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>about to put dog outside
>see a skunk
>oh shit
>it's too late and dog busts open the door
>one hell of a battle has started before my eyes
>it didn't end well for Mr. Skunk
>innards
>innards and wasps and flies everywhere

>watching TV and eating popcorn for breakfast
>chipmunk comes running through my living room out of no where

>go walking in the forest
>on a track that runners and people with dogs frequent
>see this kind of thing crossing the path, very slowly
>stand around contemplating picking it up, deterred by the prospect of having to touch it
>eventually man up, and hold it in my hand
>it bites, fairly painful, considering it's an insect, drop it
>now opt to flick it off the track with my shoe
>Weta (it's called a "Weta") decides shoe is it's sworn enemy
>commences insect grade combat flailing on and around my shoe and bites hard enough that it (just) pierces the skin of my toes
>clambers up my shoe and decides to infiltrate into my shoe's perimeter
>starts biting the top of my feet
>in the most unmanly manner possible, take off shoe, hurl it into a nearby stream
>Weta emerges from other side of the stream, stares back for a few seconds, then moves out of sight
>collect soaked shoe
>finish walk
>go home
>foetal position

I don't know if this counts...

>usually sleep on couch
>decide to go to my room for once
>jump on bed and roll around in blankets like an ass
>wonder why blanket smells so awful
>keep sniffing
>pick up blanket
>dead mouse rolls out
>start screaming like someone's stabbing me in the chest

>forced to go to this church thing with my friend's crazy mom
>looking at all the animals and minding my own business
>something grabs hold my my hotdog
>it's a turkey
>it tears off a piece like a carnivorous beast
>get in trouble for feeding it
>wonder why it was even loose
>wonder why I'm so lame that a turkey could sneak up on me

>Take walk at night
>See something walking along the road far far away from me
>Its heading for my direction on the other side on the road
>No cars out, only me and it
>Think it might be a cat at first but its too big and walks way to clumsy

>Keep walking and see its a badger
>Distance from badger has gone from 200meters to 0meters
>On direct opposite sides on the road
>Badgers have shitty eye sight so it still havent noticed me even though I didnt stop walking or anything
>Say "Hi!"

>Badger freezes andnotices me
>For one second I go "ohshit is it gonna attack me?"
>Badger quickly (as far as badgers go) jumps into foliage and away from the road
>Stick head out trying to see where I was standing
>Tell it it shouldnt be walking along the road since lots of badgers get run over here
>Badger stares some more then decides to go deeper into woods

>Feeling awesome about having a conversation with a badger.

>be a kid
>moderately sized ant hill outside of church
>every Sunday throw pieces of rice krispies on it
>they love them
>sometimes troll them by swiping them with sticks or throwing rocks on it

>standing on balcony
>notice a couple of bees
>bees are crawling into a hole in the wall of the building
>that's not good, I don't want a beehive on m balcony
>go inside, close door
>as I close door I hear a loud and high pitched buzzing noise, figure it was just one of the bees outside
>go to uni, come home some 9 hours later
>open balcony door, look down
>huge ass bumblebro is stuck inside doorframe, it was almost crushed by the door when I closed it, been sitting there all day
>still alive, pick it up and release it outside
>it derps around a bit looking really confused, then takes flies up and sits on the balcony railing
>"go ahead"
>it takes off, seems to be in good condition
>bumblebros are cool as fuck

>Sitting at computer.
>Hear buzzing.
>Huge ass bee flies into my room.
>It flies into my lightbulb.
>Horrible loud buzz as it's fried.
>Spend 5 minutes trying to dig it out with a wee stick.

>is a snail
>spend all night and morning trying to get to the other side of the road
>some giant picks me up and puts me back where I started
>complain on 4chan

>Be out on large cattle property owned by family friends
>Fixing poly pipe for a water trough that had split
>almost done fixing it
>suddenly wild horses everywhere
>around 8 completely free living horses come up to us
>very pushy and inquisitive
>think we are gonna get kicked by one of these horses for sure
>feed horses some grass and rub top lip
>bro out for about 15 minutes
>horses run off

ahh that was a beautiful thing

>>1022905
Fuck yeah, nature spirits!

>>1022924
You god damn fucking ignorant dumb asshole! WTF are you doing?! Do you realize you are endangering your local ecosystem by doing that? Do you realize what happens when you release invasive species like that?

Go kill yourself, right fucking now. Just go die in a fire, you fucking retard.

>>1022941
Face got lost in the captcha

>>1022942
>>1022941
Don't be sad, every time you go there, just remember that each squirrel you see is probably one of his babies, because you raised him to be a bad ass pimp master, and he grew up strong and healthy like a boss because you gave him everything he needed.

>>1022931
A MILLION TIMES THIS
Jesus fucking christ man.

>>1022946
I know. But he's such a little bro. The day he doesn't show up I'm going to cry my ass off. Some times I'll just be walking around the camp site, and he'll be hanging out on my shoulder for hours. Never tries to get our food, always goes and gets his own. Some times I'll give him a couple berries or nuts, but he never goes for them. Just waits patiently for me to spoil him. Some times he'll come into my tent and curl up in my sleeping bag with me if its in the spring/fall and its chilly out.

Love that little guy. I've thought about taking him home if it gets to the point where I can tell he's not doing well... but I know he wouldn't like that.

>Working in Customer service, little room to myself
>Big commotion outside, two managers swarming around huge plate glass window in lobby where carts are kept
>One comes in looking for a broom.
>Ask why
>Hummingbird has flown into the store and is exhausting itself flying into the plate glass window, can't get out
>Get manager to take over in cust. service
>People are swiping at bird with shopping bags and brooms
>Shoo them away, very gently cup hummingbird in hands
>Keep fingers spread apart, bird has more than enough room to fly out.. Instead sits in palm and looks at me curiously
>Maneuver outside, open hands completely.
>Sits in hand a moment before hovering in the air
>Squeaks and chirps happily at me and waits a moment before zooming off
>Goodbye hummingbro!

>>1022965
Reminds me of what happened the other day.

>Leave sliding glass doors open a couple inches for some fresh air.
>No screen cause it was busted off by previous tenants, and the landlord/manager is a fucking cheap bastard.
>Notice wasp crawling along the floor when walking around.
>Freak out and grab a cup and thick piece of paper.
>Trap the scary ass looking bugger, scoop him up, run outside, and shake him loose on the grass.
>Run back inside like a pussy.
>Feel sense of accomplishment for the rest of the day.

>go out to gas line to target shoot with .308
>set up targets
>hike back up other side of valley
>load up, start aiming
>notice some does on edge of trees a few yards beyond target
>drop the first doe with one shot through heart at 400yds
>not hunting season
>hurry and gtfo of there

>Get out of my car
>Walk some steps
>See a little "bird" corpse on the ground
>Move it with my shoe
>Realize the bird was a little BAT
>Look at it and see it's still breathing
>Take it and put it on a safe high place
>15m after it dissapeared... Hope he could flyed away

and once I was hitted by a bird lawl

>>1023009

Hah. Me too. I got dive bombed by a pair of mocking birds because I got too close to their nest.

>be like 10
>on a park walk with family and family friends
>see snake on path playing dead
>dad pokes it with a stick and freaks out when it's still alive
>come back from walk, see kids playing with snake
>"its a garter snake, it wont hurt you! :D"
>that was the first time i held a snake
>snake was a real bro
>insist to my parents to keep going to that park in hopes of meeting bro snake again
>my dad's face when

>>1022801
I laughed so hard I almost threw up.

>>1022924
Seriously?

You don't just go fucking releasing shit like that. This is why there are so many terrible invasive species killing off all of our fauna. Yeah, boo hoo, they're going to be eaten. Don't fucking release them to the wild.

>be at little park on a lakeside
>everyone barbecuing and all that
>group of idiots throwing hamburgers to big alligator floating in lake
>gator is all nom nom
>wants more and is slowly floating closer to shore staring at them.
>people throw head of lettuce at it
>he does not want
>comes walking up on shore
>walks the dinosaur
>everyone grabbing their kids and running away
>his face when he cleared the park like a baws

Hopefully he didn't wind up being shot like most gators people feed.

