RE: THE GEESE The geese in the USA are the same geese. The problem with the geese in Canada is that their time in Canada is mostly spent breeding and rearing their “gooslings.” So, any close proximity to them translates to “DANGER! PROTECT THE KIDS!!!” in their fight or flight survivalist nature. That’s why you have it easy with them in the USA. Their kids are all grown up enough and can all fend for themselves by the time they fly south to spend time with you guys down there.
@@TheOgopogoThat’s right. In Norway they are blacklisted because they cause hazard to our ecosystem. In my experience with them they’re not as aggressive as they seem to be in their native Canada.
@MonicaMaria2175 I am not trying to be mean or troll, but I doubt that they are hurting your ecosystem. They have been migrating for hundreds if not thousands of years. I do believe that they are a pain and make a mess, but the poop feeds plant life. Be way more beneficial to blacklist humans. Have a great day ehh.
Part 1 with the lost mitten. I lost my jacket on the way home from school one day. A few days later, i found it, freshly washed, hanging on a tree near where i had dropped it. Yes, i am Canadian 😊
It is very common in Canada to see single mittens and gloves speared to the top of sidewalk fences. People pick them up and do that so they don't get soaked. We're nice that way.
Regarding leaving notes for other people. In my opinion, as a Canadian who has lived in the US for 5 years, most recently, is that Canadians are more aware of others around them (except for the neighbours in this video). They pay attention and usually apologize for making noise, etc. Sorry Tyler - but a lot of Americans I've come in contact with, just don't seem to care. They only care about what they are doing, not how it might affect other people. Sorry!!!!
This is why he is learning don't laugh at him. He is probably the only american who's ever taken the time. We appreciate him and call him an honorary Canadian.
@@personincognito3989 💯, I watch pretty much every video. I'm not laughing AT him, but the questions themselves are inherently funny because it's weird to think about the difference in geography and wildlife from place to place, and how normalized things can be for certain people. You can untwist your panties there, Mister. 😛👌
Coyotes in Saskatchewan are now in some cases, 70lbs, and more. In Arizona coyotes are 16lb. shelties. Since mange in the late 70’s to today, natural selection has left the largest, and fittest.
Give Tyler a break... He's only been doing this for a year and half... You also have to take into account that he only does this for money and not because he has any interest in Canada at all.
RE: photo of half snow half grass.. with the bench half in the shade.. this is common in places like calgary and Edmonton due to the low angle of the sun in early spring.. the sun never touches these areas at all during the day, and since it's really not that warm the snow doesn't melt being chilled by the cold ground still below freezing. It's also true that when you live here cold is much more tolerable and if you go out in the cold often you get even more comfy with it.. and many people I know run their houses pretty chilly to both save money and make it easier to tolerate the subzero temperatures in the winter. In Edmonton it was comfy to walk around in -10C with a t-shirt and jeans.. for under an hour.. I also wear bare feet in sneakers year round. :P You get used to it.
Moose are semi-aquatic, and they really love water. You often see them in the wild, standing hip-deep in a lake or river. I guess that's why they find swimming pools so attractive.
The geese winter in the US, but they come back here to mate, and they make their nests wherever they want, if you come within 50ft of their nests they just attack, they are vacationing while in US and being polite, they come home and turn into their evil selves
19:59 There's a lot of wilderness in Canada with a smattering of towns and cities. We have an understanding that this was the their home before it was ours. Conservation is very different in Canada. Wildlife has the same freedom of movement as every other Canadian. Conservation is only called if an animal poses a threat to people. And more often than not, the animal is tranquillized and moved to a more remote area. And the best way to keep wild animals from becoming a problem is to not feed them.
@@donofon1014 Since when is desert wasteland the same as wilderness? Also, Americans don't have the same respect for wildlife. A coyote wanders into an American town and it's DOA.
