Wildlife in Towns

Dannyg90

so was out the front of my house in Dun Laoghaire last night having a smoke minding my own business when i looked up and a monster rat was running towards me, i stamped on the ground to make it **** off away from me, it turned and out of nowhere a fox jumps out and kills it. Was standing there shocked for a few seconds just didn't expect to see that in the middle of a town! anyone else experienced anything like this?

FatherLen

i once seen a crowd of racoons maul a bear on grafton street.

mackg

Rats are not "wildlife". Urban foxes are common I lived in the country for years and never in my life saw a fox until I moved to Cork city.

http://homepage.eircom.net/~foxwatchireland/nl23.htm

Dannyg90

what about the fox?

fergiesfolly

FatherLen wrote: »

i once seen a crowd of racoons maul a bear on grafton street.

For us culchies.Is that slang for Northsiders vs Southsiders?

Riskymove

mackg wrote: »

Rats are not "wildlife".

well, they are hardly domesticated pets are they?:pac:

FatherLen

fergiesfolly wrote: »

For us culchies.Is that slang for Northsiders vs Southsiders?

you're half right. bear is slang for crocodile and racoon is slang for OAP's.

smash

Riskymove wrote: »

well, they are hardly domesticated pets are they?:pac:

In that case. I just saw a pigeon!

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

FatherLen wrote: »

i once seen a crowd of racoons maul a bear on grafton street.

Shut up will ya! You want to starting having to pay a Bear Tax?

Gee Bag

Dannyg90 wrote: »

so was out the front of my house in Dun Laoghaire last night having a smoke minding my own business when i looked up and a monster rat was running towards me, i stamped on the ground to make it **** off away from me, it turned and out of nowhere a fox jumps out and kills it. Was standing there shocked for a few seconds just didn't expect to see that in the middle of a town! anyone else experienced anything like this?

Us humans are top of the food chain.

You were supposed to kill and eat the fox.

We are all very disappointed in you.

stupidusername

Well I expect the rat was running because of the fox.but yeah foxes are more and more common in urban areas. Cue the foxes eat babies brigade! :eek:
A fox passed us one night around 2am with a mouse in his mouth,this was on parnell square in dublin.

kfallon

Saw a fox at the end of Buckingham Street in Dublin one night approx 2 months ago about 8pm when I was going to football, not a bother on him he just walked straight out on to the road. Surprised he didn't go into Lloyds for a swift pint, looked like he had a 'goo' on him

Jen Pigs Fly

wow, you saw an animal! well done! :pac:

Gee Bag

Here's a lovely giant urban rat that made it onto Sky News....

http://news.sky.com/home/strange-news/article/16213384

44leto

Gee Bag wrote: »

Here's a lovely giant urban rat that made it onto Sky News....

http://news.sky.com/home/strange-news/article/16213384

That indeed is a very big RAT.

Hopilly that is a freak otherwise they would take over the world, man would not have a defence. So be afraid be very afraid.

I can't get over the dirty ould codger actually handling the monster.

DEFTLEFTHAND

Man I hate rats, they scare me, I often have to shovel their tattered carcasses off my driveway after one of the cats has made a kill.

Mr Benevolent

Why did he kill it? Probably for fun.

Ellis Dee

Happily, more and more animals are moving into cities to delight us. The "little" bird in this picture http://static.iltalehti.fi/uutiset/huuhkajaetu180411LSS_uu.jpg is one of three juveniles that I saw sitting on the parapet of a balcony in the very centre of Helsinki many times last summer. Once, a police officer advised me not to go too close to the building with my dog, as the parents could easily attack. The fledgling in the picture came to no harm when he flew down into the street and was returned to the nest by wildlife officers. The Finnish ice-hockey team is nicknamed "Huuhkajat" after the birds (Eagle Owls) of which there are about eight nesting pairs within the city limits.

Eric Cartman

fergiesfolly wrote: »

For us culchies.Is that slang for Northsiders vs Southsiders?

nah its a bunch of birds with too much eye makeup taking umbridge to a large gay man

Dyr

FatherLen wrote: »

i once seen a crowd of racoons maul a bear on grafton street.

Which grafton street would dat be eh? :mad::mad:

Eric Cartman

Bambi wrote: »

Which grafton street would dat be eh? :mad::mad:

the only one that matters - dublin

ejmaztec

FatherLen wrote: »

i once seen a crowd of racoons maul a bear on grafton street.

That must have been one of the rare occasions that a bear didn't sh1t in the woods.

rossie1977

kfallon wrote: »

Saw a fox at the end of Buckingham Street in Dublin one night approx 2 months ago about 8pm when I was going to football, not a bother on him he just walked straight out on to the road. Surprised he didn't go into Lloyds for a swift pint, looked like he had a 'goo' on him

saw a fox on lower gardiner street back (next to railway bridge) in october coming back from a night out about 3am

rats are not wildlife, they thrive where-ever humans congregate in large numbers, the more people the more rats

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chYZ0Ky2JQM

Turtyturd

xxxJennyxxx wrote: »

wow, you saw an animal! well done! :pac:

Get over yourself.....it was 2 animals.

Irish Guitarist

I once saw two birds fighting a crow. I don't know who won.