Davey Boyd
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I made friends with this little guy in Monterroso last September.
Hi Davey,Most of us love animals of all kinds. We meet many along the camino's. They bring me a lot of pleasure, whether cows in a pasture, mischievous goats. colorful lizards, local dogs or cats. Donkeys! Got any good animal pictures? Please share here.
Here is a fine looking hound I met in Penafonte on the Primitivo. He was an old Gentleman. Very interested we were sleeping in the church porch, and liked salami and bread. Not keen on the banana though.
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Davey
Hahaha.I met a few 'Animals' on the CF.
But I put it down to mere 'over enthusiasm' and a low tolerance for alcohol.....
"Hug me, please!"Fun thread! I have lots to contribute but I’ll start with this piggy from our recent Camino de Madrid:
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What a beautiful photo!!In the Pyrinees you can meet (fortunately, from distance) many vultures. They fly over you, high in the sky, lazily and effortless...
After a while, they lose interest and go away.
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Photo: Wikipedia
The guy is a can de palleiro a Galician breed.This guy knows the deal. Drew a crowd on the final leg from O Pedrouzo.
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In the Pyrinees you can meet (fortunately, from distance) many vultures. They fly over you, high in the sky, lazily and effortless...
After a while, they lose interest and go away.
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Photo: Wikipedia
I believe that is a photo of a Griffon Vulture. They are indigenous to the Pyrenees.
In late April - early May 2013, two French women were day-hiking in the Pyrenees (not on the Camino). One of them slipped and fell off the mountain trail a few hundred meters while wearing a day pack.
Her companion dialed 112. By the time the emergency services arrived at the fallen woman. The Griffon Vultures has stripped all exposed flesh. It was determined that the woman broke her neck in the fall and was dead before the vultures got to her. At the time, late April, early May 2013, this story was widely reported in the media.
The interesting thing about this unfortunate situation is that the vultures normal food was the carcasses of farm animals that died on the high pastures. Farmers simply left dead animals to be consumed by the vultures.
However, once established, the EU created rules forbidding this practice. They required recovery and burial of all farm animal carcasses.
When this occurred, the vultures lost their normal food source. They adapted by going after newborn lambs, calves, and small domestic pets. So, when presented with a fresh human corpse, the vultures did what came naturally.
A gory story, an perhaps a digression from the thread, but interesting all the same.
Just sayin...
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A little bit after El Ganso
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At the bar on Alto de Poio. A big and friendly Spanish Mastin. As big as a young bear, but loved the cuddles!
And that’s only a couple pics on the lot I took!!!
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Thats brilliant. I never dreamed there would be foxes around. How coolBetween San Juan de Ortega and Burgos I came across this cross. (Cruz de Atapuerca) Notice the fox?
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In Atapuerca also remains below of rhinos, hippos, elephants.....Thats brilliant. I never dreamed there would be foxes around. How cool
In Atapuerca also remains below of rhinos, hippos, elephants.....
There are so many. I will just share two. The first picture of the bull was taken by my son in 2016 on the Camino Frances. The second picture of the dog I took on the Camino Portugues last October.
It was indeed. Between Triacastela and Sarria.I think he is a bull of Rubia Galega breed. Was the pic taken between O Cebreiro and Sarria?.
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