Sabre52
Cave Dweller 
Me and my gal, Rosie
Member since August 2005
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Post by Sabre52 on Sept 7, 2007 21:32:50 GMT -5
Now you guys know I love doing wildlife rescue and rehab work but ya know, sometimes it just kind irks me that the saved wildlife offers absolutely no respect or thanks to their rescuer. Today, I had to drop everything I was doing and go rescue a Great Horned Owl that had been hit by a car. My thanks was four talons in my arm and a buttload of hippoboscid flies crawling in my hair. Now the talons I really am pretty used to but I really hate those Owl Flies. Imagine a big, long, fast flying tick. I'm a biologist but you know, some things are just flat out too gross and ugly to exist. Major yuk!!! Anyway, so not the thanks I was hoping for. Hate to complain but just once I wish one of those birds would give me hugs instead of friggin bugs! *L*....Mel Here's a link to a picture of a hippoboscid fly for those of you who might be curious. I should add they are flat and hard like ticks too and even crawl sideways like crabs. Too gross! The pic is at hiltonpond.org/ThisWeek051108.html The type on Owls are much larger, about 1/2-3/4 inch. |
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earthdog
Cave Dweller
Don't eat yellow snow
Member since June 2006
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Post by earthdog on Sept 7, 2007 21:51:20 GMT -5
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Post by Lady B on Sept 7, 2007 21:56:53 GMT -5
Aw Mel, you are such a sweetheart! I'm sending hugs from Mother Earth for taking care of her little creatures...even the bugs!  Lady B |
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WyckedWyre
fully equipped rock polisher
Member since April 2007
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Post by WyckedWyre on Sept 7, 2007 21:57:55 GMT -5
Yeah, Mel, even bugs need a place to hang out.
::)S
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Post by Tony W on Sept 7, 2007 23:18:40 GMT -5
So these bugs have like Hippo faces and they crawl in you hair? That's pretty cool  Can you get some pics? Mel.... that wasn't one of those rabid owls was it? Good luck, keep up the good fight! T |
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Post by Cher on Sept 8, 2007 0:00:27 GMT -5
hippoboscid flies ? sounds like the name of a rock band to me ;D
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Post by joe on Sept 8, 2007 0:44:51 GMT -5
Awww Mel, that's just the critters way of saying they love you!
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Post by Condor on Sept 8, 2007 7:45:59 GMT -5
Yup. Those hippos will do it to you every time. Whatever the heck they are. Maybe you can post a pic of one. I won't tell this to my DD. Wouldn't want her to change her major.
Condor
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adrian65
Cave Dweller
Arch to golden memories and to great friends.
Member since February 2007
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Post by adrian65 on Sept 8, 2007 8:38:39 GMT -5
So that's why owls have those serious faces and eyes! No wander they don't laugh!
Adrian
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Post by hermatite on Sept 8, 2007 9:20:18 GMT -5
hahahahaha cher. Ew giant flying ticks. Would you rather they brought you dead mice?
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Post by krazydiamond on Sept 8, 2007 12:05:53 GMT -5
those look like nasty little critters, ewwwwwwwww! i think i'd freak if i got one stuck in my hair......
KD
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181lizard
Cave Dweller
Still lurking :)
Member since December 2005
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Post by 181lizard on Sept 8, 2007 12:57:51 GMT -5
I refrain from perusing the posted pictures of the creatures as my neighbors are new and I'm sorely afraid they'll call the gestapo on the crazy female they see running amok in her yard, flailing arms akimbo AND as if the hubs of hell were on her heels.
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Post by Cher on Sept 8, 2007 15:08:01 GMT -5
That thing is totally gross ... BLECH! Hope they only live out west, I've never seen one here and don't want to.
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Slydog
has rocks in the head
Member since February 2006
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Post by Slydog on Sept 9, 2007 14:19:21 GMT -5
Oh my God, Mel! I did not even know such a creature existed!!! The bug I mean...... If one of those landed on me, I'd scream like a little girl, and wet my pants too!!! Snakes, bugs, and pigs---you can keep 'em!!!! But thanks for taking care of the owl |
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joanna
spending too much on rocks
Member since November 2004
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Post by joanna on Sept 9, 2007 15:18:23 GMT -5
Yuck, I seen those before, just no idea what they were called. I saved a baby flicker from a hawk and brought the bird inside to recover for a bit and had a couple of those flies in the bathroom, where I had the bird. I notice they were flat, fast and couldn't be killed with a fly swatter. Eventually I got out the scotch tape and when I caught them I encased them in it (like some people do with wood ticks) and they went out in the garbage.
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Post by ladyt on Sept 10, 2007 18:16:08 GMT -5
EWWWWW! Now I'm iching!! Tonja |
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Can you get some pics? Mel.... that wasn't one of those rabid owls was it? Good luck, keep up the good fight! T
