"Extinct" Animal CAUGHT In Australia - The Wild Times Ep. 129

This week we discuss an "extinct" animal that was trapped in Australia, invasive ankle-biting mosquitos in LA, and play Bizarre Animal of the Week. And don't forget to get in your Prize Picks!
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TWT 129 - The Breakdown
00:00 - Intro
02:58 - Smelling Salts
05:26 - Spotted Tail Quoll Found in South Aus
08:30 - Guy in Montana Mauled by a grizzly bear
10:29 - How is Forrest going to die?
16:37 - Animal Sound Game
28:30 - Leatherman Giveaway | What's In The Drybag?
35:04 - Invasive Ankle Biting Mosquitos in LA
38:52 - BAOTW
45:20 - Hyena Pet?
50:21 - Battle Royale
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[@WildTimesPod]

Comment your favorite outdoor moment below for a chance to win the Leatherman contest!

[@wilcoapro]

*repost in case was supposed to be a reply to this comment* I was comforted by a wild Ermine while I lay in the snow crying and cradling a broken wrist and it was the best, most magical outdoor experience Ive ever had. Went snowboarding in Colorado for the first time, and had the best time of my life falling down. last day of the trip I fell really hard way high up the mountain & snapped my wrist so bad I had to lay there while Dad went down to get a medic to sled me down (lame I know). I was laying there trying to not puke or cry too loud and little puff of snow caught my eye as an Ermine poked its head up over a pile of snow a few feet away from me, then came even closer to sniff my ankle so close his whiskers touched me, stood up in the meerkat pose and looked right at me for a long moment and then disappeared back the way he came. I was so entranced and focused on one of favorite creatures on the planet I totally forgot my snapped wrist and how horrible it hurt for the whole encounter.

[@Neotrunks1]

Also not sure if we were supposed to post that just in the comments or specifically under this comment. Just in case, here it is again: When I was a teenager, me and two friends were out in the local woods. We used to hike there frequently, so we saw animals all the time, mostly deer. One time, we saw what looked like a dog to us at first, staring at us, then turn around and walk away. Turns out that was a wolf, which we thought didn't exist in the area of Germany we were in. Fast forward two months, the local news wrote about a pack of wolves being spotted in the area, making me and my friends the first ones to have spotted said wolf pack.

[@ladahealer]

I'm not sure if an interaction with a domestic animal counts as an outdoor experience, but anyway, here's my story. One day I was peacefully sitting near a grazing goat in a village (her name was Martusia by the way, and she was a beautiful black-and-white goat). I was sitting on a small stool near the goat reading a language book but I needed to go away for a couple of minutes only to find out that... the goat started eating my book 🙈 📖😂 I was shocked and tried to take the book away from her but was unsuccessful, maybe because I was too afraid of the horns. I started to scream and run around to get the attention of adults to the fact that the goat was eating my book (I was 10 years old back then). Actually, I don't remember how did the story end, I think some villagers were passing by and saw this situation, and it was very funny 🤣. I don't know if I could find that old book now, it might be still somewhere in the house where I was living but one thing will always remain clear for me: GOATS CAN EAT BOOKS. A lot of time passed since that day. I am now a teacher and I've heard countless jokes about students telling their teachers that they couldn't do homework because their doggie ate it and I am yet to hear someone telling me even as a joke that they didn't do their homework because a GOAT ate their book. 🐐 Thank you guys for this great podcast, it always makes my day ❤️🧡💛🥰💚💙💜

[@kylegadberry]

31:13 - Me and the marmot - It was early summer, the air laced with nature's essence of the most graceful choreography that one could witness as seasons pass for the mountains to slowly awaken from beneath their wintery blankets. There I sat upon a rock on the side of the trail as I wondered who it was emerging from under the rock next door. It was Mr. Marmot, who then began ferociously arguing with his grumpy ground squirrel old neighbor in what became one of the most adorable scuffles of uneventful noisy banter that nature has to offer. As the little fuzzy teddy bear tussle continued on, the occupants upstairs decided to move out so in the most delectable way came down two little baby black bears from high up in the canopy who were happily escorted away by their clearly indifferent awaiting mother eager to find some peace and quiet. It was a beautiful day in the neighborhood, the Grand Tetons.

[@matthewhorn6024]

Growing up in South Africa, I've had the privilege of having access to many wildlife reserves and since an early age I have been at least once a year as my family love it and its by far my favourite holiday/vacation to go on. I have had many incredible sightings and experiences but the one that probably sticks out for me was when we went to Hluhluwe/Umfolozi game reserve in Zululand in the middle of the South African summer. It was the middle of the day and the temperature was sitting at about 45 degrees celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) and we were driving around, not really expecting to see anything as it was so hot but we decided to stop at a look out point which overlooked a bend in the umfolozi river. Much to our surprise, on the left of the bend was a whole pride of lions about 15-20 strong that were lying in the river trying to cool down as it was so unbearably hot and this was incredible, its very rare to see lions just parking off in the water but what made this sighting even more unbelievable was on the right of the bend, out of sight of the pride of lions was a mother cheetah and her two cubs. The lions and cheetah had no idea that either was just around the corner and we sat and watched them for ages, a truly incredible outdoor moment!

