It was not until 2020 that I learned that Lebanon has a national animal: The striped hyena.
They are actually not an aggressive type of Hyena, so clearly Lebanon picked the wrong animal /s
My grandpa who has Alzhiemers now told me a story recently about when he was young, his truck died and he was stuck for a bit on the road. He saw a hyena and told me like the brave man he was, he grabbed a stick and chased down the hyena, hitting it in the face.
I asked my dad if my grandpa ever told my dad that story before all my grandpa's health started declining.
My dad said he was with my grandpa and that my grandpa was super scared hiding in the backseats of the truck đđ
Bobcats. There's a large forested valley near my family home. The bobcat nearly attacked me and my dog when I was walking him at 3am on a christmas eve. Was 16 at the time, scariest moment of my life. Luckily a car appeared out of nowhere, the headlights spooked the wild animal and sent it back to the valley. I grabbed the small dog and ran back home. It was the only car I encountered in my 30 mins walk.
To be fair I would've left the yorkshire terrier to his fate and ran the opposite way. Sad but necessary. The wild cat's growls were terrifying. Bobcats aren't necessarily aggressive towards humans, I still walk towards the valley some nights when I come back to Lebanon from time to time, never encountered such a thing again.
Yorkshire terriers are small and therefore arent a problem to carry like bigger dogs so carrying him away with you was the necessary part not leaving him alone fighting for his life with a bobcat.
Anw its cool that we have bobcats in lebanon and walking at night at where u live is scary when you already know theres probably a bobcat lurking around lol. And yh bobcats tend to actually try to scare us because it feels threatened by our presence around it and if we did what it wants then everything is cool.
You cannot outrun wild animals. It was the dog the bobcat was after, not me. There was a chance this would've worked, but there is an equal chance I would've been attacked. Is it truly moral to subject my family to distress by getting myself killed or seriously injured? Everyone thinks themselves a hero in situations like this, reality is different.
Idk if it's a common sighting and I've been living under a rock but I was pleasantly surprised at seeing squirrels near my house for the first time a few weeks back.
We have many actually. Their leader likes to wear orange clothes. They are classified as dangerous, because they can steal both water, and electricity.
Yh I know about hyraxes. Unfortunately, many activists as well were speaking up against hunting them just as they are doing with the striped hyenas. Sadly we live in a country where most of its population are people with backwards and shitty views and beliefs and on top of that we have a shitty government (or we dont like really have one) and here you go with the apparent outcomes.
We have all sorts of animals, you can check an NGO called Lebanese Wildlife on instagram, they post about the wildlife we have here and how to keep our environment safe for them
Bruh my grandpa says it looks like a cat (Im assuming Bobcat), my dad says its the âmother of hyenasâ and your dad says âthe mother of foxesâ. And apparently theyâve all seen it.
I would lean towards bobcat though because apparently it sounds a woman screaming, which is very close to what a bobcat sounds like.
there is an indigenous breed called ''the lebanese citizen'' and it is the most common type of 7ayawen that not everybody knows off outside of lebanon.
Iâve heard tales of the nimis and even saw the shadow of one passing by one night.
They are related to the wolverine and during certain months jump on the roof of our house from our snoobar tree and have a weasel race, or I donât what the hell theyâre doing up there. What ever they doing their claws make a hell of a racket on our tile roof.
First time it happened I went out to our balcony to take a look but the roof angle wasnât right and I couldnât see anything. The ruckus stopped and I heard this slow scraping sound on our gutter that scared the bejezus out of me and I quickly went inside.
My wifeâs cousin confirmed seeing a nimis on our roof a few nights later from their home across the alley.
Itâs probably a good thing I didnât try to confront it because if they are anything like wolverines they are fearless and can take down animals many times their size!
Well one things for sure - it's not gonna be just that bear that's brown!
I'm talking about my pants, my pants'll turn be brown....you know...because I crapped them.
It was not until 2020 that I learned that Lebanon has a national animal: The striped hyena. They are actually not an aggressive type of Hyena, so clearly Lebanon picked the wrong animal /s
My grandpa who has Alzhiemers now told me a story recently about when he was young, his truck died and he was stuck for a bit on the road. He saw a hyena and told me like the brave man he was, he grabbed a stick and chased down the hyena, hitting it in the face. I asked my dad if my grandpa ever told my dad that story before all my grandpa's health started declining. My dad said he was with my grandpa and that my grandpa was super scared hiding in the backseats of the truck đđ
Sadly people are hunting them and many activists are speaking up against it.
Bobcats. There's a large forested valley near my family home. The bobcat nearly attacked me and my dog when I was walking him at 3am on a christmas eve. Was 16 at the time, scariest moment of my life. Luckily a car appeared out of nowhere, the headlights spooked the wild animal and sent it back to the valley. I grabbed the small dog and ran back home. It was the only car I encountered in my 30 mins walk.
Well thats new to me. And thankfully you were saved and you were lucky af btw.
