+StarBrand Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 Ok - at the request of 1 or more cachers - I (we) have decided to start a new photo thread. Show us all your pictures of live creatures you found on or right next to a cache container. I have one here somewhere of a baby fawn curled up next to the cache box (if I can find it). I will add it in a bit..... Meanwhile - show us your photos. Quote Link to comment
+Criminal Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 Had a hankerin' for Hooters after this hike. Quote Link to comment
+Team GeoBlast Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 Ok - at the request of 1 or more cachers - I (we) have decided to start a new photo thread. Show us all your pictures of live creatures you found on or right next to a cache container. I have one here somewhere of a baby fawn curled up next to the cache box (if I can find it). I will add it in a bit..... Meanwhile - show us your photos. Quote Link to comment
+Miragee Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 Yes, that is the Tupperware container the snake in napping on . . . In the Regional Forums, there is another thread like this for critters near our San Diego area caches. Some of the people who have contibuted to that thread are excellent photographers. Quote Link to comment
Cracker. Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 Northeastern Timber Rattler Cache was relocted a few hundred yards away. Quote Link to comment
+welch Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 Don't think I've seen any animals right on/near the cache. Quote Link to comment
Cracker. Posted May 21, 2007 Share Posted May 21, 2007 I havent either...pic I posted was compliments of someonelse's log on a cache a couple miles from my house. Thanx to that critter, I got to log an FTF on the relocated cache... I gotta show this thread to my cachin buddy KillerB....He kills me everytime he just sticks his hands into holes and old logs he cant see into when searching for caches. Quote Link to comment
+mommio Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Haven't seen anything quite as scary or interesting except an armadillo one time that skedaddled before I could photograph it. I did find a whole deer skeleton (road kill?) recently. Since there was nothing left but bones, I placed a cache inside the skull and called it "Deer Me!" Quote Link to comment
+Mudfrog Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Found this little guy coiled up under the cache. It was November and cool out so he was sluggish until i picked him up to move him away from the cache. Quote Link to comment
+wimseyguy Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Last finder of my cache had to outwait this muggle standing in front of the cache before moving in for the find. Quote Link to comment
+rdaines Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 I found a bunch of ticks by a cache a few weeks ago but the picture was too blurry to post... Quote Link to comment
crtrue Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 I found these critters while caching around Vereen Gardens in Little River, SC. They said they were my friends and that I had invited them, but I'm fully aware of Leave no Trace, so I tried my hardest to avoid them and made sure not to disturb their migration pattern... Quote Link to comment
+The Jester Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Marmot Actually, that looks like a Pika. Quote Link to comment
Tahosa and Sons Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 (edited) Edited May 22, 2007 by Tahosa and Sons Quote Link to comment
+StarBrand Posted May 22, 2007 Author Share Posted May 22, 2007 Ok Found one!! Wood Family Cache in South Dakota - This guy was gaurding the cache jst behind him behind the pine needles and rocks. Quote Link to comment
+B & Lela Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Even baby possums are cute. Quote Link to comment
+B & Lela Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 This one was close to a virtual cache. Run turkey run. Quote Link to comment
troutflies Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Marmot Actually, that looks like a Pika. Probably because it IS a pika.... Quote Link to comment
+Corp Of Discovery Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Marmot Actually, that looks like a Pika. Probably because it IS a pika.... It can't be- there's no lightning coming out of it's a--, errrr posterior. Oops, sorry, that's a pikachu... Quote Link to comment
troutflies Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Oops, sorry, that's a pikachu... Gesundheit! Quote Link to comment
+niffir Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Marmot Actually, that looks like a Pika. Probably because it IS a pika.... It can't be- there's no lightning coming out of it's a--, errrr posterior. Oops, sorry, that's a pikachu... No...THIS is Pikachu (my pet chinchilla) Quote Link to comment
GPS-Hermit Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Don't have a picture - but I had the worlds smallest bird fly up in my face and miss me about a ¼ of an inch. Scared the ba-gee-bees out of me! He was hiding in a small stump covered with a plant carpet of some kind. Quote Link to comment
+mtn-man Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Found this little guy coiled up under the cache. It was November and cool out so he was sluggish until i picked him up to move him away from the cache. Isn't that a poisonous snake? Quote Link to comment
+hairball45 Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 (edited) I grabbed ahold of this guy looking for a handhold on a very steep hill approaching a cache. Yessss. I did find the cache. Got a FTF on it too. No picture, but a field mouse popped out of a tree stump with her babies once. Not a real scare, but a jump back anyway. Edited May 22, 2007 by hairball45 Quote Link to comment
+niffir Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Isn't that a poisonous snake? Looks like a copperhead to me, but I'm no snake expert. So I'd be keeping my distance from it Quote Link to comment
+GeoToads Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Just this weekend, I was working on Trails, No Not Trails (GC11QZQ) and when I got to the final - I found a just born (not even licked off yet) fawn. Took a couple of pics, did not touch, and got away as quickly as possible after signing log. See Photo Quote Link to comment
+cheech gang Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 As I was about to place GCV7V1 Mama Cass's Ham Sandwich I came uipon these baby racoons in the hiding spot. Had to change my plans and hide the cache a distance away. Quote Link to comment
+dsshepard Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 This guy was guarding a cache about 4 feet below it in the woods at GCBC26 South of Myrtle Beach, SC. As I was hunting for the cache I stuck my face about 3 feet from it. It is a non poisonous yellow rat snake as best as I can tell. Quote Link to comment
+edscott Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 No photo, but I once reached into a hollow tree and nearly picked out a young raccoon instead of the ammo can. Got the can and then had to put it back without crushing the raccoon. Quote Link to comment