[@SophisticatedOtter]

Went fishing with my dad when I was about 10. While looking for crawfish I found an unusually large and unique looking one for the area. My dad brushed me off about it, flash forward to freshman year of college our biology teacher shows us a link to a new crawfish species discovered locally that was identical to what I saw years before, thanks dad…

[@michaelchavez9138]

Dude I found the same thing here in California at a mountain lake and I took it home just because it was so big . It lived for a little bit but it eventually died in the tank

[@theriotartist]

I feel like there may be 1 King Daddy Crayfish per area because I have a similar experience. Thing was freakishly huge. Little less serious than a lobster but obviously a crayfish

[@eugenehatin.420]

Yooo I have a picture of a giant crayfish I caught in Vermont could it possibly be one of these ? It was like freshwater lobster size

[@SophisticatedOtter]

@@eugenehatin.420 possibly, but this one was found along the Tennessee-Kentucky border. If you search “giant crayfish species found in Tennessee” you’ll see a result for a Smithsonian link that has a picture. Picture was identical to what I had seen years prior.

[@ragnarrklangsrok1685]

Like a mini lobster yes up near pointe au baril Ontario we’d catch finger king crate fish for days then once day I find the husk of one like 6 or 7 inches long and heavy built

[@theartistformerlyknownaslu3871]

Pat really knocked it outta the park for the face in the thumbnail 😂

[@mikemoriarty6061]

I wasn’t going to watch this video but then I saw how big his eyes were so I clicked!

[@patrickdeluca1987]

love you both @@mikemoriarty6061

[@ETAisNOW]

Emojis are gay

[@Fhuck1ngTypo]

When I was 16, my father took me out to remote Alaska to forage and survive. We stumbled upon a crashed site of an Airforce fighter jet and soon called resources to help us. Got notified we were allowed to take anything from the exterior of the crash site, including doors and emblems. Now, 10 years later, my father is now gone due to cancer. I have the emblems of the F1 Jet and now something to cherish forever as the trip could never be replicated again.

[@colereilly5939]

After I had dropped out of college, unsure of what career path I want to take, I went elk hunting in Colorado with my dad. Sitting on a mountainside in the Rocky’s watching the mountains come alive as the sun came up, seeing the deer and elk appear from the trees to feed made me realize how much I truly love nature. This pushed me to go back to college to finish my criminal justice and wildlife biology degrees so I can join the California department of fish and wildlife to help protect the world and wildlife as I have come to love it in hopes that it will still be here long after I’m gone and my grandchildren can love it as much as I did.

[@siggetrygger1476]

Rented a canoe for the first time with my mother right after breaking my tailbone. First of all, the strength disparity between us made us zigzag while going through the canals, resulting in us spending 90% of the time in the reeds. Back to the tailbone, we sat on wooden sticks and when we arrived to the camp site I physically couldn’t get out of the canoe anymore. We spent the night under the stars. Loved every second of it!

[@screweduptx512]

I feel your pain

[@marvcarey6815]

My favorite outdoor moment: When I was a kid, my dad worked 6 days a week, eleven hours a day. This made little time for us to "get out" together outdoors, but on those special spring and Indian summer days when the tourists were gone and the daylight lasted longer I would wait for those words "hurry up and finish your dinner, and we'll go fishing until it gets dark". I know you asked for a moment, but forty-five, fifty years later it has become a single memory, my favorite childhood memory. My dad teaching me how to set up my rod and reel, seeing if I could cast as far as him, a great offshore breeze and the beautiful Pacific sunsets. Thanks for the opportunity. Marv

[@patrickdeluca1987]

love this, man. really heartfelt

[@agroumoutis]

MORE ANIMAL SOUND GAME!!! Every podcast or every other please !!! It’s so awesome to see Forest dig deep in his bag so confidently with these games.

[@kyojurorengoku2112]

If you read this have a nice day and stay safe😀

[@Jamesbout83]

My favorite outdoor moment in recent memory was was taking my kids on their first hike and getting to teach them about nature.

[@GoldenEdgedGreg]

Love the garage-cast, it’s always a great episode when they’re in the same room.

