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What wild animals have you seen on your vacations?
Topic Started: Jul 14 2013, 12:06 PM (1,102 Views)
andrew12
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The title says it all.

Animals spotted on my vacations:

Yellowstone and grand Tetons:
Bison
Elk
Moose
Grey wolves
Grizzly bears
Black bears
Pronghorn
Mule deer
Coyotes
Wolverine
Red fox (???)
Yellow-bellied marmot
American beaver
Common porcupine (???)
Pine marten
Muskrats
Ground squirrels
Red tree squirrels
Bald eagles
Sandhill cranes
Sage grouse
Ospreys
Canada geese
White pelican
Trumpeter swans
Multiple species of ducks and songbirds
Snake (either garter or rat snake)

Alaska:
Humpback whales
Minke whale (???)
Orcas
Grizzly bear
Sitka black tailed deer
Ermines
Lemmings
Dall's porpoises
Harbor porpoises
Pacific white-sided dolphins
Ptarmigans
Bald eagles
Multiple species of salmon
Stellar sea lions
Harbor seals
Sea otters
Belugas
Dall's sheep

San Diego:
Shovelnose guitarfish
Bat rays
Thorn back ray (???)
Round stingray
Leopard sharks
Grey smooth hound sharks
California barracuda
Garabaldi
Sheephead fish
Sardines
White seabass
California sea lions
Harbor seals
Rockfish
Halibut
more fish species
Pacific bottlenose dolphins
Sandpipers
Egrets
Osprey
Two species of seagulls

Boston:
Humpback whales
Finback whales
Minke whales
Basking sharks
Harbor seals

Hawaii:
Humpback whales
Spinner dolphins
White tip reef shark
Manta rays
Spotted eagle rays
Galapagos sharks
Scalloped Hammerhead shark
Great barracuda
Green sea turtles
Loggerhead sea turtles
Hundreds of species of reef fish
Multiple species of moray eels
Hawaiian monk seal

Oregon:
Grey whales
Elk
Black tail deer
Whitetail deer
Coyotes
Golden mantled ground squirrel 
Two species of snakes
Harbor seals
Sea otters
California sea lions
Stellar sea lions
Multiple species of songbirds

Front royal, VA:
Black bears
Whitetail deer
Red foxes
Raccoons
Brown bats
Bobcat
Many species of salamanders
Couple species of snakes
Opposum
Striped skunks

Everglades:
American alligators
North American river otter
Egrets
Great blue herons
Little herons

Louisiana swamps:
Nutrias
American alligators
Wild pigs/boars
Herons (little and great)

Japan:
Snow monkeys
Japanese cranes (???)

Rehoboth beach:
Snow geese 
Atlantic bottlenose dolphins
Rat snake and other reptiles
Endangered species of tree squirrel (forgot the species name)

Caribbean:
Southern stingray
Great barracuda
Green iguana
Flying fish
Caribbean reef shark (???)
Hawksbill turtle
Common octopus
Many species of fish
Atlantic bottlenose dolphins

Monterey:
Sea otters
Harbor seals
California sea lions
Northern elephant seal (???)

My Backyard:
Cotton tail rabbits
Grey tree squirrels
Chipmunks
Whitetail deer
Red foxes
Brown bats
Raccoons
Multiple species of songbirds
Turkey vultures
Groundhogs

This list will update soon
(???) means unsure
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extremos
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Don't know if this is considered Bumping but...
Well, many, I'll try to remember them (Excluding Zoos):

Argentina (Considering the Falklads together with it):
Guanacos
A Bird called Martineta
Elephant Seals
Magelanic Penguins
Sea Lion
Whales
White Gulls
Some kind of Goose (Kelp Geese I think)
Gentoo Penguins
King Penguin
Petrels
Black Faced Gulls
Some kind of Cormorant

