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Which animals are native to Poland?


pawian  221 | 25699
14 Nov 2021   #31
American mink and slider turtle aren`t native. Recently they found a giant turtle in the Vistula River which weighed 3.3 kg. Amazing.


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Alien  24 | 5900
14 Nov 2021   #32
Mink is a woman's favorite...
jon357  73 | 23223
14 Nov 2021   #33
These are native to (or common in) Poland with colonies in the Wisła and Odra. The szczeżuja (Eng: duck mussel). Apparently not very tasty, but the English name suggests that ducks like them.


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pawian  221 | 25699
14 Nov 2021   #34
Apparently not very tasty,

Once, at a scouting camp, in conditions close to survival course, we tried to roast them in the campfire but they turned out as tough as a shoe sole. Poor mussels! I still can`t forget their horrible plight. :(:(
jon357  73 | 23223
14 Nov 2021   #35
their horrible plight

They don't feel pain.

The don't have brains either. maybe they should start posting here ;-)
jon357  73 | 23223
14 Nov 2021   #36
Here's the very big kind (up to 20 cm long), szczerżuja wielka (Eng: swan mussels). They're very protected in the UK, and are protected in Poland under international treaties. Apparently they were common here until the late 20th century but now are vanishingly rare.

Someone once told me that they started to disappear after Chernobyl, however I don't know how accurate that is.


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pawian  221 | 25699
26 Dec 2022   #37
Spider called bagnik przybrzeżny - shore swamper or in proper English - raft spider - lives close to water . It preys even on tadpoles and small frogs.


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pawian  221 | 25699
28 Dec 2022   #38
The first specimens of American blue crab appeared in Polish sea. Amazing! I love all seafood and those crabs are eaten by millions of tons in US and Mexico.


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Paulina  16 | 4338
28 Dec 2022   #39
@pawian, that's a nice blue colour :)

These are native to (or common in) Poland with colonies in the Wisła and Odra. The szczeżuja (Eng: duck mussel).

We found it once in a river near my grandma's village when I was a kid or a teen. We simply called it "małż". Btw, some women call their husbands in such a humorous way, because in Polish one of the words for a husband is "małżonek" :)

The don't have brains either. maybe they should start posting here ;-)

lol
pawian  221 | 25699
19 Feb 2023   #40
A closest encounter of the third kind with a beautiful red deer in the Tatry Mountains


pawian  221 | 25699
19 Feb 2023   #41
a beautiful red deer

In Poland the species` formal name is noble deer.

Only truly sick people might dream of killing it as a hunting prey.
Paulina  16 | 4338
19 Feb 2023   #42
A closest encounter of the third kind with a beautiful red deer in the Tatry Mountains

What a sweet creature... ❤️ and an amazing encounter... Those people have strong willpower - I'd be tempted to feed that deer :/
pawian  221 | 25699
26 Feb 2023   #43
Wisents are very careful when crossing roads - they wait until all cars stop.

See a huge herd of about 100 animals


Alien  24 | 5900
19 Apr 2023   #44
Smart creatures.
pawian  221 | 25699
19 Apr 2023   #45
Quite understandable. Big mammals have big brains. Not like dinosaurs.
Miloslaw  21 | 5132
19 Apr 2023   #46
@pawian

Nice video!
johnny reb  48 | 7915
20 Apr 2023   #47
Looks like America's Yellowstone National Park
pawian  221 | 25699
22 Apr 2023   #48
A closest encounter of the third kind with a beautiful red deer

One deer is nothing special. But 100 or 200 or more red deer is unusual.


Alien  24 | 5900
22 Apr 2023   #49
But 100 or 200 or more red deer is unusual.

Where they rush, interestingly in the opposite direction than the bisons.
pawian  221 | 25699
22 Apr 2023   #50
in the opposite direction than the bisons.

Wise animals, they know that crowding at the same place is dangerous, with covid threat etc.
pawian  221 | 25699
17 Nov 2023   #51
A bear attack in Poland! Watch out!

The man attacked by the bear is a German activist who "tried to prove that the animal's lair was abandoned due to forest clearing." "A concerned bear emerged and started chasing an activist trying to prevent logging in the Bieszczady Mountains," we read.

The activist and his companion expected the lair to be empty. But the animal was there. While running away, the man allegedly tripped and was injured by the bear.

The event was recorded by a camera trap. The photos were posted on social media by the spokesman of the State Forests, Michał Gzowski, who called the event "irony of fate".

Miloslaw  21 | 5132
17 Nov 2023   #52
which species of animals call poland home

Pawian and Bonobo......
Alien  24 | 5900
18 Nov 2023   #53
The man attacked by the bear is a German

Well, everything is clear. In Poland, even bears don't like Germans anymore. Well, here's what the 8-year rule of PiS has led to.
Bratwurst Boy  8 | 11887
18 Nov 2023   #54
A concerned bear emerged and started chasing an activist

Heh:)
pawian  221 | 25699
18 Nov 2023   #55
even bears don't like Germans anymore

Why even? I like Germans and their Sprache. I only dislike some of their views occassionally but that is a trifle.
pawian  221 | 25699
15 Apr 2024   #56
The first migrations of mergansers towards the Vistula River have begun in Warsaw. On Sunday, a mother and a dozen or so babies crossed the busy Czerniakowska Street. Earlier, the city guard, with the support of volunteers, stopped traffic on the route. Warsaw services appeal to residents to be careful.


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jon357  73 | 23223
15 Apr 2024   #57
mergansers

I don't know what mergansers are and have never seen or heard that word however this afternoons was walking in Saxon Gardens and saw a giant hedgehog walking about. He or she was cute.
pawian  221 | 25699
15 Apr 2024   #58
have never seen or heard that word however

:):):)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_merganser
pawian  221 | 25699
14 Aug 2024   #59
Black squirrels are a rarity in Poland. This one succumbed to the temptation of nuts, fava beans and sunflower seeds which I stored outside.


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Feniks  1 | 618
14 Aug 2024   #60
Black squirrels

They're so cute! I didn't even know there were black squirrels. Thought they were either red or grey.


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