Animals from around the World!!

@ronita34 (3922)
Canada
February 3, 2007 8:26pm CST
I was just wondering what types of animals live in everyones area of the world?? Where i live the main animals in our areas would be Moose, Deer, Wolves, Coyotes, Bears,Grizzly and Black bears mainly along with many others!! Does the animals that live in your area differ from the ones in mine?? Oh yes i live in Canada by the way Alberta to be exact!!
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@sweetie88 (4556)
• Pakistan
4 Feb 07
Ilive in Pakistan and let me tell u briefly about the wild life of Pakistan. The wide variety of landscapes and climates in Pakistan allows for a wide variety of wild animals and birds. In the south, there are crocodiles in the murky waters at the mouth of the Indus River whilst on the banks of the river, there are boars, deer, porcupines, and small rodents. In the sandy scrublands of central Pakistan, jackals, hyenas, wild cats, panthers, and leopards roam in search of food. In the north, some of the rarest animals in the world can be seen in the mountains and valleys. They include Marco Polo sheep and Urial sheep; Markhor and Ibex goats with long, curved horns; black and brown Himalayan bears; and the very rare Snow Leopard. The clear blue skies abound with hawks, falcons, and eagles. Another rare species is the Indus River Dolphin, a blind cetacean which inhabits the area where the Punjab rivers meet the Indus. There are believed to be about 1,000 Indus Dolphins remaining and they are protected in two major sanctuaries.
@sweetie88 (4556)
• Pakistan
4 Feb 07
U r most welcome!!!!! and thanks to u too that u liked my answer.
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@ronita34 (3922)
• Canada
4 Feb 07
You are very welcome and it was well deserved your answer was exactly what i wanted to know!
@ronita34 (3922)
• Canada
4 Feb 07
Wow...This is one of the main reasons for my post to see how different our countries our with climate and temperature and of course the animals! Your animals are almost all wild and can be very dangerous and with ours here our biggest fear is getting to an accident hitting them on the road. I am glad that those rare Dolphins are in fact protected and i thank you so sooo sooooo much for sharing this with all of us. I mean crocodiles, jackals, hyenas, panthers, leopards and so many rare animal it is amazing to me and i am so glad that you shared this!!!
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@GardenGerty (160642)
• United States
4 Feb 07
Although I live in town, we have had coyotes, foxes,(three kinds), possums, and raccoons and skunks (two kinds) in our yard. Oh, and turtles,squirrels, rabbits, owls, missouri kites, and other birds, too. In our county we have cougars, armadillos, bobcat, lynx, porcupines, and the ever present white tailed deer. I can walk about two blocks and see where the beaver are building a dam. Wild turkey and prairie dogs. We have a game preserve with bison and elk. Hubby says he has seen mink while driving from work. I could tell you some stories about our urban animals, where they have been seen in town. So far no bears in this part of Kansas. According to some of the books, some of these animals do not live in Kansas, but as far as I know, they do not read maps.*smile*
@ronita34 (3922)
• Canada
4 Feb 07
Well, where i live i think we have the same variety of animals! We do not have possums though at least that i know of ... LOL! YOu are exactly right that animals do not read maps and agree that they can show up anywhere at anytime!
@Willowlady (10658)
• United States
4 Feb 07
Northern Ohio has eagle, coyote, fox, turkey, hawks, occasional bear, deer, pheasant, crawdads now and then. Oh and plenty of rabbits. These are trapped for fur or can be eaten. Forgot our groundhogs or whistle pigs as the olden ones call them. It is really great to look our the window and spot one of these. Nature at its finest!!
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@ronita34 (3922)
• Canada
4 Feb 07
I agree that Nature is such a beautiful thing if we just take enough time to appreciate it!! One of my Aunties always has Deers and Raccoons right outside her house. Even when i lived in Peace River i used to have Deer walk right through my front yard i thought it was awesome although i would think that it was a peeping tom from its shadow crossing my Livingroom window ... LOL!
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@mari61960 (4893)
• United States
4 Feb 07
Well I live in Mass, usa and we have all kinds of animals. Tons of deer, some moose, lots of coyotes, red fox, grey fox, bob cats, skunks, raccoons, otters, black bears, grizzly bears, rabbits, squirrels, chipmunks, flying squirels, Oppossums, ground hogs. We have all kinds of hawks, bald eagles, ospry, turkeys, vultures. I think actually we have about the same animals as Canada.