Uruguay:
A Moth
A South American Fur Seal

Chile:
Some kind of Heron
Pelicans
Other Sea birds

Australia:
Sulphur Crested Cockatoo
Kookaburras
Silver Gulls
A Spider
Ants
Fruit Bats
Ibises
A GIANT Preying Mantis
A Golden Orb Golden Web Spider
Two grey birds of Prey
A Small Lizard
Flocks of Budgerigars
Dromedaries
A Wasp
What I think was a Hare
Ants
A Dead Grasshopper (The Ants were carrying it)
Flocks of Magpie Geese
A Black Bird
Masked Lapwings
Ants
A Kingfisher
A Comb Crested Jacana
An Australian Darter
A Snake Necked Turtle
Sulphur Crested Cockatoos again
Another kind of Kingfisher
Blue Butterflies (Forgot their name)
A small green bird
A Magpie or something
A Dove
An Eel (It lived in the Hotel's streams)
Barramundis(They lived un the Hotel's lake)
A kind of Megapode like bird
Kookaburras (Heard them this time)
Many Seabirds
Brain Coral
Staghorn Coral
Other Corals
Sponges
Green Chromises
Grey Medium Fish
A White-Black-Yellow Striped fish
Other Reef Fish
Some kind of Waterfowl
Yet another Kookaburra
Sea Stars

New Zealand:
Dolphins
Black Coral
A weird Slender Purple fish
New Zealand Fur Seals
A Sea Lion
Black Swans
Many other Sea Birds
Terns
Silver Gulls
Somekind of Orange Fish
Glowworms

USA:
None that I remember

Cuba:
Some kind of Lizard whose tail stood up and curled, very funny to watch
Gulls
Pelicans
Many kinds of Small Fishies
Fan Coral
A Purple Fish
Two Triggerfishes
Other Reef fish
Other Small Fishies

That's it! :D All that I can remember.
Edited by extremos, Sep 15 2013, 10:20 PM.
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CyborgIguana
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Note that these aren't ALL the animals I've seen on my vacations, just the ones I can currently remember. Not counting the ones I've seen in zoos. Also these aren't all my vacations, just the most notable ones.

British Columbia:
-Orca
-Northern Elephant Seal
-Harbour Seal

Alberta:
-Mule Deer
-Bighorn Sheep
-Bald Eagle

New Brunswick:
-Harbour Porpoise
-Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin
-White-Beaked Dolphin
-Minke Whale
-North Atlantic Right Whale
-Finback Whale
-Humpback Whale
-Northern Gannet
-Atlantic Puffin
-Harbour Seal
-Grey Seal
-Basking Shark
-Ocean Sunfish
-Bluefin Tuna

Kruger National Park, South Africa:
-Giraffe
-Impala
-White Rhinoceros
-Vervet Monkey (two of which, hilariously enough, broke into our car and stole a box of Smarties xD )
-Chacma Baboon
-African Bush Elephant
-Greater Kudu
-Nyala
-Burchell's Zebra
-Hippopotamus
-Nile Crocodile
-Marabou Stork
-Ostrich
-Vultures (of various species)
-Warthog
-Blue Wildebeest
-African Buffalo
-Lion
-Leopard
-Caracal
-Serval
-Honey Badger
-Bushbuck (they were wandering all over the camp I was staying at and were surprisingly tame, one of them even let me pet it)
-Klipspringer
-Hornbills (of various species)
-Waterbuck
-Spotted Hyena
-Some kind of squirrel
-Mongooses (of various species)

Camping not too far from where I live:
-Whitetail Deer
-Black Bear
-Moose
-Common Loon
-Bald Eagle
-Raccoons (but I can see those at home)

Edited by CyborgIguana, Sep 20 2013, 09:11 PM.
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Tyrannocanthosaurus
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Banned for being rude.

Alaska:
Grizzly bear
Black bear
Bald eagle
Moose
Marmot(????)
Various sea birds
Steller's sea lion
Dall's porpoise
Humpback whale

Costa Rica:
Black howler monkey
Capuchin monkey
Squirrel monkey
Three-toed sloth
Some species of Coatimundi
Leafcutter ants
Basilisk lizard
Green iguana
Black iguana
Wood stork
Black iguana
the rest I can't remember

Hawaii:
various fish
Reef shark
Green turtle

Edited by Tyrannocanthosaurus, Sep 17 2013, 06:15 PM.
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Sheather
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Thank you for the set, Azrael!