When my city added hiking and biking trails to our park system, it's not only for the benefit of the humans. This park system was built as a wildlife migration corridor, so any animals (moose, deer, etc.) that wanted or needed to get from one side of the city to the other would have a safe way to do so without getting run over or stressed out by trying to cross roads. And when a moose or deer turns up in the back yard to nibble on the bushes or fruit trees, the homeowners usually reach for a camera. No guns.
With regards to Canadian weather, it is truly strange sometimes. We often joke amongst ourselves that you can sometimes get all seasons in 1 day, which is why we often wear layers in winter. Start off your morning bundled up with snow on the ground, by lunch, maybe like a spring day, by mid-afternoon you get a little sunny heat wave and end up in a t-shirt, then by evening, it cools down again like a crisp Fall day! You need to look up Canadian weather memes as I am sure there are many with this scenario lol!
3:02 If you insist on feeding wild birds, PLEASE do NOT feed them bread. It fills their tummies but has almost no nutritional value for them. Ducks and geese can literally starve to death on bread. Go to a pet store and ask them for water foul pellets.
The geese you see down in the States, are the same geese we have up here in Canada. They live up here for the spring and summer but fly south for the fall and winter. You get the nicer attitude because they aren't protecting their nests like they are in Canada. Geese are very protective of their eggs and babies. Also bread apparently isn't good for birds, if I remember correctly, it's like a sugary treat to them and 2 it can swell up in their stomachs and cause issues.
That snow line in the shade next to buildings is completely typical in parts of Canada that are far enough north that the sun is quite low in the south sky. This means that the north side of all buildings are always in shade so it can take weeks longer or even over a month for the snow to melt on that side compared to the south sides of buildings. Snow still being on the ground well into May is not uncommon as a result of this phenomenon where I'm from.
As a resident of Edmonton, Alberta, with a north-facing apartment, I can confirm that the snow on my balcony melts WAY slower than the ones facing other directions lol
Yeah, it doesn't even have to be that north to have this effect. I live in central ontario, one of the southern most points. And the snow stays till may. A couple of years ago at my place in Haliburton County, we got about 10 cm of snowfall on May 10, and the ice was still pretty thick. By the long weekend, the ice was out, the sun was shining, and the temperature was 20°C. In 2 weeks we went from the dead of winter to summer. Gotta love canada
Watched a coyote actually sit & wait for the signal and then cross with the light at a major intersection in Oshawa about 10 years ago. Frickin' unbelievable !!!
From the net: "While we see the world with a vast arrangement of colors, coyotes only see the yellow & blue color spectrum according to multiple studies. Assumptions are made that K9s see every other color as shades of grey." So yeah, it can makes sense.
New Brunswick and Maine share a border, and they have lots of snow, moose, black Bear, coyotes, same as us. Before Covid it wouldn’t be strange for a NewBrunswicker to travel over to Maine for groceries weekly or even more times for cheap gas. The border is so close. With the exchange rate now, it isn’t as big of draw for us but we are blesssed to have Maine as neighbours.
I live in the rocky mountains and was driving a truck at the age of 11. The cop that pulled over that kid was having fun and the kid probably felt like a grown up. That was a good cop and the kid actually pulled over lol and moose are huge bigger than a horse
if Tyler is 'up to it' he should google the Ft McMurray Fires from a few years ago, just to see how extensive it was. As for the statue and the flag, I think the difference is that 'most' Americans are short tempered compared to Canadians. Canadians do have tempers, but we've learned not to vocalize our tempers as quickly and point 2, because of our long term fuses to set our tempers off, when we get mad, we leave radiation scars
Not necessarily. Our schools have been infested with computers that use Microsoft, which is an American company. So the spellchecking remains with the default American form of English, rather than real English.
@@Happytrails24 , the options are American or British. Microsoft does not include a Canadian option for spell check, only for keyboard type. It actually adds to the workload of already overworked teachers to change anything.
It's quite common that areas that get more sunlight that snow melts quicker in the area with sun than it does in the area that doesn't get sun. I worked in a hospital on 2 wings that ran east/west. One wing had window air conditioners and the other central air. In the Summer the southern windows got more sun. In the central air wing the difference in temperature between the room on the south side (warmer) were 1 to 2 degrees warmer than the rooms on the north side. I don't know the exact difference, but it was noticeable.
