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Let's See Your Phone Shots !!
comanche replied to mattybugeye's topic in Wildlife and General Photography
Somewhere under that morning mist is Windermere Suspect this Old Boy won't be around much longer . -
The obvious question is.......Hopefully as a comedy actor the late Mr Cope wouldn't be offended but... " Will he come back?
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Neil is right. The old grey"Mk 1" box will pick up signals from both the Mk 2 and Mk3 "Orange carrot " locators. The Mk1 collar only works with a Mk1 Box though. The Mk2 and Mk3 locators both work with Mk 2 and Mk3 collars interchangeably. One difference is that Mk2collars seem to tick a little faster than the Mk3s. The most noticeable difference is that all the Mk 2 collars l've seen are made of black plastic while Mk3s are grey. The picture shows two Mk2 collars above a Mk3. All well used. Interestingly the plastic clips on the battery covers of both of m
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Honest DIDO ; it's a male.
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Er, l know l risk falling foul of the modern trend for rejecting stereotypical sexual labels based upon what is considered the inadmissible evidence of outward appearance . However the issue of possible emotional gender fluidity aside , and at risk of being politically incorrect by sexually objectify even an insect ; The wasp in the picture is a bloke . Or if she ( they , them , us ) is a Queen she ( us , they them) is a very convincing cross dresser.
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Oh my heavens l feel guilty now , but l would probably have done the same . I wasn't trying to be clever though. Most fruit stones do honestly produce cyanide . Still time to have another go with the gin before Christmas. Good luck!
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Hello OTC! I've a couple of the same Model Fenns with subtle differences in the wire work and catches . Different batches l guess . The noticeable difference is that one trap has four tiny holes in the treadle ;possibly for wiring a bait to ? Would this have been a factory feature or a user modification? All the best
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You would only need to crush a a very small number of the stones to get a subtle almond taste . Not every stone in the batch! The usual proportions are roughly 2 pints of gin to 2 pounds of sloes. Some recipes do include just a couple of crushed almonds for added taste. A lot of people don't see the need. The stones of 2lb of sloes chopped to bits and dunked in alcohol are going to release a lot of acid. It probably won't produce fatal levels of cyanide but might well be unpleasantly bitter . Allowing the neat gin to absorb flavour from the sloes for a couple of
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Eek! Don't you like your family? Smashing-up the stones doesn't release goodness. It releases cyanide !
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Quite possibly Median wasps. They look a bit like small hornets and tend to build quite largish grey nests in shady bushes. When annoyed they have a habit of dropping from the nest like big raindrops.
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I'm having a comfortably busy wasp season. The last few Mondays and Tuesdays have been 13 hour days at them ,probably because my regular customers are thoughtful enough not to call at weekends except in emergencies . Hornets seem to be as normal regarding timing and numbers but wasps seem to be two months behind. Done an unusually high number of Median wasps this year. From my old invoice books l reckon there is a cycle; every 5-7 years is a bumper year ,often followed by a bad year and a few average ones. But yeah things are a bit sad in the insect world. There aren't even
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That's a sweet looking little dog. My daughter volunteers at a greyhound and lurcher rescue/rehoming kennels and they have little batches of similar looking lurchers from time to time . These ones come from an owner who possibly has problems with an obsession disorder , but it wouldn't be fair to judge on hearsay. She seemingly let's them breed unhindered to the point she can't cope .From time to time she agrees to a few being rehomed . This has been going on long enough for her dogs to almost breed true to type ; producing something that looks like a blend between bedlington
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My old dog was born with a wise old head on young shoulders so suddenly having an air headed, hair trigger bitch on the scene came as a bit of a shock. She's definitely a new soul and definately a "Wilful Little Cow" . Anyway having seemingly passed through the naughty teenage stage l decided to see if WLC would stay focused long enough to manage on a stalk. It wasn't supposed to be too serious ,just a quiet creep about to see how she would behave in a real time situation but mentally my fingers were so crossed they were knotted . Well we snuffled about for a coupl
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It's a shame if you had set your heart on a litter and the mating didn't work ,but no harm will come from a phantom pregnancy. Once the pregnancy hormones have run their normal 42ish day course she might ,or might not , be a bit nippy or try to pull your hand or other ferrets into her nest as if they were escaped babies , but'll soon return to normal. At this late stage of real pregnancy she should be looking very sleek and this sort of shape rather than just fat with big teats.
