Jungle sounds in my living room (pointless, fun thread)

[AllFallDown]

I find it entertaining, I am sitting in my livingroom on my laptop working on a Mathematica script and I realized the ambient sounds of all of the animals is kind of like a little jungle. I have my cricket tote out because I fed the chameleon a little bit ago- plug the breeder tote in the other room- both of which have chirping crickets. Right next to me is our Green Cheek Conjure who likes to chirp us a storm. The reef aquarium is providing some nice water sounds (I need to get in and clean that tank....). On top of that the turtles are playing this very strange game of getting up on their platform, jumping off into the water, swimming around for about a minute and then repeating it all over (I think they are trying to get my attention and want to be fed).

I have animal sounds all over the place. (Why do I keep paying for my membership to the Monterrey Bay aquarium? I have a zoo in my living room!)

 

[Whatcamo]

Sounds like my place except I just found a pair of burrowing frogs outside the other day so I brought them in made them a terrarium and now on top of all you mentioned I have croaking as well now haha I love it it lulls me to sleep quick haha

 

[AllFallDown]

Nice.
I kind of want to get some poison dart frogs. They are so cool looking.

 

[Whatcamo]

Yeah that's what my daughter thinks she needs for her birthday this year

 

[okiroo]

i know whatchu mean. i need sometype of water sound(besides when the mistking goes off) love the chirping crikets! helps me sleep

 

[AllFallDown]

Yeah that's what my daughter thinks she needs for her birthday this year

Uh oh, sounds like you are noticing a trend here.

 

[Whatcamo]

Uh oh, sounds like you are noticing a trend here.

Well she wanted a Cham for Xmas and well she got it and done q kick "A" job with him now she thinks she needs 4 poison dart frogs for her 4th birthday so I've been slowly gathering supplies my daughter is my weakness haha

 

[AllFallDown]

Well she wanted a Cham for Xmas and well she got it and done q kick "A" job with him now she thinks she needs 4 poison dart frogs for her 4th birthday so I've been slowly gathering supplies my daughter is my weakness haha

Wait, shes 4?

 

[Whatcamo]

Yup she's testing between a 2nd and 3rd grade level though she's way to smart

 

[thephotoprincess]

Yup she's testing between a 2nd and 3rd grade level though she's way to smart

It's awesome that at 4 she not only knows what poison dart frogs are but knows exactly how many she wants!!! And it's good she has parents to encourage and support her!

 

[JonRich]

Well she wanted a Cham for Xmas and well she got it and done q kick "A" job with him now she thinks she needs 4 poison dart frogs for her 4th birthday so I've been slowly gathering supplies my daughter is my weakness haha

Sickk!! My 4 year old wants Shrimps. More specifically sulawesi cardinals or as she calls them "Ruby Lobsters". I can bearly keep thoes things, lol

She'll be getting Red Chrry Shrimps instead... shhhh!!

And my house is the same.

I have done away with crickets for dubias ( but this week is cricket week, so i have a few males chirping up a storm).

I have a Umbrella Cockatoo that squaks, purs and taps her beak.

2 tanks with flowing water

a bin of about 2500 Dubias climbing about on eggflats

 

[AllFallDown]

Sickk!! My 4 year old wants Shrimps. More specifically sulawesi cardinals or as she calls them "Ruby Lobsters". I can bearly keep thoes things, lol

She'll be getting Red Chrry Shrimps instead... shhhh!!

And my house is the same.

I have done away with crickets for dubias ( but this week is cricket week, so i have a few males chirping up a storm).

I have a Umbrella Cockatoo that squaks, purs and taps her beak.

2 tanks with flowing water

a bin of about 2500 Dubias climbing about on eggflats

He he he.... how do you explain that to the inlaws?

 

[Trillian]

My eldest was desperate for a snake, so we told her to research it. She chose a cornsnake, so we told her to research the care etc, so she Googled, got books from the school library and asked for books for Christmas. She was so desperate, but we decided to hold out until her birthday, which was this weekend just gone. A few weeks ago we realised she hadn't mentioned the cornsnake for a while, so we carefully broached the subject without ruining the surprise, and she announced that she felt she was too young to properly take care of a cornsnake, and wanted to wait another couple of years! Damnit... I thought... I really wanted a snake!

She turned 8 this weekend and we hired a local rescue centre to bring in a whole heap of resues (mostly reptiles, with some amphibians, birds and small mammals too) and she said it was the best birthday party ever!

