a big dog to protect it.
@mhlevy4 жыл бұрын
They also go after sheep, which is a big part of the Llama popularity. I've read that "llamas look at sheep as dim-witted little cousins," and they have an extremely strong dislike for canines (though if raised around dogs, they will tolerate known dogs.) But they will chase down and kill coyotes. Which is why you often see llamas on sheep ranches.
@harrymills27704 жыл бұрын
Coyotes will take on bigger dogs. They'll lure them out, isolate them, and tear them to pieces.
@harrymills27704 жыл бұрын
@@mhlevy : I don't think llamas can chase down and kill a coyote, but they definitely intimidate predators. They can defend themselves, and their eyes-front visage is intimidating. But the chasing-down-and-killing part I'm somewhat skeptical about.
@arieheath77734 жыл бұрын
They’ll kill big dogs as well. We also have a massive shortage of deer where I live because of all the coyotes, they tend to eat the fawns or even full grown animals.
@Firereaper874 жыл бұрын
If you're going to use a big dog to protect your animals from coyotes I'd suggest a Great Pyrenees think fluffy white bear but half the size.
@SuchNewt4 жыл бұрын
Don't wanna be that guy, but ima be that guy: That Mario costume isn't a raccoon, it's a tanuki which looks a little like a raccoon mixed with a dog. According to some traditions tanuki are mischievous shape shifters.
@Nynke_K4 жыл бұрын
I was thinking that might be it. Less fun fact: tanukis are endangered now, partly because of the introduction of raccoons as 'cute pets' a few decades ago, inspired by a funny manga/anime series. They were then let go into the wild when they turned out not to be good pets...
@deadasparagus4 жыл бұрын
Tanukis are also in the Family Canidae, the same as Dogs, Wolves, Foxes, ect...
@Schorponox4 жыл бұрын
In English they are called raccoon dogs and people actually confuse them for raccoons
@SeekerLancer4 жыл бұрын
It's okay, I would have been that guy if you hadn't taken one for the team.
@rasnoa70384 жыл бұрын
Not a tanuki. Red panda
@abbye84823 жыл бұрын
BIL startled skunk in tool shed and gasped just as skunk sprayed him. He lost his ability to smell things for quite awhile after that. Skunk spray can be very dangerous. But dogs keep thinking 'this skunk will be different' and continue to go after them. So much for live and learn...
@sandy9064 Жыл бұрын
But the real question is, did your BIL learn his lesson?
@JHaven-lg7lj4 жыл бұрын
“Nasally raucous” is the most perfect description of skunk scent I’ve ever heard 😄
@maximaldinotrap4 жыл бұрын
"There are eight bald eagles in that tree" "WHUT?" Alaska: HOLD OUR 200 BALD EAGLES PER TREE!
@airicastarwall13494 жыл бұрын
Right!😄
@elle27064 жыл бұрын
I love going down to Allison Point in Valdez when the salmon are running. Bear, sea lions, and hundreds of bald eagles
@anyoneofus99484 жыл бұрын
If your ever in Florida just go to the dump, they're everywhere.
@chubbs7384 жыл бұрын
@@elle2706 Same thing with Haines and the Homer Spit, for many eagles.
@altyrrell30884 жыл бұрын
Eagles and ravens in Alaska - breathtaking.
@w.p89604 жыл бұрын
Scent glands of the skunk are removed before becoming a pet.
@poochoes14 жыл бұрын
We had a pet skunk when I was young. They apparently botched the surgery and caused major urinary problems for our guy. My mother was so upset by it she went on a crusade to get the whole pet skunk shutdown. Not sure it worked far and wide but the local shop stopped ordering them to sell.
@mandyrobbins10414 жыл бұрын
Specifically, they're known as "musk glands" As that's what the substance is called. Also, it's possible to raise a 'pet' Skunk from a pup and never get sprayed, because they recognize others they grow up with as family, and don't spray each other if they're related. It's a predatory defense response. So if it's imprinted on you and your family, it won't spray you. It MAY, however, spray those it deems as a threat to the family. :P
@adde95064 жыл бұрын
My professor had skunks. Unaltered. He befriended them with dog food. They genuinely don't spray if they aren't frightened.
@TheDellaniOakes4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, but they still stink. I saw a deodorized skunk in a petting zoo, it still smelled terrible.
@jtelevenoyd15714 жыл бұрын
At a Navy base I was stationed on long ago, a skunk lived on a wooded hill above the barracks across the street from the enlisted club. It used to sit near the bottom of the hill and just watch people come and go. One evening a faster-than-usual drunk guy managed to rush it, grab it, and pick it up. Briefly. When he reeled into the lounge screaming and clawing at his eyes, the smell made it pretty obvious what had happened. Sobered him right up, though. And the skunk took to sitting a little higher up the hill.
@trishgift79593 жыл бұрын
Pet skunks usually have the scent glands removed so they can't "spray". They still have a slight odor to them though. As a pet, they're very cat like in behavior: will use a litterbox, lay in the window watching the world go by, etc. (My sister had one as a pet for about 3 years)
@jlovebirch4 жыл бұрын
There's also mountain lions, alligators, gila monsters, rattlesnakes, bears, buffalo, reindeer, wild mustangs, and manatees.
@KageMinowara3 жыл бұрын
Also wolves. The last wolf in Britain was hunted down in the 14th century.
@deadinsidemcgee4112 жыл бұрын
I love manatees, I saw one of those in a lagoon. It was like a statue, I thought it was a rock for a minute because of all the algae and barnacles on it.
@bretterry83562 жыл бұрын
I forgot to put mountain lions and rattlesnakes on my list. Wild mustangs were introduced by the Spanish, so I don't count those. But bison, manatees, bears, and Gila monsters were on my list.
@darthmaul2162 жыл бұрын
Also big horned sheep, wolverines, prong horns, moose, and California condors
@deadinsidemcgee4112 жыл бұрын
@@darthmaul216 fuck moose. I saw one of them on the road, that thing was taller than my delivery van.
@AndrewTJ314 жыл бұрын
When I was in elementary school, the teachers made us leave class and walk five blocks to a lookout over a local lake because there were 100 maybe 200 bald eagles on it and the surrounding trees. During spring when the ice is melting off the rivers there can be dousens of bald eagles in the trees around the rivers downtown. It is only a day trip from Chicago, so if you want to get to the point where eight can be no big deal, come on up.
