What Strange Animals Have You Seen While Driving?
@KuznVinny (768)
United States
March 21, 2016 3:32pm CST
I pretty much confine my driving to the Nelson County, Virginia area, within about a 40 miles limit surrounding my home. I drive a considerable amount, and have seen a fair variety of animals. I have seen,
Deer
Bears
Bobcats
Groundhogs
Skunks
Possums
Raccoons
Copperheads
Rattlesnakes
Pot-bellied pigs (!)
Red-tailed hawks
Red-shouldered hawks
Buzzards
Ravens
Crows
Guineas
Goats
Cows
Horses
Sheep
Pigs
Donkeys
Woodpeckers
Kingfishers
Foxes
Wolves
I have heard coyotes.
What have you experienced?
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@snowy22315 (208760)
• United States
22 Mar 16
Well, howdy neighbor, I am in Louisa. One time my sister and I saw an animal on the road there we both thought was an armadillo, the only thing is they are not in Pennyslvania! A black bear ran in front of use one time on the Blue Ridge Parkway.
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@snowy22315 (208760)
• United States
22 Mar 16
Are you sure you saw a wolf? I don;t think we have them here in VA unless it was a hybrid.
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@KuznVinny (768)
• United States
22 Mar 16
Yes. Hi. I have seen two black bears since moving here. One in the Rockfish River, perhaps fishing. the other in those same mountains, that crossed the road in front of me.
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@KuznVinny (768)
• United States
22 Mar 16
@snowy22315 I have seen wolves, but only when I drove to a house where they are raised. Not in the wild, per se, though they roamed the property.
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@KuznVinny (768)
• United States
21 Mar 16
I forgot rabbits. We don't have hares where I am. Just rabbits. The poor things run in the direction of an automobile. It sometimes means their demise.
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@lookatdesktop (27156)
• Dallas, Texas
22 Mar 16
@jaboUK I wonder if there are people who go out looking for road kill for dinner? Yuck.
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@maezee (41985)
• United States
22 Mar 16
Holy cow! Thats a lot of strange animals. I havent even heard of all of them! Do you live in a very rural area? Or near a zoo? My only interesting one was last year when I almost hit a wolf that ran out in front of my car. I was shocked since I had never seen one.
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@KuznVinny (768)
• United States
22 Mar 16
Sort of rural. Not way out in the boonies. Once I saw a rodent that may have been a fisher, and I saw a hawk that I believe has essentially the same name. There are also bald eagles and golden eagles here, though I have never seen them. Soon I should, though. They are not terribly rare here.
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@akalinus (44366)
• United States
21 Mar 16
There used to be a goat on a rope on a road near us. The rope was too long and the goat often ran to the middle of the road without warning. A friend of mine wrecked up because of that goat. On the same road, I have seen wild turkeys and a family of Sand Hil cranes including babies. Once, there were two adult bulls in the middle of the road and I have seen cattle and horses also.
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@KuznVinny (768)
• United States
22 Mar 16
Wow! Especially with regard to the cranes and the bulls. I have *seen* turkeys. 15 of them, once, in my own backyard as I returned from a drive. We have a postage-stamp backyard. It was rather crowded!
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@KuznVinny (768)
• United States
21 Mar 16
Hello there, Old Man. Nice to hear from you once again.
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@DWDavis (25797)
• United States
22 Mar 16
Between here in my area of eastern NC and my folks place down near the Neuse River, I've seen fox, deer, opossum, raccoon, bear, red shouldered hawk ( ), turkey vultures, feral cats, crows, horses, cows, a donkey, all sorts of snakes, lizards, skinks, frogs, toads, salamanders, too many varieties of birds to count, geese, ducks, and goats.
My wife and I spent this morning doing yard work in the front yard. Now, understand, yard work is my among my least favorite things to do because as a kid my...
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@rheicel (7065)
• Philippines
21 Jan 18
Oh, I'm afraid of snakes. So far I haven't seen animals that strange to me because they're pretty normal here maybe because I live in a city. Strange animals here are most often seen in the province.
