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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Tuesday, January 02, 2007 - 7:54 am
Kristy, lions don't purr. Cheetas are about the only big cat that purrs.
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Kristylovesbb
Member
09-14-2000
| Tuesday, January 02, 2007 - 8:02 pm
LOL. thanks Ophiliasgrandma.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Tuesday, January 02, 2007 - 8:32 pm
I think some other cats do purr but our housecats are almost the only ones who purr on both and in breath and an out breath.. I learned that long ago. OK.. from a link I found..
quote:Not all kinds of cats can purr. Cats that can roar -- such as tigers, jaguars and African lions -- can not purr. And cats that can purr --such as cougars, bobcats and household tabbies -- can not roar. Until recently, exactly how purring cats managed to purr was a mystery. If you try to purr continuously like a mountain lion or bobcat, you'll quickly discover its impossible for you to do. When you caress your pet cat, the animal seems to vibrate all over. Scientists first thought that cats might possess a special "purring organ." But none has been found. Then by pressing a microphone against different places on a happy cat's body, researchers discovered that the greatest vibrations originated at the cat's throat, right over its larynx, commonly called the voice box. They correctly guessed that the purring must be coming from the cat's voice box. But then, why can't we purr? After all, human beings have voice boxes too. More research finally uncovered the answer. The puma, bobcat and your pet puss possess something you don't. Inside each of these cats' brains is a special timer. This timer can send rhythmic nerve messages -- at 25 electrical pulses per second -- to a particular muscle in the cat's voice box. With the first pulse from the brain's timer, the muscle swings the vocal folds in the larynx together. It almost closes off the air passage through the voice box. With the next pulse, the muscle relaxes. The airway again opens. These opening and closing folds change the airflow through the cat's voice box. The airflow is usually steady as the mountain lion or bobcat inhales and exhales. When the timer's working this steady stream turns into a putt-putt-putt of air through the larynx. What does this putt putt putt sound like? Purrrrrr.
I wish I could purr.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Saturday, January 06, 2007 - 7:45 am
Lions on screen right now. They are in the bush chowing down on something.
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Mags
Member
06-26-2001
| Friday, January 12, 2007 - 11:56 am
Was just reading up on the Nkorho forums and they said that one of the baby zebras that I've seen lately was just killed by a pride of lions. Nature sucks sometimes 
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Friday, January 12, 2007 - 12:40 pm
Hey, the lions are laying around the waterhole.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Friday, January 12, 2007 - 1:44 pm
Yeah, at times it's a lion eat zebra kind of world. The other day I was watching a show where a lone, ostricized female lion was starving. I would have gladly thrown her a zebra foal to save her life. Seeing it from that perspective sort of changed my feelings on the harsh aspect of what wild animals go through.
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Nancy
Member
08-01-2000
| Saturday, January 13, 2007 - 12:08 pm
lions there again today 
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Saturday, January 13, 2007 - 3:06 pm
This morning, late, late afternoon at the water hole, I watched Mr. Lion lying on his stomach, face in the water drinking for over 10 minutes.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, January 13, 2007 - 4:24 pm
Hmm that might mean he had a big meal..
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, January 13, 2007 - 4:30 pm
Here is a missed meal .. great youtube .. there ia a lioness flopped in the dark and along comes a hyena .. you'll note how fast the hyena takes off, followed by the lioness, who later returns to the waterhole. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4aJxr8prvU
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Sunday, January 14, 2007 - 7:37 am
The pride of female lions are spooking about the water hole right now.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Sunday, January 14, 2007 - 7:41 am
I just now counted 6 of them. 4 are having a drink and 2 are hanging back.
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Nancy
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, January 14, 2007 - 8:25 am
how qorgeous are they,,,,,,,,,,,
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Sunday, January 14, 2007 - 11:38 am
I checked out their rear ends and they were female. I thought perhaps they were young males because of the lack of 'kids'. I can't understand why there were no babies. Only one of the female chests showed signs of having been nursed on at one time. I wonder if they've been given birth control implants. I know they are doing that in places that have too many lions.
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Twinkie
Member
09-24-2002
| Saturday, February 10, 2007 - 4:58 pm
Well, I sent Africam to hubby at work and told him to share it with some of the teachers and he did and got in trouble for it. Why? Because of the ad on the site for "Calculate Your Soulmate". Now, why on earth would they put that on a site that would otherwise be great for teachers and students?? Of course, I didn't even notice that when I told hubby about it or I probably wouldn't have told him to share it with the teachers in the first place. I guess that'll teach ME.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Friday, March 02, 2007 - 7:44 am
This just in from the NE Utilities nest site. Poor parents, it looks miserable. Anyway, can one of you computer whizzes change the addy and name up above to the new one for this site? The utility changed hands and thus the new info.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Tuesday, March 20, 2007 - 9:29 am
Their is an Elephant at the watering hole right now, I haven't seen any others, I wonder if he/she is alone.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Friday, March 23, 2007 - 6:43 am
First looked I've gotten at this year's twins.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Friday, March 23, 2007 - 7:48 am
Wow. So, in that pitiful snow picture above, was she sitting on eggs? I need to go check the nest in Kent, WA.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Friday, March 23, 2007 - 10:47 am
Puget Sound nest apparently has two eggs, laid in past few days. Kent, WA, nothing as yet.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Friday, March 23, 2007 - 10:55 am
She sat on the eggs and was buried during two snow storms. Actually, the eagle parents take turns on the nest.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Friday, March 23, 2007 - 6:02 pm
First egg at the Kent nest! Less than two hours old! I just happened to catch this perfect shot after reading on the discussion board that an egg had been laid.

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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Monday, March 26, 2007 - 6:17 pm
Second egg laid at Kent, WA three hours ago. You can only clearly see one egg here, but I managed to catch shift change on the nest. I think that is Star (mother) on the right and Spirit on the left. Star is bigger and has more jagged feathers around the neck where the white joins the brown.

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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Saturday, April 07, 2007 - 6:41 am
First NE Utility baby of the season. Second egg is about 4 days behind.
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