@ronita34 (3922)
• Canada
4 Feb 07
I agree that from your list that you all do in fact have basically the same types of animals as we do although i have never seen a vulture and i am not sure that i can say that i have ever heard of a ospry eithe! I thank you for this information as i have barely ever even left Alberta what do i know right...LOL!
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@hottie0728 (1732)
• United States
4 Feb 07
I lived in San Diego, USA...Our place famous place is San Diego Zoo and Wild Animal Park. I haven't been there though. Anyway, our famous one is Panda bear and koala!
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• United States
4 Feb 07
But sometimes they escape! ;) There's one orangutan at the zoo that is a master escape artist and has been found three times in people's back yards. They'd had a hell of a time keeping her in her enclosure - even though the enclosure is as large as an orangutan's natural territory. My uncle's on the President's Board for the San Diego Zoological Society. :D
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@ronita34 (3922)
• Canada
4 Feb 07
WOW...A professional escape artist orangutan now that is crazy! Can Orangutan's be mean at all sorry if taht is a stupid question but i am curious?? That is awesome that your Uncle is on the President's Board for the San Diego Zoo! San Diego is definately a place that i want to visit for the zoo and sea world!
@ronita34 (3922)
• Canada
4 Feb 07
That is kool and San Diego is very famous for these sights as well. I guess they can count although these animals are not really from the area they are wild animlas being held captive and came from other places!
@imsilver (1665)
• Canada
4 Feb 07
lol... i opened this discussion to find out where you were at because you're list of animals sounded so much like mine would... I'm right next door to you in BC :) I'm on the coast so I've got all that you mentioned and beavers and eagless and more seagulls than you'd ever hope to see (especially on garbage day!)
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@ronita34 (3922)
• Canada
4 Feb 07
LMAO...Yes we also have those as well as plenty of seagles more where there is lakes than where i am now! Magpies are the worst birds for that in my bush area ... LOL! You are so lucky to live in BC. BC is so breathtakingly stunning. The scenery there is to die for and i can never take my eyes off of everything i see. I drove up to Everette Washington so i was near Vancouver and i have to say i seen soo many beautiful things and places!!
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@imsilver (1665)
• Canada
5 Feb 07
it is absolutely beautiful here.. I tried to move to Edmonton when I was 19 but the scenery there just devestated me.. I was so homesick.. I made it 3 months and moved back to BC
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@lonewolfnan (4366)
• Canada
4 Feb 07
I read your list of animals and thought it looked very familiar.All of the animals you mentioned I have around here.Then I saw your country of origin and realized why... Cougars,porcupines,beavers,elk and gophers are also around here. Hello from the other side of the mountains!
@ronita34 (3922)
• Canada
4 Feb 07
Thats awesome and yes we also have all that you have named as well. I know that British Columbia has animals that you do not find here such as Caribou and Mountain Goats and stuff! British Columbia is soo soooo beautifully breath takingly stunning.
@7nicole1 (1633)
• Canada
4 Feb 07
Well Im in Ontario Canada and we got pretty much the same here except moose I think or at least I have never seen any here.
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@ronita34 (3922)
• Canada
4 Feb 07
Wow...We have quite a bit of Moose here! They can be very dangerous though especially in the winter because they tend to lick the salt off of the roads which has caused a lot of fatal accidents!
@brokentia (10389)
• United States
4 Feb 07
the area I live in Oklahoma, USA does not have that much. The area is too populated that it has driven the wild animals away from the areas. We have a cougar in our nature park, along with the other live wildlife of raccoon, snakes, squirrels, owls, hawks, and such. But nothing like lion, tigers, or bears. I have seen some wild turkey hanging around for the past year now though. LOL I can't help but wonder if he is lost.
@ronita34 (3922)
• Canada
4 Feb 07
OH MY ... LOL! He may just be lost and continually walking around in circles ... LOL!
@Lakota12 (42600)
• United States
4 Feb 07
we have wild horses and borros, scorpions, road runners, rattle snakes,coyotes , big horn sheepwolves farther north. The peole keep building and pushing the wils life away so most have moved farther away but some are stubborn like the scorpion you can find him any where haha
@HCCC45 (16)
• United States
4 Feb 07
Here in Texas we have snakes, deer, and about any kind of animal you want.
