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    From RichA@21:1/5 to All on Tue Apr 5 13:41:20 2022
    Dummies know NOTHING about how to approach animals. Plus, their crappy cameras have (mostly) no zoom, or they are too stupid to know how to use it, hence they scare everything off. This is the best I could do.

    https://pbase.com/andersonrm/image/172484489

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  • From David Brooks@21:1/5 to RichA on Wed Apr 6 11:39:14 2022
    On 05/04/2022 21:41, RichA wrote:
    Dummies know NOTHING about how to approach animals. Plus, their crappy cameras have (mostly) no zoom, or they are too stupid to know how to use it, hence they scare everything off. This is the best I could do.

    https://pbase.com/andersonrm/image/172484489

    You are getting quite good at this! ;-)

    Thanks for sharing.

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  • From Magani@21:1/5 to David Brooks on Wed Apr 6 18:58:58 2022
    On Wednesday, 6 April 2022 at 8:39:20 pm UTC+10, David Brooks wrote:
    On 05/04/2022 21:41, RichA wrote:
    Dummies know NOTHING about how to approach animals. Plus, their crappy cameras have (mostly) no zoom, or they are too stupid to know how to use it, hence they scare everything off. This is the best I could do.

    https://pbase.com/andersonrm/image/172484489
    You are getting quite good at this! ;-)

    Thanks for sharing.

    My run-in with the local wildlife - north coast of New South Wales.

    The lizards (there were two) in question are called Goannas; a type of Monitor Lizard and I suppose vaguely related to the Komodo Dragon. These were about 1.7m / 5'9"-ish long. These ones live in the bush and are certainly well fed, foraging scraps
    from campers. One does not want to frighten them, as their escape response is to climb, and if you're the closest and highest thing around, they will climb YOU! Check out the claws.

    I'd suggest downloading them before viewing, as my attempts to view straight from Dropbox were not great. Phone was a Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra.

    https://www.dropbox.com/sh/bl2k1tg37xe5qjg/AAC4ihdL1ZcWSDX5uoF5bSjEa?dl=0

    Cheers,
    Magani

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  • From David Brooks@21:1/5 to Magani on Thu Apr 7 11:28:25 2022
    On 07/04/2022 02:58, Magani wrote:
    On Wednesday, 6 April 2022 at 8:39:20 pm UTC+10, David Brooks wrote:
    On 05/04/2022 21:41, RichA wrote:
    Dummies know NOTHING about how to approach animals. Plus, their crappy cameras have (mostly) no zoom, or they are too stupid to know how to use it, hence they scare everything off. This is the best I could do.

    https://pbase.com/andersonrm/image/172484489
    You are getting quite good at this! ;-)

    Thanks for sharing.

    My run-in with the local wildlife - north coast of New South Wales.

    The lizards (there were two) in question are called Goannas; a type of Monitor Lizard and I suppose vaguely related to the Komodo Dragon. These were about 1.7m / 5'9"-ish long. These ones live in the bush and are certainly well fed, foraging scraps
    from campers. One does not want to frighten them, as their escape response is to climb, and if you're the closest and highest thing around, they will climb YOU! Check out the claws.

    I'd suggest downloading them before viewing, as my attempts to view straight from Dropbox were not great. Phone was a Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra.

    https://www.dropbox.com/sh/bl2k1tg37xe5qjg/AAC4ihdL1ZcWSDX5uoF5bSjEa?dl=0

    Cheers,
    Magani

    Wow! 😎 Outstanding - both the creatures AND the filming! THANK YOU!

    I do so wish we'd had mobile phones when I lived in Australia ('77 - '79)

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  • From RichA@21:1/5 to Magani on Thu Apr 7 11:00:56 2022
    On Wednesday, 6 April 2022 at 21:59:01 UTC-4, Magani wrote:
    On Wednesday, 6 April 2022 at 8:39:20 pm UTC+10, David Brooks wrote:
    On 05/04/2022 21:41, RichA wrote:
    Dummies know NOTHING about how to approach animals. Plus, their crappy cameras have (mostly) no zoom, or they are too stupid to know how to use it, hence they scare everything off. This is the best I could do.

    https://pbase.com/andersonrm/image/172484489
    You are getting quite good at this! ;-)

    Thanks for sharing.
    My run-in with the local wildlife - north coast of New South Wales.

    The lizards (there were two) in question are called Goannas; a type of Monitor Lizard and I suppose vaguely related to the Komodo Dragon. These were about 1.7m / 5'9"-ish long. These ones live in the bush and are certainly well fed, foraging scraps
    from campers. One does not want to frighten them, as their escape response is to climb, and if you're the closest and highest thing around, they will climb YOU! Check out the claws.

    I'd suggest downloading them before viewing, as my attempts to view straight from Dropbox were not great. Phone was a Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra.

    https://www.dropbox.com/sh/bl2k1tg37xe5qjg/AAC4ihdL1ZcWSDX5uoF5bSjEa?dl=0

    Cheers,
    Magani

    Now you know where all the neighbourhood pets went!!

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