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Animals & Nature

Welcome To Animals & Nature. If you have a question about the wide world of nature then you are in the right place.

Try our Environment section for discussions about this subject or head to Pets if you have a question about animals in the home.

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ladybirder
YuMOVE Senior Dog | High Strength Joint Supplement for Older Stiff Dogs with Glucosamine Chondroitin Green Lipped Mussel | Aged 9+ | 120 Tablets. If you give the the above STOP NOW.
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barry1010
There was a time when dogs were welcome in bars, not the lounges, and they generally sat under the table or seat out enjoying the odd pork scratching or bit of cheese cob, not bothering anyone. Now... ...
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Treacle71
My cat most of the time sleeps with me. I woke up during the night last night and I stroked him once on his back and if I hadn't moved my arm away he would have attacked me. I saw him lift his leg... ...
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miser
grey squirrel has been burying his nuts in the back lawn all morning
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wolf63
You couldn't make it up.   https://www.gbnews.com/news/seaside-business-introduces-new-toastie-insurance-after-thieving-seagulls-pinch-food ...
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Bazile
Why have we no dangerous animals / reptiles in the wild , compared  to countries like Australia etc 
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bluefortress
Brought a 5 month puppy home last week, a terrier. He is settling in quite well, very alert and quite highly strung as in looking around at every little noise. No proper barking yet. 
  A bit of... ...
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sandyRoe
I've pictures of them in Asia and South America.  As far as I know there are none in Europe. What's the process that forms them?
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Khandro
Channel-crossing with my dog we usually use the tunnel to Dover, but having booked to come alone, circumstances force me to now come with my dog (& wife!).  I know I am over-fussy but we have never... ...
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sandyRoe
I once had a draught excluder that looked like a snake.  When the cat we had at the time first saw it it leaped away. There have been no snakes in Ireland since St Patrick.  How could the cat know... ...
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Vagus
Is suffering in the heat despite being groomed earlier today. How does everyone deal with their hot dogs? We have a cool mat which he uses but the goes and lies in the direct sunlight, daft dog 🙄
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sandyRoe
Last night my cat, DJ, came over demanding attention by digging its claws into my leg. How best to stop it doing this?
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barry1010
Some of my neighbours have had their gardens ravaged by badgers since new houses were built on a nearby paddock.  No help from the council because badgers are protected.  We have all replaced or... ...
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Toorak
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/article/2024/aug/15/the-surprising-shame-of-pet-loss-you-are-supposed-to-think-humans-are-more-important-than-animals having recently lost a furry friend of... ...
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piggynose
I ask because i have seen 2 dogs in the space of 12 months act as if they had seen a lion!! First example was a year ago, while sitting ouside a roadside cafe i saw a car pull up, a couple got out... ...
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barry1010
There has always been buzzards nearby but for the last three days I have had one sitting on my chimney crying out on and off from dawn until dusk.   Could this be a recent fledgling left to his own... ...
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ponkle
today I saw something I have not seen before.A large swarm,30 to 40 damsel /dragon flies whizzing round the garden,went out and they were feeding off flying ants. I know they eat insects but have... ...
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renegadefm
I'm just wondering is it illegal to have a thorn bush growing at the front of your property in a terrace house of four situation?   Last year I was taken to hospital in A&E because I stood on a... ...
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barry1010
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13705903/Gorilla-born-captivity-sanctuary-Kent-world-father-babies-wild-two-separate-mothers.html#comments This has made my day  ...
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barry1010
It's a myth that all the winged ants in the country fly on the same day, but ants in the same area tend to.  It is very weather dependent.  A lot of ants flew on the 17th July in areas of... ...
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sandyRoe
... telling me my 4 week free policy will soon lapse. The charity I got DeeJay from told me she's an indoor cat.  Do I really need insurance for her?

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