@pablohammerly448 Жыл бұрын
@AndrewTJ31: dozens* 🤔
@mum2jka3 жыл бұрын
When we first moved to the US I was shocked to see chipmunks everywhere! I'd never seen them in the wild in the UK. And when I went back a pet store had a couple in a cage - it was quite heartbreaking to see that after having them run all around our yard.
@elyenidacevedo1995 Жыл бұрын
Oh yeah those are adorable much better than the squirrels we have in the US.
@embfixer4 жыл бұрын
FYI, right or wrong, in most places the "O" is silent in opossum.
@Alderak14 жыл бұрын
AirMech I think he knows that, based on a previous video where the word is part of a list (i think its one of the videos of words coined in America).
@tae79654 жыл бұрын
and that silent "O" is in their name Oscar the (O)possum
@conner36264 жыл бұрын
I didn't know they had that O
@gregmuon4 жыл бұрын
It's not silent, we are just to lazy to pronounce it...
@Alderak14 жыл бұрын
Greg B Both pronunciations are correct. Not pronouncing the O is much more common and generally considered more correct and official. Pronouncing the O is decidedly colloquial.
@ericpowell58034 жыл бұрын
When I was a kid, we moved from East Texas to Tucson, AZ. After being raised on Coyote & Roadrunner cartoons, I was bitterly disappointed with my first siting of an actual Roadrunner. It was maybe a foot tall and not as fast as I expected. Coyotes are quite a bit faster, although they aren’t the geniuses that Wyle E Coyote (Super Genius) represented them as being. My childhood was a lie.
@robertabarnhart62403 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: Roadrunners often catch and eat rattlesnakes.
@billolsen43603 жыл бұрын
LOL!! If you adopt a baby coyote, it will within 8 months, clean our your credit cards' available credit line and your garage will be full of giant bows & arrows, medieval catapults, rocket-powered skis, anvils of all sizes, gigantic rubber bands and jet-propelled roller skates.
@ericpowell58033 жыл бұрын
@@billolsen4360 What if Macgyver adopted a coyote? That roadrunner would get murdered by a tank made from a hot water heater, a snowmobile engine and most of an old snow blower.
@davincent984 жыл бұрын
I literally had to stop and think of how "ass" is an anagram for "ears". Fortunately, it only took a few seconds to remember "arse", just in time to hear "Prince Charles"
@johndowds57704 жыл бұрын
How arse became ass ( a donkey horse sort of animal ) is a mystery this side of the pond
@davincent984 жыл бұрын
@@johndowds5770 there might be a different channel that explains that
@JP-qg2uq4 жыл бұрын
Same. I had to stop and think British.
@TruthTroubadour-xi9cc4 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂
@sharonolsen65794 жыл бұрын
same .. a few seconds .. then I was like .. oh.. arse !! LOL : ]
@Oddity29943 жыл бұрын
I like to play a game called "is there a skunk in someone's yard or is someone smoking weed"
@georgemetz72773 жыл бұрын
I tell a joke: "if you're driving in downtown Austin and smell Skunk you might think it's weed. If you're driving in the country and smell Skunk... it's definitely weed."
@Quetsalcoatvl3 жыл бұрын
TBH while the scents may seem similar to people that don't smoke, Skunk Scent has a quality to it that makes it smell bad even to those that like the smell of skunky weed. I can't stand the smell of skunks but I love Skunky Weed, though its not my favorite weed scents/flavors i prefer piney, berry & lavender terpene profiles.
@katiearbuckle90173 жыл бұрын
Answer:...Based on Reaction Skunk: Most Likely You're going to cover your nose instant and start wondering if you got Tomato Sauce at home. Weed: Hard to tell with all the flavors my First sniff of one, was Maui Waui. ...And the game only works if you live in the PNW.
@terryhiggins50773 жыл бұрын
Never did understand how the reference got started, skunk spray smells nothing like weed
@kramer009992 жыл бұрын
@@terryhiggins5077 had neighbours that their weed was worse than being sprayed by a skunk. Trust me you just haven't smelled the bad smelling weed.
@LJEANH14 жыл бұрын
Seeing a Bald Eagle in the wild is truly amazing! I remember taking pictures on First Beach in LaPush, WA...looking up...and just a few yards above me, sitting on a branch was a huge Bald Eagle. So majestic! I’m very happy Benjamin Franklin was overruled and the Wild Turkey isn’t our national bird.
@KipdoesStuff Жыл бұрын
I ended up late for work the first time I saw a bald eagle. I had to sit there and stare at it for a bit.
@BornRandy624 жыл бұрын
random fact: the scent glands of skunks is removed after trapping and is sent to certain perfume makers to be used in their cosmetic products. for pets the scent gland is surgically removed leaving the animal alive leaving the critter largely stink free. A skunk is remarkably similar to a housecat.
@cocotaveras89754 жыл бұрын
Randy J YEP! kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYvdYmOeoLeCeNU
@mamieanding56914 жыл бұрын
I had a student who had pet skunks. Yes, remarkably like a housecat.
@litigioussociety42494 жыл бұрын
They still have a strong musk smell like all the other members of the weasel family, such as ferrets.
@karlamackey46754 жыл бұрын
The scent glands are removed and kept as pets.
@cocotaveras89754 жыл бұрын
Karla Mackey You are correct!
@LyleAustin4 жыл бұрын
Here in Anchorage, Alaska, we have about 1900 moose living in the municipality of Anchorage. The are often found wandering around downtown Anchorage, and have been known to take advantage of automatic doors to enter places such as supermarkets, office buildings, and hospitals. I am absolutely serious.
@Danielson18184 жыл бұрын
They aren't scared of humans? I would figure that everyone hunts in Alaska, so they would get picked off really easy, and become dinner if they hung around civilization that much.
@bethany62054 жыл бұрын
I'm so jealous. Here in New Mexico, we have massive elk, but unfortunately no moose.
@graceperkins56414 жыл бұрын
A moose sitting on your street or driveway was a totally acceptable excuse for being late to school because of how common it was.
@graceperkins56414 жыл бұрын
Daniel LaDue they do not give a flying salmon about humans. They will hunt you before you hunt them. There was one time at the playground a momma and her baby came waltzing up and we all booked it to the top of the jungle gym. They will hoof you to death if you get between a momma and a baby. They’re bigger than a freaking suburban and faster than you think. They taste good tho.
@Anon543874 жыл бұрын
I've seen the videos.