+edscott Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 Found this little guy coiled up under the cache. It was November and cool out so he was sluggish until i picked him up to move him away from the cache. Isn't that a poisonous snake? Yes it is a Copperhead. The color pattern and shape of the head are distinctive. Often Water Snakes and Milksnakes are mistaken for Copperheads, but this one is certainly a Copperhead. Quote Link to comment
+alaska-1 Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 Ok Found one!! Wood Family Cache in South Dakota - This guy was gaurding the cache jst behind him behind the pine needles and rocks. I'm reminded of Monty Python's Holy Grail Quote Link to comment
+Machuco Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 Saw this guy near a cache on Angel Island recently... Quote Link to comment
+ditchmedic Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 Isn't that a poisonous snake? Looks like a copperhead to me, but I'm no snake expert. So I'd be keeping my distance from it That's exactly what I was thinking. Quote Link to comment
+Mudfrog Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 Found this little guy coiled up under the cache. It was November and cool out so he was sluggish until i picked him up to move him away from the cache. Isn't that a poisonous snake? Yep, copperhead! And no, i'm not crazy, but i've messed with snakes quite a bit and since he was so sluggish, was able to grab him behind the head and move him. You can see that he was small too so i figure he wouldn't get me too bad if i made a mistake!!! Quote Link to comment
+gorillagal Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 I found this guy sleeping in a tree while I was looking for a cache (which didn't end up being in the tree). It is a hoary bat. Quote Link to comment
+The Jester Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 Found this little guy coiled up under the cache. It was November and cool out so he was sluggish until i picked him up to move him away from the cache. Isn't that a poisonous snake? Yep, copperhead! And no, i'm not crazy, but i've messed with snakes quite a bit and since he was so sluggish, was able to grab him behind the head and move him. You can see that he was small too so i figure he wouldn't get me too bad if i made a mistake!!! Hey, that's a Pepper cache! How's she doing down there? Quote Link to comment
+LRC91 Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 I saw these two while looking for Hilton Wet or Dry And these while I was at Myrtle Beach Quote Link to comment
+Criminal Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 I hate it when this happens Quote Link to comment
+krisandmel Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 (edited) You can see that he was small too so i figure he wouldn't get me too bad if i made a mistake!!! I don't know anything about snakes I haven't seen on TV, but that said, on TV once they mentioned that young snakes can be more dangerous than adult snakes. The reason: young snakes don't know how to control the venom very well and often will pump in the entire available supply; adult snakes sometimes bite without injecting venom and if they do inject it is usually a smaller volume than that dosed out by a young snake. Like I said, I learned this on TV, so YMMV. ~k Edited May 23, 2007 by krisandmel Quote Link to comment
+jackrock Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 Found this little guy coiled up under the cache. It was November and cool out so he was sluggish until i picked him up to move him away from the cache. Isn't that a poisonous snake? Actually, there are no poisonous snakes. It is venomous though. Quote Link to comment
+Allanon Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 Found this little guy coiled up under the cache. It was November and cool out so he was sluggish until i picked him up to move him away from the cache. Isn't that a poisonous snake? Yep, copperhead! And no, i'm not crazy, but i've messed with snakes quite a bit and since he was so sluggish, was able to grab him behind the head and move him. You can see that he was small too so i figure he wouldn't get me too bad if i made a mistake!!! Looks like a Pepper cache to me...I don't remember her hiding snakes under them before though. Maybe it's a Texas thing. Quote Link to comment
+Mudfrog Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 I don't know anything about snakes I haven't seen on TV, but that said, on TV once they mentioned that young snakes can be more dangerous than adult snakes. The reason: young snakes don't know how to control the venom very well and often will pump in the entire available supply; adult snakes sometimes bite without injecting venom and if they do inject it is usually a smaller volume than that dosed out by a young snake. Like I said, I learned this on TV, so YMMV. ~k Hmmmm, never thought about that. I'm probably wrong but i was thinking more along the lines of it's fangs being smaller and less apt to get me as well. I'm certainly no expert on snakes as you can see and i certainly don't make a habit of picking venomous snakes up, but this one was so docile that it was easy to manage. My main objective was to move it away from the cache and trying to do that with a stick would have been a little tougher. Hey, that's a Pepper cache! How's she doing down there? I saw her at the Texas Challenge back in March and all i can say is that she is a go getter! Seems we always run across her find logs when over near the Houston area and we have found several of her caches as well. Her Pepper Coins are the coolest too. So i guess what i'm trying to say is,, She is doing very good!!! Quote Link to comment
+GeoToads Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 Here is another one - a guardian GeoToad!! Quote Link to comment
+Bamboogirl Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 Had some help when doing the Indian Montage series at Coyote Hills. Wish I could take credit for these, but hubby Waylon has all the photo talent in the family And when doing Maya Silver No Snakes yet but working on it..... Quote Link to comment
vtmtnman Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 You can see that he was small too so i figure he wouldn't get me too bad if i made a mistake!!! I don't know anything about snakes I haven't seen on TV, but that said, on TV once they mentioned that young snakes can be more dangerous than adult snakes. The reason: young snakes don't know how to control the venom very well and often will pump in the entire available supply; adult snakes sometimes bite without injecting venom and if they do inject it is usually a smaller volume than that dosed out by a young snake. Like I said, I learned this on TV, so YMMV. ~k I've heard the same of scorpions as well.It's funny...all my time in the woods at home and I've never found a copperhead.Two years in Iraq and I've found two saw scaled vipers.Thankfully not near a cache. Quote Link to comment
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