 

[AllFallDown]

My eldest was desperate for a snake, so we told her to research it. She chose a cornsnake, so we told her to research the care etc, so she Googled, got books from the school library and asked for books for Christmas. She was so desperate, but we decided to hold out until her birthday, which was this weekend just gone. A few weeks ago we realised she hadn't mentioned the cornsnake for a while, so we carefully broached the subject without ruining the surprise, and she announced that she felt she was too young to properly take care of a cornsnake, and wanted to wait another couple of years! Damnit... I thought... I really wanted a snake!

She turned 8 this weekend and we hired a local rescue centre to bring in a whole heap of resues (mostly reptiles, with some amphibians, birds and small mammals too) and she said it was the best birthday party ever!

Now, if you want a snake that bad, you could always pull the "she's using reverse psychology" card.

 

[Trillian]

I tried that! Hubbles wasn't convinced and was actually proud of her common sense! I don't generally do common sense, so I blame him for that trait. My wonderful vet rescued a baby ball python and is currently nursing her back to health and working on getting her to take thawed pinkies instead of live food and he wants me to take her on. Think I can oblige...

 

[DanSB]

Nice.
I kind of want to get some poison dart frogs. They are so cool looking.

If you want to add frog noise to your menagerie try some Pacific Chorus Frogs. You can't throw a rock in most of the Central valley (California) without hitting one. I've collected several from my yard and have a nice 20 long set up with 1/3 pond with a nice little waterfall. They will sit at the edge of the pond and croak. It is pretty neat. They are easy to take care of too if you set them up nicely. The only problem I have is I have to buy smaller crickets too.

 

[sandrachameleon]

I find it entertaining, I am sitting in my livingroom on my laptop working on a Mathematica script and I realized the ambient sounds of all of the animals is kind of like a little jungle. ...

I can relate. Between the bugs, the various frogs, and the birds, it can get quite jungle sounding in my home too
I almost forget that its special to live with animals sounds until particular friends or in-laws visit.

 

[Foist]

Nice.
I kind of want to get some poison dart frogs. They are so cool looking.

Yes they are I have a few and they are amazing.

 

[AllFallDown]

My eldest was desperate for a snake, so we told her to research it. She chose a cornsnake, so we told her to research the care etc, so she Googled, got books from the school library and asked for books for Christmas. She was so desperate, but we decided to hold out until her birthday, which was this weekend just gone. A few weeks ago we realised she hadn't mentioned the cornsnake for a while, so we carefully broached the subject without ruining the surprise, and she announced that she felt she was too young to properly take care of a cornsnake, and wanted to wait another couple of years! Damnit... I thought... I really wanted a snake!

She turned 8 this weekend and we hired a local rescue centre to bring in a whole heap of resues (mostly reptiles, with some amphibians, birds and small mammals too) and she said it was the best birthday party ever!

Oh God, don't get me started on my common sense rant..... I'll leave it at that. All I have to say is if you spend any time studying modern physics, you will toss the idea of common sense right out the window pretty dang quick (oh crud, I started.... better stop now....)

 

[AllFallDown]

Oh God, don't get me started on my common sense rant..... I'll leave it at that. All I have to say is if you spend any time studying modern physics, you will toss the idea of common sense right out the window pretty dang quick (oh crud, I started.... better stop now....)

Ok, you know what, since I already started anyway and am already in a bad mood, common sense is nothing more than an obtuse excuse to not have to think or logically justify yourself. What is common sense afterall? It is a very is a very big collection of assumptions that are assumed to be held by a certain group of people. Seems reasonable right? Here is the problem, when you are walking down the street and you see a tiger, dodge the tiger and bide. Why? Not common sense, instinct and/or logic. You don't want to get eaten. That is based on 2 things:
1) a sufficient understanding of the nature of a tiger
2) a desire not to be eaten

You either get scared and run or you keep your calm and rationally and deliberately hide. That is logic at work. No common sense. Now, where might common sense come into play? Dont plug a fork into a light socket. There's a good one. Common sense? Nope, learned from childhood and sufficient understanding of the dangers of electricution. You rationally decide not to do that based kn learnedly principles.

Now, without fully justifying this, I will assume common sense is based in learnable knowledge (as opposed to innate). Given that common sense is based on learned knowledge, one has to ask "when is it safe to assume someone has common sense and when is it safe to invoke common sense in an arguement?"

For the second, I say you can invoke it all you want but if it is not consistent with your first principles you will have shot yourself in the foot. (Google search "Russell's paradox for one famous example of what happens when you assume too much....)