I love knowing that in Canada I can go pretty much anywhere in public without the risk of being randomly shot 24/7. When it comes to gun control, most Canadians choose to think it's an excellent idea. Most Americans, on the other hand, simply choose not to think. However, they ARE very quick to offer up thoughts and prayers, over and over and over and (yawn) over and over.............ad nauseum.
Yup I'm not afraid to go where I please, but I still pay attention to my surroundings just like any sain human being. Gun control? Our laws are beyond stupid thanks to our trudeau government trying to Virtue signal for votes. Are you in a rural environment where you see bears and lynx, I am
@@Arv.99 There is so much violence in American cities you need to pack heat. Baltimore had 300 murders one year, Vancouver a city almost exactly the same size had 6!
The story of the American grandmother who gave a rifle on Christmas , helping to ensure peace on earth I suppose to her five-year old grandson, who promptly shot his two-year old brother's head off is only slightly less credible than their astonishment that it occurred.
Where I live, and I shit you not. The deer here know how to go through a Tim Horton's drive-thru. They normally get a couple Tim Bits. I have a pic of this. Its quite common
Beavers stay with their family until they are 2 years old, then they leave to find their own territory and walk for miles to locate one. That is generally when they are seen in unusual places.
Actually, "Use at your own risk" is very Canadian. There's a lot of the country where there are serious dangers, and you're expected to know how to deal with them. At the same time, when there's an unexpected danger you need a sign to let people know to be careful.
"please dont park here" is canadian for "you have been warned". thats the thing, we're polite yes, but we're fierce too. I guarantee you step 2 after that note is the car is towed away if it parks there again I've learned this about myself partially from watching your videos lol, it's passive aggressive that the rest of the world perceives as polite
Tyler I want to thank you for your videos on my great country they have helped me we had to put my Mom on end of life care today. I really appreciate seeing these in the last week today especially. Again thank you❤🇨🇦
Coyotes are very prevalent in Canada. I live 5 miles in from the Edge of the City(Pop 1,000,000+) and the Coyotes are always in the Neighbourhood, hunting Hares, which are very common, had 14 of them in the Yard one Night. The Sign next to the Use Urinal, is "Respect Other's Privacy" It is probably above Zero, and the Sun Melted the Snow not shaded sooner, than that in the Shade
Love this video and part 1 was great too! Im a Canadian and love to sit back and laugh at myself and my fellows Canadians. I really enjoy all of your videos and enjoy comenting when questionns are asked. ❤
That urinal sign is in the Edmonton Hockey Arena. Also it’s not a sign saying don’t stand next to people it tells you not to lean over and watch other people pee. There are other signs too that say don’t fish 🎣 in urinal, and don’t bike in the urinal and more humorous signs
Tyler, it's the wind!!!! Winter is only brutal when the North Easterly winds blow through!!! If the wind is not blowing it stays pretty mild. I am on the East Coast and surrounded by water but we could easily have a storm (25cm+ of snow) though the night (or even freezing rain) and once the sun hits its completely melted by noon!! 😂
It's true about the geese. I'm in Vancouver, where that sign is from. The geese are absolutely vicious if you get too close to their babies. And being our national bird, they're protected by law. An apartment complex being built had to stop construction for a week because a family of geese decided to make it their home. You can't physically move them. As for the urinals... the middle image means if you stand beside someone at the urinal, don't peek at his junk. 😉 As for the snow and shade... the Sun is hot... sunshine melts snow that's not covered by shade. It's called science. Also... the statue with the flag is Lord Stanley... the guy that gave us hockey's Stanley Cup. It's in Stanley Park, also in Vancouver. That photo is during the 2010 Olympics, the same as the photo of the parking ticket, also in Vancouver. Edit: ok... seems the Canada Goose is *not* our national bird. It's actually the Grey Jay. The Canada Goose is still protected though, due to being a migratory bird. Go figure. I grew up thinking the goose was our national bird. I'm a bad Canadian. 😋
As an American, I think Tyler does not get out much and if he does he has never left his hometown, here in the area of Vermont where I live, we have road signs that says deer crossing, bear crossing and watch out for Moose for the next 5 miles.
