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Post by Elis on Jul 17, 2016 22:01:06 GMT
Yes, in Germany there have been wolves lately and some people have been extremely worried about them.
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Post by spaceflower on Jul 17, 2016 22:56:57 GMT
JoeP recently dared to venture into one of our national parks with me for a hike. I huffed about bears and lynxes, though realistically we were probably considerably more likely to stumble on to an adder. I would not be afraid of a lynx, even if they are one of the big five predators in Sweden. Who has ever heard of a human being killed by a lynx? Though I would be afraid if I had a cat or if I walked with a dog. Or if I had livestock like sheep. Lynxes can come very close to settlements.
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Post by Mari on Jul 18, 2016 12:06:27 GMT
They are gorgeous though.
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Post by spaceflower on Aug 5, 2016 0:08:58 GMT
Raccoons have become a big problem in some areas of Germany. :-( I saw a programme about invasive species in Germany (racoon/Waschbär) and in Sweden (racoon dog/Marderhund). Hermann Göring set out two pairs of racoons in 1934 so that his officers could shoot racoons. Racoons were also farmed for their fur and some racoon fur farms were bombed during WW2 so that the racoons could run away. And now they are 1 million racoons in Germany?! In the programme we met a man who fed racoons on his altan every night. He found them "niedlich". But however cute they are, they are irritating to people and dangerous to other animals. Espcially a turtle species was in dangeer. The raccons killed them and ate them. Some survived but were maimed, they had lost the tail and a leg. A nature reserve let the turtles grow up behind electric fences to protect them. But of course mankind have contributed to the turtle's near extinction as well by changing their environment. Schneeweiss with the threatened pond turtle. (I like this surname Schneeweiss, makes me think of the story of Snowwhite.)
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Post by spaceflower on Aug 5, 2016 0:17:52 GMT
The racoon dog was imported to Soviet to hunt. They are also farmed b/c of their furs. From Soviet they spread to Finland and from Finland to Sweden. In Sweden it is considered dangerous for frogs etc. So it must be stopped. They catch racoon dogs, sterilize them and put on a bracelet with GPS. They are easy to handle, since they play dead when threatened. The examples with bracelets are let loose. They wander to get a mate. When they stop wandering, they have found one. The mate is caught and killed. I feel sorry for the racoon dogs. They say that they should stay in Asia, but their habitats in Asia are also threatened.
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Post by spaceflower on Sept 30, 2016 22:22:40 GMT
Four years ago a zookeeper was killed by a group of wolves in the zoo Kolmården. Now the trial starts.
She went in alone and without any weapon, such were the routines. Maybe she had a severe cold this time, maybe she got dizzy and fell. They sensed her weakness and attacked. She had known them since they were cubs. But wolves are wild and unpredictable.
Before that, there had been no known killings of humans by wolves after 1821. Then nine people (mostly children) were killed by a wolf. But he had been raised by humans since he was a cub; he knew that humans are not dangerous but easy to kill.
Earlier visitors were allowed to socialize with a pack of young wolves. The wolves greeted them and licked their faces. But here a wolf does not let go of a visitor. "Stand still", a female zookeeper tells the visitor and then she tells the wolf off, even kicking him.
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Post by spaceflower on May 21, 2019 11:57:44 GMT
Moose is the favourite food for the wild wolves. In Animal watch Anneka has to stand being licked inside her mouth by the wolves. At the end the wolves sleep peacefully. But the she wakes them up by howling. They simply cannot resist howling too.
LARGE NORWEGIAN WOLVES - BITE, FIGHT & FLIGHT
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Post by spaceflower on Jul 14, 2020 12:11:55 GMT
I am more afraid of bears than of wolves. Occasionally someone is killed by a bear. But never by wolves in the wild.
Here is a Finn scaring off a bear.
I like the comment: "Everyone finds this funny but that was a stupid and dangerous thing to do. These are violent and unpredictable creatures; the bear is very lucky it wasn’t eaten by the Finn."
Yes, if I hear a Finn roaring "Perkele" and "Saatana", I run for safety.
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Post by JoeP on Jul 14, 2020 17:59:42 GMT
Yes, if I hear a Finn roaring "Perkele" and "Saatana", I run for safety. Oh yes.
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