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Post by mingle on Dec 13, 2014 9:04:28 GMT 10
So now who's resorting to name-calling and insults!? Call yourself an administrator? Take your meds, Tom. Quit making a fool of yourself. Well, this went a bit off-track. :-) Valid points have certainly been raised regarding the 'den'. There are certainly a few people making fools of themselves, but Dr. Tom isn't one of them. Cheers, Mike.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2014 10:28:36 GMT 10
So now who's resorting to name-calling and insults!? Call yourself an administrator? Take your meds, Tom. Quit making a fool of yourself. You're really racking up the points, aren't you? So far you have referred to me as an "old coot", a "shitty arsed brat" (inserting an asterisk won't save you; the meaning is clear), and a "fool". This, despite your earlier instruction to "be polite" and "listen" to what others have to say. As an administrator I think you should be setting a better example and at least attempt to remove your obvious bias when dealing with disputes. In this case you have taken sides. I think you should step down. Bear in mind I am not the only member here who has questioned the validity of BC's claims. That doesn't make me right, but it demonstrates that there are at least 2 opinions here. I think my opinion deserves a little more respect than you have shown.
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Post by Ian Thomas on Dec 13, 2014 20:29:07 GMT 10
Yeah, all of those and today was me being diplomatic. I see you and me got the same problem Tom - Human Resource Management not our strong suits. I'm pleased your reply borders on the temperate. This shows Pavlov's methods work.
Now you've completed Politeness Training 101 what you say we make a fresh start? What was your concern re thylas? Absence of evidence = evidence of absence, was it?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 13, 2014 20:51:15 GMT 10
Yeah, all of those and today was me being diplomatic. I see you and me got the same problem Tom - Human Resource Management not our strong suits. I'm pleased your reply borders on the temperate. This shows Pavlov's methods work. Now you've completed Politeness Training 101 what you say we make a fresh start? What was your concern re thylas? Absence of evidence = evidence of absence, was it? Make a fresh start?!? After your sarcastic spray?! No, I don't think so. Your reply doesn't even go halfway toward the apology that is due after your insults. My replies have always been temperate. It is yours that have contained gutter-level insults.
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Post by Ian Thomas on Dec 14, 2014 12:52:46 GMT 10
I see Dr Tom is a sensitive blossom after all. Very well, off you go then, with a lesson learned, perhaps - dish it out but expect a return.
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Post by youcantry on Feb 17, 2015 11:35:56 GMT 10
Crikey. Why do you people buy in to the mud slinging?
Can we get back to the nest? I'm thinking about heading back there and doing perhaps a more thorough search for hair. I guess there's not much more to be said for the photo though, is there? I mean, it is what it is. I still can't think of anything that would build a nest that size under a rock overhang. Wombats drag grass into their burrows, and there was plenty wombat activity about. Would they build a nest in a cave shelter? Would a lyrebird put a nest there? Would a tiger-quoll build a nest at all, or that size?
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Post by mingle on Feb 17, 2015 15:57:55 GMT 10
I'm not familiar with the nesting habits of wombats, but perhaps in very wet areas they would prefer such a nesting site rather than a wet, swampy burrow? Dunno, just a thought.
Could it be a devil resting-spot? The sometimes make simple nest to leave the young when they're old enough.
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Post by youcantry on Feb 18, 2015 11:38:07 GMT 10
I really want to see some clear photographic documentary on Australian mammal nests - or at least Tasmanian ones! :/
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Post by youcantry on Feb 26, 2015 11:54:44 GMT 10
How did you draw the conclusion that the nests formed through the natural action of water/rain?
In the case of the "nest" I found, thicker sticks were laid down first, then the grass on top. How would that happen through water/rain action? It might be as a result of 2 separate inundations, but 1) I don't recall that much bush on higher ground that would supply so many sticks of that thickness, and 2) With water action I would expect *some* sort of silt around or below the nest structure as the excess water runs off and takes some debris with it. I don't recall seeing this.
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