@@Frogtalkin It's called the Migratory Birds Conventions Act of 1994 (MBCA), and arose from an international treaty between Canada and the US, signed in 1916. Yes, you can hunt them in limited quantities, as a way of controlling the populations. But you cannot move them from their nests. It's on Canada Gov's own website. Google "are Canada geese protected".
Yes, there are plenty of coyotes in Ottawa. 3 were removed from the woods behind my house this year. Most years there are PSAs reminding people not to feed the wild dogs.
Coyotes are endemic pretty much everywhere in North America. I am in the Okanagan Valley, in south central BC and I enjoy listening to the coyote choir every night.
Geese fly north to mate and have babies. It makes sense why they become hell spawn lol. Here in Ontario, one of the first signs of spring are the Canadian Geese returning from the warmer weather in the U.S. You'll see flocks of them come in V formations. The other signs of spring are seeing robins, and the first flower to bloom are crocus, which sometimes come up through the snow in early spring.
It is strange to find a beaver in your driveway, but it happened to me. I asked him politely to move so I could get my van out of the driveway without worrying about him.
My parents lived in a house with a greenbelt and pond behind it that flooded a few years back because a couple of beavers dammed up the water flow. They were there for a couple of weeks, paddling away in the pond before the city finally relocated them and let the water flow back out. My parents got lots of great pictures of the beavers though lol
I live on a small lake in central BC. Oddly, my experience with Canada geese is different...several groups nest here, right in my back field, on the water. They are only aggressive to each other while choosing nest sites. After that they are fine, even sharing Gosling sitting duties. They aren't aggressive to anyone, even during that nesting - just to each other. I have birds on my farm tho...🤔 so maybe they see us feeding them and think we're nice.🤗😅
Canada geese in this city (Ottawa) basically hiss at anything that moves. Animals, people, doesn't really matter to those spawns of Satan. They are actually kind of sweet, though, in their own way. I've seen geese defending other geese from danger; and I've also had a few geese eat straight out of my hands. They're the rudest Canadians that I've ever met. I love them.
@@Hollyucinogen I live by a storm water retention pond (a.k.a. 'artificial lake') and have geese everywhere. They block the road. They block the sidewalk. They eat the lawn. They poop everywhere. And yet they're so cute! It's fun to watch them tend their babies, and watch the goslings grow up and fledge.
On our way to go camping the axel on our tent trailer broke. We dragged it to the camp spot and stayed for two nights. The day we left we wrote a note on the front of the trailer in pink lipstick that we'll be back for the trailer. Go Canada 🇨🇦 👍
Beavers can be scary. Saw one take on a half ton truck when the driver got too impatient for it to finish dragging a 50 foot tree across the road and started honking the horn.. Truck lost a tire in that altercation. Beaver won, and calmly went back to dragging the tree. They are big btw. Shockingly big.
Just so you know, that is an EXTREMELY dangerous and irresponsible thing to do!!! A woman in Quebec in 2010 did that and two motorcyclists (a man and his teenaged daughter) were killed when they rounded the bend and crashed into her car. Look it up. She was charged with criminal negligence and dangerous driving causing death. Do not EVER do this please!
Moose are not adept at vertical movement, and being warm blooded can suffer from hypothermia when in very cold water for a long time. I imagine the men gathered at the pool, police and a park ranger from the look of their uniforms, were trying to figure how to help the animal get out.
You should do a video on ingredients in packaged foods that are similar in both countries (ex: oatmeal, Mac n cheese, etc). You may be surprised at the differences.
As a child, my older sister would take me to the Toronto Islands and as part of the day, we would feed the geese. Over the years they became more and more aggressive to the point that they hissed and bit you when feeding them and I can say from experience they have quite a nasty nip! We stopped doing this after a few years.