>>1022744
>>1022826

I lol'd so bad

>decide to go biking at midnight
>going down this hill by my house
>see something on the side of the road
>stop, turn around, go back up a bit
>it's a big fat toad
>get off bike, go towards it
>doesn't move
>get closer, sit down beside it
>go to pet the toad
>moves slightly
>pick it up, it's chill as fuck
>holding up this toad, petting it's head, talking to it
>put him back down, he just chills there
>pet him for a bit, he's a pretty cool bro
>eventually he decides he has other things to do and slowly moves back into the tall moist grass

man I love toads.

>fishing at river
>hear kids fucking with bats under nearby overpass
>they're knocking them out of the overpass' crevices with sticks and killing them
>rage and chase them off
>half a dozen dead or dying bats
>go back to fishing spot with a fuckton of flying insects everywhere

fucking kids

>senior in high school
>hanging out before first period with bros
>suddenly commotion, girls shrieking, etc
>investigate!
>tiny brown bird has gotten into the hall
>assholes are trying to hit it with whatever they're holding
>very calmly push past them, collect little bird-bro
>no broken bones or any injuries, just looking confused
>go outside to release it
>forget there's a step down at that particular door
>step wrong (obviously)
>bird's okay, flies off
>I'm laying in a bush with a broken ankle and twisted knee
>it's okay though, bird's safe
>embarrassed as fuck, but it's cool bro
>sweet sweet painkillers
>family starts calling me Saint Francis
>o u

>>1022924
Fucking dick, that's how ecosystems get thrown out of balance. Fuck these treehuggers that go out and get all butthurt over people eating shit.

>frequently fish at big secluded lake
>heron is always there
>make friends with heron, name it joe
>when i catch bluegill i feed them to him
>joe always finds us when fishing there

>>1022827
>visiting family up in Sun Valley, Idaho
>going hiking through an absolutely GORGEOUS section of forest
>taking pictures like a boss
>hear barking/chirping noise
>looking up in the trees
>hear scuffling next to me
>There's a Southern Idaho Ground Squirrel on a log like 5 feet from me
>He's running back and forth on the log, stopping on either end to bark into the forest (I'm guessing he's warning shit?)
>Just as I'm about to snap a picture, he stops and strikes a pose

Pic is the little bugger

>>1023390
>took a picture of a squirrel
cool story bro

>first year of college
>don't know where shit is
>have a night class
>it's dark and I can't read my map properly
>get lost instantly
>get lost for 30 minutes
>feels fucking scary man
>completely alone wandering aimlessly in the dark and there is either no light at all as I continue my walk or really eerie orange light from cheap street lamps
>suddenly a flash of green eyes in the dark
>it's a stray cat
>feel suddenly somewhat more at ease
>follow cat for a little bit
>suddenly I'm back in civilization, there are people around, and hey there's my classroom
>this happens every time I'm lost with he same exact cat

thank you harriet tubman cat

>walking back to dorm room from university gym
>see some sort of fat animal up ahead
>it's biggest fucking raccoon in US history
>he pauses to stare at me
>his face when
>I avert gaze and begin taking a different direction back to my dorm
>he climbs a tree and disapears

>Saturday afternoon
>Kinda tired
>Time for a goddamn nap
>Wake up ten minutes later
>Weird noise from window
>Open curtains
>Twenty sparrows in the tree outside
>Five holding onto screen with feet and flapping wings furiously
>WTF
>Back out of room feeling creeped out
>Go to bathroom
>Come back to find peregrine hanging out in my tree
>Oh shit I haven't see him/her in months
>Back just in time to save me from creepy-ass birds
>I love you bro

>walking to store
>nice day, feeling pretty good
>SUDDENLY A BEE
>start flailing like crazy person, face a rictus of terror, whimpering a little
>bee gone as suddenly as he appeared
>look around
>neighbor has seen EVERYTHING

Or, a more heroic story:
>walking down the sidewalk
>hear rustling and chirping form neighbor's window well
>bird is stuck down there, unable to fly out
>find branch
>lean it down into well like ladder
>walk away
>come back 20 minutes later
>bird is gone
>call self Anonymous, Savior of Birds for rest of day

>near local high school
>chillin in one of the fields
>see there's a drain pipe leading out from the track field thing
>see three fox pups playing around there
>circle around and get a little closer
>two of them scurry in, but the other one just chills
>staring match ensues. the fox is totally chill.
>I get closer and closer to the fox
>get within about three feet from it
>sit there for about a half hour just watching each other
>eventually the fox goes in the hole
>feel happy for rest of week

pic so related, it's brofox

>>1023450
>Zues and the deer

>>1023465
Oh my god, that is so fucking adorable!!!!

>>1023465
fukken saved

>dog gets ahold of a baby bird, hurts it pretty bad
>I put it in the bushes, but it can't move and is in pain
>I know what I have to do, I hold my finger and thumb on the birds neck until it dies
>Feels bad man, but I did the right thing

>>1023490
It's YOUR TURTLE, why the fuck don't you man up, take it's remains back, and give him a proper burial?

>chillin in my dorm room
>hear scream from bathroom
>rush in, girl says there's a huge flying bug in the shower
>think "pssh its probably just a mosquito eater"
>am dumbfounded for about 30 seconds when it is one, but is about three inches long
>regain composure, scoop it up, let him out the window

>>1023537
>coming back from dining hall
>hear commotion outside of residence hall
>its a fairly large spider (wolf spider i think)
>everybody's freaking out
>"everyone chill the fuck out, I got this"
>try to nudge off stairs with flip flop no less
>it gets pissed instead
>run to room, grab coffee mug and index card
>come back scoop him up and toss him into the forest
>I am now the dorm hero

>Do charity work with local tards at a mental health center
>teach them how to write resumes and shit (social skills)
>smoke break
>squirrel with half a tail chillin on the bench outside
>sit next to her
>give her sunflower seeds from my purse
>she's less than 6 inches away from me
>group of tards start collectively howling at me, "OOOOOOOH YOU GONNA GET BIT! YOU GONNA GET RABIES!" and shit
>squirrel runs off from all the noise
>fucking tards

chalk this up to 8 year old ignorance
>have standard goldfish bowl (yeah,yeah I know now)
>have one goldfish, and two betas
>everything is okay for a couple days
>wake up one morning, goldfish is gone
>WTH, I then learned that betas are savage little fuckers
>next day, only one beta in bowl... learned they are cannibals
>third day, no fish at all in the bowl
did it eat itself or what?

>>1023909
I used to have two in one tank with a cheap little divider between the two. One would find a way to jump over the divider to get at the other. Every. Single. Day.

>>1023909
They dun Nemo'd.

>>1023909
parents probably checked in on them before you saw them every day and fished out the corpses. the last one probably died and they flushed the body. they probably hoped that you'd think it ran away or something

There was this one time where i like saw this wqeird lookin thing is was almost like a snail but it was more like a dog or something n e ways i stepped on it accidentally i rly didint mean to and it make this weird noise you know what i'm saying kindof like a fish tail would if you slapped it on your cheek so i ran as fast as i could and it turns out it was a crow because it started flying and it chased me and pushed me down i got a rly bad scrape here it is.

>>1024009

>>1024009

What... What is this???

>>1024009

>>1024009
0/10
Found your pick on google images, first page.
Troll harder faggot.

>Roommate asks me to kill a spider because he's an arachnophobe
>Capture it with paper and cup release it through my windowsill instead
I don't kill dudes when I don't have to, just like in Deus Ex.

>>1023448


One internet to you, fine sir.

Very cool.

>>1024128

I need you in my life. I ask my boyfriend to relocate spiders outside because I am an arachnophobe and he kills them unnecessarily.

>>1024223
I am spoken for and living in a far off land called Minneapolis.
Also, I accidentally killed a smaller one trying to rescue it from the shower the other day. Felt bad.

