What did you find in a tree today?

[JeffGu]

"I have a steel rake in my trunk... they were out of the plates..."

 

[JeffGu]

It seems I never have a camera with me when I find stuff... but HOLY POSSUM TESTICLES, BATMAN! I actually had it with me today!

And, I just knew it would happen someday... a friggin' bear in a tree! In Nebraska, no less!



We were all like, "Eeeeeeek! A bear!" and then pitched it into the chipper. No, we didn't. We set it on their porch.

 

[JD3000]

Was Teddy still in one piece and free of unidentified foreign material when placed on said porch?

 

[oldoakman]

Where is the snow?? There is supposed to be snow on the ground.

 

[96coal449]

Was Teddy still in one piece and free of unidentified foreign material when placed on said porch?

And @Dragonslayer said I'm not right!

 

[JeffGu]

...free of unidentified foreign material...

Umm... yeah, sure... he was, umm... still "intact" and free of extraneous foreign materials and/or fluids... I'm pretty sure of it.

 

[macswan]

It tasted fine

 

[JeffGu]

It tasted fine

 

[JeffGu]

There is supposed to be snow on the ground.

Yeah... freaky, ain't it?

 

[96coal449]

X2 ^^

 

[JD3000]

 

[96coal449]

It tasted fine

I live for the one liners ..... they're usually the best!

 

[96coal449]

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Now I know I'm not as messed up as that .....
At least I don't think I am.

 

[JD3000]

Now I know I'm not as messed up as that .....

 

[ARLO]

Found this in a tree a couple of weeks ago. She was 26' up in a big woodrat nest in a Doug-fir. She had a belly full of chipmunk and was curled up under some limbs on top of the nest. She looked pretty content. We forced her to regurgitate her meal (because we wanted to document what it was) and then turned her loose. Pretty interesting day.

 

[evo]

Please be careful with forced regurgitation. Often the snakes won't make it too long afterwards.

 

[JD3000]

Couldn't simply just not swallow live snakes?

I mean that's a fine talent and all but jeez...

 

[JeffGu]

You should never take too much interest in snakes and chipmunks in public. If you see a guy holding a piece of PVC pipe and an air compressor... winking at you... you'll know you should have talked about the weather, instead.

 

[Stihlmadd]

thirty feet up in a peppercorn tree, I turned around and there it was hook end over a limb , took it home and gave it the wire brush treatment and viola good as new.

 

[ARLO]

Please be careful with forced regurgitation. Often the snakes won't make it too long afterwards.

I had a herpetologist friend do the forced regurgitation for me. He is an expert with this method. After the snake ate 3 lab mice she was released several days later with no ill effects. But your point is well taken. If the technique is not done correctly it can kill the snake.