It really depends on the time of year. Early on when they have young nearby, they are vicious. By the end of the year, they're looking at your table and shouting "I'll have what you're having!"
I work on the Toronto Islands. There's a ton of geese there. They only get a bit hissy when they have young. Otherwise they are generally easy to get along with. The swans, however, are a different story!
@@killa1612 I've been hissed at and eye-glared at quite a few times. You're right that the swans are far more territorial. I've been told an angry swan can break your leg. I don't know how true that is, but they put up a good fighting stance. :D
@@KarstenJohansson Hello Karsten. We were always there in late August. I don't know if that is the time of year for young ones, but I don't remember any little ones being around and the big ones were really aggressive, however this happened around 50 years ago and my memory is somewhat faded!
The thing you have to remember about Canadian Geese is that spring & summer are nesting time & they're much more aggressive in the winter they're down south just kickin back...
The second urinal sign means don't talk to the guy next to you. The flag on the statue appears to be in honour of Remembrance Day. The statue appears to be a war memorial and the sign has a poppy drawn at the bottom hence Remembrance Day and saying they will remove the flag the next day (probably the day after Remembrance Day)
Here in Ottawa, We can get moose running through the city. Snd they do get trapped in backyards. Ottawa is quite often on the route for young moose who are moving from Quebec to Ontario or vise versa looking for other moose or finding an area to live in.
Sorry I missed a few of your recent videos, so now I will have to binge-watch to make up, but I don't know if my belly can handle so many laughs at once.
Re: Shade The ground is frozen in winter. So when the sun is getting stronger, the snow on the top starts melting. No sun - still frozen ground - no melting.
theres coyotes walking around all teh time here in vancouver. was walking out of a friends house at night and i see a big dog walking around, im like whys there a dog walking around with no owner then i realisesd that its prob a coyote
Same here, in Urban ontario. I saw 2 dogs at night by my backyard fence, and wondered where their owner was! They were quite large, bigger than what I thought coyotes would be. .. but they were coyotes having a late night stroll.
About animals following traffic rules: I was driving on an empty highway with my mom and ahead of us there was a mid-sized bear chilling on the road on our side. We stopped a little in front of it wondering if we should go around or not. No joke, this bear turned to us, looked around, and then moved to the side of the road and let us pass?? We were flabbergasted. We slowly drove forward, making sure it wasn't gonna start moving back in front, and it didn't. It watched us drive passed it and then passed across the highway to the other side. I swear some animals are so smart, it was a funny experience.
The moose in the frozen swimming pool might also occur in Maine,Vermont,New Hampshire,Massachusetts, Connecticut (basically most of New England) but it’s probably much more common in Canada.
You get the geese on holiday... we get the geese trying to get the kids to school. Also you don't honk at beavers. You wit patiently until the decide to move on. Beavers are an acceptable excuse to be late for work.
Re urinal etiquette ( 5:45 ): The first drawing shows the guy on the left peeking at the guy on the right. That being said; there's no need to stand right next to someone if there's other urinals available.
Yes, there are coyotes in Canada. There was a time when they where almost absent, but, due to the climate change, their habitat range have extended Northward. #1 Use the urinal. #2 Don't peek/look at the guy next to you. #3 Moose not allowed. More of a warning than a ticket. The ticket say : Your toy truck is not supposed to be used on the street.
The urinal sign is a sticker that a restaurant chain uses as advertisement on top of urinals. The one with the two side by side has the guy on the left looking down at the guy on the rights equipment. That is a no no, you don't look at someone else's equipment at the urinal.
There are also signs sometimes at the urinals that say no fishing and no diving Also no pooping and the one sign meant no peeping at others using the urinals
I have heard the background for the cop giving the kid in the toy car a "ticket". The cop is the kid's dad who had just come home from work and the "ticket" was a blank paper
The Sun is lower in the sky in winter. Our house faces south-west. in springtime, our front yard snow melts at least one full month before our neighbours snow across the street. I would say the pic of the couple around the 8 minute mark had only one part of the lawn receiving direct sunlight. Nuff said.
