What’s the coolest animal you’ve seen in the wild?

Old Bill an ex-neighbor found a baby we and he thought squirrel that turned into a badger he raised it on a bottle till grown it walked on a leash and rode on his shoulder, dogs would run from it also it made nasty noises at others if excited any. He got a visit from TP&W officers after someone turned it in, but they let him keep it thankfully, he finally moved and took Henry with him. Also was litter box trained and was raised with a cat for its' mother figure
 

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feywon said:
That's like asking me my favorite child or what's the most beautiful ecosystem/environment. They all have their beauty and charms!

Whether it's a lizard on a rock, or a family of deer chowing down on our grasses, or anything between size of any branch of the evolutionary tree i always feel i've gotten a gift when i can observe any of them for a bit.
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I have the same dilemma when it comes to choosing a favourite. Your mention of a lizard causes me to remember the time we shared a lonely campsite with a goanna. He/she was first noticed when she was scrabbling around in an old galvanised iron water tank. Later I saw it climb a very tall gum tree with a dead rozelle in its mouth. It was very large, with formidable claws. Goannas eat carrion and you do not want to be bitten by one. They are also not very smart and if startled may try to climb up the nearest human instead of a tree.

All that aside, I was able to offer this large reptile food from my hand. It was quite gentle and accepted a couple of boiled eggs quite happily.

The goanna was no bother at all but we also shared the site with a number of possums who disturbed our sleep with their nocturnal squabbling.
 
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Depending on where we lived,
Here we have seen bear in our senior mobile home park, Deer ,foxes. Then there was the mother and father Canada geese, she in front of a bunch of goslings, the father in the back protecting his flock from a crow who was following them down the street. Deer are very common here. It is rare to see moose in town, but we have seen a few. Bald eagles galore.

In Arizona, snakes, jack rabbits,scorpions, skunks, huge centipedes so big you can hear them coming! And the coatimundi.
 
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