Backyard Wildlife

[Jim F.]

Then there was this fat bastard

Is that another masked devil above your subject or just a furry looking limb?

 

[Flymph]

View attachment 170507Wasn’t sure where to post this but.
I work in the sierra mountains in hydro power plants that are around 100 years old +\- I am used to strange or exciting maybe crazy things happening out in the mountains but I went to walk out of the powerhouse and this was standing there.
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What a magnificent creature. What exactly is this animal and what is it doing in the Sierras?

 

[Jim F.]

Spanish Goat, an invasive species.

 

[Russell]

What a magnificent creature. What exactly is this animal and what is it doing in the Sierras?

Their smell is anything but magnificent. From what I’ve been able to put together they have been roaming the area for quite some time and cover quite a large area up and down in elevation. Surprised they are able to avoid the cats

 

[Canuck from Kansas]

Is that another masked devil above your subject or just a furry looking limb?

Holy S***t, I had not even noticed that, the original photo is very dark, I think it is a second one.

 

[Flymph]

Their smell is anything but magnificent. From what I’ve been able to put together they have been roaming the area for quite some time and cover quite a large area up and down in elevation. Surprised they are able to avoid the cats

And "they" are???

 

[Russell]

And "they" are???

Feral goats?

 

[Flymph]

Feral goats?

I get that they are Feral. They look like an exotic that Texas hunting outfits bring in for target practice and big bucks. Just trying to figer out what type of exotic they are.

 

[Jim F.]

I get that they are Feral.

See my post above. Spanish Goats introduced in the 1800s.

 

[SilverFly]

Any poopologists here care to take a guess as to what left this?

 

[Paige]

manbearpig of course

 

[SilverFly]

Thanks Brian. Yeah, but what if I go down there and get eaten by an actual manbearpig?! Won't be so funny then will it?!

Giant North American 'hell pigs' could crunch bones like lions 30 million years ago, tooth analysis reveals

Archaeotherium, or North American "hell pigs," had different feeding strategies depending on their size, according to preliminary research presented at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 2025 annual meeting.

www.livescience.com

 

[Cabezon]

Thanks Brian. Yeah, but what if I go down there and get eaten by an actual manbearpig?! Won't be so funny then will it?!

Giant North American 'hell pigs' could crunch bones like lions 30 million years ago, tooth analysis reveals

Archaeotherium, or North American "hell pigs," had different feeding strategies depending on their size, according to preliminary research presented at the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 2025 annual meeting.

www.livescience.com

Not for you, perhaps...
Steve

 

[SilverFly]

Not for you, perhaps...
Steve

I can see the headline: "Man devoured by unknown predator and fishing buddies laugh it up".

 

[Cabezon]

I can see the headline: "Man devoured by unknown predator and fishing buddies laugh it up".

It would tickle my biological curiosity...
Steve

 

[Matt B]

I can see the headline: "Man devoured by unknown predator and fishing buddies laugh it up".

Can I have your Tibor if that happens?

 

[SilverFly]

It would tickle my biological curiosity...
Steve

Mine too actually, if very briefly.

Can I have your Tibor if that happens?

That's cold man. Think ya know a guy.

 

[Teaford]

new friend showed up to look at my new camera

 

[Kilchis]

Mrs. Kilchis opened the blinds a few mornings ago and disturbed a couple of transients that were setting up camp for the day.

 

[Old406Kid]

No critters but I ran across some 'Beer Tracks' on my deck this afternoon.