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by Warren
June 15th, 2012, 12:59 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Tribute to an amazing beetle collector
Replies: 1
Views: 765

Tribute to an amazing beetle collector

Karl was an entomologist, not a herper, but I think we can all learn something from this man. As you know, the US is a mostly temperate country. It is high in biological diversity because of its size and varied geography, but it pales in comparison to the tropics - as does everywhere outside the tro...
by Warren
June 15th, 2012, 10:23 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Belize ID request?
Replies: 16
Views: 3888

Re: Belize ID request?

Señor Cascabel,

I'm cool with it!

Thanks everyone for all your wonderful help!

Warren
by Warren
June 14th, 2012, 11:22 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Belize ID request?
Replies: 16
Views: 3888

Re: Belize ID request?

Thanks for the info so far, guys!

After looking here, I'm pretty sure Turtle 3 is a Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas).

Assuming everyone is correct, we're still looking for Lizard 9, and Frogs 1,3,4,5.
by Warren
June 13th, 2012, 11:41 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Belize ID request?
Replies: 16
Views: 3888

Belize ID request?

Some pics from my friend's trip to Belize, posted for ID. Love the knowledge on the forum! Some of them seem obvious, but sometimes I think I know it and then the crowdsourcing reveals it to be something close, but slightly different. Plus you never know when a regional variant of something has been...
by Warren
June 9th, 2012, 9:30 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Three Bornean Short Pythons in two hours
Replies: 17
Views: 2749

Re: Three Bornean Short Pythons in two hours

Congrats! Is it possible that retics are not spending as much time on the ground?
by Warren
May 29th, 2012, 10:44 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Borneo Dispatches #40: Another Bornean Short Python...
Replies: 12
Views: 4620

Re: Borneo Dispatches #40: Another Bornean Short Python...

Sehr geehrter Herr Breuer,

Ich betreibe ein kleines handelsunternehmen in Deutschland. Wir bieten chinesische markt für aphrodisiaka rund um die welt. Als deutscher bruder, bitte senden sie mir eine nachricht mit genauen koordinaten gefunden wo man die schlange.

Herzlichen Dank,

Warren
by Warren
May 26th, 2012, 5:05 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Borneo Dispatches #39: Invertebralooza!
Replies: 5
Views: 3678

Re: Borneo Dispatches #39: Invertebralooza!

Love it! Thank you so much
by Warren
May 24th, 2012, 10:10 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: African Clawed frogs anyone?
Replies: 3
Views: 1092

Re: African Clawed frogs anyone?

It is my understanding that the "no locations" rule is for areas where herpers are abundant (mainly SoFla and SoCal). In these areas, posting a good location can mean that the habitat is destroyed in a couple of days through both commercial and recreational herping. In other areas like Sot...
by Warren
May 22nd, 2012, 12:19 pm
Forum: Invertebrate Forum
Topic: Hummingbird Moth
Replies: 7
Views: 2564

Re: Hummingbird Moth

Thanks for posting! :)
by Warren
May 14th, 2012, 10:47 pm
Forum: Invertebrate Forum
Topic: Love and Death
Replies: 3
Views: 1698

Re: Love and Death

Great shots! Thanks for posting.
by Warren
March 27th, 2012, 10:27 pm
Forum: Invertebrate Forum
Topic: ID? Strange!
Replies: 5
Views: 1351

Re: ID? Strange!

I think a while back we had another post about an unknown larva and I think Gordon was correct about calling it a soldier fly back then, too.
Does anyone else remember this? (inside voice, inside voice)
by Warren
March 27th, 2012, 10:25 pm
Forum: Invertebrate Forum
Topic: Callisoga Spider
Replies: 6
Views: 2127

Re: Callisoga Spider

20 minutes?! Why didn't you give up after one minute? How did you know somebody was home? Could you see the spider's legs or something?
by Warren
March 27th, 2012, 12:50 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: How to photograph wild retics - HELP PLEASE!!!!
Replies: 23
Views: 3938

Re: How to photograph wild retics - HELP PLEASE!!!!

I suggest you start ranting about Malaysian politics. It will either fall asleep or literally explode with fury. Either way - neat photos.
by Warren
March 24th, 2012, 10:51 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Borneo Dispatches #11: Sixteen-Foot Reticulated Python
Replies: 46
Views: 21112

Re: Borneo Dispatches #11: Sixteen-Foot Reticulated Python

Hans Breuer (twoton) wrote:David told me about snakes he had seen submerged in water to get rid of ticks.
I believe submerging does help them shed.
http://is.gd/W5WMn5
by Warren
March 24th, 2012, 10:48 am
Forum: Mammal Forum
Topic: Northern right whales
Replies: 6
Views: 3236

Re: Northern right whales

That sounds pretty awesome! Thanks for posting.
by Warren
March 22nd, 2012, 3:17 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Hello! - New to the forums, not to herping.
Replies: 8
Views: 1552

Re: Hello! - New to the forums, not to herping.

There is another pitcher plant lover here: Dr. Hans Breuer.
by Warren
March 22nd, 2012, 4:40 am
Forum: Invertebrate Forum
Topic: What inverts have you eaten?
Replies: 11
Views: 3010

Re: What inverts have you eaten?

I don't wanna talk about eating herps because the forum members might hunt me down and protest on my lawn or something, but bugs ... I once ate a large black cricket. It was very disgusting. I am talking about the taste, not the texture.
by Warren
March 21st, 2012, 1:29 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Apple Stock hits a "Striking Rattlesnake" pose on the charts
Replies: 2
Views: 1127

Re: Apple Stock hits a "Striking Rattlesnake" pose on the ch

Yup, it's like a slow-motion train wreck :(
by Warren
March 21st, 2012, 1:27 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: 16th,March,2012
Replies: 3
Views: 951

Re: 16th,March,2012

Thanks for posting, Jerry! :D :thumb:
by Warren
March 15th, 2012, 3:24 am
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Sometimes I can't help myself....
Replies: 15
Views: 2986

Re: Sometimes I can't help myself....

People have an emotional feeling about snakes. You cannot resolve an emotional issue by providing facts. This is complicated by the fact that some snakes are dangerous, and the fact that primates have an instinctive predisposition to fear snakes. This predisposition can be easily overridden through ...
by Warren
March 13th, 2012, 10:25 am
Forum: Mammal Forum
Topic: Sulawesi 2009
Replies: 12
Views: 6857

Re: Sulawesi 2009

Hi Curtis,

Amazing animals. Such an exotic location, with such gruelling travelling to get there, that I don't know what to say.
I'm glad you went, but I'm not sure I would enjoy it.
I could be alone on this, but that may be why you haven't gotten many comments on such an amazing post.
by Warren
March 10th, 2012, 7:11 am
Forum: Mammal Forum
Topic: What mammals have you eaten? (ONE MAMMAL PER DAY)
Replies: 90
Views: 97863

Re: What mammals have you eaten? (ONE MAMMAL PER DAY)

Yeah, I"ve eaten porcupine and (armadillo). Porcupines are pretty good. It's a good animal for people lost in the woods to eat: easy to find (in some places), easy to catch, and easy to kill. I will tell three porcupine stories. The first is that I was playing with a baby and I got some quills ...
by Warren
March 7th, 2012, 6:13 pm
Forum: Mammal Forum
Topic: Flying squirrels: How to find?
Replies: 18
Views: 16381

Re: Flying squirrels: How to find?

Pretty interesting conversation!
Just want to say I'm really enjoying the mammal forum, and thank you to everyone who has posted!
:D
by Warren
March 7th, 2012, 3:01 pm
Forum: Mammal Forum
Topic: How to find mustelids...
Replies: 15
Views: 6004

Re: How to find mustelids...

To me, it seems like otters are curious and confident and will check you out. Mink are not as curious but they don't really give a f#%k, so if you are in their habitat, they will let you see them. Skunks are pretty confident for obvious reasons, so it is a matter of learning their activity patterns....
by Warren
March 6th, 2012, 9:49 pm
Forum: Mammal Forum
Topic: 3 trips to Alaska
Replies: 10
Views: 5614

Re: 3 trips to Alaska

Actually never got my hands on one, and have only seen one once - in Wyoming.
Although I live in a province that is full of them, I prefer the tropics.

Just looked them up and learned a couple of facts:
  • 1. They are basically a rat-shaped rabbit
  • 2. There's 30 different kinds!
by Warren
March 4th, 2012, 12:28 pm
Forum: Mammal Forum
Topic: What mammals have you eaten? (ONE MAMMAL PER DAY)
Replies: 90
Views: 97863

Re: What mammals have you eaten? (ONE MAMMAL PER DAY)

Sorry for the ageism, Dell!

Your entertaining comments are keeping this thread alive!
by Warren
March 4th, 2012, 10:39 am
Forum: Mammal Forum
Topic: 3 trips to Alaska
Replies: 10
Views: 5614

Re: 3 trips to Alaska

Hi Curtis,

Thanks for the fantastic post!
Your adventures continue to amaze and inspire me.

