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Musk ox invasion keeps Nome wildlife managers busy
Anchorage Daily News ^
| comJuly 2, 2014
| SEAN DOOGAN
Posted on 07/03/2014 11:39:53 AM PDT by skeptoid
Nome is used to rowdy residents, but some relatively new transplants are making a real nuisance of themselves -- although unlike the colorful characters of the early 20th century gold rush days, these visitors have four legs, not two.
Musk oxen are wandering into the city on the Seward Peninsula, and despite loud noises, water hoses and even a blow-up bear coated in ursine urine, they don't want to leave.
(Excerpt) Read more at adn.com ...
TOPICS: Local News; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: alaska; doomage; elk; freepun; hoth; koalaoil; monkeyfacerules; moose; muskox; nome; penguinhumor; undeadthread
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To: Tax-chick; Darksheare; Scoutmaster; Monkey Face; fanfan; stephenjohnbanker; NoCmpromiz; ...
"We haven’t had an Animal Kingdom Weirdness Undead Thread for a while ..." AK; WUT?
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posted on
07/03/2014 7:43:49 PM PDT
by
NicknamedBob
(Will all of you people who keep "fixing" things please stop? Making them work again is killing me.)
To: moose07
Doesn’t look anything like a moose, so you’re safe... ;-)
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posted on
07/03/2014 8:21:39 PM PDT
by
NoCmpromiz
(John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
To: NoCmpromiz; moose07; Tax-chick
"Doesn’t look anything like a moose, so you’re safe..." It looks like something from the Ice Planet Hoth.
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posted on
07/03/2014 8:26:09 PM PDT
by
NicknamedBob
(Will all of you people who keep "fixing" things please stop? Making them work again is killing me.)
To: NicknamedBob; moose07; Tax-chick
something from the Ice Planet Hoth Especially in the picture at 14...
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posted on
07/03/2014 9:10:10 PM PDT
by
NoCmpromiz
(John 14:6 is a non-pluralistic comment.)
To: skeptoid
Would you mind terribly if we used this for the July Undead Thread?
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posted on
07/04/2014 7:14:12 AM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: NoCmpromiz
That’s one big Hairy Mama!
You are quite correct......the legs are to short. LOL. :)
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posted on
07/04/2014 11:14:58 AM PDT
by
moose07
(the truth will out ,one day.)
To: Darksheare
Not at all (would I mind)
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posted on
07/05/2014 11:31:10 AM PDT
by
skeptoid
(the thot plickens)
To: skeptoid
Thanks much on behalf of the Undead Thread!
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posted on
07/05/2014 11:34:08 AM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: skeptoid; sionnsar; abigailsmybaby; A CA Guy; airborne; Aloysius88; Altariel; Americanwolf; ...
We will be celebrating Musk Ox Mayhem this month.
skeptoid kindly donated this thread, so please be polite and wipe your feet before entering!
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posted on
07/05/2014 11:57:47 AM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: Darksheare
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posted on
07/05/2014 12:03:56 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: GeronL
Nice place to hang our hats.
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posted on
07/05/2014 12:06:43 PM PDT
by
RKBA Democrat
(Be a part of the American freedom migration: freestateproject.org)
To: RKBA Democrat; GeronL
Just remember which musk ox you hung your hat on, they wander off.
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posted on
07/05/2014 12:07:19 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: Darksheare
It’s hot outside! It’s not worth going out there. I had to because there was so much fireworks debris littering the front of the house.
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posted on
07/05/2014 12:19:38 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: GeronL
A full broadside of fireworks, eh?
Sounds like it was a rousing firework battle.
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posted on
07/05/2014 12:22:10 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: Darksheare
Those “mortars” were scary. lol
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posted on
07/05/2014 12:28:20 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: Darksheare
*pant-pant*
What did I miss? Did we leave anyone behind except me?
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posted on
07/05/2014 12:28:38 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(I'm allergic to exercise.My skin flushes, my heart races,I get sweaty and short of breath.Dangerous.)
To: sionnsar; abigailsmybaby; A CA Guy; afnamvet; airborne; Allegra; Altariel; Anton.Rutter; ...
Iced chocolate mocha with a dollop of spirits and some salty or sweet somethings are waiting on the sideboard for one and all.
Take a break before you unpack!
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posted on
07/05/2014 12:30:42 PM PDT
by
Monkey Face
(I'm allergic to exercise.My skin flushes, my heart races,I get sweaty and short of breath.Dangerous.)
To: Monkey Face; Cyber Liberty; Slip18
Not that I’m aware of, other than Fred and his human charges.
Hopefully Fred is keeping things under control.
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posted on
07/05/2014 12:38:05 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: GeronL
Pretty fun to watch when they have two rows banked through each other.
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posted on
07/05/2014 12:38:45 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
Howdy ya all!!!! A few nights ago found a 3 inch purple/pink moth on my front porch at 2am. Well Fredd found it. Got a photo will post link to it soon.
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posted on
07/05/2014 12:39:18 PM PDT
by
ColdOne
(I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11))
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