>in Highschool
>riding with two friends on the way home
>see a bigass turtle on the road
>turn around and go back for it
>pull over at a church
>send friend riding shotgun out to look at it
>he comes back
>"We're too late, it's already dead. There was blood everywhere."
>2 old people outside church staring
>don't give a fuck
>leave to go mourn Mr. Turtle in peace

>>1024128
>>1024223
>>1024340

>That feel when I never ever ever used to kill any spiders and in fact I love spiders and always put them out when asked and let them roam free when I'm alone in the house but all this changed when l I moved in with my girlfriend and my other housemate are both such serious arachnophobes that they make me kill them

Since spiders,

>intern at zoo
>working outside
>keeper i'm helping looks at me
>him: are you afraid of spiders?
>me: no why
>look down
>big ol' momma with real thin legs
>pull shirt away from body and let her climb onto the building we're standing next to
>keeper seems impressed

also (but not spiders)

>walking out to car at 6 am, still pretty dark out
>double-take, notice a toad sitting on a wood block next to the house
>don't see many toads anymore
>go over to check him out
>he scoots into a tiny gap between the wood block and the house, perfectly vertical
>see adorable toad face, decide not to mess with him

>week later, late in the evening
>mom calls me downstairs after walking outside to the driveway
>mom says there's a toad that went under her car and she doesn't want to squish him
>look at wood block, there's the toad squeezing into that gap again
>he's got this shit down to a science
>move wood block a little
>there's a hole where some wood wedged into the foundation has rotted out
>replace wood block
>mom and i d'aww over toad house
>toad's face when

>>1024375
When you find a comfy spot... You stick to your comfy spot. This is true of many, many animals, myself included.

>>1024471
here.

I present you with my MSPaint interpretation of your toad and his comfy spot between the wood block and house.

> own pictus geckos
> one day, go to clean cage, remove rock-hide
> accidentally interrupt mating
> actually catch myself saying 'bow chikka wa-wow'
> snap some pics and leave them to it

>>1024516
> Watch in awe as miniscule baby gecko emerges from egg, takes first breath
> Watch as it gets its shit together
> It crawls onto my outstretched finger
> Notice the other egg moving
> repeat process, tiny gecko on each index finger
> feels good man

>sitting in garage with friends
>door is down, only other exit is a side door that is jammed and only opens barely enough to squeeze thorugh
>all stoned playing mario kart 64 for hours
>suddenly from corener behind tv a hornets appears
>enormous, red and buzzing loudly
>chaos ensues as we all run for the door, every man for himself, punches are thrown
>never hang out in garage again

>driving on highway
>car infront swerves around something, then I see and swerve too
>look in rearview mirror just as the 4wd behind me ploughs through them, hits the mother a 2 of the ducklings, the rest are under/beside the car

>>1023465

I fukken DAAAWWWW'ed.

>>1024517
goodend

>>1024531

>sitting outside smoking
>see dragonfly get caught in a spiderweb
>he tries to get away, gets more tangled
>remove him from spiderweb
>take remaining spiderweb off him
>feelsgoodman

>>1024610
dude, you just robbed a spider of a meal, it may die. is it your decision to choose one life over another?

nah, fuck spiders. horrible little cunts.

test

>>1024610
>go to get mail
>see beetle stuck in web behind mailbox
>see two spiders fighting over beetle
>sit on porch and watch epic spider battle
>better than anything on tv

>>1025060
The interesting thing is that Rhinos are the exact same way. I believe it's because they have such poor eyesight, so they rely more on scent and sound as identification.

So a human can raise a baby rhino, and once it's released, it will still be wild to all other humans.

>>1025070
Awesome, I'll keep that in mind next time rhinos nest in my yard!

>be like 11
>outdoor cat always chills in woods by my house
>call the cat everytime I go on adventures with my friends in the wood
>cat ALWAYS comes
>follows us thru the woods all the time
>Catches chipmunks and tries giving them to us

>walking
>all of a sudden feel something collide with my boob
>its strong enough that it pushes me hard enough to make me stop
>look down at boob
>big ass grasshopper is sitting on my boob

>mom comes inside the house after doing some gardening
>2inch long green mantis on her hat
>`....mom, close your eyes for a sec`
>pick it up, take 5 steps back
>she opens her eyes wide opens as she sees it and scream to toss it away
>giggle as i let it go in some bush in my backyard

how can people not like a mantis D:

>>1025243
I don't fucking know. That reminds me of when my sisters almost killed a big ass brown mantis back in Nevada, they where gonna slice it in half with their garden shears. WTF, luckily I saved it.

>>1022744
>be like 10 or something
>go to relatives house
>see their dog
>always wanted a dog I could call my own
>take dog to younger cousins room(around 8)
>get behind dog and grab his hips
>lean forward and hump his ass with quick pace

>walking to bus stop
>see really cute snail on sidewalk
>pick it up
>get parasitic flatworms
>suffer third-world gastric ailments

Seriously, NEVER handle wild snails. Chances are very high they're harboring parasites no matter where in the world you pick one up.

>>1025220
Why didn't you attack the pig?

your family is so beta

>Visit Aunt and Uncle's house
>Aunt points out some bats sleeping in the eaves of their porch
>AWWWW BABBY BATS ASDGUFDICDFCDFK

>>1022941
>>1022962

Goddamn that is adorable. Sounds like some kind of pixar kids movie or some shit.

>last night
>"Son go light the grill!"
>go outside, open the lid
>light one burner, notice a little green bug
>shut burner off, pick up bug, set in grass
>live to fight another day, bugbro.

Oh, I will always remember this even though it happened so long ago.

>be seven
>playing outside in the rain
>we're running around the driveway
>see something shiny in the distance
>we run towards it
>i find a HUGE beautiful green dragonfly
>the sun is peaking through the clouds and it's making him looking green/blue and sparkly
>think it's dead
>i poke it and it flies away really fast

Also
>be 4 or 5
>go outside everyday that it rains to pick up earthworms out of puddles
>cry when they drown

I lived by a farm so I have a lot of weird animal stories. I remember there was a huge cougar in my backyard and I thought it was a cat. I went outside and saw what it actually was and ran like fuck.

>live in 2nd story apartment
>wake one morning to commotion in dining room
>family freaking over a bat flying rapidly in circles around the ceiling
>open door to balcony
>bat takes one last circle then shoots off into the morning sky
>godspeed, batbro

>>1025083
/r/ boobhopper pix

>sheep escapes from fence thats filled with cows and stuff in my backyard
>be really little (like 4)
>chase him around and try to ride him
He was really nice, I'm surprised he didn't try to beat me up.

>walking with family
>we lived in the country so we were going down an old dirt road
>see a big dog standing by my uncle's mailbox
>my aunt yells to it as we get closer thinking its my uncle's big rottie
>holy shit
>it's actually a black bear with two cubs in the ditch
>it starts to chase us but we weren't too close to it
>it slows down and goes back to its babies

I miss living in the country. I would always feed the cows, horses, and sheep in the fence at my backyard. There was a pond like 5 minutes away and I could go see the ducks and frogs and would fall asleep in the summer listening to the crickets and bullfrogs. It was crazy the amount of wildlife I saw. Bobcats, cougars, eagles, otters, seals, coyotes, and so many more cool animals. There was a moose my Dad called Lucy that would go in our backyard every week.

I have a couple more stories, I keep remembering a bunch.

>be with my sister
>playing and exploring the cowfield
>we walk over a hill
>see a HUGE herd of deer grazing
>we watch them until they run away

Also
>be at the beach by my house (like ten minutes away, awesome)
>laying down on floating docks
>puttin' my hand in the water and trying to touch the big school of fish
>sit up to pet my dog
>as soon as i do a HUGE fucking seal jumps out of the water eating the fish
>dog starts going crazy, i had to pull her away from the water
That was so scary. I almost pissed my pants.