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Hopefully you'll soon hear the patter of little feet. If nothing happens though , I wouldn't panic immediately . It's likely to be nothing more than a false pregnancy. They are common after unsuccessful matings and the jill will deflate and return to normal . But don't let that stop you consulting a vet if you are worried
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Something worth considering is that even if you actually saw the hob and jill mating there is no certainty that she "took" on the first attempt ; so might not be overdue. Ferret Jills need a bit of rough handling by the hob in order to release the eggs for fertilisation It might've taken another try or two to get a successful result .
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It looks like the trigger mechanism hasn't been disturbed so see if the loose parts correspond to the ones on the diagram. Spare parts are easily available and any decent gun shop could whack it back together if you didn't fancy the job yourself.
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Not much to report here either .A couple of starter ping pong balls ,two small nests with first generation workers , and a Queen hornet whose ambitions for a nest in a rotten railway sleeper were nipped in the bud . Last year was weird too . A late start ,then manic nest activity( l trashed my record for nests done in a day several times ) then a very quick cut off to the season. Yet despite the number of nests there didn't seem to be many wasps out and about foraging or bothering people. I have a feeling a lot of nests failed without successfully producing Queens , but that j
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Yeh so he deserves to die of cancer because he didn't say hello to you.? . What a sad mentality you have. No doubt you'll come back at me with some witty or sarcastic retort . And the usual spite-filled cadre of suspects will do likewise if they can break off from engaging in their usual mutual bum licking . I wouldn't bother. You'll be writing it for other people l won't see it. I'm off this site , too many cruel , negative thinkers who don't really give a toss about the image of field sports .
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You are right Borr ,it is a fascinating subject . Made more interesting and difficult to build conclusions because development of humans is not conveniently linear. All over the World people were developing at different rates according to local conditions and the urgency ,or lack, of urgency ,to progress. As you mention ,Neanderthals overlapped with more modern humans. There is apparently evidence of inter breeding. Was it consensual? Or enforced? One thing l read many years ago was that some prehistoric skeletons showed serious injuries of the sort suffered by rodeo rid
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I made a passable arrowhead from obsidian. I actually made two but lost one when l couldn't resist trying it out . It is very sharp but the edge is a little delicate. I don't suppose it was a big deal for a skilled prehistoric napper to chip a new edge on a favourite spearhead if it was damaged.
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Chimps don't really hunt large game though and they do use simple "tools" to hunt . Plant foods represent something over 95% of their diet.
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What a lot of people don't realise is that a lot of E numbers are used to indicate perfectly natural substances . Things like Lemon juice have E numbers for instance. As for humans being dedicated carnivores ; it doesn't seem likely. My guess is that ,disregarding spiritual beliefs and local customs, our distant ancestors ate anything and everything whenever it was available. Archeologists have found that hazel nuts formed a massive part of the diet of our ancestors for instance. These would've provided plenty of protein and carbohydrates ,could be gathered with little effo
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Thus setting the standard for a large percentage of today's ferreting and lurchermen . But seriously.You are right . In this day and age it just doesn't do to make superficial judgements based upon outdated ideals . I was out of order making assumptions. And apologise to ferreters on this site whoever they/ he/she/ them/it ,is or are .Bless you all but lay off the mini skirts until the nettles have died down.
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It is sometimes said they did but though there have been a ( very)few rabbit bones found in a couple of Roman middens( including one bone identified as from a domestic rabbit from a villa near me) they are thought to fall into the exotic pet category rather than part of a widespread introduction or farming experiment. According to Roman documents they certainly kept rabbits and hares in enclosures in their homeland but Britain isn't mentioned . As one author on the subject wrote " lf in doubt , blame the Romans" The warrening system in this country didn't seem to exist un