[@MtnJay132]

This last June, I was a hiking guide in RMNP in Colorado and was leading a family to Mills Lake. To set the scene, the mountains and landscape were still covered in snow and the sky was a brilliant clear blue with a strong wind blowing clouds across the mountains. When we reached the lake, we sat for over an hour and watched as a rainbow of ice crystals (circumhorizontal arc) slowly spread across the sky in front of us, eventually creating what I can only describe as the closest thing I've ever seen to the aurora borealis. Even though I knew what it was, it was so majestic and magical we couldn't leave even as a snow storm was brewing in front of us, eventually forcing us to leave the lake. I took a ton of pictures (and will provide them if asked) but they don't do the phenomenon justice.

[@mattsipolski4049]

Sentence one starts here and this outdoor story happened recently. Roughly 3 weekends ago I drove 4 hours from Rhode Island to New Hampshire to hike Mount Washington as a solo mission. I arrived to the parking lot at 8am and began to hike the most dangerous trail called the Huntington Ravine with very little practice and preparation. After about 2 hours into the hike my legs were cramping like a woman during that time of the month but I continued the path up the trail to the summit and eventually made it after 4 hours. This was the most difficult adventure I’ve done in my life and at the summit realized I love nature, challenges and I want to continue to explore but need that Leatherman Arc, much love!

[@wheresmywrench3219]

we can now confirm, pat is indeed meager

[@CA-lf7jt]

That’s so cool about the quoll!! Again introducing me to yet another animal!! Thank you!

[@Blifififith]

My dad and I went on a trip to Montana when I was around 15 years old. Both he and I love fishing, so when we were heading to Yellowstone, we decided to stop and try our luck on the Yellowstone River. We spent a couple hours there without getting a bite, but right as we were about to pack up, I saw a fish in the small channel between the sandbar we were on and the shore. I quickly ditched the rod and went bear mode on it. Lo and behold I ended up landing a 20+ inch rainbow trout with my hands.

[@matthewhorn6024]

Growing up in South Africa, I've had the privilege of having access to many wildlife reserves and since an early age I have been at least once a year as my family love it and its by far my favourite holiday/vacation to go on. I have had many incredible sightings and experiences but the one that probably sticks out for me was when we went to Hluhluwe/Umfolozi game reserve in Zululand in the middle of the South African summer. It was the middle of the day and the temperature was sitting at about 45 degrees celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) and we were driving around, not really expecting to see anything as it was so hot but we decided to stop at a look out point which overlooked a bend in the umfolozi river. Much to our surprise, on the left of the bend was a whole pride of lions about 15-20 strong that were lying in the river trying to cool down as it was so unbearably hot and this was incredible, its very rare to see lions just parking off in the water but what made this sighting even more unbelievable was on the right of the bend, out of sight of the pride of lions was a mother cheetah and her two cubs. The lions and cheetah had no idea that either was just around the corner and we sat and watched them for ages, a truly incredible outdoor moment!

[@doogaloo5904]

One of my most memorable experiences in nature was riding dual-sport bikes nearby Steamboat Springs Colorado with my Father and older brother just last year. On one of the last days my dad and I unknowingly started on one of the most dangerous trails in the nearby area. Making it through the steepest terrain I have ever ridden combined with the trails often being entirely baby-head sized rocks was as challenging as it was rewarding. Mid-day we decided to stop to eat lunch at a small flat clearing in the brush, which we realized after 30ish minutes was right where a bear had rubbed on a tree not too long before. (Thanks for running this competition guys!)

[@alicsmith5918]

Sound game was awesome...keep it coming!

[@Phuskooz]

My favorite outdoor moment has to be when I climbed Uncompahgre Peak in the Uncompahgre National Forest, CO when I was 13 or 14. I was with my scout troop up until we got separated on the hiking trail because they kept stopping to take breathers and breaks and every time they did I decided to keep trekking forward. I beat the second person in my group to the top of the peak by 45 minutes and my father by about 2 hours! I almost ran out of water along the way but luckily I had caught up to an older couple and their dog that was literally about to pour out one of their extra Nalgene bottles full of Gatorade due to the extra weight just as i approached. If I had stopped with my troop and not pressed on, I never would have caught up with them and when I finally reached the top, not only did it truly feel like a life accomplishment, but I also got the experience of standing atop a 14,321’ peak all by myself and that is absolutely a moment I will never forget.

[@user-xb2wm8ei7h]

This was one of the coolest and scariest outdoor experiences I've ever had. Very very short lived job working for the one and only tiger King. Was able to be up close to large cats and numerous other exotic animals. Also lived on location so absolutely crazy nights hearing all the different big cats roar and straight up rattle all the walls in my room. Love you guys keep up the awesome content

[@kegale5538]

A few years ago I went to visit my grandparents who lived on top of a mountain near the Great Smokey Mountains. I remember walking around their property surrounded by giant trees and steep drops. It was so clear and beautiful that you could see for miles and the air smelled so clean. Early that morning I remember seeing this small black bear just laying at the bottom of one of the steep drops. Unfortunately a few years back they sold their cabin up there so I won’t be able to go back but that memory will forever stay in my mind and be a reminder of why I love wildlife.