>be driving with my dad and mom when i was little
>my mom starts freaking out and pointing
>my dad pulls over and we see a big fat porcupine waddling through a field

>be at the beach with my friend
>we're like 10 and see a "lobster" that's all red
>we try to catch it
>it's a little squid
>we scream and it darts away
>a few hours later we go back to the rocks where we saw the squid
>in the water looking for it
>a fucking eel or something slides across my friend's leg
>we see it and run away
>to this very day we don't go near those rocks

A more recent one:
>walking home after the rain
>someone is checking me out or something
>see a worm in a puddle
>pick him up and put him in the muddy grass
>the person has a look of horror/disgust on their face
>lol to myself all the way home

>swimmin inna side of dock inna ocean
>see jellyfish
>freak the fuck out like a bitch
>get out of the water quick
>look back at the water
>hundreds of odd spheres
>realize i was just in the middle of a jellyfish bloom
>realize im in some real fucking pain now
>spend the rest of my vacation in a shack getting all sorts of wierd shit poured on me by the locals

>Come across a small, harmless snake near the house.
>It has a half swallowed frog sticking out of its mouth.
>Sister starts freaking out, I'm the tomboy so I carefully pick it up and take it to the bottom of the yard (we lived near the woods) to calm her down.
>Gently put it down.
>Somehow it chokes the frog out and slithers away.
>Frog lies there for a minute, assume it's dead.
>About to return to sis when the frog gets up and slowly hops away.
>Wut.

Also

>Go to laundry room to put some stuff in the laundry basket.
>Laundry room is on the second story, so no door outside or anything.
>Look in basket.
>See toad sitting on top of dirty clothes
>Scoop it up with a big plastic cup, take it outside and let it hop out of the cup onto the ground.
>I just encountered Toad Houdini.

And then

>Visit Grandmother's house, she gives us her evil, 'up to something' smirk and tells my sister and I to check out her pool.
>Still a little stagnant water from last simmer in the deep end as usual.
>Sister and I look closer.
>Wait, that's no cloudy water... THOSE ARE TADPOLES. THOUSANDS OF THEM.
>Sister spazzes out, I just stare in shock.
>Grandmother just laughs her ass off at our reactions.

>>1025594

Then this

>Grandmother tells me to tell my Uncle, who's cleaning out the empty pool, that dinner's almost ready.
>His back is turned to me, says he wants to show me something.
>Stand at the edge of the pool and look down, ask him what it is.
>He spins around with a shit eating grin and a huge wolf spider in the shovel he was using to scoop out leaves with.
>That fucker is bigger than his goddamn hand.
>Scream and run back inside.

So then

>Swimming in grandmother's pool a month or so later, it's newly cleaned, painted, and filled with new water.
>See something out of the corner of my eye.
>Two frogs are swimming in the pool.
>Get out, get my sister, and we spend the next out trying to scoop them out into a bucket.
>We take them to the creek nearby and let them go.

Frogs and toads. Frogs and toads everywhere.

>goto give doggie some water
>small frog inside water bowl
>pour more water in it
>dog drinks around it
>we leave it in peace
>frog gone in the morning
>frogs face when

>Waiting for school to start.
>See turtle in basketball court walking towards the parking lot.
>Watch from afar so it doesn't get crushed by a car.
>it decides to chill in the football field.

>Wake up
>Go downstairs in boxers to the kitchen
>"Gonna make me some waffles!"
>Turn head
>A Red Squirrel is inside house climbing the curtains and staring at me
>Stare back
>He doesn't say a thing
>Awkward
>Decide that i'd rather take a shower and go back upstairs

>walking home from the park
>find curled up dead baby snapping turtle in a dried puddle
>bring it home
>put it in a cup of water
>suddenly back to life


fuckin magic, man.

>>1024340
I live there too. I take house centipedes outside too, though I'm considering letting the next couple chill in my apartment.

More thread-relevant, the only semi-big animal encounters i have are with squirrels. A week or so ago i saw an albino squirrel, he was jittery as fuck.

>sitting on balcony
>hear alot of birds
>mimick birds
>three chickadees come to balcony
>feel like Snow White
>fuck yeah

>Senior year of high school
>Retard kids my age play a prank by releasing HUNDREDS of crickets
>Scoop up crickets and try to put them on the grass outside
>Tons of squished crickets everywhere

One year they put hundreds of goldfish in the CHLORINATED pool. They all died. ;____; Fucking jerks.

>>1025696
Where the hell are these fucktards getting the money to fund these pranks from?

>>1025696
>implying feeder animals aren't dirt cheap

>>1025717

You can buy 500 crickets from Top Hat Cricket Farm for $15 plus shipping. It's $24 + shipping if you want 1,000.

>Camping with friends
>Hiking, have small rations with us
>Young black bear out of fucking nowhere
>Friends flip out, walk away
>Take out an apple, hand outstretched
>The cautiously creeps up, sniffs my hand and takes the apple
>Stares past my eyes into my soul for a good minute
>Disappears into the brush

I felt like a boss for the remainder of the trip

>>1025745
Makes me wonder where the mother was.

>>1025749
I was fearfully wondering the same thing at the time.

>>1025670
Chickadees are brave little things. They hang around and yell at me when I fill their feeder, then go right back to business.

>>1022744
>be a snail
>he picks me up
>parasites on my shell burrow into his skin
>snail away

>Visit relatives who live by some forests
>Get a chance to walk around them
>Come by a creek and spot a Gopher Turtle
>OH SHIT THIS IS MY CHANCE
>Release my Salamander
>Salamander bites the turtle until it faints
>Throw my animal ball at it
>It's caught
>FUCK YEAH
>Take it to the nearest animal center to revive it
>Check my animal dex for the new entry

>Walk over to fish tank
>Pleco gets startled
>Sticks head between two rocks, half its body sticking out
>I can still see you, bro

>>1025343
really? i'd play with the ones in my backyard all the time when i was a kid and never got anything from it

>riding bike through sports grounds south east suburbs of sydney
> suddenly, a fox
>little girls playing soccer asking each other what it is
>"it's a baby kangaroo" said girl
>"it's a fox!" said me
> "whooooah!"

>be with boyfriend in winter
>night on a usually busy road, no one there
>FREEZING-ass wind
>walking towards transit center to catch the last buses home
>See raccoon, walk towards it with care not to scare it
>boyfriend sees raccoon and starts chasing it as fast as he can
>both chase raccoon into a tree
>stare at racoon for a good fifteen minutes.


Miss that little guy.

this is actually my brother's story

>Brother gets extremely high with friend
>both driving around in mountains
>end up getting lost at the top of a mountain
>Extremely steep dirt road, his friend attempts to drive down
>Going too fast, his friend puts on the brakes
>brakes fully on, they're just sliding on the dirt
>they slide a good ten minutes and get to the bottom of the mountain
>Zebra walks into view
>High, wtf, zebra? in california
>they laugh for a really long fucking time
>zebra walks away.
>somehow after sliding for only around 15 minutes they ended up in a town that is very, very far away.
>I guess there are zebras running around up north

>>1022941
>>1023465
Omg so cuuuute.

I love this thread, I think it should get archived...

>>1025083
*zip*

also

>be a raccoon
>some chick coming at me looking at me like she wants to fuck
>her huge boyfriend sees this and starts chasing me
>she starts chasing me to, saying I tried to rape her
>human bitches are cunts.

This all just happened

>6Am, watching americas cutest dog on Animal Planet
> Spiderbro decends from ceiling, hangs in front of my face for a moment
>decends down on my arm, skitters around for a few seconds
>climbs the fuck back up his little strand and hangs there.....slowly decends back down to resume skittering.
>put out hand, decends into palm, and then climbs back up web.

>"Ok, he is interrupting my show" and I go to the couch instead of the recliner

>Mother fucking spider crawls across the ceiling to decend on me again and resume skittering

>God Dammit Spider Bro!

>be 17
>riding dirt bike on friend's property
>throttle wide open on narrow straightaway
>maybe 3 feet wide, tall trees on either side
>trees blurring together, shift to sixth
>giant brown blurs explode all around
>world comes to halt as I slam on brakes
>slide to stop, engine stalls out
>in the middle of startled-still deer herd
>trying, failing to kick-start bike
>giant buck with antlers staring me down
>engine won't turn over
>mere inches from doe
>start thinking about lyme disease
>they bolt into the wild
>still trying to kick-start bike

would've been the grossest accident ever...

