What is it about me and animals?

[floo]

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[ad_orientem]

My mum has an irrational fear of cats. It's a bit of a bummer really because my other half has a cat which means she won't come into our appartment.

[Enki]

I can't comment on your experiences, Floo, but I think that you will find that experiences such as you allude to are not that unusual. E.g. our dog will approach anyone in a confiding manner whether they are worried by dogs or not. I have had butterflies land on my hand(including one particularly unusual species), I have photographed a steppe shrike(a rare bird from the Asian steppes) perched on another birder's head in Lincolnshire. I have seen a very secretive and unusual bird(a baillon's crake) walk over another birder's feet. We used to feed wood mice on our patio, and they would eventually come out to take food right in front of us. We have had blackbirds come into the kitchen to take titbits from the dog's dinner. I have just seen a picture of two siskins which landed on a ship while migrating. They were quite knackered and took up residence in the top of a duffle coat while the owner was wearing it. Some pheasants show no fear of humans, as a selection of YouTube videos show.

[Bubbles]

It reminded me of when I put out the wildcam.
Thinking the wildlife would be blissfully unaware of the dull coloured box subtly put on a stump.

Were they heck! I had all these shots of it being investigated by pheasants, and other birds, Deer and even a badger who wrestled with it, getting it covered in mud.

Most of the animals were almost posing in front of it, looking directly at the camera.

It was hilarious.

The badger was so close at one point all you could see was a white outline of his teddy bear like ears as he played with it. His ears moving in the shot as he covered it in mud.

I thought until then the point of a wildcam was to observe the wildlife acting as they normally without intrusion, I got that wrong!
 

When I put it out now, they behave like it's a mirror.

Hilarious, I bet David Attenborough doesnt have that problem, judging by his films.