[@jeremybrown2779]

My dad ,his best friend and my 12 year old self got dropped off to go fishing at a very historically great and illegal to fish at farm pond in western Oklahoma. After an hour or so of fishing illegally, we noticed a car come and go multiple times after dusk on the other side of the property. Soon after a police helicopter and sirens from police cars came and we ran and hid in the woods under brush. We made our way down 5 miles of dirt roads diving into ditches when speeding cop cars came. When we reached a convenience store to use a pay phone to get a ride out, we end up hearing that 2 inmates had escaped a prison just west of us and they were on their trail in our area lol

[@uniunissa]

My favourite outdoor moment happened last summer. Really got to bond with my little nephew at my familys summercabin. Took him to a boat trip to these small islands on one lake in Lapland. We collected rocks, or "diamonds", as he called them and I was happy to see him getting better at fishing. I would gift that Leatherman to the person who once taught me how to fish, my father.

[@briantomcollins]

My nephew just turned 4. We'll be trying a big of outdoor fun next summer. I can't wait to get out in the woods with him. He's so much fun, very well behaved, and very curious. Moments like these.....

[@uneatabletaco1358]

hahahaha those smelling salts, peters reaction was too funny, Retep we love you!

[@d.t.olalee6758]

Spared no expense with that studio guys! Lol!

[@unknown23hornet22]

That bald eagle call was really easy. I got it instantly because I lived in Washington state near the coast growing up.

[@FreshKozy]

Noone gonna talk about the coasters on the garage floor? 😂

[@WildTimesPod]

Mr. Meager brought them out. If that tells you anything about him 😂

[@daxtonclatworthy9787]

I live in Arkansas which is where the normally mentioned cryptid, ozark howler, lives. I was about 14 walking back from the deer stand when I saw what I thought was some kind of cryptid animal because I had been watching too much “lost tapes” on animal planet. Thing scared the shit out of me because I’d seen just about every animal in those woods and it was hobbling no less than 20 feet in front of me. Turns out it was a damn three legged black bear barely out of its cub phase. It hobbled around like a learning how to walk and we actually got a bunch of pictures of her.

[@djy5645]

Always good to see an in person pod. Love your stuff guys!

[@Moser246]

While hunting in Central Maine around 2007 my father and I were using a 4wheeler to get to camp. A fresh powdery snow had fallen that morning, so every tree, bird, etc stuck out. When passing a field driving the tree line a large cat jumped across our path, its body took up the entire trail and as it pounced away into the trees. The Mountain Lions tail alone took up so much space it was surreal to me at the time in preschool/kindergarten. That tail and tan feline are forever seared into my head.

[@pringals420]

I've heard so many stories like that in maine. Me and everyone I know born and raised hunt. They keep claiming there's no mountain lions there, but bs they are there. I don't even go fishing in the brooks and rivers anymore without atleast a pistol on my side.

[@Travdabeamer]

“Don’t shove it up my nose!” *Forest proceeds to shove it up his nose*

[@HopelessBromantic]

Man I was having a bummer day this helps tremendously 😂

[@kanagawakenji7]

I hope things get better for you

[@HopelessBromantic]

@@kanagawakenji7 thank you have an awesome day

[@paulheywood2116]

Looked like the old band back together in the shed lol

[@doktorhyena]

Hey Forrest! Hope all is well, this was a great pod! Just wanted to drop some of my info on spotted hyenas. So, spotted hyenas live in fission-fusion societies and form the largest and most complex social groups of any terrestrial carnivoran. It's very similar to cercopithecine primates in that their ranks are heritage-based. Spotted hyenas are matrilineal and matrilocal, meaning females pass the ranks to their offspring and females stay with their natal clans. When a male spotted hyena matures, he can choose to stay with his natal clan or become an immigrant and join a new clan. When a male remains within his natal clan, he will rank above any females his mother is above. However, immigrants have no allies to inherit a rank from and start out at the bottom. Slowly, he may be able to rise above other immigrants by befriending higher ranked hyenas. Being that it is a fission-fusion society though, definitely do spend the majority of their time alone and do much of their hunting solo too. This is likely since lower-ranked hyenas will have to wait their turn for the higher-ranking individuals to finish eating their fill if they choose not to tolerate other members. Feeding frenzies can get quite intense, and every last bit can be devoured very quickly by a group of hyenas. When hunting alone though, they'll mostly target things ranging from the size of a Thomson's gazelle to a blue wildebeest, whereas for things zebra sized or larger they'll usually be hunting in groups. So spotted hyenas definitely can be quite "solitary" in the sense that they spend a lot of time alone, they do usually belong to complex clans which can number anywhere from 6 to 130, so they aren't all coming in separately. Usually, one will start whooping and that hyena's clanmates will recognize that individual's signature whoop. However, the description of them largely scavenging and mainly only hunting small prey would be quite accurate for striped and brown hyenas (as for their social structure, they're mainly monogamous but sometimes older daughters will stay back to rear cubs. They do most of their scavenging/hunting alone too)- spotted hyenas are a true apex predator though. You were also right about them being extremely intelligent, because they are on par with baboons in that regard and have outcompeted chimpanzees in some problem solving tests. Love these podcasts and all the work you do! If anyone out there wants to learn more about spotted hyenas, I highly recommend checking out the Ngorongoro Hyena Project, Mara Hyena Project, and Zambia Carnivore Programme for the most up-to-date information as these are field research groups.

