Critters

Mudd · **Posted:** Tue Jul 17, 2012 3:44 pm

Drnkmixr wrote:

"A tarantula hawk (wasp) will sting a tarantula to paralyze it. She then lays her eggs in the paralyzed tarantula"

Saw several of these things on today's lunch ride! :shock:

Christ D. · **Posted:** Tue Jul 17, 2012 11:42 pm

abzillah wrote:

Holy Shit! Can you imagine that thing stinging your penis!

Your penis ? No , i can't,because the "hawk" probably won't find it.

:lol:

Broke That · **Posted:** Tue Jul 31, 2012 3:54 pm

I'm sure you all have noticed that the only pictures we ever get of trail critters are of the really slow ones. Snakes, tarantulas and the like. The fast ones just get out of our way as quickly as they can...
And to that point;

Headed up to Culp Valley for my normal afternoon ride up the mountain. As I came around a corner I could have sworn I was following a dark colored mountain lion.
I said something out loud and it looked over its shoulder and trotted off the trail.
Thinking it might not be the smartest thing I've ever done, I continued up the trail and past where it had moved off the road. No big deal. I finished my climb and headed back down toward the truck....and wouldn't you know...
I came around a corner at warp speed and that 'cat' was walking down the road again! Although this time I got a good look at it and discovered it was a large desert fox. Once it saw me heading toward it much quicker than the first time, it turned around and ran as fast as it could away from me, but still staying on the dirt road! I was able to start catching it when he suddenly veered off the road and lost its footing. I couldn't take my eyes off of it. I swear it rolled twice before regaining his feet. Satisfied that it was okay (back on his feet and moving!) I turned my attention back to the road....only to come face to face with a deer!
Somehow he didn't hear me or was also watching the fox run. I grabbed both brakes as he dove for the bushes.
What a rush! I decided to cut my speed a bit for the last half mile to the truck.
Who knows what I was going to run into next!

Rick

abzillah · **Posted:** Sun Aug 05, 2012 10:14 pm

At Big Bear

Broke That · **Posted:** Mon Aug 06, 2012 8:18 am

That is the smallest frog I've ever seen.
Where in BB did you find him?

abzillah · **Posted:** Mon Aug 06, 2012 8:25 am

Broke That wrote:

That is the smallest frog I've ever seen.
Where in BB did you find him?

As you get off the lift, and you start heading down the trail on the left (East), about 200-300 meters from the lift at the top of the fire trail. There were hundreds of them! Most people didn't notice them at all because they were riding through that section too fast.

abzillah · **Posted:** Sat Aug 11, 2012 6:33 pm

Finally caught a RoadRunner on Camera!

tfitz · **Posted:** Fri Aug 24, 2012 8:35 pm

Christ D. · **Posted:** Mon Aug 27, 2012 10:40 am

Found this little fella just after my ride on saterday in/on "The Bulge" , Luxemburg ,Belgium. Was making my dog very nervous , funny !!

OldDogDan · **Posted:** Sat Sep 08, 2012 3:04 pm

And here's a cute lil fella (about 14" long) from Calavera today:

Canaan · **Posted:** Sat Sep 08, 2012 8:06 pm

^^^ Must be that time of year -- I saw two that same size on my ride in MTRP and Spring last night.

bankerboy · **Posted:** Sun Sep 09, 2012 11:54 am

Canaan wrote:

^^^ Must be that time of year -- I saw two that same size on my ride in MTRP and Spring last night.

Just watch out for the flying cartwheel attack. I hear those are lethal.

Canaan · **Posted:** Sun Sep 09, 2012 11:56 am

bankerboy wrote:

Canaan wrote:

^^^ Must be that time of year -- I saw two that same size on my ride in MTRP and Spring last night.

Just watch out for the flying cartwheel attack. I hear those are lethal.

The first one I saw might have been Son of Pinwheel -- same location; same type of snake; same ornery disposition.

mtbchip · **Posted:** Sun Sep 09, 2012 5:54 pm

Snake knocked me over and rode off with my bike..... Spring Canyon few hundreds yards SOUTH of 52 overpass. I did manage to get the bike back.....

Red Hot Sloth · **Posted:** Sun Sep 09, 2012 6:02 pm

Critters

Who is online