@Camboninja944 жыл бұрын
I was hanging out near one of the local rivers today and I heard some noise coming out of the trees behind me. I saw a canine looking creature and thought "that better not be someone with their freaking dog" because I was in a more secluded spot which I consider "private" at times. I was honestly even scared of it being a wolf for a second because I know they've been spotted in my area (I live in the Pacific Northwest). I saw those big eyes and round face and realized that thankfully, it was just a coyote. I made a couple hissy noises and it just kind of walked off. Coyotes can be little bastards occasionally, but most interactions I've had with them have been chill.
@anthrogurl44844 жыл бұрын
Have you seen an armadillo? My dad calls them “possum on the half shell.” Interesting fact: they carry leprosy. So don’t touch one.
@IznbranahlGoose4 жыл бұрын
Tactical assult possum.
@henryjw154 жыл бұрын
Keri Allen unless you eat them.
@nathanstautzenberger83814 жыл бұрын
I actually met some people once that had a pet armadillo. They must've had it treated for the leprosy because I was able to pet it and never caught the disease. It was actually pretty cool petting a live armadillo though
@anthrogurl44844 жыл бұрын
Fred Smith lol. good to know.
@anthrogurl44844 жыл бұрын
Nathan Stautzenberger I would imagine not all armadillos are carriers. Glad you had a good experience, but I don’t think it’s appropriate to have wild animals as pets.
@drewbear19694 жыл бұрын
Rocket is my favorite Guardian because he's EXACTLY what a genetically-enhanced trash panda would be like. When I was a crazy raccoon person many years ago, I became acquainted with one I named Mooch. He'd come in the cat door at night and have some cat food, then let me scoot him outside, eventually just waiting for me to open the door. It was fine the first year when he was single, we had an understanding. It was not fine the next year when he decided to bring the wife and kids too. Ornery and mischievous is putting it mildly. That was back in western Colorado, where coyotes (which also go after cats and small dogs), deer, eagles, and skunks were common backyard visitors. And bears when they came down from the mountains. And fun fact: prairie dogs are also called "whistle pigs," and both they and groundhogs are two known carriers of the plague. "THE PLAGUE" the plague, that one.
@dubuyajay99644 жыл бұрын
Armadillos are the only known carriers of leprosy other than man. Enjoy that info.
@Sailor376also4 жыл бұрын
Camped at a Michigan State Park last year. There were near as many Raccoons as mosquitoes. Those little darlings had us figured out. There would be a few over in the deep brush making a racket,, and behind you, one was in the bed of the pickup openning everything his paws could rip or his teeth could chew. Turn and shoo the critter out of the truck,,, and you'd find the back pack hung from the tree back where you started,, being rifled through by another. Turn to the back pack,, and they were back in the truck. The noise and distractions in the brush were not an accident,, they were diversionary tactics. Once I figured out they were smarter than I am, I stopped falling for that racket in the brush. Smart little dickens.
@Cerinaya4 жыл бұрын
So you were a real life Linda Belcher when it came to raccoons? We helped feed several families over the years by putting out cat food on the back porch at night. Had one with his family run down the stairs, stop, stand on his hind legs and look at me like "did you bring out more food?"
@johnstevenson99564 жыл бұрын
@@dubuyajay9964 Indeed they are, but theory has it, they got it from us!
@Melissa-wx4lu4 жыл бұрын
We have "That Plague" Here in Arizona too. A kids we were taught not to go near a dead animal we might find in the desert incase the fleas decided to jump the dead host for the new live one.
@terryjacksonberry47424 жыл бұрын
We just say possum in the south. The "O"is not used.
@Meggsie4 жыл бұрын
Same!
@BrianHall334 жыл бұрын
We also don’t pronounce the e at the end of coyote. It’s ends like the word oat. Though I know there are regions that say the e
@deekim81644 жыл бұрын
Yup, it's just possum. The "O" is there to let the locals know that y'all're from out'a town.
@Mike-ul1xn4 жыл бұрын
I think everyone says possum these days, except for foreigners reading from a book or something
@TJ0424 жыл бұрын
I live in Oregon (Northwest) and I also omit the “O.”
@billolsen43603 жыл бұрын
Some friends from Accrington were visiting us in Colorado a few years back. We took them to a cocktail bar one night next to a creek in the mountains and there were 4 raccoons playing along the bank. I didn't realize that there were none in Britain until then...our friends enjoyed watching them and said "The have a bonny face" which they do.
@lenapistone71354 жыл бұрын
Lawrence, ask the locals about the traditional Snipe hunt. : D ask to be taken on one of those hunts, FYI no snipes are harmed when captured
@deborahasher1764 жыл бұрын
Oh my! Snipes. Someone take this guy snipe hunting. It would be sooooo funny.
@principalmcvicker65304 жыл бұрын
Lmao yess
@blackbuttecruizr4 жыл бұрын
I'd pay money to see that!
@jic14 жыл бұрын
Ironically, snipes are real birds native to Britain.
@lenapistone71354 жыл бұрын
@@jic1 American Snipes are different ;)
@OllamhDrab4 жыл бұрын
Aww, bald eagles. They were so endangered as a kid that I never thought I'd see one. But when I went to the Midwest a while, I saw one in person and practically cried. :) Also I've never had a *pet* skunk, but have befriended some wild ones. Particularly when I was living at a certain house with friends, (renovating that house was my job,) ...I used to sit on the steps of the back porch to have my morning coffee and the mama skunk from under the barn used to bring her pups out and they'd play around my feet (the mama kept a watchful eye. ) There's not much cuter than a baby skunk, anyway. And when they grew up they proved useful allies in a college town where, well, people of varying attitudes would be drinking. There was this screaming drunk kid who came up our driveway to, err, 'disapprove' of our lifestyle, but I'm standing there in the near dark, reying to talk him down when he suddenly goes silent, stone cold sober, and white as a sheet. I'm like, "You ok, dude?" He just points by my feet and says, 'Ssskunk!" I look down, there's one of my little friends. I was like, "Oh, yeah, they live here. You don't. Time for you to go." :)
@Fairred65074 жыл бұрын
I was in suburban Minneapolis last summer and two bald eagles were hunting across from me on a wide highway. A truck pulled over and pointed out that I should watch out for them with my small dogs. As a Southern Californian I was so excited to see them and didn't think how dangerous they could be to the dogs.
@TigressGraphics4 жыл бұрын
@@Fairred6507 hawks too, had a redtail swoop down and take my bunny off the lawn right in front of my mom. Sad times, but beautiful creatures non the less!
@teemusid4 жыл бұрын
@@TigressGraphics How horrifying. Our first three bunnies had the run of the backyard by day, but we caged them at night. Sometime after the third one passed, I found out that birds(hawks by day,, owls by night) were the greatest danger to rabbits. Bunny #4 is indoor only, but has the run of the house.
@EileenNestman4 жыл бұрын
I live in Idaho and I see bald eagles at least multiple times a week depending on the season. Sometimes daily. It's still special every time.
@aprilsunflower74404 жыл бұрын
I live in Iowa and have seen quite a few now.
@holleysdotcom4 жыл бұрын
My kids' school had to lock down for a day, thanks to a mountain lion showing up on the playground in California. Those were some nervous walks to class in the following weeks.
@sirclarkmarz4 жыл бұрын
you would be just fine all you had to do is run faster than the fat kid
@adrienduran22044 жыл бұрын
I did training in Sonoma County and we had a Mountain Lion that would make its presence known from time to time. Forest and plenty of rocky outcrops for it. My dumbass would still go for runs alone and at night.
@rsrt69104 жыл бұрын
Had a mountain lion show up at the parking lot at work lying down in the shade of a pickup truck when we took a break during training week. Took our ten minute break and went inside with neither of us causing an issue for the other.
@billolsen43604 жыл бұрын
@@rsrt6910 What? You didn't even try to pet the kitty?
@MichaelClark-bd2sw3 жыл бұрын
Bald Eagles love to steal your fish when you’re out ice fishing. Most of us let them though :)
@billolsen43603 жыл бұрын
Our bald eagles grab the fish and laugh that it's a government warning against similar actions by the IRS as they fly away & that joke NEVER gets old.
@jesseland4014 жыл бұрын
Here in NorCal we have otters in the rivers, and I always love watching them play.
@moritamikamikara38793 жыл бұрын
I wonder if I'll ever have that luxury. A few months ago otters got reintroduced to Britain, I wonder if they'll breed up to a level that I might be able to see one before I die.
@rincewindrocks4 жыл бұрын
The "seeing your shadow" = spring tradition actually comes from England, though not with groundhogs. The idea being that, in Britain, cloudy skies mean that spring rains will be here soon, whereas clear skies meant it wasn't warm enough yet. It doesn't make alot of sense here, since on February 2nd, most of the US (including PA) will absolutely get 6 more weeks of winter, regardless, but for England it actually makes sense.
@neilbuckley16134 жыл бұрын
February 2nd is Candlemas in England, the weathelore was that a bright sunny Candlemas meant there was more bad winter weather ahead, whereas a dark rainy one meant the worst of winter was over.
@buff34x4 жыл бұрын
I still remember as a kid having a bald eagle swoop down and steal my fish when I was reeling it in. Probably one of my coolest fishing stories I have
@TheDoctorsDancer3 жыл бұрын
Dude! That is the most epic fishing story I have ever heard! So cool!
@DianeDfictionfan3 жыл бұрын
Of course, that's part of why some people have argued they just LOOK noble enough for "national symbolhood", but are actually thieving scavengers. Whatever. It's still a thrill for me whenever I spot one.
@ImperialFister3 жыл бұрын
@@DianeDfictionfan I mean, that's pretty damn accurate to America, sometimes atleast
@TheBlindAndTheBeautiful3 жыл бұрын
Dude I watched this very thing happen to a kid on Lake Coeur D'Alene when I was a kid. It was nuts! Watched another eagle come down and steal a fish from a bunch of fighting seagulls in downtown Spokane a couple years back as well. Those things have no freaking care in the world and it is amazing to watch even if it is your fish being taken lol
@buff34x3 жыл бұрын
@@TheBlindAndTheBeautiful I come from the land of 10,000 lakes and 20,000 eagles so it's a semi common sight here
@adamcroft803 жыл бұрын
A couple years ago I spent around 2months travelling around America with a few mates (I’m British btw) we spent some time camping in Yellowstone National park as was lucky enough to have a couple of bears walk straight thru own camp site. Scared the shit out of me but was well with it.
@sicilianeye4 жыл бұрын
You haven't really soiled yourself until you've soiled yourself encountering a grizzly bear in Alaska. I lived 25 miles north of Fairbanks for a time and I saw a few.
@berryb7454 жыл бұрын
Or a polar bear popping up in Barrow while your out for a walk on the coast
@Mike-ul1xn4 жыл бұрын
moose: "hold my beer"
@alexojeda90484 жыл бұрын
When I lived in Florida, I saw a Gator hanging out in my backyard, 'bout a 7 footer.
@pleaseimjustahuman4 жыл бұрын
The best thing I saw in my state was an eagle. In Oregon there are not that many bears around so I’ve never seen one.
@joshuagross31514 жыл бұрын
Regular Griz or Kodiak variant?
@donnamcmanus73604 жыл бұрын
I remember after moving from Connecticut to West Texas my Dad attempting to "mow" down the mesquite shrubs growing outside our solid white painted cinderblock fences. Waves of small creepy crawlies that he had disturbed came over the wall to crawl across the driveway & get to the side he hasn't messed with yet. Tarantulas, several types of lizards, scorpions and afew small rodents. He damn near died that day--so glad my Mom didn't kill him😄
@henryjw154 жыл бұрын
Donna McManus which part of West Texas? West, east, north of the Basin.
@saragoldsmith29134 жыл бұрын
To own a skunk you have to have a special permit, get them as babies, and remove the sack that allows them to spray. My mom had one as a child.
@autoadjuster4 жыл бұрын
Ferrets have a similar gland that is removed before they go to get sold.
@johannakoster83744 жыл бұрын
I was talking to a person to get one, and my husband decided to compensate by getting a pug. On one hand my kids finally got their dog, and on the other hand, I still want a skunk.
@BritIronRebel4 жыл бұрын
They are "descented" as yes, pet ferrets as well. I don't think all areas require a permit however. The ferrets you see in the USA today have actually been reintroduced. They went extinct for a time (wild ones).
@saragoldsmith29134 жыл бұрын
BritIronRebel I just know that where I live in Indiana they require a permit. But you are probably correct, not all places might require a permit.
@daveogarf4 жыл бұрын
According to some who've owned them as pets, their personalities are somewhat similar to Persian cats, and they can be quite affectionate. The stinky aspect of skunks comes from them being a member of the Mustelidae family, which includes weasels, ferrets, wolverines, badgers, otters, etc.
@reedkellner64473 жыл бұрын
Animals in America that you've not seen, but have seen you: mountain lions.
@mathewfullerton85773 жыл бұрын
Actually saw one while hunting in the Uintah mountains in Utah.
@kccfanpage13483 жыл бұрын
I've had several sightings. Very close.