[@karenhutchison1002]

So much more informative and interesting than the actual video.

[@aardwolf6668]

Came here just to say I'm pretty sure spotted hyenas hunt quite a lot. From what I've heard, even more than lions. Thank you for all this information!

[@chrisbruner9453]

Damn. You should be a guest on this podcast. It could use something interesting

[@au22y03]

On an early summer morning in a State Park, I was down by the lake's edge fishing for anything that could bite. A rustling about 10 feet away caught my attention. This brown mass emerged and started coming my way, it was a beaver. Without a care in the world, the beaver came up alongside me and started to graze. Never before had I seen one this close, it is a memory I will never forget.

[@jackpiper7263]

One outdoor memory that sticks out to me was while I was 4 day canoe trip on a river in Wisconsin with friends. The 2nd night, we set up camp on a beach along the river. We woke up the next morning to the realization that the river had risen overnight and swept our canoes away. We were over 5 miles from the nearest road, which entailed us having to hike that 5 miles with all of our gear through thick overgrown forest. After half a day we got back to a vehicle and drove downstream to the bridge we expected to take out at, and after waiting multiple hours in the hopes we would find our canoes drifting, we saw them floating towards us and managed to retrieve them.

[@bongkong17]

I was able to pet a wild skunk without getting sprayed. I have video proof. Less than five sentences.

[@lancebryant6319]

When I was 12 my dad, my uncle, and I were processing an elk in the woods of NW Colorado that my dad had killed during archery. We had a large black bear charge us and for the next hour he would not leave us alone. Having only fillet and boning knives to defend ourselves, we got big and got loud we even threw a leg bone out to him and the rib cage but nothing worked. He just grabbed them walked twenty feet back laid down and gnawed on the bones just facing us. It never left even after we finished and circled our way out of there. There a lot more detail to it but 6 sentences😂

[@matthewneumann1548]

I took my wife fishing for her first time and I did not catch anything and she caught a 20 lb catfish. I was so happy.

[@nickkleis4748]

In 2017, I watched the total solar eclipse in the Grand Tetons, Wyoming. At around 1:30 PM, when totality hit all the birds and bugs in the forest went wild making noise. My school's research facility campsite was near a creek and since the trees and vegetation felt like they were experiencing nighttime without sun, they started taking in less water. So, all the excess water caused the water level of the creek to rise over a foot! It felt like a flash flood and was wild!!!

[@joshualonghi8313]

The sound game is a legit 8 out of 10 so keep it up ! Loved you had the Elk this time knew that right away!

[@FS-wk3zx]

I was driving down Long Beach Blvd and some Bompton Pirus started blasting my Honda Fit

[@caseyhickey5291]

Sound game was awesome

[@stevejazzband]

I was hunting in a remote part of Central California which held in alleged elk herd that I had never seen. It was before dawn a few hours and as I crested a ridge I felt the presence of several incredibly large beings in front of me. In the absolute blackness I couldn't make out exactly what they were so I held perfectly still waiting for Dawn to break. To see the sunrise over there Dewey antlers was just incredible.

[@joshualonghi8313]

Love that you guys have a channel where I can come and get entertained but also learn facts about our world! Not about a celebrity or whomever! Just some straight knowledge on the only things I like in this world that lives ...Animals! I truly appreciate the effort and the knowledge!

[@diggindoug94]

Thank you guys

[@wilcoapro]

I was comforted and helped by a wild Ermine while I lay in the snow crying and cradling a broken wrist and it was the best, most magical outdoor experience Ive ever had. Went snowboarding in Colorado for the first time, and had the best time of my life falling down. last day of the trip I fell really hard way high up the mountain & snapped my wrist so bad I had to lay there while Dad went down to get a medic to sled me down (lame I know). I was laying there trying to not puke or cry too loud and little puff of snow caught my eye as an Ermine poked its head up over a pile of snow a few feet away from me, then came even closer to sniff my ankle so close his whiskers touched me, stood up in the meerkat pose and looked right at me for a long moment and then disappeared back the way he came. I was so entranced and focused on one of favorite creatures on the planet I totally forgot my snapped wrist and how horrible it hurt for the whole encounter.

