Ibiza Wildlife

CasaNegron

CasaNegron

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At least the 2020 summer wasnt a total write-off...

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Nacen por primera vez tortugas marinas en una playa de Ibiza

EFE / Diez tortugas marinas (Caretta caretta) han nacido esta madrugada en la playa de es Cavallet, en el Parque Natural de Ses Salines, en Ibiza, siendo la primera vez que se documenta el nacimiento en arena de esta especie en la isla. Las tortugas corresponden al nido de la puesta huevos...
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I didnt know Ibiza had nesting sites. Here in the Caribbean it is a bit more common but you still feel blessed when you witness a laying/ hatching. Got to see one laying about 4 years ago next to my home. You can see them almost everyday here swimming in the shallows at certain beaches.

Anyway... thought we could have a positive thread about animals for a breif respite from, riots rape and pestilence currently discussed here. No pictures of Murder Hornets please!!!

Would love to know if anyone has seen a local hedgehog.
 
craig72

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We have lots of hedgehogs at the moment around the garden.. dog goes crazy when he gets a sniff,they fckn stink.. strong little guys we often here wheelie bin moving at side of the house and it was hedgehog pushing it to get passed...
 
FlatErik

FlatErik

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Toerist (19) verliest twee vingers na spinnenbeet Ibiza

Een Britse 19-jarige toerist moet zeker twee vingers laten amputeren nadat hij tijdens zijn vakantie op Ibiza door een spin werd gebeten. Dat gebeurde toen hij op het strand naar de zonsondergang…
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Translated:

IBIZA - A 19-year-old British tourist must have had two fingers amputated during his holiday in Ibiza and was bitten by a spider. That happened when he was watching the sunset on the beach. “I woke up at 5 a.m. the next morning with a burning and swollen hand,” said the teen.

The teen went to a health center on the island that same morning, where he received an injection. When that didn't help, he was transferred to Can Misses Hospital. “I panicked when my hands turned purple and the doctors told me they had never seen anything like it,” the teen told local media.

brown violin spider

Medics put him on an IV and ran a series of tests, which revealed he had been bitten by a venomous brown fiddler spider. The teen will now have to undergo surgery to amputate two fingers and part of another finger once his hand has healed.

The venom of a fiddler spider breaks down soft tissue. It can take months for wounds caused by a bite to heal. It also often leaves deep scars. The spiders are mainly found in the United States.

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feynman

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FlatErik said:
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Toerist (19) verliest twee vingers na spinnenbeet Ibiza

Een Britse 19-jarige toerist moet zeker twee vingers laten amputeren nadat hij tijdens zijn vakantie op Ibiza door een spin werd gebeten. Dat gebeurde toen hij op het strand naar de zonsondergang…
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Translated:

IBIZA - A 19-year-old British tourist must have had two fingers amputated during his holiday in Ibiza and was bitten by a spider. That happened when he was watching the sunset on the beach. “I woke up at 5 a.m. the next morning with a burning and swollen hand,” said the teen.

The teen went to a health center on the island that same morning, where he received an injection. When that didn't help, he was transferred to Can Misses Hospital. “I panicked when my hands turned purple and the doctors told me they had never seen anything like it,” the teen told local media.

brown violin spider

Medics put him on an IV and ran a series of tests, which revealed he had been bitten by a venomous brown fiddler spider. The teen will now have to undergo surgery to amputate two fingers and part of another finger once his hand has healed.

The venom of a fiddler spider breaks down soft tissue. It can take months for wounds caused by a bite to heal. It also often leaves deep scars. The spiders are mainly found in the United States.

🕷️🕷️🕷️
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Some people think its dangerous there. It happens every 10 years. Its the same as the shark storys. One accident in 20 years .
In some areas of spain there are a lot of redbacks. Nothing happens.
 
jimmiz

jimmiz

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20 years ago, no venomous animals were found on the island.
Thanks to the import of exotic plants to decorate the villas of the VIPs.
It is like the snakes, which arrived with the centuries-old olive trees that are being uprooted from the land of Andalusia, and which today are a disaster for the lizards of Ibiza.
 
FlatErik

FlatErik

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feynman said:
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Some people think its dangerous there. It happens every 10 years. Its the same as the shark storys. One accident in 20 years .
In some areas of spain there are a lot of redbacks. Nothing happens.
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LOL why would I delete? This is a thread about wildlife so I just thought it would be fun to post it here.

Last thing I would do here is spread fearporn 🙊
 
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feynman

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jimmiz said:
20 years ago, no venomous animals were found on the island.
Thanks to the import of exotic plants to decorate the villas of the VIPs.
It is like the snakes, which arrived with the centuries-old olive trees that are being uprooted from the land of Andalusia, and which today are a disaster for the lizards of Ibiza.
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FlatErik said:
LOL why would I delete? This is a thread about wildlife so I just thought it would be fun to post it here.

Last thing I would do here is spread fearporn 🙊
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Some people have panic. Tourist fears. They dont know that we have poison animals in harbour areas or airports , normally in summer. Its in England the same as in Germany. The danger is if this species will stay. But not because the danger for humans ...
Remember a women in Bali who asked me : Are there sharks here ( in german ). I told her : Its the open pacific . They never saw a shark here.
Are there snakes here ? No . If you dont see one , there are no snakes ( they have a lot , some very poison ).
 
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