@misskatonic (3723)
• United States
4 Feb 07
I'm in the high desert of Arizona. We have wild pigs, elk, antelope, raccoons, badgers, coyotes, gila monsters, and mountain lions. And of course lots of snakes. And the occasional deer, but there aren't too many of those this year. Big influx of mountain lions, though.
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@ronita34 (3922)
• Canada
4 Feb 07
What in the world is a Gila Monster??? Wow...and moutain Lions and alot of them are they seen alot around your area??? Scary!
@AskAlly (3625)
• Canada
4 Feb 07
HAHAHA we are neighbors, I am from Alberta as well. All I can see different is that we have Elk in our area as well.Oh and cougars. I am more afraid of them than bears.
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@ronita34 (3922)
• Canada
4 Feb 07
LOL...That is great and it is always good to know someone close to Home!!! We also have Elk here which part are you from? Are you anywhere near Edmonton?? I guess i would also be terrified of cougars they are rare to see where i live but they have been seen!
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• United States
4 Feb 07
I live in NE Pennsylvania -- we have coyotes, black bear, beaver, weasels, groundhogs, deer, otter, wild turkey, boars, and the usually little furry critters that live in the woods. We do not have your moose, grizzly or wolves. You live in a beautiful area!
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@ronita34 (3922)
• Canada
4 Feb 07
I do not thing that i could leave here it has always been my home!! The Moose can be a pain in the butt though as they tend to lick the salt off of the road and have caused alot of fatal accidents. They are BIG and very stubborn when it comes to getting off of the road and extremely hard to see at night also!
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@stephcjh (38473)
• United States
4 Feb 07
In Indiana, in the United states, we have, deer, goats, cows, chickens, coyote, birds, horses, pigs, hyenas, dogs, cats, guinea pigs, hamsters, fish, snakes, frogs, oppossum, rabbits, squirrels, duck, geese, are the ones i can think of right off.
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@ronita34 (3922)
• Canada
4 Feb 07
Wow...That is great and we also have all of those except for hyenas and opposums! So you guys have Moose over there as well?
@pinklilly (3443)
• Australia
5 Feb 07
Baby Red Kangaroo - Baby Red Kangaroo in the wild
I live in Australia so our animals are very different to yours... I'm in Melbourne Victoria we have possums that are always round we get Kangaroos/ wallabies near by. Wombats and echidnas, Koalas and Foxes. Up North there are Crocodiles which I'm glad aint down here, it's too cold for them... I can't think of any others...
• Malaysia
5 Feb 07
In Malaysia we have biawak (monitor lizard),cipan (tapir), kancil(mousedeer) unfortunately the last two is vanishing fast with the forest going down to accomodate the expansion of human settlements. However, i saw a biawak yesterday swimming lazily upriver in a semi-polluted river in town. They seem to be able to survive in any condition.
@lauriefnp (5109)
• United States
4 Feb 07
I live in western NY state, and we have a huge variety of animals- I'm sure I could never name them all. We have rabbits, squirrels, chipmunks, deer, black bears, raccoons, owls, bats, foxes, wild turkeys, beavers, ducks, eagles, gray wolves... there are many more, I'm sure. I just can't think of them all.
@kathy77 (7486)
• Australia
4 Feb 07
Oh yes they do differ where I live as I live in Australia, we have Wombat, Kangaroos, Koala Bears, All different kinds of birds, Tasmanian Devils, Rabbits, crocodile, along with many others!! I live in Sydney to be exact.
@ronita34 (3922)
• Canada
4 Feb 07
Wow...That is awesome and i thank you for sharing and you are right we do not have any of those but they are all amazing animals for sure! I always wanted to go and visit Australia!!
• Canada
5 Feb 07
Where I live we see , coyotee's , foxes , moose ,black bears ,deer , raccoons , bobcats , beavers ,otters , minxs , muscratts and many other animals . I live in Canada , Nova Scotia .
@robinemz (211)
• Philippines
5 Feb 07
there are a lot of exotic animals in our country, maybe this is due to our nice tropical weather. they say that we about about 165 species of mammals here where in 121 of these can only be found in our country. some of these are the tarsier, carabao (philippine water buffalo), pilandok or chevrotain, tamaraw, bearcat, seacow, calamian deer, and a lot more;D