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Daves2017 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 1099 Gender:	Re: What's your favourite animal? Reply #15 - Jul 14^th, 2024 at 12:11am freediver wrote on Jul 10^th, 2024 at 8:50pm: Is this to eat? Many of us have evolved from hunting and gathering. No judgement. You just be you
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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 49133 At my desk.	Re: What's your favourite animal? Reply #16 - Jul 14^th, 2024 at 8:44am Daves2017 wrote on Jul 14^th, 2024 at 12:11am: freediver wrote on Jul 10^th, 2024 at 8:50pm: Is this to eat? Many of us have evolved from hunting and gathering. No judgement. You just be you All humans evolved from hunter gatherers.
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Grappler Truth Teller Feller Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 84858 Proud pre-1850's NO Voter Gender:	Re: What's your favourite animal? Reply #17 - Jul 14^th, 2024 at 10:45am Double-breasted Mattress Thrasher.
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UnSubRocky Gold Member Offline Crocodile Hunter: Origins Posts: 25012 Rockhampton Gender:	Re: What's your favourite animal? Reply #18 - Jul 15^th, 2024 at 6:19am The Imran Khan... "like a tiger"
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UnSubRocky Gold Member Offline Crocodile Hunter: Origins Posts: 25012 Rockhampton Gender:	Re: What's your favourite animal? Reply #19 - Jul 15^th, 2024 at 6:21am Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Jul 14^th, 2024 at 10:45am: Double-breasted Mattress Thrasher. What about a bouncy breasted tennis ball thrasher?
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Reply #20 - Jul 15^th, 2024 at 6:48pm

UnSubRocky wrote on Jul 15^th, 2024 at 6:21am:

Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on Jul 14^th, 2024 at 10:45am:

Double-breasted Mattress Thrasher.

What about a bouncy breasted tennis ball thrasher?

There is a profession female tennis player who had a set(no pun intended) like that ..

her name is Simona Halep ... she had a breast reduction to continue her tennis career

below is a before & after surgery montage

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Daves2017 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 1099 Gender:	Re: What's your favourite animal? Reply #21 - Jul 15^th, 2024 at 11:26pm I'm a big fan of Ibis. Seriously what bird cleans up our rubbish and keeping snakes away. More people should be nicer to our indegernous bin chickens !
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Gnads Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 29742 Gender:	Re: What's your favourite animal? Reply #22 - Jul 16^th, 2024 at 7:33am Daves2017 wrote on Jul 15^th, 2024 at 11:26pm: I'm a big fan of Ibis. Seriously what bird cleans up our rubbish and keeping snakes away. More people should be nicer to our indegernous bin chickens ! How do Ibis keep snakes away?
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Reply #23 - Jul 16^th, 2024 at 8:34pm

Ibis are indigenous bird to Australia.

They have evolved to hunt and kill ( like free driver 😄) snakes .

Look at the beautiful long curve beak?

Perfect for grabbing a snake but keeping its head at a distance.

Ibis are highly underrated.

They clean up a lot of human rubbish but they remain a snake attacking machine.

Don't stir me up Cheesy

I'm happy to post links.

Very valuable bird that has learnt to not only tolerance towards humans but we live in a mostly positive balance.

Bats are a different story Angry

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Reply #24 - Jul 16^th, 2024 at 8:38pm

White ibis are carnivores. They eat a wide variety of terrestrial (land) and aquatic (water) animals. Their preferred diet consists of crayfish, mussels and insects. Frogs, fish, crustaceans, earthworms, snakes and mice are also common prey items in their natural habitat.

Ffs, now I'm going on a Ibis tangent Cry

They are awesome birds!

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freediver Gold Member Offline www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 49133 At my desk.	Re: What's your favourite animal? Reply #25 - Jul 17^th, 2024 at 8:25am I think its time for a song.
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Reply #26 - Jul 17^th, 2024 at 3:09pm

Daves2017 wrote on Jul 16^th, 2024 at 8:34pm:

Ibis are indigenous bird to Australia.

They have evolved to hunt and kill ( like free driver 😄) snakes .

Look at the beautiful long curve beak?

Perfect for grabbing a snake but keeping its head at a distance.

Ibis are highly underrated.

They clean up a lot of human rubbish but they remain a snake attacking machine.

Don't stir me up Cheesy

I'm happy to post links.

Very valuable bird that has learnt to not only tolerance towards humans but we live in a mostly positive balance.

Bats are a different story Angry

What a load of old tosh

They are in the main worms, grubs, insects like grasshopper & cricket eaters as well as freshwater crayfish

Their long curved beak is designed to probe into grass & soft soils and has a rounded nub on th end ... it's not a sharp sabre.

any snake they may tackle would be small ... like a large worm or legless lizard.

White Ibis have become rubbish tip & suburban scrap scavengers .... but Straw Necked & Glossy Ibis have not.

There is nothing mentioned about them having a regular diet of snakes or chasing/keeping snakes away.

https://www.wildlife.vic.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0021/542217/Australian-Wh...

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Reply #27 - Jul 17^th, 2024 at 3:11pm

Daves2017 wrote on Jul 16^th, 2024 at 8:38pm:

White ibis are carnivores. They eat a wide variety of terrestrial (land) and aquatic (water) animals. Their preferred diet consists of crayfish, mussels and insects. Frogs, fish, crustaceans, earthworms, snakes and mice are also common prey items in their natural habitat.

Ffs, now I'm going on a Ibis tangent Cry

They are awesome birds!

No you're going on an Ibis fantasy.

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Daves2017 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 1099 Gender:	Re: What's your favourite animal? Reply #28 - Jul 18^th, 2024 at 5:30pm You bring the snake I'll bring the Ibis and we can see who wins. Ibis every time! It will have to be on Tuesday because they are Bath on a Wednesday
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Daves2017 Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 1099 Gender:	Re: What's your favourite animal? Reply #29 - Jul 18^th, 2024 at 5:56pm https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/queensland/four-reasons-to-love-the-ibis-20150813-giyi8n.html
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