Or Nittany Lions- my daughter is Penn State alum

Nevada's state animal

west.

very smart and very adaptable

I've seen them in my urban neighborhood

as we were stopped due to traffic and bison on the road.

They have the most adorable vocalizations.

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I have spent the past two years with them and have a lot of respect.

They act just like dogs but they do have to feed themselves. Just the way it is.

Pumas



Moose





Driving a mtn. road past midniight a bull-moose blotted out the stars.

My headlights only illuminated up to his knees!

Pound for pound, they are the fiercest creatures. Many migrate from Mexico to Alaska and back each year. That alone is an amazing fete.

Or “fuzzy butts” as they are known in my family. 😉

Into New Mexico and I looked over at the hill and there was a huge herd of pronghorns. They were really distinctive and cute as hell.

Saw them last trip to New Mexico and Colorado, too.

My brother couldn’t say antelope so they became fuzzy butts.😉

as long as it's served with dressing and giblet gravy.

area, but the burbs. The do fly to perch up in the trees.I came home from school one day and saw them sitting on neighbor's shed. It seems as thought there is a leader and the others follow.One time I walked Dolly dog and they were all following the leader up the middle of the road.

South Park Nature Preserve ? They
have American Bison there. It it pretty
impressive to see them when they come
up to the fence.

the lower fence and came charging down. I froze. I didn't see how that fence held them. They were massive. Must have been the Bulls. At the time I live in South Park and it was within walking distance. Now I live in Jefferson Hills. I think all the animals coming here has alot to do with building the turnpike extension to WV. Animals have no where to go. You live near South Park?

My folks took us swimming and picnicking
there alot.

Hate to see them in trouble.

Had one land about 50 feet from me. Watching it take off was breathtaking.

two mated and the female laid the eggs. KDKA set up a web cam to watch the eagles. Now you can see them all over the Ohio River area in Pittsburgh. The area has become a tourist area for people to visit and watch them take flight.

up the road towards my parent's place/my place. It happened so fast when it jumped right over my entire SUV, on a steep hillside. And it happened so fast, the only way I knew for sure what it was the long tail of the cat when it jumped over the car. Talk about being surprised! I know that area I was going through was a state park, had all kinds of critters, and near a fairly wild river, but never realized that these animals (the large cats) were in the area, until one jumped right over the entire car.

Talk about an experience! I'll never forget it. Now the area has other critters but I never, in my entire life living down there w/ the folks and visiting my grandparents that we had such animals. Wild!

what had just happened. It's one of those things that you never expect, and that was one of them. Especially where I was located at, I was going up a very steep hill, on a narrow two-lane state highway (the route I take to my folks/my place located immediately just behind the state park), and it happened as I was going up the steep hill out of the state park (Bennett Springs MO).

I never again ever saw such a thing since then, and since I was in the car, I was not scared, just shocked, absolutely shocked. Never expected in such a steep location a critter like that to pick the time to literally jump over the vehicle (a SUV, a fairly tall vehicle).

Never will forget it.

Take care!

Probably because they remind me of Meerkats.

once when I was riding my horse. We came too close to a family with young ones. They can really make scary barking & growling noises, too.

Number two is the cute grey squirrel.

warn to back off.

feed the coons. 1 year i had stale cookies i put on the window sill + that year we had a pretty coon come w/ 5 babies we watched grow over the summer.
another year we had young coons + baby skunks to watch. chippies during the day.

Love their howls, especially as a group. I've seen them in the wild and at sanctuaries.

very rare kitty

Foxes, coyotes and wolves. I have been seeing a lot of foxes lately. Must be because of all the rabbits I am also seeing

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rooks, jays, ravens, magpies and jackdaws. They're said to be the most intelligent birds. Crows have been know to establish relationships with the people in the house whose yard their tree is in...leaving gifts for the people in exchange for food even.

It's my Ojibwe clan animal and it's much like me. It looks cute, cuddly, and friendly, but seriously cross us and we'll rip you a new one.

I have had many run-ins with them over the years. Nearly always inquisitive and sometime even playful. Post dive, always the main topic of conversation.

My happy place for sure.