@maryannesteinberger76523 жыл бұрын
We had one, a beautiful young female, make our property her safe place after the huge Station fire
@justreallybored60144 жыл бұрын
Possums eat ticks and other nuisance bugs. They are actually a great thing to have and are very cute.
@Darm0k4 жыл бұрын
They also can't get rabies, as I recall.
@lisat7764 жыл бұрын
Aren’t they are only marsupial?
@wlsweat14 жыл бұрын
I have a couple who feed on my outdoor cat food. The cats just sit there and stare while they eat their food.
@daveogarf4 жыл бұрын
@@lisat776 - Yes, opossums are the only New World marsupial.
@daveogarf4 жыл бұрын
@@wlsweat1 - Wise of the cats. Opossums have 50 sharp teeth, the most of any mammal.
@coniption_fit4 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: raccoons can untie knots. Not chew them open, untie them. There's a whole list of other barriers they can overcome, but that's the one I've had experience with.
@richardhunter99954 жыл бұрын
They can also open just about any kind of latch that isn't padlocked shut.
@demnbrown4 жыл бұрын
Trash pandas are rather smart
@ronnyrocket22174 жыл бұрын
My dogs are big and aggressive enough keep coyotes away it's the raccoons that are sneaky enough get by my dogs and get in my chicken house
@fuzer9094 жыл бұрын
They also like to steal and hide dinnerware. Friend of mine growing up had one as a pet, they had to store their dinnerware in locking drawers.
@Halledaze4 жыл бұрын
They can unscrew jar lids, as well🙃 They seem to be very tidy trash looters (at least here)
@melodyszadkowski52564 жыл бұрын
I think I was 7 years old before I knew opossum had an O at the front. .Most who grew up in the south grew up calling them possums.
@JoeMCool4 жыл бұрын
I split my childhood between Missouri (maZERuh), where we just called them "possums," and Northern Virginia, where folks added the O to the word. Then found that outside of NoVa folks called them possums, too. I think I was like 13 or 14 when I figured out that they are the same animal. |-)
@TheDellaniOakes4 жыл бұрын
I think I was older than that. I grew up thinking it was possum, not opossum, and I wondered who added that O. It seemed quite impertinent.
@R.M.MacFru4 жыл бұрын
Most people in the north say it that way, too. I grew up thinking the leading 'O' was just a silent letter.
@teamcougars4 жыл бұрын
Melody Szadkowski we call them possums in Northern California also. I assume So CA too but I have never lived in So. CA
@pam50463 жыл бұрын
I have lived in Indiana all my life, and our Eagle population is growing ( but not as fast as the deer). I still feel like I have seen an Eagle for the first time each time I get the opportunity to see them in flight.
@bethplatte4524 жыл бұрын
I always thought it was funny when the foreign music students went crazy about wild animals. We kept telling them to stop trying to corner porcupines and striped skunks.
@jlarue60044 жыл бұрын
Just mention rabies!
@mandystory42754 жыл бұрын
It only takes one time for them to learn to leave them both alone. Ha ha.
@kimberlyflanigan4 жыл бұрын
"Arse is an anagram of ears" ...it took me second to hear "arse"
@WebRuss4 жыл бұрын
Coyotes are prolific and they love airports. Air traffic control warned me of critters on or near the runway. On short final to land I got to utter a unique phrase. "Tower I have the coyotes in sight."
@a-drewg17164 жыл бұрын
Coyotes seem to love wide open areas with concrete ground.
@andromedaspark22414 жыл бұрын
There are plenty in the wild too. I was going to take my dog for a night hike, she and I got out of the car, I heard a bunch and we promptly got back in the car. I've found chewed up deer legs out in the woods, so find coyotes very intimidating.
@andromedaspark22414 жыл бұрын
...and they aren't intimidated by the planes? Wow
@WebRuss4 жыл бұрын
@@a-drewg1716 truth
@WebRuss4 жыл бұрын
@@andromedaspark2241 no not really I guess they got used to the noise and it doesn't bother them
@leafnthewind56883 жыл бұрын
I've lived in England and I'm American, so your show is bringing back so many memories for me. Keep up the good work, love your show!!!!
@revan08904 жыл бұрын
Hey, I live in Coeur D'Alene, Idaho. During winter my dad and I love watching the eagles. I bought my dad a drone so we could get some good views of them. Also check out buffalo. They are massive. Easily bigger than a mini-van.
@TexanUSMC80894 жыл бұрын
All the buffalo I've seen are about the same size as a regular cow.
@dusty213834 жыл бұрын
Bison
@m.h.96733 жыл бұрын
My sister in laws dad is a truck driver and he said the most beautiful place he's ever driven was couer d'Alene !
@stevetalkstoomuch4 жыл бұрын
"Whistle pig" is more generally used for marmots. They do whistle. Opossums eat several thousand ticks a week, so they're becoming more popular in the Northeast where we have a tick infestation (Lyme disease).
@Cruxador4 жыл бұрын
If you have too many ticks, especially deer ticks, it probably is a problem of too many outdoor cats, since they eat the shrews which normally eat deer ticks.
@jeffrichards15374 жыл бұрын
If u whistle loud they normally sit up and look around. That's why I thought people called them whistle pigs
@markpapenfuss11114 жыл бұрын
In my neck of the woods, we can ground squirrels whistle pigs.
4 жыл бұрын
I’ve got lots of wild animal stories, though I don’t want any as a pet. I lived in Washington state for 20 years and the first year I lived there, a news story broadcasted about a lady’s lapdog which was picked up by a bald eagle. Film crew was there, and she was crying about how the eagle swooped down into her yard and took her little Pumpkin. All the while, her husband was walking behind her, punching the air, saying, “Yes!” with glee. 😆😆😆 Next story, I was working for a law office in a small town in the same state, and the office had a large apple orchard and wooded area in the back. I walked out the back door to take out the trash, looked up and saw a large black dog lying under one of the apple trees, about 40 yards away. I thought, “What is that dog doing back there?” and started walking towards it to get a better view, then suddenly he got up and I realized it was a black bear napping after gorging on apples. I ran like hell back into the office and looked out the window and watched the bear amble back into the woods.
@loricooke34234 жыл бұрын
A guy on Nextdoor.com was saying his boss saw an eagle swoop down on a dog a lady was walking on a leash and pick it up and tote it off.
@Bacopa684 жыл бұрын
Barred owls occasionally go for small dogs in East Texas.