>Never been stung by fling insect before; always told they wont bother you unless you bother them
>Working at zoo internship
>raking out enclosure
>Feel something on the back of my neck on the right side
>Assume it is the stupid tag on shirt, brush it back into place
>OW OW OW OW OW OW OW OW OW
>Some dumbass flying stinging insect landed on me and got mad when i tried to brush it off
>Sit inside for 3 hours.
>Now petrified of flying stinging insects.

>Have insectophobia
>Derping around on computer late at night
>HUGE ASSED MOTH FLIES ON COMPUTER SCREEN
>Nope.jpg
>Turn off computer, run to my room, cry a little.

>>Sat in living room, chillin'
>>THUNK
>>The fuck was that
>>Bird shaped mark on the window
>>Look out the window, it's a fucking bird
>>Go outside
>>The bird is still alive, just
>>Watch it breath its last few breaths until it is finally gone
>>That was...depressing.
>>Get shovel
>>Scoop bird up
>>Send it for one last flight over the back fence into the field beyond
>>GOD SPEED, LITTLE STARLING.

>>1026651

Don't get me wrong, I'm not bashing you or anything, but I've never understood why people are afraid of insects that are completely/relatively harmless. I can understand fears of stinging/biting insects, but harmless ones? I guess that's the reasoning for the term "irrational fear". :\

>>1026657

lol'd

>>1026659
It all started after my trolldad threw a grasshoper at me one time as a kid. I flipped the fuck out, I will not lie. After that day, forever afraid...

>>1026668
Here I took out the phones reflection

>>1026743
Why did you kill them?
Turtles feral up quickly in the wild.
Unless they were non-native species?

>>1026748
her is a better version for you

>be 11
>hate flies
>like spider
>work on a farm for my 'summerjob'
>see huge spiderweb in garage
>holy fuck
>see big-ass spider in it
>holy fuck
>see tons of flies around
>catch
>release on net
>watch as spiderbro devours them
>alphaspider.png

>>1026751
Theres no way an animal would survive in LA.

Theres so many homeless he most likely would have been made into a soup

and yes, they were very much non-native and illegal as well.

>>1026761
there are tons of RES in LA, what did you have?

Come on guys, let's get this shit archived.

>>1026791

What is that picture from? It looks really familiar...

>>1026867

Osmosis Jones

Happened Yesterday

>walking to workplace to find out schedule for next week
>Firefly lands on my arm
>walks onto my middle knuckle
>stays there for the duration of the walk
>stays there for when I am in the store
>halfway home, it flies off
It's nice because for about 5 or 6 years, for whatever reason, there were no fireflies in my neighborhood.

>hanging out on my computer
>see a little cat head in the doorwar
>think "Oh hey, my cat came in."
>realize my cat is a brown tabby, not a gray tabby
>catch the gray tabby in the bathroom
>tell Mom
>we check to see how he got in
>Back door was open
>leave him in the bathroom with litterbox, cat food, and water overnight
>tries to play with the cats the next morning
>neutered black longhair tom is going "what is this I don't even"
>brown tabby is rapidly losing patience
>put him back in the bathroom
>go out and see if anyone's lost a cat
>only one ad, at the library
>Mom says we have to let him go
>we let him go
>spend the next day inside
>go out front the day after that and see him sitting in the pine tree bawling for attention
>fetched the ladder
>pull him out of the tree
>take him up to town to double-check
>nope.avi
>lady at the local art gallery expresses interest
>check library ad
>family shows up
>not their cat
>take the kitten back to the art gallery
>she adopts the kitten
>we're friends now

>>1026753
forgot about that red part in the bottom right. don't know if it was in the tank or not but looks better without it.

>Have really shitty neighbours
>They have a cat
>Decide to move in the middle of the night
>Leaves cat behind
>Couple days later see the cat walking around alley
>follow it back to now abandoned house
>SUDDENLY KITTENS
>Pick up kittens
>Mother doesn't care, starts rubbing against my leg
>Take kittens home, mother follows
>Build them an awesome home on my deck
>Start feeding them, and become bros
>Mom goes "Anon, we can't keep the kittens forever"
>New awesome neighbours moved from the country, tell us they will bring the cats there to live on the farm with their grandma
>Go with neighbours to farm
>Bid farewell to momma cat and the kittens
>Drive away to see them sitting on fence, looking at us drive away
>Cry for a week

>>1026921
You didn't even get to keep one? Your mom is a bitch.

>>1026952
Well we already had a cat, and my mom was pretty much a bitch when it came to pets.

>>1025572
I don't have any pics if the boobhooper, this happened a few years ago when I didn't even own a camera.

>>1027029
Time for a reenactment then.

>parents recently bought some land out in the country
>they plan on building their retirement house there
>they have known neighbors for years
>neighbors have a 5 year old gelding
>interact with him for a bit in his field
>he tries to eat my hoody draw string
>later he puts his head over my shoulder and rests it along the full length of my back
>I'm d'aaaaaawwwwing at this point
>feel the bottom of my hoody moving around
>he is trying to eat my hoody
>I lol
that horse is now my bro. the neighbors also recently bought his 3 year old brother, this horse doesn't seem to care much for people, he's already bitten his owner 4 times and they have only had him for a few weeks.

>>1027045
Horses are awesome bros. Biggest downside is they're not really adaptable to being hang-out-on-the-couch-with-you type animalbros.

>>1027070

this picture is higly suggestive.....

>Be repair guy.
>Get sent to farm in the middle of nowhere on hot summer day.
>Drive halfway up the driveway, lady's horde of chihuahuas spots me, comes to investigate.
>They all run right in front of my car.
>I stop, wait a bit to see if they'll get bored and move: No luck.
>Okay, I'm parking here.
>As soon as I open the door, suddenly Ninja Lab jumps into my car, walks right over me, and sits down in the passenger seat.
>Try everything I can think of to coax it out of there so I can get to work. No dice; it's taking up residence in there.
>Chihuahuas still sitting in front of my car, watching all this.
>Eventually leave door open, go to get owner.
>Lab almost immediately follows me.
>Turn around, run back to car and close door before it can jump back in
>Realize owner had been watching all this from window, laughing.
>Owner tells me this happens all the time. Apparently the dog really likes air conditioning.

>be a little kid
>playing in the backyard
>oh my god a kitten
>I need to pet it or I will die
>run up to it
>it freaks out and runs away
>chase it
>it decides to climb my tree
>LIKE THAT WILL STOP ME
>climb the tree with ease
>cat climbs higher
>suddenly I'm at the top of the tree
>HOLYSHITHOLYSHITHOWDOIGETDOWN
>scream and scream but my mom can't hear me because I'm too high up
>finally comes out to tell me it's dinner time, sees me in the tree, and flips shit.
>fire department has to come get me and the cat down
>dad cuts off the lower of the branches of the tree so I won't climb it again

Fucking cat.

>Getting ready to move out our house
>we have a tank with two turtles we found a few years back that we kept as pets
>Couldnt take them with us, had to set them loose in a pond near our house
>Watched as the two scuried into the pond together, cried a little
>came back about a year later, saw two turtles sunbathing on a log
>Nice to see my turtlebros livin' the life.

> foot and a half wide alligator snapping turtle slowly crossing road where people zoom 40mph
> attempt to hasten it by drawing its attention by walking near it
> TURTLERAGEDEATHMODE ACTIVATED
> ohshitohshitohshit who knew turtles could move so fucking fast?
> oh fuck its going after my feet oh god
> abandon sandal for.the greater good
> turtle viciously bites sandal in half, stalks away
> is now across the street just in time as a tiny red car zooms by uncaringly

More turtle
> huge assed alligator snapper
> prob 2feet wide in the shell
> pass it on the road, attempt to lure it away with a stick
> dont want to lose my new sandals
> leave it alone after five mins
> go home, can see turtle just down the street
> truck parks on side of road, guy gets out
> circles turtle and has epic dodging abilities
> eventually he gets behind the turtle and PICKS IT UP and moves it across the road

Holy fuck. Snappers move so fast and the ones around where I used to live were so goddamned huge

> coming home late on bike
> go to put it in garage, there are huge spiders with webs all over the lights outside the garages, as always
> see some big flying bug thing, not a dragonfly
> watch it get caught in the web and the spider as it moves towards it
> bug gets loose
> I dawww.and feel bad.for the poor spider
> reach down to grab insect which is resting on the wall
> as I grip it with my fingers it tilts its front body up and backwards to look at my fingers like 'what the fuck do you think you're doing?'
> squeal and let go of it like a bitch
> have night mares that night

Fucking mayfly.