Do you like radio collars?
by Warren
March 3rd, 2012, 11:44 pm
Forum: Mammal Forum
Topic: What mammals have you eaten? (ONE MAMMAL PER DAY)
Replies: 90
Views: 97863

Re: What mammals have you eaten? (ONE MAMMAL PER DAY)

@Dell: I didn't remember Ernest T, so I had to look it up. Thanks for the compliment! I remember one time with my friend when we were on a steep hill beside a lake. There were two ducks in the water about 30 feet away. I picked up a huge rock and asked him if he thought I could hit them (I was askin...
by Warren
March 3rd, 2012, 9:08 pm
Forum: Mammal Forum
Topic: What mammals have you eaten? (ONE MAMMAL PER DAY)
Replies: 90
Views: 97863

Re: What mammals have you eaten? (ONE MAMMAL PER DAY)

Hunting is kind of frowned upon in the east, for a few reasons: 1. Animal rights 2. Most of the population is urbanized and can't hunt. In this situation (urbanization) you get a mental separation between "meat" and "animals." Meat comes from the grocery store. No one would think...
by Warren
March 3rd, 2012, 1:57 am
Forum: Bird Forum
Topic: The Jewel Hunter - The Great Pitta Quest
Replies: 3
Views: 2850

Re: The Jewel Hunter - The Great Pitta Quest

I don't get birding. This seems like a great book, but to me it's like a quest to go to the greatest restaurants in the world and smell all their food without tasting it. Nothing wrong with that - it just ain't for me.
by Warren
March 2nd, 2012, 10:37 pm
Forum: Mammal Forum
Topic: What mammals have you eaten? (ONE MAMMAL PER DAY)
Replies: 90
Views: 97863

Re: What mammals have you eaten? (ONE MAMMAL PER DAY)

Raccoon. I have eaten A LOT of raccoons. Once we sprayed the bbq grill with lemon pledge to clean it ... then the coon tasted lemony. I called it lemon coon - a Chinese recipe like lemon chicken. Another time I climbed a tree after a coon. I shot it above me, and it hit me on the way down. One inter...
by Warren
March 2nd, 2012, 12:37 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Borneo Dispatches #27: Big Borneo Photo Dump
Replies: 5
Views: 3163

Re: Borneo Dispatches #27: Big Borneo Photo Dump

Great post! Gives the flavour of Kuching.
Much better than the flavour of Vietnam, which is oddly fishy.
by Warren
March 1st, 2012, 5:44 pm
Forum: Mammal Forum
Topic: What mammals have you eaten? (ONE MAMMAL PER DAY)
Replies: 90
Views: 97863

Re: What mammals have you eaten? (ONE MAMMAL PER DAY)

Not sure why the muskrats ate your plastic, but another rodent, the porcupine, will eat anything with salt in it (plywood (the glue), etc.). Salt is usually rare in nature (away from the ocean) and many animals will chew anything that tastes salty (mineral deposits, etc.). We would be more aware of ...
by Warren
March 1st, 2012, 10:54 am
Forum: Mammal Forum
Topic: Otters in River, Lake, Shore and Sea
Replies: 6
Views: 4044

Re: Otters in River, Lake, Shore and Sea

Very cool!!!
by Warren
February 29th, 2012, 11:51 pm
Forum: Mammal Forum
Topic: What mammals have you eaten? (ONE MAMMAL PER DAY)
Replies: 90
Views: 97863

Re: What mammals have you eaten? (ONE MAMMAL PER DAY)

I'll go with one of the biggest squirrels in the world: the groundhog. At 13 I was not a hunter. Groundhogs were chewing up my dad's vegetable patch, so I begged him to buy me a livetrap and I caught the critter. I wasn't allowed to use the gun, so I slipped a snare noose through the bars and hung i...
by Warren
February 28th, 2012, 11:15 pm
Forum: Mammal Forum
Topic: What mammals have you eaten? (ONE MAMMAL PER DAY)
Replies: 90
Views: 97863

Re: What mammals have you eaten? (ONE MAMMAL PER DAY)

Can't remember any exciting ones at the moment, so I'll just go with Red Squirrel.
They're bitter; probably my least-favourite squirrel to eat.
by Warren
February 28th, 2012, 8:21 am
Forum: Mammal Forum
Topic: What mammals have you eaten? (ONE MAMMAL PER DAY)
Replies: 90
Views: 97863

Re: What mammals have you eaten? (ONE MAMMAL PER DAY)

Interesting, Dell! Never heard of farming beavers. What did he feed them?
by Warren
February 27th, 2012, 11:22 pm
Forum: Mammal Forum
Topic: What mammals have you eaten? (ONE MAMMAL PER DAY)
Replies: 90
Views: 97863

Re: What mammals have you eaten? (ONE MAMMAL PER DAY)