@loganbradd94723 жыл бұрын
I've seen a bald Eagle before I always see them for like a split second and I never get a good look at them. And it's also pretty rare. I think last year I saw one only five different times. The most I've seen in a group is two. The fact that you got a chance to see 8 of them is truly incredible.
@selkiemaine4 жыл бұрын
In my area, we have moose. They're majestic, stupid, and deadly when they get on the roads. They're nearly impossible to see at night, unlike deer. No. Way too big to keep as a pet.
@movietimeateds694 жыл бұрын
My area has tons of coyotes and raccoons, they're nice and generally won't approach a human. Some of em will snatch up small pets, though, so you gotta watch out.
@andorastorm10004 жыл бұрын
Know a woman whose Aunt died when a moose fell off the side of the mountain crushing her car with her in it. True story, I laughed at 1st thinking she was joking and when she started getting upset I felt awful. But who dies from a Moose falling on a car!!!
@vixendoe25454 жыл бұрын
@@andorastorm1000 actually quite a few in Maine. Especially during the tourist season. They move around a dusk. Hard to see when going 55 mph.
@andorastorm10004 жыл бұрын
@@vixendoe2545 true. When learning to drive a truck the instructors said hit dear don't kill yourself over a deer, but AVOID mule deer or moose at any cost cause they can and will destroy you and the Rig. But falling on a car that's different...or I hope so...
@vixendoe25454 жыл бұрын
@@andorastorm1000 falling on you is what primarily happens when you hit one. It's to massive to go under the vehicle. It is tall, so basically you are knocking it off its feet and it is falling on you.
@isabellerininger62493 жыл бұрын
Possums are wonderful! (Most of us leave off the letter “o”) They are gentle creatures who eat ticks, grubs and other detrimental insects in our yards (gardens). Skunks and groundhogs (same as woodchucks, and whistle pigs) also are super beneficial.👍🌸
@autisonm4 жыл бұрын
Wait until this guy hears about the American folklore animals/demons
@-Devy-4 жыл бұрын
Yes, truly amazing...it's not like literally every country has them.
@matthewkreps33524 жыл бұрын
Some names are based on Native American creatures like the Wendigo. Others have been given Western names like Bigfoot. and some are really unimaginative. I'm looking at you New Jersey Devil.
@daniellegroves48304 жыл бұрын
@@-Devy- True, but not all of them are the same. For example I have never in my experiance heard of another country having to deal with Jackelopes.
@4nciite4 жыл бұрын
Chupacabra
@INTERNERT3 жыл бұрын
I do not like the cobra chicken
@stephanieperucco22303 жыл бұрын
coyotes literally put me in labor. You know how scary that is walking out to the car in the middle of the night hearing those things close by?
@debbys-abqnm45373 жыл бұрын
I think coyotes are smart enough to realize they don't need the trouble humans can give them. Humans kill off the stupid coyotes, leaving coyotes that learn more, quickly, including not to mess with humans...
@billolsen43603 жыл бұрын
@@debbys-abqnm4537 I live near a golf course in Phoenix and hear them every night doing that. It's still a little eerie to hear.
@userequaltoNull Жыл бұрын
God, imagine how evolutionarily disadvantageous going into labor when you hear a predator is. It's a miracle our ancestors survived lol
@jtelevenoyd15714 жыл бұрын
Coyotes also consider house cats a particularly tasty snack.
@TheDellaniOakes4 жыл бұрын
There are some near a friend of mine (in the city! Though her area is a little less populated) She worries about her pets.
@guiniverejoy90134 жыл бұрын
My daughter's cat was eaten by a coyote, several years ago. She lived in a different town.There are a few who come by our street in the wee hours before dawn every couple days, but they haven't caused trouble. I wish they'd eat the raccoons - those nasties (the raccoons) have killed a number of cats, chased my neighbor into her basement door to attack a cat, and once on her porch, until she came out and went after it with a shovel. One went after and killed one of my geese in my yard in broad daylight - I was able to drive it off but it was too late for the goose. Because of them, I cannot keep fish in my little pond. I have no sympathy for them any more, despite that they look cute - they are dangerous killers about the size of a smaller medium size dog. We live in a medium city of 150,000 people, so not country.
@jtelevenoyd15714 жыл бұрын
@@guiniverejoy9013 : Coyotes generally won't tangle with a raccoon one-on-one. Raccoons are way more trouble than they're worth: smart, tough, ruthless omnivores. I've always thought they were a good bet as a successor species to humans, and that isn't necessarily a compliment. If they ever forge an alliance with the crows, we're screwed.
@TheDellaniOakes4 жыл бұрын
@@guiniverejoy9013 They have a very nasty disposition.
@baddog7114 жыл бұрын
@@guiniverejoy9013 Coyotes and raccoons need to be on a constant death warrant. Shoot on sight.
@scottfree99944 жыл бұрын
Coyotes will also eat domestic cats, small and medium sized domestic dogs or any livestock of that size. They're smart predators who will lure domestic pets away to an ambush of a pack of coyotes. If a pack is hungry enough packs have been known to lure medium and small dogs by using females in heat away from an area to a kill spot. One recorded case a pit bull owner came home to his dog that had torn ears, covered in blood and took his pet to the vet. The vet asked him who's dog has he been fighting. Confused and after returning home with his dog he ventured to his back yard to follow the blood trail to a wooded area behind his property. There he found 9 dead coyotes the pit bull killed in a fight.
@mamieanding56914 жыл бұрын
In Texas, a DC donkey is usually kept with small livestock like goats as a deterrent to coyotes.
@jessetheunending93574 жыл бұрын
Coyotes are mean little assholes! This last year my wife was out hunting and she had one come right up to her and start nipping at her ankles! She eventually convinced it to go away, I just don't remember how............
@jlokison4 жыл бұрын
I work at a prison in Florence Arizona, the coyotes like to roam our unit perimeters because ground squirrels, gophers and a species of rabbit tend to burrow along the fence lines. I also sometimes think they are deliberately trying to antagonizing our K9 officers when they are in the kennels.
@cixelsyd404 жыл бұрын
I've seen a pack of coyotes go after mule deer. There were about 5 coyotes on one mule deer. They had bloodied up the deer's rump and had open up its stomach a bit so a small bit of its innards were hanging out.