[@notmyname9625]

Not lame. Anyone who would call u lame for that probably hasnt experienced real pain. Staying alone injured on a mountain top isnt exactly a calming experience for most either if u were willing to lay there waiting for help im willing to bet the pain probably warranted it. Fck other ppls opinions who knows u may have saved your wrist by making that decision

[@SonOfGalactus]

I will say, I feel naked without my Leatherman. It truly has been invaluable.

[@user-mf4yh9jo6j]

It was my first time fishing for tuna offshore and we left the dock at 2:30 AM. An incredibly clear night with a full moon and bright stars gave way to the most brilliant sunrise I’ve ever seen. Just as the sun broke the horizon, we started seeing birds and then more dolphins than we could count. Along with the dolphins swimming in our wake we started seeing humpback whales cruising around much faster than I realized whales could swim. We started seeing tuna feeding and the entire surface of the ocean as far as we could see was alive with fish and birds and mammals.

[@trevorsenter6089]

Animal sound game was so fun!!!!

[@dqreps]

My favorite outdoor moment: My son and I loved walking in the woods. We would explore daily and I would teach him the name of every living thing that I knew. He retained it all like a sponge and made me very proud. His name was Blaze, he was 20 years old and he died almost 2 years ago due to covid complications. I miss him and love him more than you can possibly imagine.

[@WildTimesPod]

So so sorry man. Sounds like he was a wonderful son and human being. 🙏

[@dqreps]

​@@WildTimesPodhe was bro. Very special. Thank you ❤

[@joshydcards7277]

There I was, minding my own business on my porch with the sun shining even though there was quite a bit of rain falling. A bird with a grey back and off-white belly landed on a railing next to me and started to sing the most amazing songs I’ve ever heard. Then, two females and a male Downy Woodpecker swooped onto the branches of a tree close by and were pecking away at different spots of the same tree. And then, while all of this is happening, a male and a female American Goldfinch land on a larger tree and are almost communicating with each other in little chirps. Even though it was in my own backyard, this had to have been my favorite and most at-peace moment in my existence.

[@joshuamartinson5000]

Love the sound game. In my opinion the sound of the loon is the most beautiful sound in nature.

[@wardchapman5669]

Leatherman entry: Back in 2018, I got to Australia for a 3 week college class. One place we got to go was a small town called Yungaburra. There is a small creek that flows through the town that is home to some of the local wildlife. One night, my professor, myself, and another classmate went out to see if we could see a Lumholtz's Tree Kangaroo near the foot bridge that we had heard about. We were able to find her and her joey in the trees.

[@ItsChapa_]

My favorite outdoor moment doesn’t require 5 sentences. When I was 13 I went camping with my father and brother, and we made some tacos over the fire for dinner. That trip is my favorite because my dad is always too tired from work to go outdoors now so I will always hold that trip close to my heart.

[@daveleeuelman5084]

Shout out from CHICAGO!!

[@sladiewolf]

These guys are living my dream. Love these guys

[@WildTimesPod]

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[@thomasreeves4165]

Forrest is going to be Attacked by cannibal tribe In Papua New Guinea loses an arm and as he escapes at sea he's bite by a shark. A pod dolphin comes to his rescue. All caught on camera

[@mississippiponderosa8530]

I got 5 right and I thought that was Forest screaming when Y'all found that extinct leopard on a trail camera.

[@skylarmcarthur5851]

I love the sound game, the northern animals brought me back to my childhood. Scariest sound I have heard out in the woods is a cougar crying.

[@macmac1254780]

Went scouting deer with my daughter (4). She asked “which way are we going?”. I said “in the direction of deer”. She proceeds to run full speed in woods unknown yelling “Deer get your a** over here so we can eat you!!”. Needless to say we ended up with a camo princess wanting to be in the woods everyday.

[@ryanhoffman2620]

Back in high school I was climbing a small but snowing mountain. Being from the ocean side of the Cascades in Oregon, we were unfamiliar with snow. We both almost fell off cliffs a few times. When we finally got to the top we were looking for the sign at the top of the mountain that had the peak name and elevation, but we never found it. We later realized we were standing five feet above it on the eight feet of snow on the exposed peak.

[@ttvdpetruk4206]

Every other episode is 1 hour but this one haha 😂

[@WildTimesPod]

Haha Kyle probably had to edit out 30 seconds of swears 😂

[@ryansullivan6899]

Please pay for advertising I would have been watching this podcast from the beginning if I had known! Love Forrest!

[@Tinywars]

Down wind I can smell my local Fish & Chip shop from well over two miles away.

[@Americansfinest21]

Extinct animal found in Australia? My instant reaction was Neil Waters found another Thylacine 😂😂

[@Sillydk-ot6dk]

Peter is entering the competition "Fat Bear Week" at Katmai National Park in Alaska. 😂

[@jessicafalconmetcalfe3959]

I love that Pat is just like me... rarely sits still.