What I usually do in the “noisy/squeaky bed springs example” in practice is to say nothing at the time and then say to my parents in a phone call or to one of my friends on a FaceTime call that “You will not believe what my upstairs neighbors were doing at (whatever time it was) AM” and then describe what I think they were doing and roughly how often it happens. This is how I actually blow off some steam in situations like this.
I got a ticket that was actually a warning, saying to pay 00.00 within the week, so I decorated the ticket in Christmas images & mistletoe and sent it back as a greeting to the office it originates from; one good ticket deserves another.
In Canada (even within our cities) we have coyotes. We also have wolves a bit further north. However, the scary thing is what we have within the crossover of their territories... we have hybrids called Coy-wolves. They are particularly dangerous because, while coyotes are much smaller and less dangerous, they are less afraid of humans, whereas wolves are much larger and more dangerous, but very timid around humans.... soooooo... A Coy-Wolf is basically a slightly smaller wolf, that isn't afraid of humans.
Yes, beavers just do walk. I live in Toronto, biggest city in Canada. I’ve driven by beaver on the side of the road on the way to work, fox follow me home from the bus stop and bird of prey sit on the on ramp as I get on the highway.
Unfortunately, we are encroaching on wildlife as our cities grow. Just minutes from my apartment, there are walking trails and there are signs warning about coyotes and what to do if we see them. I used to date a woman who believed one got to her cat she left outside. There are many beaver dams too, I would not approach those guys. I've seen and been close to wild turkeys, again, this just minutes from home. It seems once a year there's a moose stuck in a pool that needs to be rescued. I've seen raccoons near downtown Ottawa, I wouldn't approach those either. And the geese along the river pathway, can make biking quite a challenge, they just won't move thinking they own the place.
The half winter and half summer pic.... Our weather is so unpredictable it's like it has bpd mania lol. Can feel like winter one day and summer the next. As far as geese go... I'm 44 and never came across a single aggressive goose. Maybe I got lucky🤷🏼♀️
I had a goose steal my golf ball once but other than that, no issues. I've brought my students to see them prepping for migration in a local park and none of the geese were aggressive. Maybe because there were no little goslings at that time of the year. 🍁🍂
In the central part of downtown Lindsay ON Canada after watching a softball game in the evening and peddled my bicycle home only a few blocks away ...I approached my home's gravel driveway and noticed a greater width at the base of the mature maple tree beside this driveway; my curiousity caused me to stop. Lo and behold a PORCUPINE was a mere two yards away from me! [FIRST TIME EVER to see a porcupine in the flesh!] I quickly peddled farther up to the house to inform my Mom for I was concerned that a child, a stray pet dog or cat might get hurt if they sniffed too close and the porcupine might hurl its quills their way. An hour later I went to check on this porcupine and it was not there. Maybe it had climbed up in the tree!
RE: THE GEESE
The geese in the USA are the same geese. The problem with the geese in Canada is that their time in Canada is mostly spent breeding and rearing their “gooslings.” So, any close proximity to them translates to “DANGER! PROTECT THE KIDS!!!” in their fight or flight survivalist nature. That’s why you have it easy with them in the USA. Their kids are all grown up enough and can all fend for themselves by the time they fly south to spend time with you guys down there.
Yah they're on holiday when they fly south🤓😂🇨🇦
Also "Canada Geese" are considered pest species in many countries in Europe so....
@@TheOgopogoThat’s right. In Norway they are blacklisted because they cause hazard to our ecosystem. In my experience with them they’re not as aggressive as they seem to be in their native Canada.
@MonicaMaria2175 I am not trying to be mean or troll, but I doubt that they are hurting your ecosystem. They have been migrating for hundreds if not thousands of years. I do believe that they are a pain and make a mess, but the poop feeds plant life. Be way more beneficial to blacklist humans. Have a great day ehh.
