Zoology pictures by Posters

dodderangler

Il be going to Vancouver in September to my friend for 10 days for a bit of fishing and drinking nightlife etc but one of my main goals is to get good pics while I'm fishing seen as it'll be during the huge salmon run I should get pics of bears and maybe wolves
I will have a guide with me so I'm safe enough

steddyeddy

dodderangler wrote: »

Il be going to Vancouver in September to my friend for 10 days for a bit of fishing and drinking nightlife etc but one of my main goals is to get good pics while I'm fishing seen as it'll be during the huge salmon run I should get pics of bears and maybe wolves
I will have a guide with me so I'm safe enough

Well black bears and wolves rarely attack but you have to watch out for Grizzlys which do attack humans on occasion! Ps try to get a picture of Vancouver's other famous resident .

dodderangler

steddyeddy wrote: »

Well black bears and wolves rarely attack but you have to watch out for Grizzlys which do attack humans on occasion! Ps try to get a picture of Vancouver's other famous resident .

Which one?
The coyote? Moose? Raccoon? The many deer species Or the huge Roosevelt elk?
I actually wanna see a coyote t be honest.
My mate seen one take a cat from a garden.

steddyeddy

dodderangler wrote: »

Which one?
The coyote? Moose? Raccoon? The many deer species Or the huge Roosevelt elk?
I actually wanna see a coyote t be honest.
My mate seen one take a cat from a garden.

Ha ha sorry an it was a joke about Sasquatch. You'll hear some stories when you're over there. Seriously though there's the Vancouver wolf on the island which isn't found anywhere else (that's disputed).

dodderangler

steddyeddy wrote: »

Ha ha sorry an it was a joke about Sasquatch. You'll hear some stories when you're over there. Seriously though there's the Vancouver wolf on the island which isn't found anywhere else (that's disputed).

I looked at the Internet on them and most of them seem to be white which is gorgeous.
I want to see wolf and bear and Roosevelt elk. Them lads are fcuking monstrous. Huge rack on them

Birdnuts

The Congo and Canada - I have to say lads I'm pure jealous. I'm tempted by this though: http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=2761806#post2761806

ShaShaBear

Hopefully I've finally figured out how to directly attach photos :P

steddyeddy

Birdnuts wrote: »

The Congo and Canada - I have to say lads I'm pure jealous. I'm tempted by this though: http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?p=2761806#post2761806

North Korea! Fair play birdnuts I know nothing about the wildlife of Korea at all (except the ladies :P).

As regards the Congo if you seen the flights you wouldn't be jealous. I saved a bit of money but will be going from Dublin to Heathrow to Ethiopia (abbis addiba) to Kindamba in Congo. I'm also a bit nervous because this time I'll be going alone and as a result a prime target for crime.

Birdnuts

steddyeddy wrote: »

North Korea! Fair play birdnuts I know nothing about the wildlife of Korea at all (except the ladies :P).

As regards the Congo if you seen the flights you wouldn't be jealous. I saved a bit of money but will be going from Dublin to Heathrow to Ethiopia (abbis addiba) to Kindamba in Congo. I'm also a bit nervous because this time I'll be going alone and as a result a prime target for crime.

Noting ventured nothing gained would be my attitude. Do U have good guides/contacts waiting for you in the Congo??. Birdtrek tours is doing trips now to Somaliland and Sierra Leone - very positive feedback from these trips so far based on the write-ups I've seen. .

steddyeddy

Birdnuts wrote: »

Noting ventured nothing gained would be my attitude. Do U have good guides/contacts waiting for you in the Congo??. Birdtrek tours is doing trips now to Somaliland and Sierra Leone - very positive feedback from these trips so far based on the write-ups I've seen. .

Well the guides I used previously where Foot2foot Africa and they have served me well previoulsy. There are a large number of illegal tour operatorsand it's actually illegal to go on a tour with one so I have to be careful with that.

Hollzy

I'm off to South Africa myself on Saturday so hopefully I'll have some good photos for you all when I get back too I'm off for a month though so you'll be waiting a while!

steddyeddy

Hollzy wrote: »

I'm off to South Africa myself on Saturday so hopefully I'll have some good photos for you all when I get back too I'm off for a month though so you'll be waiting a while!

Enjoy Hollzy have a great time! I'm off for a month myself!

Mickeroo

Must say I'm very jealous of the lot of ye! Enjoy

dodderangler

Il bring ya back a stuffed toy moose from Canada EH
Can't wait to go over
I'm leavin on Thursday 24th September and il be there for Friday have few drinks go out with me mate and next morning start fishing and hopefully catch one of the 29million salmon who come up river
Hopefully see plenty of wildlife while I'm out.

Adam Khor

I'm jealous as hell of you guys. In a good way tho :pac:

steddyeddy

I made it guys. So far I have seen a hornbill bird of some type andy a two horn chameleon. Pictures soon.

Yitzhak Rabin

I'm currently living in the Middle East with work. Here are a few of the little critters I share my living area with.












If anyone knows what species each of these lads are I'd love to know. Particularly the spider, as he bit one of my colleagues and he had a bit of a reaction, so I'd be interested to know the species of that one. Its occupies an area of about 1.5 inches squared.

steddyeddy

This is Africa TIA

steddyeddy

Right guys ill upload the trip pics of animals now!

steddyeddy

Hey guys I' not back yet so you'll have to forgive me that I can upload only a few shots at a time but when I get back I'll upload them more efficiently.

Sorry about the quality as well. These were taken with a camera and the picture of the elephant was taken when an ele was extremely close to me ad in fairness scared the crap out of me!

Birdnuts

steddyeddy wrote: »

Hey guys I' not back yet so you'll have to forgive me that I can upload only a few shots at a time but when I get back I'll upload them more efficiently.

Sorry about the quality as well. These were taken with a camera and the picture of the elephant was taken when an ele was extremely close to me ad in fairness scared the crap out of me!

Where did you take these SE??

steddyeddy

Birdnuts wrote: »

Where did you take these SE??

Sorry Birdnuts the first two were taken in East and west Tanzania and the last two were taken in the Ituri forest in the north-east Congo. Near the Okapi reserve. The Okapi reserve is unfortunatly off limits at the moment due to threat of poachers but I hope to see a wild okapi. The chances of that happening though are extremely slim I've been told.

Mickeroo

Looks like you've had some good luck so far with seeing stuff, hopefully it keeps up

aidoh

Did you take a trip to see any gorillas in Congo, Ed?
I'd love to head over myself when I have the money. Especially to Congo / Rwanda purely to see gorillas.

steddyeddy

aidoh wrote: »

Did you take a trip to see any gorillas in Congo, Ed?
I'd love to head over myself when I have the money. Especially to Congo / Rwanda purely to see gorillas.

Hey Aidoh unfortunately I didn't . That's another area that's of limits at the moment. The Okapi reserve is one of the few areas safe to tourists but unluckily the okapi center is off limits for a few days!

steddyeddy

A male fischers chameleon (Kinyongia fischeri). The speed at which he changed color is amazing!



Olive baboons having a bit of a play!

Ankhyu

Only just started poking my nose in the Zoology forum today, don't know why I didn't sooner!

Photos from Fota Wildlife Park:










And this stag was in Coole Park in Galway:

Mickeroo

Some really great shots there! I've still never been to Fota, must do something about that soon.

Ankhyu

Mickeroo wrote: »

Some really great shots there! I've still never been to Fota, must do something about that soon.

Thanks. It's well worth it. They may not have as many species as Dublin Zoo but it's very spaced out and they have loads of room

aidoh

That cheetah looks particularly browned off. Deadly photos!