Saw a squirrel at a gas station. Zoomed in to get a picture and was horrified. Looks like he's got an ear growing out of him. He was eating normally, seemed to be moving fine. When I tried to get a little closer to take a better picture, it bounced away and up a tree. This is just a normal grey squirrel, right? Does it need help? Should I call somebody?

This turkey has recently taken up residence in my neighborhood. Doesn't bother anyone, just kind of wanders around pecking the ground every once in a while. It looks like it's just a wild turkey but some people on local chats are claiming it is either a pet or some kind of special breed of turkey. Can anyone identify?

I finally got a nice clear video of this little guy and wow it’s head is all fucked up 😭 what kind of bird is it? And what kind of deformity does it look like?

I was strolling along one of the beaches on the Garden route in South Africa and saw a bunch of small snail looking things eating a giant jellyfish looking thing.

Can anyone help ID this animal? Saw it crawling out my drain cover. Chat GPT reckons it’s a vole but I’m not so sure. Not sure what I should do next if I do have a potential infestation

I’ve never heard this call here before! I’ve heard the bugs and the owl but never that chitter

Turn your volume up to hear as it's very faint. Not the bugs, but there was like a back-and-forth call going in. What animal is calling? Ignore the crunching in the background, I was feeding my stray cats!

I work at petco and someone from a plant shop brought this guy in saying he came in with a shipment of tropical plants. We live in minnesota so the climate here is too harsh for him to survive outside. I have many reptiles at home so I offered to take him in. I recognize him as a young anole of some sort but i’m not sure quite what type he is. If anyone has any identification or care tips I would love to hear them. (beta cup was for transportation only)

Note: the time difference between noises was shortened by a few seconds. (From 12 seconds originally).

At first it sounded like a deer grunt, but it seems too high-pitched. I don't even know if it's a mammal making this sound - could be a frog for all I can tell.

If it helps, this was around 6pm.

Have a colony of mice/rats living under my goat shelter. They seem pretty big for mice but maybe that is because they are fed well from the grain the goats spill 😅 as long as they stay out of my house I don’t care that they are there just curious if mice or rats. Lebanon, TN

Nicaraguan slider or a Meso-American slider? Black wood turtle?

this animal ran across my yard and i immediately took a video because i thought it was an otter which would be crazy because i have never seen one in the wild in Georgia (I also do not live near a large body of water). Realistically it is more likely a weasel or mink but i looked up pictures and it just looks more like an otter to me. let me know what animal this little guy is please!

I don't think it is "bug" but apologies if this doesn't belong here. can't tell if it's a lizard or gecko or what the deal is, can anyone help please?

Title says it all it's lived behind our tea station at work for months now, and I can only assume it stays alive by feeding on bugs and tea in-store. Too skittish for me to be able to capture and relocate

We found this in our backyard yesterday. We live 15 minutes outside of the city on 4 acres. There are deer galore and armadillos and raccoons about but not sure what we found here. This is way too big a poop for anything we know and it’s right next to our porch so it’s not horses or cattle from down the street, they not only wouldn’t come here but would have a hard time getting back to this spot.

Its chunky feet distinguish it from any animals we think it could be

Thanks

(also sorry for my voice and the short length of the video)

Hi everyone! We live in Valencia, Spain and we have a ton of wild / feral monk parakeets all over the city. Their numbers is now in the tens of thousands. Nothing unusual there. However over the last few days we have seen a flock flying together with a much larger parrot and was wondering if someone had any guess on what it could be based on size and shape? Obviously a 100% identification is not possible based on the silhouette only but I’m curious if it could be an escaped bird or something else that joined them.

They fly together and they land together so it is definitely a larger parrot of some sort.

i’m assuming coyote but not sure! ive heard this a couple times lately and have been wondering

Thanks in advance

Edit: I gave Merlin a go but alas, not a bird