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schwa
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap
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 Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 2:45 am Post subject: korean wildlife |
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I like to happen on unusual wild animals & today I had a close encounter with a raccoon dog.
Shortcutting home through a chestnut grove this afternoon (in full bloom right now, pungent!) I passed a guy calling for his lost dog so I had my eyes peeled. I spotted some greenery moving & knew something was in there. Figuring it might be his pup I tossed a couple chestnut husks its way to get a look. Instead up popped this critter: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raccoon_Dog
Just a couple meters away, we held nice eye contact for several minutes. Handsome animal.
In Korea I've previously encountered (talking about mammals here) water deer, wild boars, Siberian otters, weasels, chipmunks, & lots of those pointy-eared squirrels.
Others you've spotted? |
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isisaredead
Joined: 18 May 2010
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| Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 3:54 am Post subject: |
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a sober ajoshi? joking, they're pretty tame.
my friend swears he saw a deer in the mountains where we live, but i just don't believe it.
i've seen field mice. that's pretty much it.  |
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movybuf
Joined: 01 Jan 2007
Location: Mokdong
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| Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 5:09 am Post subject: |
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I've seen blood splatters on the highway in mountainous areas, so I'm guessing those came from animals.
I saw some small reddish-brown animal running away on a mountain in Gyeongju. I'm not sure what it was.
Other than that I've seen snakes and frogs in the countryside.
In Seoul, once I saw a chipmunk. I think that's the only non-bird animal I've ever seen in the city. |
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teachyou1004
Joined: 29 Jun 2011
Location: SF Bay Area
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| Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 8:03 am Post subject: |
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| One winter, I took my folks to Songni Mountain. Hardly anybody was there, and as we walked to Beopchusa we saw about a 5 prong stag with a white winter coat come running by. A couple maintenance workers were running after it with their phones trying to take pictures. I was amazed to see such a huge animal at such a highly trafficked place. |
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WadRUG'naDoo
Joined: 15 Jun 2010
Location: Shanghai
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| Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 9:40 am Post subject: |
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| Saw a pretty long snake chasing a frog while having a smoke on the 2nd floor of my hagweon a good 5 years ago. |
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cert43
Joined: 17 Jun 2010
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| Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 3:02 pm Post subject: |
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What?!!!! Put "yourself" in "her" shoes for once.how would you "feel"...if it was "you"....???~!!!
No wonder she just can't "care" anymore...really. |
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cert43
Joined: 17 Jun 2010
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| Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 3:26 pm Post subject: |
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Oh and please stop sending the robots ; she finds that part "too funny"- just like "you"...
Leave "her" alone..it's not "your" place anymore...  |
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rainism
Joined: 13 Apr 2011
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| Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 3:42 pm Post subject: |
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| WadRUG'naDoo wrote: |
| Saw a pretty long snake chasing a frog while having a smoke on the 2nd floor of my hagweon a good 5 years ago. |
that's a pretty talented snake.
I'd have captured it and starting putting on shows. Wouldn't even have to chase anything  |
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cert43
Joined: 17 Jun 2010
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| Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 3:47 pm Post subject: |
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Go ahead..I know "he" sleeps around..
That is why "she cannot "feel" ..but you're not writing this part..trying to make "her" look like a "fool"
She doesn'r fall in "love" :shock:she cannot "be" |
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jdog2050
Joined: 17 Dec 2006
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| Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 3:52 pm Post subject: |
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| I actually saw a weasel/ferret in Myeongdong of all places. I'm guessing it's a pet that got away, but it was huge! |
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murmanjake
Joined: 21 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 3:57 pm Post subject: |
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Go ahead..I know "he" sleeps around..
That is why "she cannot "feel" ..but you're not writing this part..trying to make "her" look like a "fool"
She doesn'r fall in "love" :shock:she cannot "be"
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Someone call animal control!! |
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Zyzyfer
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: who, what, where, when, why, how?
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| Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 4:21 pm Post subject: Re: korean wildlife |
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| schwa wrote: |
| ...& lots of those pointy-eared squirrels. |
Those squirrels are pretty rad. Like punk rock squirrels or something.
I've seen pheasants bumming around on Namsan in Seoul before. |
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Triban
Joined: 14 Jul 2009
Location: Suwon Station
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| Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 5:39 pm Post subject: |
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"Sir, the power converters are failing!" the XO exclaimed.
The captain hurriedly replied "Switch to auxiliary control and shift the blaster shields to starboard lest we care for an unwelcome jaunt in space! We just might pull through!" |
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Triban
Joined: 14 Jul 2009
Location: Suwon Station
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| Posted: Thu Jun 30, 2011 10:06 pm Post subject: |
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It was too late, however. The thrusters were shot to to hell; the crew was doomed to float in the lonely frontier...where no one can hear you scream. Because there is no oxygen. Lasers don't even make the pew pew sounds. That's fake. Well, they could scream on the ship. Until the oxygen ran out. But they probably wouldn't scream then anyway. Because humans can't breathe without oxygen. They'd be dead. Dead people can't scream.
....or can they? |
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isisaredead
Joined: 18 May 2010
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| Posted: Fri Jul 01, 2011 1:56 am Post subject: |
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| re: cert43 - would it be wrong if i admitted that i'm feeling inexplicably turned on right now? |
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