I don't go on vacations. :(

I saw deer and turkeys in Tennessee, but I mean I also see them by me.
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Admiral General Aladeen
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Idaho
A few different types of mergansers.
A mountain lion
Some elk
A black bear

Florida
I saw a gopher tortoise
An egret
Some Alligators
A tegu lizard
Alot of anoles
A flock of parrots I couldnt identify
Pelicans
A small group of Key deer we saw at Bahia key
Edited by Admiral General Aladeen, Sep 20 2013, 04:35 PM.
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Terrena Laxamentum
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There is always something going on...

Puerto Rico
Mona ground iguana
Common Coquí
Tarpon
Treehoppers
Sail-Fin Anole
Puerto Rican crested toad
Caribbean White-lipped Frog
Tropical House Gecko
Puerto Rican Ground Lizard
Cuban rock iguana
Puerto Rican worm lizard
Lappas(don't know their english name but they are like a slug)
Sand Sifting Star
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Captain Phasma
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Captain of the First Order and Boba Fett 2.0

In Chicago we've seen a bunch of aquatic animals and stuffed animals at the museum and aquarium.
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Sheather
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Thank you for the set, Azrael!

Shedd Aquarium and Field Museum don't count as wild animals especially considering all of the museum's animals are dead...
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Captain Phasma
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Oh. Well, then I saw pigeons. xD
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Coquina
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Well my list is rather small compared to all of you ;-;

I've seen Bison... probably lots more, but that's the only one that I can really think of at the moment D:
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I still have not seen many animals :(
ich saw a radfox, any deers, snakes and wild boars ^^

but i loce it to see animals that you not can see every day :)
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Gabriel12
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oh les échardes

Lisboa,Portugal --> Zoo de Lisboa
-Snow Leopards
-Dolphins
-Penguins
-Sea Lions
-Gorillas
-Red Panda
-Orangutangs
-Grizzly Bears
-Walrus
-Snowy Owl
-Koala
-Kangaroo
-Komodo Dragons
-Gharials

Seville- Spain ---> Mundo Park Zoo | Castillo de la Guarda
Lemurs
Giraffes
Elaphants
Hippos
Chimpanzees
False Killer Whales
Camels

São Paulo-Brazil ---> Fundação Parque Zoológico de São Paulo
Rhinnos
Hornbills
Ibis
Eagles
Condor
Axis Deer
Tamanduá
Sloths
Black Phanter
Spider Monkey
Squirel Monkey
Olive Baboon
Greater Flamingo

Brasília - Brazil ---> Zoo de Brasília
Paca
Cutia
Ariranha
Capybara
Asian Elephants
Pygmy Hippos

And more...

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Anas Platyrhynchos
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Florida,USA --->sea world Orlando
Wood Duck
Hawk
Crow
Blue jay
squirrel
Edited by Anas Platyrhynchos, Apr 29 2014, 09:39 PM.
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andrew12
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Gabriel12
Apr 29 2014, 09:03 PM
Lisboa,Portugal --> Zoo de Lisboa
-Snow Leopards
-Dolphins
-Penguins
-Sea Lions
-Gorillas
-Red Panda
-Orangutangs
-Grizzly Bears
-Walrus
-Snowy Owl
-Koala
-Kangaroo
-Komodo Dragons
-Gharials

Seville- Spain ---> Mundo Park Zoo | Castillo de la Guarda
Lemurs
Giraffes
Elaphants
Hippos
Chimpanzees
False Killer Whales
Camels

São Paulo-Brazil ---> Fundação Parque Zoológico de São Paulo
Rhinnos
Hornbills
Ibis
Eagles
Condor
Axis Deer
Tamanduá
Sloths
Black Phanter
Spider Monkey
Squirel Monkey
Olive Baboon
Greater Flamingo

Brasília - Brazil ---> Zoo de Brasília
Paca
Cutia
Ariranha
Capybara
Asian Elephants
Pygmy Hippos

And more...

I meant wild animals..... not ones in zoos
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