Vancouver’s wildlife is getting wilder!

Posted on April 1, 2010 by Cath@VWXYNot?

My usual route to work takes me through a cemetery full of beautiful old trees, and then along urban side-streets which at this time of year are lined with cherry blossoms. I’m used to seeing squirrels, raccoons, coyotes, skunks, and birds on my ride, but the brand new sign I spotted this week seems to suggest that the cemetery maintenance people have been seeing some rather more exotic fauna:
cemetery
whereas I’ve been admiring this handsome fella every day for a few years now:
shark
Wildlife sightings always make my day, but seeing any of these species while riding to work would really take the biscuit.

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9 Responses to Vancouver’s wildlife is getting wilder!

  1. Elizabeth Moritz says:
    April 1, 2010 at 8:26 pm

    It’s probably good to have a little sense of humor if your job is in cemetery maintenance!

  2. Eva Amsen says:
    April 1, 2010 at 8:34 pm

    Isn’t Vancouver also the location of the warning sign for dogs that has been circulating the internet for years? Same signmaker maybe?

  3. Cath Ennis says:
    April 1, 2010 at 8:54 pm

    Elizabeth, it actually looks like a really good job! I often see them out cutting grass, pruning trees, and picking up flowers from graves. They’re very friendly and cheerful and always say hello!
    Eva, that’s North Van, just over the Burrard Inlet from us – different city and municipal government, but it’s probably where they got the idea from!
    Heh – when I Googled that dog sign I found a blog post with the original sign, plus a few others that I haven’t seen IRL yet. Yeah, that’s definitely where they got the idea from. I love it!

  4. Jennifer Rohn says:
    April 1, 2010 at 10:01 pm

    I misread Eva’s comment and thought she was talking about dogs that had been circulating on the internet for years. They must be hungry by now!

  5. Eva Amsen says:
    April 1, 2010 at 10:59 pm

    Haha, poor puppies! But there are lots of cookies on the internet for them to eat!

  6. Stephen Curry says:
    April 1, 2010 at 11:35 pm

    You know, this would be the perfect post for comments with pictures… sigh.
    Until then, here’s picture of some cheese (I don’t have pictures of animals at the moment).

  7. Åsa Karlström says:
    April 2, 2010 at 4:09 pm

    I love those pics 🙂 nothing as getting an image of an elephant while driving in the snow 😀

  8. Cath Ennis says:
    April 6, 2010 at 7:28 pm

    I don’t really get the relevance of the cheese… is it for the hungry dogs who are sick of cookies?
    No love for the shark?!

  9. Kausik Datta says:
    April 7, 2010 at 1:36 am

    But… but… would they allow the elephant and the camel if they were on a leash?

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