Have you seen any wildlife when traveling?

Starting with home here in Australia, our home backs onto bushland, so we see plenty of ringtail and brushtail possums, and fruitbats which are really cute but noisy. We also have a bluetongue lizard living in the back yard, along with lots of skinks, geckos, several frogs and unfortunately a number of spiders as well. My husband found a frog in our second floor bathroom one night - we have no idea how it got up there - and I had an encounter with a funnelweb spider in the loungeroom also recently, which was not so nice. We also have a lot of native birds around - white and black cockatoos, a variety of coloured parrots and lots of lesser known birds. We had a pair of tawny frogmouths (which are a bit like owls) build their nest in the tree right outside. They sound like a truck reversing at night ... beep ... beep ... beep. We couldn't believe it when one night we had guests out the back, and the chicks flew down onto our fence right next to us. Around Australia I've seen most of our native animals in the wild. Recently I was lucky enough to see a koala with her joey (baby) climbing on her head. That was so gorgeous. Standing on a beach and watching whales or dolphins playing just off shore, seeing seals covering an island, or swimming amongst coral reefs are unbelievable experiences. I still hope to see a Tasmanian devil and a platypus in the wild one day. Overseas I was fascinated by squirrels in England, monkeys in Singapore and I got to swim with sharks and stingrays in Tahiti. As you can probably guess, I love animals. Sorry this is soooooo long!! You are very lucky to have been to Africa. That would have been absolutely amazing. Add that to my list of places I must go. I would also love to see a panda or a tiger in the wild - that would be the ultimate joy.

I don't see much wildlife when I travel, I mostly see wildlife where I live. We have deer, wild turkeys, lots of birds, foxes, raccoons, and skunks.

I have seen wildlife in Australia in its natural habitat. Here in Thailand I've also been to a few natural parks where you can see elephants doing what comes natural. Great way to view animals.

I have been to some. I really enjoyed those places. Actually, I love to be in such places because I truly feel the joy of being one with nature. Nature has given us amazing and astonishing creatures and creations. We should preserve and take care of them.

I would love to go on a safari! I think it would be great fun but I would be so scared that some wild lion or cheetah would eat me or maul me! I live in Florida and the wildlife that I have seen on the streets, etc. are alligators, turtles, snakes, lizards, geckos, frogs, toads, iguanas, crawfish, foxes, raccoons, oppossums, seagulls, pelicans, seals, manatees, sharks, herons, cranes, parrots, turkey vultures, monkeys, Florida Key Deer, and many various insects. We do have a lot of wildlife as we are near the Everglades. Have a great day and happy myLotting!!

Here, in Tennessee where we live the most common wildlife are racoons, possums, deer, foxes, rabbits, turtles, snakes, quail, crawfish, jays, crows, geese, cardinals, ducks, humming birds, groundhogs, skunks, turkeys and insects. You see all of these regularly. When I lived in south Florida I used to see alligators, lizards, armadillos, iguanas, monkeys, crabs, barnacles, little sharks, frogs, toads, jellyfish, manowars, manatees, feral cats and parots also. I'm talking about running into these in plain experience. Not seeking them out. You just run across them and I have personally seen everything I have listed here.

Yes I have and I have a cute story to tell. I was a little girl at the time and my dad had a camper that fit on the back of his pickup truck and we traveled from Virginia all the way to Utah and Idaho and on the way there, we saw a momma bear and her cubs eating on the side of the road. The momma bear had decided that it was time to go back into the forest and called all her cubs to follow, all but one stubborn cub followed her. She turned around and called after her one cub but it wouldn't budge so after a few minutes she went back down the hill and swatted him on the behind and he let out a yelp and ran with all his might up the hill where the other cubs were and kept on going!! LOL I bet he listens to the momma bear from then on!! I've never forgotten that and I guess I never will for it was really something to see!! lol

I don't need to go very far to see wildlife where I live. I am only an hours drive from the mountains in Banff and we go often, just for a drive, on a nice sunny day. We see a lot of mountain goats and deers and moose and bears. One time when we went we went right into Banff and saw right in the middle of the sidewalk, 5 deers walking. Right in town. People were walking along the sidewalks almost right beside the deers. I couldn't believe it. I guess they are so used to the deers coming right into town, that it is not an unusual site for them. But for my daughter and I this was weird and we stopped and watched them and some people looked at us like we were the weird ones because we were watching. hehe Alrighty then, talk to you later, Your friend, Chris