Some of us have habits of quoting previous post while replying to another user. This sometimes create problem, It make the page unnecessarily long and others need to scroll a lot in order to navigate from top to bottom and vice versa.

So do not quote post which is just above 2 to 3 post above your post  and avoid completely if it is a long post (the post you are quoting). If it is necessary to quote posts, just select the part of it instead of quoting full post.

Please consider this thing while replying a post

Please NEVER EVER insert images directly from source site.

I am seeing many users here directly insert images from facebook (and some other websites). In my opinion it is not good way and is not recommended, why?

1. Facebook sometime change the storage location and hence url of image is changed. So in this case your images do not show on WildFact after some times.

2. Many smaller websites often get shut down & their domains sold, meaning the source you are linking the image from would stop existing.

3. Users often delete the images or close their account/blog and hence you will see broken link of images on WildFact.

4. Facebook & other image hosts, sometime block other websites like WildFact to let them show the images by inserting link of images directly from their website.

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If you want that your images is shown here forever, try to download it from source & reupload here (http://wildfact.com/forum/topic-how-to-upload-image)... or upload it to some image hosting service like; postimg.cc

I am seeing that many images from lots of posts start disappearing. It certainly take little effort but worth of it.
For example:

This good post has lost all its images...

(03-15-2016, 04:34 AM)Pckts Wrote: I didn't notice but I think the injured male 

*This image is copyright of its original author

Is this male just healed up

*This image is copyright of its original author

What do you guys think?

...However this post's pictures continue to survive even after their orginal article have been removed from internet!

(04-08-2016, 09:36 PM)Pckts Wrote: Pic Credit: Pradeep Singh

*This image is copyright of its original author

*This image is copyright of its original author

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Tagged users:
@andeancat @Sanju

Hello All,

I'm a new member. I very much look forward to interacting and sharing my photographs with you. Birds remain my favorite subjects to photograph and whenever possible, I prefer portrait style captures. I use my collection of superzoom cameras to do so. All images were taken in the wild, hand-held and have not been cropped. I hope you'll enjoy these beautiful birds, which I call "living works of art!"

Tony

1. Double-crested Cormorant


2. Black-crowned Night Heron (Adult Form)


3. Great Blue Heron (yawning!)


4. Red-tailed Hawk


5. Green Heron

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http://www.sdl.lib.mi.us/history/curwood.html  
 
James Oliver Curwood was an avid hunter long before he became a conservationist. He wrote fiction novels which were based on the real natural world. His book, 'The Grizzly King' ( 1916 ) was made into a popular movie, 'The Bear' in 1988. Of course, the French director, Jean-Jacques took a few liberties ( Disney style ). The book is much more exciting and informative than the movie. Also note that Thor was a real-life grizzly.
One of the things that got me to thinking came from a conversation between the two fictional hunters, Langdon ( the older, wiser, more experienced ) and the younger hunter, Bruce. I will not copy word for word from the book; much too lengthly. But here is the gist of it: The old hunter was saying that most books written about grizzlies either make a hunter laugh or make him angry. For example, the idea of a grizzly making his scratch marks on a tree and, supposedly the next boar grizzly that comes along tests his reach against the dominant boar who had made his mark. Utter nonsense! 
Most grizzly experts today will tell you that a grizzly is not territorial. Curwood had another idea. The dominant boar grizzly is indeed territorial; but the rules of a grizzly are not the same as the rules of a big cat ( big cats not mentioned in the book ). The apex boar grizzly will allow other grizzlies and other predators to live within his domain. After all, while some grizzlies are more predatory than others, no grizzly depends solely on meat. The top grizzly will ignore the other males so long as they stay out of his way. To challenge him over a berry bush, a choice fishing spot, or a female will not go unpunished. He will patrol his kingdom often, making sure that all who live there knows and understands that he is their lord and master. 

This thread is to inform any incident in which humans have saved or helped wild animals. Post your details with pictures, videos and other details. I will start with one great example

Meet Nic Proust, He has done an exceptional work by helping a female elephant in Botswana.
Read his full report -

Elephant stuck in the mud!

What an emotional day it was yesterday as we battled for more than 3 hours to free this elephant that got stuck in the mud. At first we were called out to save a calf and then when we got there we realized it was an adult female and she was so stuck...about 2m in and unable to move. She had been there for days and the mud was all caked around her. She let us get close and we started digging her out and allowing fresh water to seep into the mud around her. The Botswana Defense force got there too as well as well as the Department of Wildlife and National Parks...amazing luck to have them around and they did great. We used the BDF truck to start pulling her out and only when the concession tractor arrived did we succeed with both the tractor and truck needed to finally dislodge the elephant from the mud. At one stage a bull elephant arrived and it was panic as we revved the truck and shouted to distract him from charging us...if that was not enough well we also had 2 lions come down to watch us...a big male and female...fortunately they were easier to chase away. The outcome? Well we got this amazing animal out of the mud...but she was so so weak...it was a victory and she was alive but to be honest I don't think she will make it...its about a 2 hour drive and we will check later and pray that somehow she found the energy to get up during the night after her huge ordeal. What a truly amazing animal that knew we were doing good to help her and she allowed us to get so close. Even if she dies at least one animal out there knows that a lot of humans mean well. Either way so proud of the commitment shown by all involved.





Well done Nic, You have done a great job and we appreciate your work.

I request our members to post and praise such incident.

Spots or stripes or some designs (AWD/Clouded leopards) help these carnivorous animals to STALK(merge with surroundings) the prey without undetected. 

Then,Why Lions,Puma,Wolf,Caracal,Jaguarundi and Dhole's etc have no SPOTS on their coat?? 

Are they don't stalk??

Are they scavengers??
Are they hunt only in night??
Are they only run-down the prey??

When I look at lists of brown bear subspecies, I rarely find two lists exactly alike. Even the leading experts disagree about just how many actual subspecies there are. 'The Great Bear Almanac' has a page-and-a-half of subspecies listed which today are all listed as just a single subspecies: Ursus arctos horribilis. My question: is the term 'subspecies' still accepted by biologists? If so, exactly what is the definition, and how do we distinguish race from subspecies?  

Color : Almost Same 

Body structure  : Almost Same (Jag little bigger) 

Weight  : Almost Same  (Jag little bigger) 

Melanin : Same (Note: Not in any-other Cats)

If necessary both cats can hunt in water

Coat : Only difference is few dots 

My theory : In Asia Persian and Srilankan leopards are little bigger than their neighbor Indian leopards ...... Why because they don't face Dhole-Wolf Packs,Bears, Asiatic Lions and most importantly thier BIG DADDY-Bengal Tigers (it even climb trees and kills him  ).So, Indian leopards are mostly stick to trees like monkeys unlike Persian and lankan leopards which are ALPHA in their region and little bigger.   

Same goes to Jaguars,because of almost zero competition in South America Leopards became little bigger and now they are called as Jaguars.

or 

They were evolved from Asian leopards (Siberia  to Alaska to South America) like Barbary/Indian lions evolved from African lions

Sanjay: Instead of polluting the Mapogos thread, You guys can discuss and debate about the Mapogos fall in this thread, Is it human or is it natural ?

(11-09-2016, 05:58 PM)fursan syed Wrote: I will post more info about how humans contributed in there fall.

"Info"

Sure thing.

Apart from that unicorn land where you want to put them, in real life two coalitions brought them down from their throne. Humans had nothing to do. Don't misinform people.