>Leaving apartment, go to car.
>Praying mantis sitting on hood.
>Afraid I'd hurt it if I tried to pick it up.
>Back out of parking space, accelerate a little, hoping it'll scare it off.
>nope.jpg
>Mantis now has a deathgrip on my windshield wiper.
>Drive to office as slowly as possible.
>Get something from car maybe an hour later.
>Stupid bug still sitting on my hood.
>pick it up, put it in grass.
>leaving work, many hours later.
>Mantis is standing on curb maybe two feet from where I left it. Watching me.
>Week later, spot it sitting on office window sill.
>Is that guy stalking me?

How long do mantii live? This was years ago, and I still occasionally see what looks like the same one hanging around.

>walking back from work
>see a weird dark gray bird sitting on the ground
>"huh? What the hell?"
>approaches bird, bird looks apprehensive but won't move
>suddenly, WHAP! A crow dive-bombed me on the back
>WTF
>move away quickly, afraid of more crow attacks

>driving along rural road in the middle of the night
>see car coming in other direction
>suddenly, a deer
>oncoming car slams on brakes, deer leaps toward me, I decelerate, stop, with several car lengths to spare
>deer charges my car, head butts center of grille, bounds off into woods
>two cars parked on a dark road
>time passes
>we drive away

And another car+animal story

>driving to work
>squirrel in the road, rear half crushed
>it's alive
>align left wheels with squirrel
>thump thump
>feel terrible

>Live near a bay, in a house on stilts.
>Under the house: toads, toads everywhere!
>One or two live under the bottom step.
>They greet me every night when I come home from work.
>"Hello Toads!"

also
>Family feeds a blue heron a few fish that we catch in the castnets.
>Cousin names him Screecher.
>He comes back year after year.
>We throw him a fish on the wharf, and he flies over and stabs it.
>Leave bait in a bucket uncovered? Say goodbye to your bait.
>Whatever bro, you're cool.

He's a badass. Google says that the average lifespan in the wild is about 15 years, so he's getting up there. Either that or all the blue herons around there love us.

>come home from work
>walk into my bedroom and see a random cat that i've never seen before, chilling on the table where i keep my rat cage
>luckily, rat cage was locked and they were probably a bit traumatized but unhurt
>wierd thing is, my door was locked and all windows closed. no idea how this cat got in.

>drunk at party at my brother's house
>commotion outside, someone's found a big possum that was hit by a car but still alive
>my brother and his gf used to work in animal hospitals, so he tries to stitch up the huge hole in its gut
>it becomes apparent that there's no way to save the thing, so my bro gets a shovel and chops its head off. he has to swing several times because it's a tough bastard.
>we bury it in his yard with a stone paver on top.

I SAW THESE IN A FUCKING CUP.

AT THE BUS STOP.


WTF WORLD

>waiting for the bus
>leafy branches falling from the tree above me
>look up
>therees a bunch of cockatoos eating berries and tearing the shit out of the tree
>watch in awe
>nearly miss bus because its so damn fascinating

>Be 17
>Have a summer job as a park employee
>Having a break near a busy road
>Friend suddenly says "what the fuck is that?"
>Stand up, look where she's pointing
>It's a little hedgehog crossing the road
>Oh shit there are cars coming
>Stop the cars (we were wearing those neon-colored vests and other gear so people would stop for us)
>Pick up the hedgehog and take it to safety
>feelsgoodman.jpg

>>1027167
this one gets my vote

>>1027167

>Walking by concrete wall
>See squirrel scared shitless on wall hiding below a bush
>wonder whats up with it
>Turn corner
>Face to face with a fucking massive eagle less than a foot away
>Squirrel runs like hell away to safety
>Eagle chases squirrel (fails)
>I run like hell away to safety

I posted in this thread three times, but two of my posts got deleted. What the fuck? I am very confused.

>driving to job interview, windows open
>something hits me in the head softly
>reach up to feel head
>suddenly pain
>bee stuck in hair stings me, falls down somewhere
>pull over and pull out stinger
>look for bee
>bee is in my lap, on my nice pale pants i wore for interview
>go to interview with painful swollen hand and bee bloodstain in crotch

>Digging garden
>discover a orange thing that looks and size like a dildo.
>try to grab to remove.
>Stretches and squirms
>Holy shit biggest earthworm I've ever seen.

>>1027702
>has never seen a dildo

>>1027721
it was burried half way in, I thought it was a tip of a vibrator or something.

>>1027533
Yea, that wasn't ink. You got puked on by a giant grasshopper.

>>1027288

A cat burglar!

This happened today.

>Find $20 on the ground
>Me and friend go buy a couple loaves of bread
>Take it to the lake
>Feed the ducks and geese
>Baby ducks and geese everywhere
>Geese hissing
>Throw bread at hissing geese

It was pretty fun. Pic related, some of the teenager geese I fed. One has some bread on it's back.

>6 am shift at work
>pull into parking lot
>mallard and drake chillin' on lawn
>d'aaaw
>try to get close
>1 foot away from mallard
>give chunks of muffin
>drake hobbles over
>missing her left foot
>bawww give her more of the muffin

>come back next day for same shift
>bought extra muffin to share with ducks
>crow tries to steal from the drake
>shoo the crow off, call him a dick
>give more muffin to poor 1 footed drake

Duckbros.

>>1027799
This is really sweet anon, props to you for spending that $20 on something for animals!

>>1027799

>feeding bread to ducks

I seriously hope you guys don't do this

>week old thread. wat

>>1027805

The public isn't exactly educated on animal nutrition. Hell, most people don't even understand bread is not exactly that good for humans. Still, I'm sure the geese enjoyed it.

>>1027816
>thinks a week-old thread on /an/ is something notable
it's ok buddy, you'll learn

>driving a bike after a rain
>crushed snails everywhere on the road

>>1027913
The path I walk to take get to my bus stop is laden with slugs during mating season. It's a frequently walked path and there's always casualties everywhere. Often living slugs are huddled over their dead slugbros. I always watch the ground so I don't step on my little friends.

>walking home
>near dumpster behind a Walgreens
>someone threw empty pizza boxes on the ground, but they're closed
>crows trying to get into the pizza boxes, but they can't
>shoo them away, open up all the pizza boxes
>walk a safe distance away
>watch as crows come back and eat the crumbs leftover that I helped them get

>Walking down my street from school bus
>See a muthafukin bald eagle in a tree
>nobody believes me later


>walking through neighbourhood at night
>friend walks to a trash bin to toss something in
>see movement
>"get away there's something there!"
>"It's just a cat."
>he keeps walking
>It's totally a skunk
>it wanders off
>he never sees it


>being a kid
>at the pool with family
>parakeet lands on edge
>it sits on my hand to drink
>take it home
>call it splash

>at work (a shop)
>door open, it's nice out
>coworker ducks suddenly
>a bird inside
>wat do?
>attempts to capture fail
>he goes into a tube of some sort
>decide to deal w/ it later, name bird Tony Stark
>boss completely scared of birds
>leave note on door about bird when we leave
>next day another coworker just flips tube over outside
>why didn't we think of that
>bird fine

Ahhh, I can't believe I forgot to post these.

