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What's the funniest thing you've seen a wild animal do? (Original Post) DemonSpawn Jan 2012 OP
A monkey shitting in its hand and throwing it at spectators has to be in the top 10 Major Nikon Jan 2012 #1
I saw a raven yankin' on the tail feathers of a bald eagle. greendog Jan 2012 #2
I saw two otters 69ing once RZM Jan 2012 #3
A bird landed on my knee, looked up and with a "HOLY SHIT!" noise, flew the a nearby bush. HopeHoops Jan 2012 #4
why didn't the foxes bounce? mucifer Jan 2012 #5
Not heavy enough? Sanity Claws Jan 2012 #6
They may not have bounced, Curmudgeoness Jan 2012 #10
Two moose calves, probably yearlings, sarge43 Jan 2012 #7
It makes me laugh whenever I get attacked by humming birds. hunter Jan 2012 #8
Only one of the animals who was party to this incident was wild... The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2012 #9
 

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)
4. A bird landed on my knee, looked up and with a "HOLY SHIT!" noise, flew the a nearby bush.
Sat Jan 21, 2012, 08:44 AM
Jan 2012

I was sitting rather still near the garden while my wife was weeding (and wearing a rather nice tank top and short shorts). As I sat there enjoying the scenery, a young catbird landed on my knee. I stayed still. It was looking around for something to go after and it did take it a while to notice what it had landed on. The expression on its face was priceless - I'm the one who yells at them for getting under the bird netting on the blueberry bush. Still, it only took off to the lilac bush nearby and from there it moved to the rose of sharon about 10' away. They're smart birds, but it did freak the shit out of the thing. I easily could have grabbed it.



Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)
10. They may not have bounced,
Sat Jan 21, 2012, 07:51 PM
Jan 2012

but they obviously were feeling something interesting when they jumped on it. At least that one was having a ball.

sarge43

(28,941 posts)
7. Two moose calves, probably yearlings,
Sat Jan 21, 2012, 04:44 PM
Jan 2012

trying to chase crows out of a blueberry bush...without much success.

hunter

(38,309 posts)
8. It makes me laugh whenever I get attacked by humming birds.
Sat Jan 21, 2012, 06:00 PM
Jan 2012

We have a fountain they like to bathe in. When they are taking a bath they have zero tolerance for any intruders. They'll chase off much larger birds and people too.

Maybe the funniest thing I saw was at Yosemite National Park. There are signs all over the place telling people not to mess with the deer, some of them graphic with drawings of people getting attacked by deer.

We saw two morons who must have seen the sign because it was right next to them teasing the deer. One of the deer got irritated and knocked both guys on their butts. When they got up to run away the deer chased them.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,661 posts)
9. Only one of the animals who was party to this incident was wild...
Sat Jan 21, 2012, 06:51 PM
Jan 2012

Saw two house cats chasing a white tailed deer through my parents' back yard some years ago. I don't know if they really thought they could catch the deer, but I imagine they were thinking, "If we can pull this off we'll eat like kings!" The deer seemed to be taking them seriously, though; its white tail was up and it was running like hell.

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