Ways Humans Can Help Other Animals

[WhitewaterWoman]

Today I was cleaning out the back porch and tossed just outside the door junk to be thrown away and a pile of stuff to take to the storage shed.

When it was time to start picking that stuff up and move it, I saw a native green anole on some cardboard. Our native anoles have been nearly annihilated by the Cuban anoles which are bigger and more aggressive. So I always cheer when I see one and do not disturb.

I waited until much later in the day when I was sure he was gone to finish the clean up.

 

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Calculating Macronutrient Calories in Pet Food

 

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[TBRS1]

Where I live, the spring honey flow makes place in late April/early May and is entirely based on maple flowers that are almost completely invisible to humans.

(no, the honey tastes like honey, not maple syrup. However, maple flower honey does crystallize after a few weeks in the jar)

 

[WhitewaterWoman]

This is a small House Gecko. As their name implies, they are often found in houses, in my house. Usually they find their own way out, but this one is stuck in the kitchen sink. I put a long wooden spoon in the sink and I expect he’ll climb out on his own.

 

[Judge]

This is a small House Gecko. As their name implies, they are often found in houses, in my house. Usually they find their own way out, but this one is stuck in the kitchen sink. I put a long wooden spoon in the sink and I expect he’ll climb out on his own.

Geckos were the bane of my mother's existence when we lived on Guam. When one day a gecko crawling along the ceiling dropped right on top of my mother and went down her dress. Almost as is if it was scripted right out of an episode of "The Three Stooges".

But it really happened.....nyuk-nyuk-nyuk.

 

[WhitewaterWoman]

Geckos were the bane of my mother's existence when we lived on Guam. When one day a gecko crawling along the ceiling dropped right on top of my mother and went down her dress. Almost as is if it was scripted right out of an episode of "The Three Stooges".

But it really happened.....nyuk-nyuk-nyuk.

I think that would be fun! When I lie out on the dock, one of the Cuban anoles comes up and lies by my arm. I have no idea why. I can only feel her there. Very soft skin.

 

[Shevek]

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This is a small House Gecko. As their name implies, they are often found in houses, in my house. Usually they find their own way out, but this one is stuck in the kitchen sink. I put a long wooden spoon in the sink and I expect he’ll climb out on his own.

In Europe, bathtubs often have "spider ladders." I've also seen a vid of some people with a pickup truck scaring off a mother bear so they could back up to a dumpster and toss in a regular ladder for her cubs.

 

[Judge]

I think that would be fun! When I lie out on the dock, one of the Cuban anoles comes up and lies by my arm. I have no idea why. I can only feel her there. Very soft skin.

As a small child on Guam, I loved the nature of the place. Especially "herding" hermit crabs. Though I can't say I liked sitting on caribous. They had a rather prickly feel to their skins.

Though Mom didn't like me perusing the tidepools and beaches. You step on a stonefish and you die. And in the boondocks if you come across unexploded Japanese explosives, for some kids it didn't end well.

 

[WhitewaterWoman]

As a small child on Guam, I loved the nature of the place. Especially "herding" hermit crabs. Though I can't say I liked sitting on caribous. They had a rather prickly feel to their skins.

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Though Mom didn't like me perusing the tidepools and beaches. You step on a stonefish and you die. And in the boondocks if you come across unexploded Japanese explosives, for some kids it didn't end well.

There are caribou on Guam????

 

[Judge]

There are caribou on Guam????

LOL. Oops... my bad. It's a "Carabao".

A type of water buffalo. Commonly used in agriculture back then. And terrorizing small children.

12 Fascinating Animals & Creatures You'll Encounter on Guam

 

[WhitewaterWoman]

LOL. Oops... my bad. It's a "Carabao".

A type of water buffalo. Commonly used in agriculture back then. And terrorizing small children.

12 Fascinating Animals & Creatures You'll Encounter on GuamIt

It was probably your automatic correction. Gets me all the time.

But I had to wonder. I thought caribou were only WAY north, but it turns out there are some living just north of the American/Canadian border in the midwest.

I have never heard of Carabao.

I would have loved to grow up on Guam. You even have monitor lizards! Those would scare me.

 

[Judge]

But I had to wonder. I thought caribou were only WAY north, but it turns out there are some living just north of the American/Canadian border in the midwest.

Yes, aren't they sort of similar to an elk? Certainly not looking like an ox or a carabao. Just a spelling error on my part. Firefox spellcheck didn't catch it.

I would have loved to grow up on Guam. You even have monitor lizards! Those would scare me.

I suspect the most fear in living on Guam fell to my mother. Knowing of so many perils that us kids were frankly oblivious to.

Though the worst one by far were things like Japanese hand grenades and such. I seem to recall one time when I kid even took one to "show and tell" at school. Scary stuff...especially given the jungle rot and how it impacted explosives.

All compounded by us military kids who were raised with the knowledge of such things and thought they were so cool. Of course that was a very long time ago. Long since the island has been developed and if there are any boondocks left over, they have been cleared of Japanese ordinance. Though I understand the infestation of the brown tree snake as an invasive species has been a serious problem for some time there. Something that didn't exist when we lived there. When Eisenhower was still president.

Guam of today is essentially an eclectic cross between an Air Force and Naval facility, and a popular Japanese tourist destination.

 

[WhitewaterWoman]

Yes, aren't they sort of similar to an elk? Certainly not looking like an ox or a carabao.


I suspect the most fear in living on Guam fell to my mother. Knowing of so many perils that us kids were frankly oblivious to.

Though the worst one by far were things like Japanese hand grenades and such. I seem to recall one time when I kid even took one to "show and tell" at school. Scary stuff...especially given the jungle rot and how it impacted explosives.

All compounded by us military kids who were raised with the knowledge of such things and thought they were so cool.

Well, yes. the unexploded ordinance was/is not good. I wasn't thinking about that part.

 

[Judge]

Well, yes. the unexploded ordinance was/is not good. I wasn't thinking about that part.

Children were killed during our time there from such explosives. Very sad. Keeping small children away from water bodies is obviously important, but the jungle (boondocks) could be equally dangerous as well. I don't recall ever hearing about anyone accosted by wild animals there. But many mothers constantly warned kids about stonefish. Unquestionably dangerous- fatal at the time to be stung by them, just for walking in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Guam was definitely a very weird place to most of us service brats.

And then consider what one may occasionally find at the beach. Hey Mom! Look what we found!

My father thought it might be a smaller Japanese pre-war mini submarine. Not the same as the later "type A" two-man mini subs like the one sunk near Pearl Harbor.

 

[Mary Terry]

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This is a small House Gecko. As their name implies, they are often found in houses, in my house. Usually they find their own way out, but this one is stuck in the kitchen sink. I put a long wooden spoon in the sink and I expect he’ll climb out on his own.

When I was a kid, we'd attach geckos to each earlobe, like earrings. They'd hang on with their mouths and dangle down onto our shoulders.

 

[Aspergers_Aspie]

Yesterday I was walking around the city I live in. And there were three computer monitors set-up each with headphones and a sign offering passers-by the option of watching/listening to a three-minute film, I took part but couldn't watch/listen to it all, here is a link to it here:-
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[Mary Terry]

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Another good idea is never throw rice at a wedding party. Birds eat it, the grains swell inside them, and they die.

 

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Another good idea is never throw rice at a wedding party. Birds eat it, the grains swell inside them, and they die.

It is just fine to feed wild birds uncooked rice

Fact or Fiction: Never Feed Rice To Birds - Cole's Wild Bird Products

Fact Check: Birds really can eat rice safely

I used to buy rice in 50 pound bags, fed to my chickens.
No harm ensued.