Beaver. Every time someone says beaver is delicious, I think "it really is!" My folks have a pond in Ontario and the young male beavers used to come down the river looking for a new home. They would take down several trees overnight. So the best thing (for us) was to shoot them and eat the...
by Warren
February 27th, 2012, 8:51 am
Forum: Mammal Forum
Topic: What mammals have you eaten? (ONE MAMMAL PER DAY)
Replies: 90
Views: 97863

Re: What mammals have you eaten? (ONE MAMMAL PER DAY)

@mikemike: I'm jealous. Met lots of guys in Australia who grew up hunting pigs. A big dog covered in body armour would hamstring the pig, and then the boy would cut the pig's throat with a big knife. Sounded dangerous and exciting!
by Warren
February 27th, 2012, 8:45 am
Forum: Mammal Forum
Topic: OT - The great mammal thread!
Replies: 149
Views: 39468

Re: OT - The great mammal thread!

I hope Warren doesn't see this, he'll want to eat one, if he hasn't already. I think I did eat one, but I can't remember, as I may have blocked out the traumatic memory. Constantly eating, vicious, stinky, venomous, echolocating little MFers ... that huge brain doesn't stop them from getting killed...
by Warren
February 26th, 2012, 11:19 pm
Forum: Mammal Forum
Topic: What mammals have you eaten? (ONE MAMMAL PER DAY)
Replies: 90
Views: 97863

Re: What mammals have you eaten? (ONE MAMMAL PER DAY)

Muskrat ... don't have a great story, just shot it and ate it. Always enjoy seeing them living in ditches along major highways.
Not sure about their vision, but they often swim right at you and only seem to notice you at the last minute. Cute little magoos.
by Warren
February 26th, 2012, 2:40 pm
Forum: The Forum
Topic: Name That Snake!
Replies: 10
Views: 1972

Re: Name That Snake!

So "hoop" snakes do exist?
Yup! Cicindeline larvae do this too. Rolling behaviour is probably more widespread than we realize. As part of my "research," I throw every animal I see down a hill and document what happens.

by Warren
February 26th, 2012, 11:35 am
Forum: Mammal Forum
Topic: Flying squirrels: How to find?
Replies: 18
Views: 16381

Re: Flying squirrels: How to find?

I have caught Northerns in a live trap with peanut butter. It is pretty cool opening the door and seeing them fly away!
by Warren
February 25th, 2012, 11:04 pm
Forum: Mammal Forum
Topic: What mammals have you eaten? (ONE MAMMAL PER DAY)
Replies: 90
Views: 97863

Re: What mammals have you eaten? (ONE MAMMAL PER DAY)

Red Fox: Helped out on a trapline and decided to try the meat. Wore latex gloves for skinning, nicked myself through the gloves, freaked out about rabies, but I'm still here.
by Warren
February 25th, 2012, 3:29 pm
Forum: Mammal Forum
Topic: What mammals have you eaten? (ONE MAMMAL PER DAY)
Replies: 90
Views: 97863

Re: What mammals have you eaten? (ONE MAMMAL PER DAY)

Did you go to Quebec just to go hunting? Is it better than Ohio?
by Warren
February 24th, 2012, 11:52 pm
Forum: Mammal Forum
Topic: What mammals have you eaten? (ONE MAMMAL PER DAY)
Replies: 90
Views: 97863

Re: What mammals have you eaten? (ONE MAMMAL PER DAY)

Deer Mouse. In the film Never Cry Wolf, the Farley Mowat character survives by eating mice in his shack. I had to try it!
by Warren
February 23rd, 2012, 11:49 pm
Forum: Invertebrate Forum
Topic: New Species of Jerusalem Cricket
Replies: 3
Views: 1964

Re: New Species of Jerusalem Cricket

Does anyone know of where I can get some more info on this recently described species? Not sure what species they called it, but as of 2006, "recent work has revealed greater species diversity within the group than had been previously described, with 40–50 putative [supposed] species occurring...
by Warren
February 23rd, 2012, 11:11 pm
Forum: Mammal Forum
Topic: What mammals have you eaten? (ONE MAMMAL PER DAY)
Replies: 90
Views: 97863

Re: What mammals have you eaten? (ONE MAMMAL PER DAY)

It's after midnight here in Mountain Time, so I can post another mammal!

Striped Skunk via car hunting. Stinky, but delicious.

I guess if you could shoot or trap it without it spraying, you could eliminate the smell, but 3000 lb of steel ain't exactly a precision instrument.
by Warren
February 23rd, 2012, 6:29 pm
Forum: Mammal Forum
Topic: Look at those mams. . .
Replies: 24
Views: 7845

Re: Look at those mams. . .

This eating thread has momentum, so I started a new topic: http://is.gd/D07p74