>>be 13
>>parents plant lots of junipers
>>dragonflies love them
>>spot the hugest, most battle-scarred badass dragonfly of all time
>>approach it, offer a finger
>>dragonfly warrior approves of this perch
>>chill on the porch with it
>>neighbor comes over, starts talking to my parents
>>takes him a minute to notice the giant insect I have
>>he flips out, can't believe I could hold them
>>later let the dragonfly go
>>feel awesome that I got to share a moment with an insect like that

>>few months ago
>>cleaning my in-law's small side yard because I like gardening and they're lazy
>>moved most of the junk out, just a small grill left
>>I pick up the grill
>>suddenly little black skittering things!
>>omg baby lizards
>>try to pick them up to relocate them to a safer place, two get away
>>finally get the last one after chasing him a bit
>>cup him in my hands
>>dawww forever
>>let him loose in the flower beds
>>rest of my day is awesome

>>few days ago
>>bringing in laundry from outside
>>go to retrieve towel, see something on it
>>baby mantis!
>>it assumes a kung fu pose
>>dawww

> be swimming in a river
> rescue all the little bugs I find in the water
> let some dry off on my hand and then fly away
> put others on leaf boats and wish them luck on their journey
> find a dragonfly stuck in the water
> use piece of bark to pick it up since they bite
> notice dragonfly has malformed wing
> swim to shore
> let dragonflybro dry off
> take loads of pics
> put it on a branch
> dragonflybro flutters awkwardly to a higher spot a few moments later


Sweet.

>>1028023
That wing isn't deformed, it just hasn't finished inflating it yet. Little guy must have just recently emerged.

>going to bed, undress to boxers
>get under sheets
>feel something crawl up my leg into my boxers
>half panic, turn light on, throw sheets off
>medium sized moths comes flying out of my underwear
>wut

Just this weekend
>be at metal festival
>constant chirping from under a tent
>friend goes to check, doesn't find anything
>hours later, still chirping
>get asked to check as I'm the nature dude
>acquire Field Cricket (Gryllus campestris)
>become buddies with said cricket
>take him to see Angel Witch as he calmly sits on my hand or shoulder
>release him near foresty area

>Brother is driving home
>Hears puppy cry
>Parks
>Looks around for it
>Sees puppy trapped in sewer
>Goes down and rescues it
>Alpha as fuck
>We named him Seymour

>Go for a walk in the evening with my dad
>come to a bridge
>catch a glimpse of something black and white under the bridge
>dad whispers "badger!" and we duck down
>Gradually creep up on the badger and peer over bridge
>Cow stares back up at us

The jokes about 6 foot badgers have lasted 4 years now

>be 10
>left super soaker outside on deck
>every time I use it, felt sharp pain in my right hand
>look at hand one day and see big fucking yellow jacket and its nest that it built in the grip of my super soaker
>throw super soaker the fuck over the deck
>super soaker still down there 16 years later

>at work, grocery store, in produce
>pulling corn out of a crate
>caterpillar falls out
>poke, poke: it's still alive
>give it some time under the light to come back
>take it outside and put it on a bush
>I WILL MEET YOU AGAIN ONE DAY CATERPILLAAAAR

>somewhere around 11 years old
>loved waffles for breakfast
>one day have waffles, go to pantry to get maple syrup
>pop open cap and begin pouring
>suddenly notice the syrup is entirely black
>realize there are probably thousands of ants inside the bottle, I was literally pouring ants
>freak the fuck out and don't eat waffles for atleast 8 years

I can finally use maple syrup again now, but I always check the bottle thorougly beforehand.

>walking on a trail alone in the woods.
>come upon a doe feeding in a clearing.
>she's just twenty feet away.
>watching me for a moment before going back to eating.
>she trurns away from me and raises her tail.
>I can see everything.
>suddenly realize she's staring at me.
>awkward.

>sitting in English freshman year of high school
>windows and doors open
>bird flies in to classroom, around for a second, then out in to hall
>never hear about it again

Dear house centipedes:

I don't mind terribly that you hang around here, since I know you slay other crawly things I want even less in my home. But could you kindly STOP this habit of suddenly popping out of nowhere to skitter along the wall right next to me? It's annoyingly startling.

Love,
The human who can squish you very easily if you don't knock it the fuck off.

> Night Job @ a College, about 7pm start time
> IN the North East
> Walk by practice field. Lights are on full tilt
> Near the start of fall.
> SWARM OF BATS!!
> Thousands of them!
> A National Geographic level swarm!
> Covering the entire area of the field about 300ft up.
> Swirling around like Night on Bald Mountain
> So many bats you could hear them flap and hear their chirps.
> Stood in awe for 5 minutes.
> Got out of being late for work by sharing the experience with everyone else.
> So much awe, we forget to take pictures of it.

>be a student at UC Santa Cruz
>see deer everyday, can get within about six feet
>these deer don't give a fuck
>never get tired of it

also
>racoons, racoons everywhere
>they're super friendly, give even fewer fucks than the deer
>look out window on night, see them harassing the pizza guy

>on a walk through the neighborhood
>feel something weird in my bra
>take a look, there's a firefly nestled between my boobs
>scoop him out and watch him fly away.

>>1026651

You're a faggot.

> Be 17
> See deer in cul-de-sac
> Apparently got past several homes and businesses, leapt over a fence, and was confused
> It leaves before animal services can get it

In fact, our neighbourhood tends to get a visitor once every year or two. One year we had a skunk. Another a porcupine. Another a jackrabbit. And last year it was a Hummingbird Hawkmoth

They tend to be flying visitors these days due to more and more buildings going up

>Have a stone paved walkway to house
>Walking down it one day
>"Damn, huge ass ant mound RIGHT in the middle of walkway."
>Knock top of mound off with stick, watching the ants scatter around.
>Continue down the path.

Next Day:
>Derpin' along walkway.
>"These fuckin' ants again!"
>Spray ant mound with water hose.
>"Drown in hell, antfags."

Next day:
>"Lol, I sure am glad I killed all those-... Is that another fucking ant mound?"
>Ant mound in the center of walkway were I had sprayed the other one.
>Reach for hose... but then stop.
>Suddenly gain respect and admiration for the ants for rebuilding their little home, even after I destroyed it twice.
>Put hose down and walk inside.
>Come outside and feed the ants candy.
>Been feeding ants for 2 years.

>be a firefly
>find the best nest EVER!
>bitch evicts me
>fly off haughtily, planning to poop in her tea later

>>1028584
try boiling water

There is a beaver lodge in my backyard
I win :D

>>1028654
CAW CAW CAW

>yesterday, trying to go to bed as sun is coming up
>look out window at brick wall
>lizard on wall
>second lizard comes up to wall
>first lizard flares neck like in picture
>second lizard jumps on wall
>first lizard runs at second lizard fast as fuck and bites him on the face
>second lizard falls off wall
>alpha lizard turns around and flares neck again at something on the other side of wall
>third lizard
>stay up for half an hour watching lizard wars

>walking home from bus stop
>really foggy, visibility at about 3 feet
>get to corner of the street
>notice a bird as I'm looking both ways before crossing
>bird flies directly into Stop sign
>momentum carries it up over the top
>it starts flying again after it gets on the other side
>look to other person on the street and laugh about witnessing some sort of animal comedy bit

>>1022827
lmfao

>>1025788
>>1025788
>>1025788
lol win

>>1028400
i'd tap that

>Walking through woods with my dad and our leashless miniature dachshund
>shrub starts shaking as we walk by it
>armadillo hobbles out chill as fuck 5 feet away from us and just looks at us like "sup guys"
>dog thinks she's the shit, barks and runs towards armadillo
>armadillo bolts away, dog chases it for a few seconds, then pussies out and runs back to us
>we laugh our asses off

>>1028400

>be 15
>have rather big garden, so does everyone else
>shitloads of squirrels and birds
>set up foodstation for birds ( My parents feed them to this day, year round, dont worry)
>Birds sort by species and have wars about the food
>suddenly, war squirrels
>they fucking jump at the food supply (One of those bird houses)
>scare of every big bird
>only let sparrows in
>motherfucking war squirrels

And that still is happening to this day. Another one

>mow the lawn
>suddenly a redbreast flies near me
>sits down on electric lawnmower.
>keeps sitting there until I put it back in the shed
>this happens everytime

It also watched everyone doing yard work in total. Just sat there, watching. Bird-bro

>be rebellious Teenager and smoke on my balcony
>everytime I smoke one after school some crow lads on my balcony and just stares at me
>wtf like a motherfucker

>>1028572
We tend to get raccoons, opossums and skunks on a regular basis. The skunks are fairly chill, just need to make some noise and they leave you alone.

