Photos of Animals, Fish, Birds & Bugs on a Canoe Trip

[Boatman53]

Hope you didn’t handle that black and yellow hairy caterpillar, if I’m not mistaken those hairs can give you a nasty rash.
Jim

 

[Erica]

Hope you didn’t handle that black and yellow hairy caterpillar, if I’m not mistaken those hairs can give you a nasty rash.
Jim

Nah, I know better than that.

 

[Mason]

Grizzly skull, shore of Franklin Bay near mouth of the Horton River, NWT.

 

[Mason]

Muskox tracks along the Horton River, NWT.

 

[Alan Gage]

Grizzly skull, shore of Franklin Bay near mouth of the Horton River, NWR.View attachment 149533

It's always hard to judge the scale of photos like this but the skull looks smaller than I'd expect. Are they smaller than I think? Was it larger in person? Or was it a juveline?

Alan

 

[Mason]

It's always hard to judge the scale of photos like this but the skull looks smaller than I'd expect. Are they smaller than I think? Was it larger in person? Or was it a juveline?

Alan

Yeah, I usually give something for scale, but.... I believe this was an old female. The skull was smaller than expected, and the molars were well worn. I've handled 500 pound grizzlies, and this was a far cry from that! Maybe 300#?? It's been a long time since I've had to estimate bear weights (for chemical immobilization).

 

[Pseudonym]

Whalebone.

Please don’t tell the authorities that this was technically a seak*y*king trip.

 

[Glenn MacGrady]

Whalebone.
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Was wondering what bone it would be with that sharp point. My guess: the mandible of a baleen whale or a rib.

 

[Pseudonym]

Was wondering what bone it would be with that sharp point. My guess: the mandible of a baleen whale or a rib.

View attachment 149588

Yes, the lower mandible was how it was explained to me too.

We came across it on a small island called Muskeget, off the west end of Nantucket.

Muskeget is the southernmost breeding ground for grey seals, making it popular with Great White Sharks. Muskeget also features a unique and endemic species colloquially called the “Muskeget Mouse,” which is a beach vole.

 

[eckilson]

A moose on the Allagash - took one look and kept on eating.

 

[Mason]

Here's another from my Horton Trip--Arctic ground squirrel (sik-sik). This time I added something for scale.

 

[Gamma1214]

Allegheny Islands State Park, Pittsburgh, PA

 

[Erica]

Rivière Suzy, QC

 

[kahel]

 

[Gamma1214]

3 weeks ago, I wouldn't have considered these critters to be wildlife.

 

[Idiot Savant]

Some good photos. I've been going through and scanning some of my old slides and came across these two.
I thought the tarantula was fair game because it was on the way to the put-in. That is a white stripe on the road.

 

[Gamma1214]

The hogs I posted above were on the road from the takeout. What I want to know is how did you spot that spider at highway speed?

 

[Alan Gage]

What I want to know is how did you spot that spider at highway speed?

We don't all drive as fast as you.

Alan