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Cat General => General Cat Chat => Topic started by: CurlyCatz on July 09, 2007, 22:24:47 PM
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I wondered what all the fuss and chirruping was about :tired:
He was really funny though, stalking it and swiping it but hesitant and seemed abit afraid to just catch it..he's now guarding the sofa since it went under there and he ran from once side to the other pawing up the back to try and reach it :evillaugh:
I'll get connor to capture it tomorrow :evillaugh: ( I hate them, Michael laughs when i call them "dung beetles" LOL)
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This morning all of a sudden a riot broke out in the living room fuelled with manic screaming from my daughter...I had guessed correctly and the "dung" beetle had reared its ugly black body from under the sofa..Connor to the rescue and the creature is now outside..Phew, i thought i was going to have to unleash the dyson on it :evillaugh:
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ROFPMSL! Bless him, he's just interested in nature like his little owner is.
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ahhhhh :Luv:
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Looking at they pictures gave me goosebumps :Crazy: :shify:
I get so freaked out by little creatures like that :sick: (Not Cody) :evillaugh:
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I can cope with a fair few types of creepy crawlys but i hate dung beetles :sick:
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I had to rescue a poor defenseless little spider from Max yesterday who seemed intent on terrorising it around the kitchen :evillaugh:
Now I hate spiders, but still didn't want to think about it being gobbled by the Maxy Monster :evillaugh: so I put it on a bit of kitchen towel and took it outside.
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:rofl: :rofl:
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I hate those beetles, one night i was peacefully drifing off to sleep when something that sounded like a helicopter landed on my pillow :sick:
The problem with them is that cats dont eat them >:(
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No mm, cody wouldnt even catch it properly..just swiped it so it wouldnt disappear :evillaugh:
BUT EEEEEEKKK they cant fly ........ can they ???? :scared: I've never seen one flying (thank god)
I'm sure its enjoying it freedom now :)
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Lynn ALL beetles can fly ... think of ladybirds .. they are only pretty beetles!!
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yes i know about ladybirds, they will fly off your hand but has anyone witnessed one of those gigantic beetles flying ? If it could why do the orrible things stay on the floor ?
personally i think they could be Alien spys :evillaugh:
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BUT EEEEEEKKK they cant fly ........ can they ????
Im no beetle expert but it looks like a smaller version of what landed on my pillow! >:( They tap fly at my window too :scared:
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Just for Lynn ... think yourself lucky it wasn't one of these that you found wandering across the floor (and yes ... these butter fly as well!! Think B52 bomber :rofl: )
http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Article2276.html
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:rofl: Sam
Simon was messing with a 4cm beetle the other day and it clipped itself onto his paw and he couldnt remove it, that taught him :P
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:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: excellent ... it was probably a stag beetle! They can be very nasty little "nippers"
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:scared:
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Mosi had similar fun and games last night with a fly :innocent:
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:rofl: :rofl:
I take it you've never seen a stag bettle flying, Lynn.... http://maria.fremlin.de/stagbeetles/andras/flying_aa.html :owwww:
Tilly is forever chasing house flies. She actually caught one in her mouth once. She was so shocked, she swallowed and spent the next hour being sick... :stupid:
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I'm finding this really weird now, i've lived all my life in rural surroundings, half of it on a farm and i am used and aquainted to most creepy crawlies but i've never seen a big beetle in flight..seen smaller versions but never those larger sizes..I'm not complaining LOL but amazed i have missed this. :Crazy:
I prefer me bats ;D So many flying just a couple of feet above my head at night, i even get to hear their little clicking ;D
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Wildlife appears in the unlikeliest of places, though, Lynn.
The last time I saw a stag beetle in full flight, I had just got off the 159 outside Lambeth town hall in Brixton. I crossed the road to Electric avenue market and there was a bloke with a Python round his neck. :what:
Since I've moved to the 'country', I haven't seen a fox, but I used to have a family of 4 living in my garage in London.
But I do see an awful lot of sheep now.... and squawking seagulls. :Crazy:
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I agree, I had foxes in back garden in London, also squirrels eating my raspberries.
Wild life seemed to be in abundance but now in the country and never seen or heard a fox, badger, hedgehog.........nothing.
I think the natives spend all their time being scared of it and killing it >:(
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No its just in the country they are more "natural" and have the space they need to be like this and to hide.
we're not meant to see foxes or badgers in daylight hours but like you's i seen both in gardens during my year in edinburgh, now i've lived the whole of my life apart from that year in the country, half of it on a farm and never properly seen a live badger (have seen them vaguely darting across a road at night) Nor have a seen a fox up close (again seen them running across the hills in the distance)
THe wildlife i am enjoying just now is me bats :Luv: i step outside each night at bedtime just to see my little black shadowy friend flying above my garden :Luv: Its an extra special treat for me when i hear them clicking aswell ;D
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Eww bats :sick: *shivers* :scared:
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I love them, there has always been bats where i live but i'd say theres defo more of them this year, I just wish i knew where their roost was :-: They gather quite thickly around trees in my neighbours garden but bats dont live in trees so goodness knows.
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A proper big stag beetle flew into me once.
I'm ashamed to say I screamed - I actually quite like beetles and things, as long as they're not trying to walk up my trouser leg.
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Bats are cool 8)
The best time to catch a bat is slightly after dusk. Sometimes you think they are small birds going to roost, but when you study their flight pattern you realise they aren't. Again, I used to see more bats in South Norwood, near Croydon, then i do down here. Maybe the cows scare them off? :evillaugh:
I'm not really scared of anything (except snakes :Crazy:), but a full size stag beetle always makes me treat it with respect - even though I've never seen one with a machine gun!
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right i am getting about 1 of these wretched dung beetles appear in the house each night, i know for fact its not the same one so why are they coming in and where are they coming from :-:
Michael says around the garden and his garage is hoaching with them this year but still hells bells i hate them and hate themi in my house >:(
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right i am getting about 1 of these wretched dung beetles appear in the house each night, i know for fact its not the same one so why are they coming in and where are they coming from :-:
Michael says around the garden and his garage is hoaching with them this year but still hells bells i hate them and hate themi in my house >:(
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Hey Lynn cheers for the link thats me back on yipee. Your boy is looking as georgeous as ever. Will need to get some Ollie and Tyler pics looked out.
Zxx
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Just discovered a "dung beetle" half way up wall in hallway and put him outside. Nothing gets killed in this house altho can't say I'd like one crawling up me leg.
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they dont get killed here either, i get my bug man A.K.A Connor to sort it out :evillaugh:
Hey Zoe, havent been on here much last couple of days..have you posted on other threads yet ??
Great to have you back, if you havent done so start a thread reminding every one bout you and yer babes :hug: