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David Lyttle

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Re: Wildlife August 2011
« Reply #45 on: August 07, 2011, 09:05:52 AM »
Dave,
It makes a change from Tegel chicken :); I am salivating just looking at your harvest of wild pork. Hope you have plenty of freezer space.
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Re: Wildlife August 2011
« Reply #46 on: August 07, 2011, 09:14:52 AM »
Wow you would need a hell of a big barbecue to cook them. Makes my pork sausages a bit of a disappointment now  ;D

Angie :)
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Re: Wildlife August 2011
« Reply #47 on: August 07, 2011, 09:25:48 AM »
Can't stand the stuff Anthony and David (the pork not the chicken !  :o  :o ;) ), it's too strong for my palate.....

LOL--I'd have your pork sausages anytime :P :P :P--Angie.

David I enjoyed the trip so much, (maybe it was an attempt to recapture spent youth  ;D), I hope to repeat the experience ,so I'll put in an order for you and Belinda as my brother John who organized the trip seems to catch pigs every time he is out.
 

Cheers Dave.
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Re: Wildlife August 2011
« Reply #48 on: August 07, 2011, 09:48:26 AM »
Crumbs. You'd need a big gun! Twelve boar perhaps?  ::)
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Anthony Darby, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Re: Wildlife August 2011
« Reply #49 on: August 07, 2011, 10:27:33 AM »
I liked the coat Dave, very fetching :P
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Re: Wildlife August 2011
« Reply #50 on: August 07, 2011, 10:36:06 AM »
Anthony, is there no New Zealand equivalent of the RSPCA hospitals? That hedgehog  needs help.
Looks like a nasty skin condition (mange of some sort) has thinned her spines allowing a dog to get a grip of her and make that trianglular tear. She's a sitting duck in that state and out in the open .
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Re: Wildlife August 2011
« Reply #51 on: August 07, 2011, 11:05:11 AM »
There is a branch of the SPCA in Manukau. I'll contact them.
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Re: Wildlife August 2011
« Reply #52 on: August 07, 2011, 11:09:11 AM »
I have emailed a picture of it to them.
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Re: Wildlife August 2011
« Reply #53 on: August 07, 2011, 11:11:11 AM »
Good score Dave . Looks like you had a fun day out :)
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Re: Wildlife August 2011
« Reply #54 on: August 07, 2011, 02:32:48 PM »
Jandals I learnt the other day what jandals are. I like them too
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Re: Wildlife August 2011
« Reply #55 on: August 07, 2011, 07:08:02 PM »
Say a little prayer for me.......
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Re: Wildlife August 2011
« Reply #56 on: August 07, 2011, 07:17:40 PM »
This is a cute little b*****
I'm sure Anthony will know what this is but I haven't noticed it before. It is much smaller than our regular inhabitants...see photo 2.....
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Re: Wildlife August 2011
« Reply #57 on: August 07, 2011, 07:32:41 PM »
Quote from: mark smyth on August 07, 2011, 02:32:48 PM
Jandals I learnt the other day what jandals are. I like them too

Swweeett 8) 8) 8)
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Re: Wildlife August 2011
« Reply #58 on: August 07, 2011, 11:21:32 PM »
Wild pork is amazing. It's all in the cooking, so Dave when you can get some more, we'd be starters.

I thought maybe the hedgehpg had recovered naturally after being hit be a car but your mange comment is probably better Maggi. The SPCA should be able to sort it, or have the poor little body humanely put down.

Our big, flash animal hospital is near Wellington and is for natives only unfortunately though I believe the odd exception is made in occasional circumstances. Not likely for a hedgehog though.
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Re: Wildlife August 2011
« Reply #59 on: August 08, 2011, 02:13:14 AM »
Quote from: Lesley Cox on August 07, 2011, 11:21:32 PM
Wild pork is amazing. It's all in the cooking, so Dave when you can get some more, we'd be starters.

Lesley,

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