@a-drewg17164 жыл бұрын
@@jlokison I also live in Arizona in the valley and mostly have had 3 encounters with Coyotes. One was named Carl and he was a Coyote he roamed in the town I lived in. He knew his name and if called would sit a good distance away from the car and we would toss it a dog treat. The second was at my job at Target. There was a pack that roamed just right around it and at night whenever I would be clearing the lot they would roam the mostly empty parking lot. They would always stick to where there were no cars but occasionally on really slow nights that would result in them being really close to Targets front doors. Me and them had a sort of "understanding" I would just be out collecting trolleys and they would scavenge what ever trash are left in the parking lot, sometimes they got close to me but I never really minded (coyotes only attack a human if they feel threatened or are really desperate, it also would require them to have a large pack but this pack was generally only 3-4 in size, though I remember one incident where I was doing another job and the girl who was clearing the lot came sprinting back in doors because she was so frightened because she saw the pack, got a good laugh out of that one), and then the last one wasn't a interaction with me and a coyote but instead my grandfathers dogs and a coyote. Now my grandfather has a couple of miniature Schnauzers and there are all up there in age, the youngest is 7. One day though a coyote jumped over the fence (he has a 7ft tall fence) and attacked the dogs, but the 3 Schnauzers fought back and when my grandfather heard the commotion he went out and found a dead coyote with his dogs only having minor injuries (worst injury was a large gash on of of the dogs heads).
@OGSontar4 жыл бұрын
BALD EAGLES!!!!! "Make them fly!" "Um, they're not remote control..."
@lucasm42994 жыл бұрын
Sontar ?? Yes, they are. Birds aren’t real!! 😑
@eksortso4 жыл бұрын
@@lucasm4299 Heard that one coming.
@jadecoloredglasses58223 жыл бұрын
Bald eagles are living wild in the midwest! I'm from Indiana and last year there were reportedly about 300 pairs of eagles actively nesting across the state. There is a nest near my parents' house and every once in a while I see one flying. Always a cool sight. :)
@stockinettestitch Жыл бұрын
Yes - I live in Minnesota and there’s a pair that’s been living across the highway from us for a decade or more. So fun to drive by their (HUGE) nest and see a white head popping out. 😊
@DvdPrsk11 ай бұрын
Bald Eagles are in Michigan but that's probably obvious with our great lakes. 🦅🎧✌️
@jahellen4 жыл бұрын
After talking about coyotes I was hoping you'd have a bonus animal: roadrunners!
@imblue98394 жыл бұрын
seeing roadrunners is always surreal
@thatguy60544 жыл бұрын
side note: thanks to Looney Tunes, everybody thinks that roadrunners eat birdseed. Technically they're omnivores, so yeah, they will if it's front of them. But they're highly skilled predatory carnivores and have a particular fondness for lizards and snakes.
@eaglerider18264 жыл бұрын
I lived in Arizona while in the Air Force and saw both coyotes and road runners , the road runners I saw disappointed me as they were not the bright red color as seen on t v they were brown .
@DamnedSilly4 жыл бұрын
Roadrunners haven't the spread coyotes have achieved. The human infestation has created an expanded habitat for coyotes they never had before.
@larrackell4 жыл бұрын
@@imblue9839 That's the one thing I miss about living in the SoCal desert. Roadrunners were everywhere.
@Yolduranduran3 жыл бұрын
I live in Central California, in town, and we see deer, coyotes, wild pigs, raccoons. Despite being used to these animals we really enjoy having them and seeing them. Deer especially. We love our animals. 😍
@jennifertung53813 жыл бұрын
I just visited Yellowstone National Park, yes during Covid I tested negative on my return to CT. You should go there and stay at the Mammoth Springs cabins in the fall. The elk were always grazing in between the cabins and the bulls were herding the females in the evening, making a huge spectacle every day. Then you need to drive to the Lamar valley to encounter huge bison in the road, wolves on the hills, coyotes hunting, and bears. Bring binoculars for all but the bison.
@kristinebailey65542 жыл бұрын
When our friend peter came from London, to stay with us in Oregon, he spent an hour photographing our fairly tame raccoons. He was fascinated.
@sarahsong83454 жыл бұрын
Two of my favorite wild animals that we have around here are mountain lions aka pumas and lynx. I've been fortunate in being able to see both. They are both very beautiful cats. Lynxes have amazing paws that are huge for their bodies. They use them sort of like snow shoes.
@0Demonheart4 жыл бұрын
Mountain lions are mildly terrifying but bobcats are cool and not usually violent towards people. But having a mountain lion kill a coyote right outside my open window while growling and snarling and everything is one of the more terrifying things to have occur in the night.
@noahkellinghaus22164 жыл бұрын
Mountain lions are deadly. You dont even see it coming before it jumps on your back and bites your neck.
@sarahsong83454 жыл бұрын
@@noahkellinghaus2216 Very, crazy jaw strength as well. My family use to take care of wild baby animals that were dying.
@robclark30954 жыл бұрын
Mule deer are often a lot larger than white tail deer. I remember seeing some white-tail when I was Alabama during my Army days. I thought, "dang those deer are tiny." Friend of mine that joined the Marines about the same time and was in Massachusetts for a while said the same thing.
@dannettepeters15074 жыл бұрын
Ok, so I'm not saying this, because at the moment you have a desperate captive audience; but, your channel will explode! Each of your videos is a CLASS, comedic monologue-English style and we love it!! Really, you are very talented and gifted with the ability to give laughter in the most disarming way. You often remind me of an interesting mix of Johnathan Winter's, Rodney Dangerfield and Jack Benny, with English sensibilities and accent! BRAVO👏
@emilypresleysee3 жыл бұрын
Pet skunks have usually had their glands removed so they can't spray 😉👌 they are very sweet, very timid creatures. I remember getting to pet one at a petting zoo and it was so fluffy! EDIT: My Pa-Paw always called them "pole cats"
@nowthatsjustducky4 жыл бұрын
Memories of nearly a couple decades ago in Bremerton, Washington. I was outside having a smoke, back when I smoked, (well, tobacco) late one night and I heard a commotion in the next yard over. So getting something to stand on, I peered over the fence, and lo and behold, it was a family of raccoons playing in the neighbors' kiddie pool. some even playing with the pool toys that were left out. Still gives me a smile to this day thinking about that incident.
@monember27224 жыл бұрын
Raccoons can be such vicious beasts. I just pray my family never come into contact with them.