[@jasonveto2320]

I was checking an elk carcass with a net launcher, and trail camera setup in Montana. Insisted on driving up to it pre dawn because the guy I was with is from Kentucky and doesn't understand bears. In the trail camera you see a giant Grizzly then 27 seconds later you see me with my bear spray out. We didnt see it though, and very much to my objection Steo insisted on finding the 3/4 eaten elk and dragging it back to the set. Most scared I've ever been. As soon as I saw the fresh elk was disappeared I knew it was a big Griz...

[@bongkong17]

The broducer is shook from those salts 🤣🤣🤣 his leg gives it away

[@skyknight1414]

Every Fall, we camp at Allegany State Park in Western New York. The thing you do at night is drive around with spotlights and find all the wildlife you can possibly imagine. Well one year during a full moon, we wanted to find beavers as none of us had ever seen one in person. We spent hours driving the length of the park until we came across an obscure clearing with what looked like axed trees and a nearly flooded road. Seeing a new animal for the first time is enthralling and I will forever remember those beavers building their series of dams being absolute, but adorable, menaces to the park.

[@treeman5263]

Twelve year old me was hiking in Arizona. I saw the tail and hind leg of a larger lizard sticking out from under a rock. Being an animal nerd I couched down to look under the rock and see what it was. Another hiker asked if it it was a Gila monster, i said it didn’t have enough osteoderms. He looked at me like I had two heads. For the animal if the weak i think its a pangolin

[@NewRimHoops]

Thought Hippo was Wildebeest, orca was dolphin, and mountain Lion was Lion cub

[@tokoloshe42]

I love the guess the animal noise segment and I would love to see all of you guest on animal anomaly. I was able to guess the elk. Favorite outdoor moment Went fishing with family yearly in the big horn mountains. My grandfather put 3 hooks on his trout pole. All my uncles and dad said he was wasting his time. He realed in 3 pan size trout at the same time. We all had a good laugh.

[@Doktracy]

Everytime we have a hurricane we get those striped mosquitos here in North Carolina and they are wicked mean!

[@normbell3372]

Hahaha my cat jumped up and came straight over and put his face right to the screen as soon as he heard the sound of the woodpecker lol didn't react to any of the other ones but he got super excited and interested in the sound of that woodpecker lol

[@hey_its_travis]

When I was a child we used to go play deep in the woods. We would always hear what he thought was the jungle sounds. Would go tell the parents and neighbors parents. Of course they didn't believe us. We were exaggerating or mishearing or lying. Finally proved it to them. Turns out a lady had personal zoo. She had cpl monkeys some other primates, a tiger, panthers, few other. She was keeping them hidden in these crazy covered enclosures. They were all rescued in the end.

[@dylanweaver7827]

As a child I remember always going to galveston beach with my family. One year my whole family is driving along the beach and we saw a sea turtle dead. This sea turtle was about half the size of our minivan. It was absolutely terrifying to see how big some of those dudes can get. The amount of little crabs all over it was insane, not a beautiful memory but I will never forget it.

[@eddiemartinez5633]

Nothing fancy , just some bros having beers . Great podcast

[@FaisalQuadri22]

They forgot that recently there is a threat of invasive Nile crocodiles in Florida. That woulda been a great pick

[@TommasoneDiscGolf]

Pat, I too am a humidity guy, and people call me crazy. I feel your struggle.

[@tazlo9657]

the way papa p made a story on the quick 🤣

[@karenbass5812]

Out hunting in west Texas with my Dad as a kid and saw a Jaguarundi go past our stand. I had never heard of one before and being an animal nerd had to reasearch them after we got home at the library. Was really cool to see one in the wild.

[@coleg5817]

I was in a tall 2 person deer stand with my dad in the middle of the Texas hill country looking over the beautiful hills. It was early winter, also in the late afternoon and from our view we could see the Colorado river in Texas. You could see for miles in this stand and enjoying it with my father was even better. We had a few deer come and visit as well. Sitting there soaking it all in, as the sun is slowly coming down over the hills, it was amazing.

[@saeefkhan8569]

Was on a game drive at the Pilanesberg National Park with my family as a child. Came up to a herd of ellies. The matriarch walked to the vehicle and wrapped her trunk around my arm for a few seconds then let go. I just remember her brown eyes and then the laughs from everyone when we drove off.

[@damyonrichardson7111]

Paddle boarding on the puget sound just off Alki point. Clear sky, Rainier out and overlooking the sound. Two Orcas just 200 yards off the nose of my board. One breaches at least 10 feet in the air. Me turning around and hauling for the shore as fast as I could possibly paddle 😂

[@andrewcalleja4642]

Favourite outdoor moment was taking photos of what appears to be Thylacinus Potens bouncing on 2 legs doing bipedal hops. Little blurry but still good moment in the Aussie bush.