>I'm hiking with some friends in Northern Michigan
>AN ANCIENT FUCKING NEWFY-LABTHINGCOVERED IN MUD+BRANCHES+LEAVES APPEARS, IT IS FRIENDLY!
>We go around looking for an owner, find nobody, the oldnewfylabthing hikes with us forever, possibly because I have sausages.
>I end up taking the dog home since I don't live that far away.
>Vet says the dog isn't ancient, but like 3 years old, no chips/tags.
>Get the dog shaved down, it is fucking adorable, obeys commands like a champ, behaves around children (I have nieces and nephews that come over/live with me when my bro needs some help) and enjoys fucking running with me.
>No owner appears despite web posting+putting up posters and whatnot.
>Family has had an awesome dog for two years.

Man, I never had a pet as kid (took care stray coons/cats/birds, but no "real" pets) and I never liked dogs, but this motherfucker came pre-trained to be awesome and lovable.

I was 100% sure I posted this already, but apparently I didn't. Or if I did, it got deleted for some reason. Anyways:

>At work, wondering around picking up trash (park employee)
>Notice something on the side of the road
>It's a dead bird
>It has no head, and all of it's insides are spread around the road
>The intestines look like maggots or worms or something
>Pick up the bird, I suppose it's a pidgeon but without the head it's a bit hard to tell
>Throw it in the trash
>Feel bad about it for the rest of the day

It was kinda pretty though, gorgeous wings. I wonder if a cat got it. Poor thing.

>start this thread
>some gay ass mod keeps deleting posts out of it like a huge faggot.

>On break outside my building
>See a bird standing over something while bobbing its head up and down
>Have a chuckle over the amusing sight
>Become curious of what the bird is looking at
>Walk over
>It's a dead baby bird of the same species as the other bird
>Feel bad for the rest of the day

>>1029474
So a mod deleted my post too (the one about the headless bird)? Why would he do that though? It's not like I killed the bird, it was most likely caught by a cat by the looks of it. That's not animal cruelty, that's nature.
Jesus. The one time we actually seem to have a mod they delete completely innocent posts. Moot must hate us.

Sage for no contribution/slightly off-topic.

>>1029496
I really have no idea why posts keep getting deleted. There's just no reason for it.

>>1029500

I experienced this today as well. My post contained nothing cruel or even idiotic. I've been on this board for years now (inb4 oldfag/newfag jokes) and this is the first fucking time I have ever tried this.

Where the hell were the mods when dicktroll, shoveldog and CAW spam was popular?

Sage because it's unrelated.

Wait, mods are deleting posts?

I have an older version of the thread, so at least some posts might be saved...

>Have flat tire
>Have to carry bike around
>Suddenly a mosquito who isn't very bright decides that my eye must be carrying a lot of blood
>Eyelids kill mosquito as I blink reflexively
>Had mosquito leg in my eye for half an hour

Today was not a pleasant day...

>>1030531
should have used your eyelashes instead.

Work at fish factory

Small bird has balls of steel and walks in without any thought that anyone working there can kill it at any time.

he can't find fish so he walks to me, looks at me, I look back and throw small fish scrap too him.

Takes it and flies away.

Repeats every 2-3 hours

>>1030848
>gets fired

>>1029496
a mod deleted the whole thread about dragons. granted it isnt /an/ but where else was a legitimate discussion about the hypothetical behavior and what not of them. and it wasnt like it was full of trolls and just spamming up the board. it had a good bunch of people all who were helping out another anon who came here with a question. fuck you mods. i wish i had applied to be mod when it was open. i would have been the best mod even /an/ :3

can you imagine /an/ with no spam? it would be glorious

>>get of the bus and walk over to my bike for the ride home.
>>A little bird sits in the front wheel, it looks kind of young and doesn't seem to be able to fly yet.
>>Pick it up and put it down away from the road so no one runs it over.
>>Wonder how that poor little bastard will be able to survive on its own.
>>Ride home on my bike.

>house's exterior is being renovated
>people working and moving stuff in front of the house
>rabbit comes out of the woods in the back
>it decides to pig out on the grass and clover
>for hours it slowly makes its way around the house
>people are still working on the house
>rabbit doesn't even give a fuck

To be fair, that year there was an explosion in the population of rabbits, they were fucking everywhere. Then the coyotes and foxes ate them.

When I was in turkey a few weeks ago I rescued this bug from the swimming pool, anyone know what it is?

>>1030930

>>1030931

>big beautiful butterfly sitting on a motorcycle
>realize it's been hit, half of its body is splattered or missing
>still alive and kind of active
>trying to crawl away but its insides have stuck it to the vehicle
>gently slide it off, it comes off easily
>it chills in my hand cleaning itself shakily
>no way it can fly again, probably won't live more than another day or so
>it rests in my hand
>I walk it home
>put it out of its misery, takes a few tries because it's tenacious
>give it to the ant colony living in my yard
>go in my room and cry for an hour
>still feel terrible a year later

I have so many of these, god damn.

>live on a mountain
>be driving to work
>out of nowhere, deer fucking leaps out of the bushes and into the road
>slam on brakes and slow so deer escapes
>second fucking deer, right on it's tail!
>holy shit can't avoid
>deer barrels right into the side of my car
>look in rearview to see it stumbling around, dazed as fuck but still okay
>wtf you dumbass deer, don't leap into the side of my car!

>a fucking pigeon decided to rest on my porch at dusk
>left puddle of white crap every morning
>came back again at dusk
>decided to shoo it away
>it kept coming back when i'm not watching
>SUDDEN REALIZATION IT'S A /B/IRD FOREVER ALONE
>left him alone
>went on about a week
>then he was gone
>hope you find happiness

>>1030955
whenever you see one deer you should proceed with massive caution for the next mile i'd say just to be safe. sucks though when they actually jump into your car. that happened to my mom once. which makes me think of one of my stories...

>be driving home on way from work late at night
>come over hill
>see possum so slow down
>see the possum look across the road
>then at my car
>then across the road again
>then at my car...
>keeps looking at my car
>then right as I pass him he runs out and gets hit by my right front tire


I swear he timed it. I felt so horrible though. As soon as I hit him all the warmth was sucked into my core and disappeared and I felt horrible for the rest of the night.

>still live on mountain
>have three cats
>youngest cat kills fucking everything: dead garter snakes, voles, frogs, dragonflies, baby rabbits, and of course mice
>sometimes likes to bring kills in as presents
>be upstairs one evening with the doors open, letting the cool air in
>hear telltale mewing coming from living room
>go investigate to see what wonders my cat has brought in this time
>oh look a dead field mouse
>shoo cat, go to pick up mouse and dispose of
>holy shit! mouse is still alive, pupils dilated, uninjured but catatonic. heart rate is so rapid it might just die on its own of shock.
>pick up mouse, hold to chest to warm it, wait
>eventually little mouse heart starts slowing down and beating normally, starts looking around again but doesn't try to leave my hands
>check little guy for damage, none found
>wait ten more minutes as it sits in my hands, regaining senses
>lock cat in my room, and go outside to release it
>mousebro won't leave my hands for another five minutes, knowing I am a source of safety, until it's completely satisfied that there are no more cats out there
>eventually hops off my hands and darts away into the bush

Good luck little mousebro. I hope you lived a long life and had lots of babies.

>>1030957

ffffuuuu! deer anon here, I did this exact same thing but with a red squirrel. I felt so bad I got out of the car and picked him up and put him in a shoebox to bury later.

I didn't mean to hit you, little squirrel. Why did you have to run right under my tire?

>be nine years old
>spending the day at grandparents house with the family
>me and cousins watching frogs in the pond
>cousin picks up a frog and lets me hold it
>'isn't that adorable wait there while i get the camera'
>grandma getting the camera
>frog takes a huge dump on my hands
>put back in the water before grandma fetches the camera

poor bastard must have been scared shitless at all these little kids trying to catch him
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