@Sailor376also4 жыл бұрын
I travel sometimes for weeks in a canoe,, camp along the way, take a few photos, eat bad food,, and see and interact with all the animals that live far from the nearest electric light. Coyotes. Last spring, about May 5th or so, camped along the Green River in central Utah the evening was watching a white egret fishing, a great blue heron wading the edge of the river, a beaver cutting brush behind me and then dragging it across the beach to the water,,,,, Ah, but at night,, a clear crisp moonlit night,, stars hard and sharp, and a pack of coyotes discovered me. The first howl was near,, 50 yards ? but the answer was incredible. a bunch nearby as well,, and then in the distance,, upstream, downstream,, across the river,, the answering howls,, some must have been more than a mile distant. A chorus, magical,, a tableau of the sounds of moving water,, a cold clear moonlit night, the voices near and in the distance,,, Most likely announcing my presence. Singing, no doubt,, "Well, there goes the neighborhood."
@sirclarkmarz4 жыл бұрын
yeah I saw that episode of Grizzly Adams you can't fool me
@Sailor376also4 жыл бұрын
@@sirclarkmarz Laughing. No, John, I am one who actually does it. No movie, no KZbin channel, I just like being out. And Grizzly Adams is a lot better looking than I am.
@Revelwoodie4 жыл бұрын
There are opossums in my basement every winter. No clue how they are getting in. My cats are INFURIATED.
@poochoes14 жыл бұрын
My friend moved here from NYC and heard a racket out by his trash bins went out to see what was happening, called the police to report a rabid animal. Turns out it was a huge opussum. The policemen got a laugh and my friend got a story to tell at cocktail parties.
@originalhgc4 жыл бұрын
Opossums are magical creatures. That's how they get in.
@Revelwoodie4 жыл бұрын
@really dude If I have to pick between having opossums in my basement, and beating animals to death with a shovel, the opossums can stay.
@manxkin4 жыл бұрын
revelwoodie me too! Very strange.
@Coleaubo4 жыл бұрын
One got in our basement before too. My mom went down to switch the laundry. Saw him. Came upstairs and said she was gonna give him some time to find his way out. Never saw him again.
@gaslighthotel3 жыл бұрын
Prairie dogs, which are quite different than ground hogs. They live in huge communities and create massive burrows. Often found in places like Oklahoma/North Texas and parts out west. The Museum of the Great Plains in Lawton Oklahoma has a prairie dog community right on its grounds - at least it did when I was there 30 years ago. Really fun to watch!
@pianoninja52764 жыл бұрын
I’ve never actually heard them called “O” possums...we have them everywhere here in VA and we just say possums 🤷🏽♂️
@xenxander4 жыл бұрын
they are spelled with an 'o' in front, it's just silent.
@freckles37054 жыл бұрын
I can't stand these overgrown rats. Had four different ones get under my house at different times and had a flea infestation in my home and yard because of them that took months to kill. Caught the opossum in a trap and had to haul them 10+ miles away to keep them from returning to "their" territory. Game warden told me that legally I had to release them in my yard. Yeah right. No.
@mournblade10664 жыл бұрын
Possums are a completely different animal that live in Australia.
@scramblesthedeathdealer4 жыл бұрын
I'm in Ohio, and yeah, we just call them possums.
@Oddity29944 жыл бұрын
Possums are different animals
@rememberozma4 жыл бұрын
I live in American South, and one of the most remarkable wild animals you commonly see around here is the wild turkey! They travel in pretty large groups (a group of turkeys is called a "rafter") and can actually get really aggressive if you get near their nesting areas. The Toms can get pretty dang big, and I'm only a little embarrassed to admit I have run from turkeys on more than one occasion.
@robinhackbarth86404 жыл бұрын
When you started talking about coyotes, I was sure that you would mention roadrunners next.😅
@thedeviouspanda3 жыл бұрын
Skunks are so cute! I love how they waddle. But the smell is something else. There's a distinct burning rubber element.
@meridien526813 жыл бұрын
Here in Chicago one night I had a skunk surprise me when I was going out to lock my gate. I told him, "SHOO!" and he calmly turned around and strolled off. I thought I was going to get sprayed but no, he apparently lived by the rule, "If you don't want no shit, don't start any." He didn't want trouble and wasn't planning to start any. It still makes me smile a little bit. It was almost him saying, "Alright, alright, I was just leaving, calm down!"
@tonia.58614 жыл бұрын
The “O” is not typically pronounced when saying Opossum.....it’s just “possum”.
@mloftin64724 жыл бұрын
Thank you. I was wondering why in the hell people keep saying and writing "opossum."
@TheDoctorsDancer3 жыл бұрын
@@mloftin6472 opossum is the full, official name... but in a lot of places people drop the o. Certain accents more so that others...
@DianeDfictionfan3 жыл бұрын
Because Australia has British ties, and their possum (no O) is a very different nocturnal mammal.
@rosameryrojas-delcerro10592 жыл бұрын
I use the o, most people I grew up use the o.
@seeing8spots Жыл бұрын
Pronouncing the O is correct. It's jsut that people shorten it and only say possum. But technically possums are very different mammals.
@jeffrichards15374 жыл бұрын
I have a snapping turtle as a pet. Found him in dried up puddle 10 years ago. It was the size of a fifty cent piece and now about 10 inches across his shell.
@eaglerider18264 жыл бұрын
Be careful , we found a rather large snapping turtle behind our elementary school looked to be 10-12 lbs . A friend got real close with a branch and it bit the branch and did not let go . we actually lifted it off the ground and he would not let go , imagine if it were your finger .
@u2mister174 жыл бұрын
I've seen their heads as big as the circle you make with your hands. They eat ducks.
@timothykeith13674 жыл бұрын
Some make turtle soup from them
@thewildcardperson4 жыл бұрын
I have a pond where I live and used to help my grandfather fish out snapping turtles from it we had some as large as tires
@lancerevell59794 жыл бұрын
@@timothykeith1367 Snapping Turtles and especially the Alligator Snapper can be rather tough and stringy. The little Streaked Head river turtles are good eating. And no, turtle dies not "taste like chicken". The similar batterfrying technique makes it seem that way.
@fatmanimal67274 жыл бұрын
I’m surprised turkeys weren’t on here
@Neenerella3334 жыл бұрын
Agreed! They're in almost every state, so much that they were almost out national bird.
@beegee19604 жыл бұрын
@@Neenerella333 Ben Franklin thought they should be
@overlordwarlordtheomnilord94733 жыл бұрын
I surprised he doesn’t know that coyotes will eat most pets except large guard dogs and even then it could be trouble.
@zatoth133 жыл бұрын
turkeys have found their way into European agriculture although I think they are still something of an exotic food.
@johnmaltbie3773 жыл бұрын
Turkey’s are quite common on British tables. It’s typically what they serve for Christmas dinner.
@leeannrickard9203 жыл бұрын
I love this channel. Lawrence is hilarious. This channel is the reason I began watching British television.