[@LastPickedConvict]

It's my birthday Tuesday and i remember when i was a young boy we used to go fishing at a place called The Ledge !! The final 50-100m is an pothole ridden crater filled cloff top with a 30°-40° pitch that ends with an over 100m straight drop into deep dark rough bottomless ocean . Take the Goats Track by foot and use the rope to absail down the one section of cliff where there is some ocean level massive rocks that can be fished from under constant watch as waves and rip tides can easily drag you out to sea !! I still remember the Amazing , absolutely massive and beautifully camaflaged CuttleFish we were able to sight fish !!!

[@Dannybb18]

I was working as a zip-line instructor over this summer and we were done with the day and while coming down the tower and getting ready to get on the zip truck, a co worker (girl) almost stepped on a 5 foot rat snake that was stuck on a grass Matt. She started yelling to kill it and some guys were getting ready to, until I told them there’s no way I was going to let that happen and that I would grab it and free it (I have never in my life handled a snake, but I’ve seen Forrest do it a gazillion times, so I felt confident). I got down on the floor grabbed the rat snake by the back of its head, cut out part of the netting using a Swiss knife; however there was still netting wrapped tightly around the back of the head (neck area of snakes had necks). Right when everything seemed good I let my hand a little loose to maneuver the snakes head and it got loose and my friends started yelling well you tried at least it’s not that badly stuck anymore. Knowing that the snake would still be impacted by the netting I darted for the bushes grabbed the snake, almost got bit twice but I didn’t care because I knew he was just scared, and eventually after 4 mins of trying I finally was able to cut the rest of the net off and let it go into the bushes (everyone called me snake boy for the rest of the day).

[@attrybendis]

I came home from work a couple weeks ago. I work nights and tired asf, I had to walk to my dog. While walking my dog he pulls me over to the commotion in the leaves next to my apartment. There I see a Texas coral snake eating a Texas brown snake. Fascinated I go home and researched more about coral snakes!

[@adamholder7528]

Two years ago, I was working for a consulting company in Kenora Ontario with my mom doing boreal breeding bird and fish surveys. Three weeks into the work my mother and I had to survey this ATV trail that was about 2.5km one way in and the same back. We did the surveys no problem but something was distantly following us and, on the way back we saw 5 (4-5-week-old) stashed black baby wolves in the middle of the trail. Since the pups were stashed, we were worried about the adults (which is what was following us) so we scared the pups off the trail. While looking at the forest edge for the adults, we didn’t see the light gray coloured pup laying on the sand we were walking on and we stepped on the pup’s tail which jumped up, yelped, and ran between us into the forest.

[@kaitlyn3066]

Mosquito faced caiman is a horrifying thought

[@dustinsdistractions4237]

Yay. Missed you fine gentlemen monday

[@tylermcmillin8498]

Sound game was fun to listen to

[@bdylanfan90]

My favorite outdoor memory is as a kid visiting family's cow farm in Tennessee. We'd go out into the fields with the cows and then down to the creek that weaved through the property to catch frogs, salamanders, and crayfish. As a ten year old from the suburbs of Detroit, I was way too comfortable watching snakes slither into the water about 10 feet from us, knowing full well I had no idea if it was venomous. We'd stay by the creek till the dinner bell rang, get the mud hosed off, and enjoy steaks bigger than your head with a picture of the cow on the picnic table. Sitting in a food coma watching the sunset, thinking it couldn't get better when someone starts a bonfire and asks who wants smores.

[@ShadedWisp]

My favorite outdoor memory was the first Northern Pike I ever caught on my second time ever going fishing. It was 3ft 2in long

[@Christians.Wildlife]

Went on a wildlife biology trip to Panama with my university. My professor and I went out to do some wildlife photography. We came across a tamandua (anteater) in its T-stance vs a Fer-De-Lance. We watched for at least an hour, covered in thousands of mosquitoes.

[@grammarjesus7217]

To be honest, I don't think I've ever had a crazy experience of getting lost in the woods or a crazy encounter with an animal, but I have used a Leatherman Super Tool 300 for the better part of a decade. I live in northern Minnesota where Ruffed Grouse are king. Every time I go out grouse hunting, I always keep my leatherman by my side. I have cleaned more birds than I can count and a lot of them were done in the field with my Leatherman. Unfortunately, since I beat the shit out of it, it's starting to rust and decay from water and blood over the years, so a new one would be kind of cool to have that will last me a lifetime. Side note- love the pod, just subscribed for the bonus pods about a month ago now and have finished most of them, keep up the good work guys!

[@tazlo9657]

So basically I joined the Army a few years ago and went to basic training, we were running around the barracks. I was with a battle buddy and we see these two squirrels literally playing with each other like a few feet away from us. NO JOKE, this falcon came and swooped one of them up and flys away. The other squirrel is literally chasing after the bird and squealing. we were shocked.