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They're also called Robber Crabs because they like to steal shiny things.

 

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[Yeshuasdaughter]

I wish and hope with all my heart to have this experience.

 

[FayetheADHDsquirrel]

The eel acts like it's used to being handled. I wonder if that person dives down to it's area frequently.

 

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Artax! You have to try! Don't let the sadness take you!

 

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In a Brooklyn library (sent to me by a relative who lives there):

 

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(it's a real bird, if you doubt it, called the pukeko)

 

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(it's a real bird, if you doubt it, called the pukeko)

Pukeko is the Maori name for them, in Australia it's just called a Swamp Hen. The one in the picture above is still a baby and hasn't got it's colours yet.

 

[Forest Cat]

Artax! You have to try! Don't let the sadness take you!

Childhood trauma flashback. That was terrible. That and Old Yeller really messed me up.

 

[WhitewaterWoman]

Parasitic Fairy Lantern Blossoms - vascular plants get all their nutrients from mycorrhizal fungi in the soil. This is a new species. Amazingly, there are about 450 other genera of Fairy Lanterns.

 

[WhitewaterWoman]

Pukeko is the Maori name for them, in Australia it's just called a Swamp Hen. The one in the picture above is still a baby and hasn't got it's colours yet.

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We call them Moor Hens.

This is a Swamp Chicken from the Everglades:

 

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We call them Moor Hens.

This is a Swamp Chicken from the Everglades:
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It looks like a Bin Chicken that's suffered an industrial accident.

That's actually a White Ibis. Australia has 2 species of them, The White Ibis lives in temperate climates, the Straw Necked Ibis lives in the tropics:

Up in Darwin the straw necked ibis also gets called a Territory Seagull, because of many generations of tourists feeding them they're completely unafraid of humans. They hang around picnic grounds and steal food from people. Where a normal seagull will steal a chip from your hand an Ibis will fly away with a whole loaf of bread.

I was at a park with family one christmas, and naturally there were ibis everywhere annoying all the other groups of people. One of them started watching my brother's 2 year old daughter who was eating a sausage. The sausage was just at eye height for the ibis and it was obvious what was about to happen.

As the ibis darted in toward the little girl my brother grabbed it by the neck. He didn't hurt it, he just held it there. It honked and screamed and cried flapping it's wings like mad and all the other ibis fled the park. He held it for a few minutes then let it go. Everyone else in the park was so grateful for all the ibis being gone that they all came over and thanked him.

 

[WhitewaterWoman]

It looks like a Bin Chicken that's suffered an industrial accident.

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That's actually a White Ibis. Australia has 2 species of them, The White Ibis lives in temperate climates, the Straw Necked Ibis lives in the tropics:

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Up in Darwin the straw necked ibis also gets called a Territory Seagull, because of many generations of tourists feeding them they're completely unafraid of humans. They hang around picnic grounds and steal food from people. Where a normal seagull will steal a chip from your hand an Ibis will fly away with a whole loaf of bread.

I was at a park with family one christmas, and naturally there were ibis everywhere annoying all the other groups of people. One of them started watching my brother's 2 year old daughter who was eating a sausage. The sausage was just at eye height for the ibis and it was obvious what was about to happen.

As the ibis darted in toward the little girl my brother grabbed it by the neck. He didn't hurt it, he just held it there. It honked and screamed and cried flapping its wings like mad and all the other ibis fled the park. He held it for a few minutes then let it go. Everyone else in the park was so grateful for all the ibis being gone that they all came over and thanked him.

Yes. Only swamp dwellers called them swamp chickens. The proper name here is also white ibis. But this one is in the tropics. We also have a glossy ibis which is beautiful when the sun catches on its feathers.

Oh, no! My memory has really betrayed me. The real swamp name for white ibis was Chokoloskee Chicken. Chokoloskee is a primitive island in our 10,000 Islands, and I don’t mean they don’t have electricity.

 

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Oh, no! My memory has really betrayed me. The real swamp name for white ibis was Chokoloskee Chicken. Chokoloskee is a primitive island in our 10,000 Islands, and I don’t mean they don’t have electricity.

Interesting that yours have feathers on their heads, ours are bald. Our frogs and crustaceans must bury themselves deeper in the mud than yours, that's the only reason I can think of for needing a bald head.

And what we call a White Ibis is also known as the Sacred Ibis, from Egyptian mythology when ibis saved them from a plague of frogs. They're the same species.