Wildlife in Your City?

Closely related to the Redback Spider and Black Widow.

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Hix
 
Hix said:
Katipo.

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Hix
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Well yes, but one endangered spider species that hasn't killed anyone since the 19th Century doesn't really compare with the hoardes of venemous killers in Australia.

The chances of even seeing one are remote - I've only ever seen one. They tend to live in dune vegetation, so its actually hard to come into contact with them accidentally.
 

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zooboy28 said:
Well yes, but one endangered spider species that hasn't killed anyone since the 19th Century doesn't really compare with the hoardes of venemous killers in Australia.

The chances of even seeing one are remote - I've only ever seen one. They tend to live in dune vegetation, so its actually hard to come into contact with them accidentally.
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I'll take you bush walking to find some killers when you get here and settle in. ;)
 
Mammals I have sighted (wild) by the numbers (admitting possible multiple sightings of the same animal), within Anchorage - no further than 10 miles from downtown:
Moose-100+, Black Bears-23, Brown Bears-2, Red Fox-20+, Snowshoe Hare-7, Porcupine-20+, Coyote-6, Wolf-2, Beluga Whale-14, Dall Sheep-20+ (here is where the 10 miles applies on the slopes of O'Malley Peak), Red Squirrel, Voles, Shrews. Hominids-several thousand.
 
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Pleistohorse said:
Mammals I have sighted (wild) by the numbers (admitting possible multiple sightings of the same animal), within Anchorage - no further than 10 miles from downtown:
Moose-100+, Black Bears-23, Brown Bears-2, Red Fox-20+, Snowshoe Hare-7, Porcupine-20+, Coyote-6, Wolf-2, Beluga Whale-14, Dall Sheep-20+ (here is where the 10 miles applies on the slopes of O'Malley Peak), Red Squirrel, Voles, Shrews. Hominids-several thousand.
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I've seen black bears in town in Montana, but since I live in high desert haven't seen them since I've lived here. I haven't seen moose in town in Montana but both my parents have seen them in my hometown. I would hate to bump into an Alaskan moose. Those are like Clydesdales.
 
zooboy28 said:
Well yes, but one endangered spider species that hasn't killed anyone since the 19th Century doesn't really compare with the hoardes of venemous killers in Australia.

The chances of even seeing one are remote - I've only ever seen one. They tend to live in dune vegetation, so its actually hard to come into contact with them accidentally.
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there are also several established colonies of Australian redbacks in NZ
 
That's in response to the established colonies of NZers in Bondi.

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Hix
 
In the space of 20 minutes last night, I killed a white tailed spider on my carpet, and when I went outside to put out the garbage, I killed a red back spider that was building a web on my car!!
 
nanoboy said:
In the space of 20 minutes last night, I killed a white tailed spider on my carpet, and when I went outside to put out the garbage, I killed a red back spider that was building a web on my car!!
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I think I'll just get an apartment.
 
See deer, coyote, feral hog, bobcat, mallard ducks, doves, pheasants, and the occasional sea gull (off Lake Guntersville so I guess a lake gull?) on our farm.
 
Chlidonias said:
and remember to shake out your shoes each morning. And check under the toilet seat every time for redbacks. And behind the back door for cassowaries.
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I do the first two religiously, but I haven't done the latter in a while.
 
Chlidonias said:
and that's how they get you! Eternal vigilance is what you need.
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Nah, I am more afraid of door-knockers either wanting a donation, to get me to read from the Jehovah Witness bible, or wanting me to change my power/gas company.
 
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