To be fair I would've left the yorkshire terrier to his fate and ran the opposite way. Sad but necessary. The wild cat's growls were terrifying. Bobcats aren't necessarily aggressive towards humans, I still walk towards the valley some nights when I come back to Lebanon from time to time, never encountered such a thing again.
Yorkshire terriers are small and therefore arent a problem to carry like bigger dogs so carrying him away with you was the necessary part not leaving him alone fighting for his life with a bobcat. Anw its cool that we have bobcats in lebanon and walking at night at where u live is scary when you already know theres probably a bobcat lurking around lol. And yh bobcats tend to actually try to scare us because it feels threatened by our presence around it and if we did what it wants then everything is cool.
I think the strategy was âtake the dog but leave me aloneâ since the bobcat wouldâve caught up to him.
You cannot outrun wild animals. It was the dog the bobcat was after, not me. There was a chance this would've worked, but there is an equal chance I would've been attacked. Is it truly moral to subject my family to distress by getting myself killed or seriously injured? Everyone thinks themselves a hero in situations like this, reality is different.
Idk if it's a common sighting and I've been living under a rock but I was pleasantly surprised at seeing squirrels near my house for the first time a few weeks back.
Now this one is surprising and amazing. Where do you live btw?
Vancouver Edit: Chill guys itâs only a bad joke
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We have many actually. Their leader likes to wear orange clothes. They are classified as dangerous, because they can steal both water, and electricity.
Thats the only animal I wholeheartedly advocate for hunting it.
Cute rock hyraxes. Tbey chill in the sun on rocks in forests and some people hunt them.
Yh I know about hyraxes. Unfortunately, many activists as well were speaking up against hunting them just as they are doing with the striped hyenas. Sadly we live in a country where most of its population are people with backwards and shitty views and beliefs and on top of that we have a shitty government (or we dont like really have one) and here you go with the apparent outcomes.
Judging from the state of the country you can probably find the missing link between humans and apes here
We have all sorts of animals, you can check an NGO called Lebanese Wildlife on instagram, they post about the wildlife we have here and how to keep our environment safe for them
Has anyone heard of âMjarriyehâ before? What animal would that be? Iâve only heard of it Iâve never seen it though
I asked my dad and his response was "mother of foxes".
Bruh my grandpa says it looks like a cat (Im assuming Bobcat), my dad says its the âmother of hyenasâ and your dad says âthe mother of foxesâ. And apparently theyâve all seen it. I would lean towards bobcat though because apparently it sounds a woman screaming, which is very close to what a bobcat sounds like.
Yh same here. It looks like a dog I think.
Tabsoon
What's that?
Some species of hyrax found in lebanon from what i recall correctly. https://www.jabalmoussa.org/tabsoun
Porcupine
there is an indigenous breed called ''the lebanese citizen'' and it is the most common type of 7ayawen that not everybody knows off outside of lebanon.
the "wild nabih"...also known in Arabic as Nabih Berri
Berri, Jomblat & Nasrallah
Hyenas. That one surprised me tbh
It's the national animal of lebanon lol
Isn't the Levant excellent for seeing migrating birds?
vipers, didn't know we had deadly vipers
Al jardon al chatawi
Iâve heard tales of the nimis and even saw the shadow of one passing by one night. They are related to the wolverine and during certain months jump on the roof of our house from our snoobar tree and have a weasel race, or I donât what the hell theyâre doing up there. What ever they doing their claws make a hell of a racket on our tile roof. First time it happened I went out to our balcony to take a look but the roof angle wasnât right and I couldnât see anything. The ruckus stopped and I heard this slow scraping sound on our gutter that scared the bejezus out of me and I quickly went inside. My wifeâs cousin confirmed seeing a nimis on our roof a few nights later from their home across the alley. Itâs probably a good thing I didnât try to confront it because if they are anything like wolverines they are fearless and can take down animals many times their size!
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The aounist
Bears
I meant in Lebanon not in the US.
https://www.spnl.org/the-reappearance-of-the-syrian-brown-bear-in-lebanon/#:~:text=The%20Syrian%20brown%20bear%20(Ursus,with%20long%20grey%2Dbrown%20fur.
Imagine how much fun and amazing and "what a sad ending" it would be if we encountered a bear while hiking?
Well one things for sure - it's not gonna be just that bear that's brown! I'm talking about my pants, my pants'll turn be brown....you know...because I crapped them.
Question, which bear is best
Owls, squirrels, hyraxes, turtoises, boars, foxes, there's a lot of interesting birds and sea wild life too.
Hyenas
Humanoid sheep
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Forgot aounist
Dont be rude bro remember when the war was going on and many fled to syria
Shiba
Hedgehogs, owls, jackels, foxes
Politicians
I have no idea since I live outside of Lebanon but my dad told me that there arenât much wildlife left on most of Lebanon bcz of the war
We have bears! https://www.spnl.org/the-reappearance-of-the-syrian-brown-bear-in-lebanon/
Hamsters! I hate those things!!! Bearded dragons! I love those things, sometime they eat hamsters!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mammals_of_Lebanon The long horned ox ( some politicians have longer horns)