He's been told this hundreds of times...
Part 1 with the lost mitten. I lost my jacket on the way home from school one day. A few days later, i found it, freshly washed, hanging on a tree near where i had dropped it. Yes, i am Canadian 😊
It is very common in Canada to see single mittens and gloves speared to the top of sidewalk fences. People pick them up and do that so they don't get soaked. We're nice that way.
@@KarstenJohansson yup yup
Regarding leaving notes for other people. In my opinion, as a Canadian who has lived in the US for 5 years, most recently, is that Canadians are more aware of others around them (except for the neighbours in this video). They pay attention and usually apologize for making noise, etc. Sorry Tyler - but a lot of Americans I've come in contact with, just don't seem to care. They only care about what they are doing, not how it might affect other people. Sorry!!!!
He is in touch.
Florida's have alligators in their pools or back yards...
Why don't Canadians have orgies?
Too many Thank You notes.
@@ornellabarbaro3861 I know, just telling him about my experience
I’d rather have a moose in my pool than a gator!!
They are both dangerous in their own way XD
I never thought I'd see a video where Tyler asks "Are there coyotes in Canada??" AND "Are there goats in Canada??". Lmao, we're not Antarctica. 😂😅🇨🇦🐐
This is why he is learning don't laugh at him. He is probably the only american who's ever taken the time. We appreciate him and call him an honorary Canadian.
@@personincognito3989 💯, I watch pretty much every video. I'm not laughing AT him, but the questions themselves are inherently funny because it's weird to think about the difference in geography and wildlife from place to place, and how normalized things can be for certain people. You can untwist your panties there, Mister. 😛👌
Coyotes in Saskatchewan are now in some cases, 70lbs, and more. In Arizona coyotes are 16lb. shelties. Since mange in the late 70’s to today, natural selection has left the largest, and fittest.
Give Tyler a break... He's only been doing this for a year and half... You also have to take into account that he only does this for money and not because he has any interest in Canada at all.
He has never been in the border states ... ever. from Maine to Montana , No Clue.@@eyden1562
The middle part of the washroom sign means "no peaking".
Love your reactions.
"peeking"
Yes, this is a thing, my front yard faces the sun and snow melts 2-3 weeks before it does at the backyard in spring
RE: photo of half snow half grass.. with the bench half in the shade.. this is common in places like calgary and Edmonton due to the low angle of the sun in early spring.. the sun never touches these areas at all during the day, and since it's really not that warm the snow doesn't melt being chilled by the cold ground still below freezing. It's also true that when you live here cold is much more tolerable and if you go out in the cold often you get even more comfy with it.. and many people I know run their houses pretty chilly to both save money and make it easier to tolerate the subzero temperatures in the winter. In Edmonton it was comfy to walk around in -10C with a t-shirt and jeans.. for under an hour.. I also wear bare feet in sneakers year round. :P You get used to it.
Moose are semi-aquatic, and they really love water. You often see them in the wild, standing hip-deep in a lake or river. I guess that's why they find swimming pools so attractive.
It is the plants that grow in the water that are the moose's primary source of salt.
The ticket the officer gave the child driving his truck is for safe driving.
Yeah. We have positive tickets in Canada. Not all tickets are violations and fines.
My girls got a “ticket” for delivering newspapers. It was a coupon for free swimming, bowling, or ice cream. ❤
I also thought it was a nice gesture to give his truck legitimacy and make him feel proud.
The sign we support the right to arm bears is a joke about the American "we have the right to 'bare' arms (guns)"
You have coyotes in Toronto as well, because there are many long stretches of green wild areas, rivers and valleys through out the city.
Need to fill them with condos.
Recently a coyote was sitting on the front yard of a neighbour home, yes, we have them. Keep cats inside or they become coyote breakfast.
The geese winter in the US, but they come back here to mate, and they make their nests wherever they want, if you come within 50ft of their nests they just attack, they are vacationing while in US and being polite, they come home and turn into their evil selves
19:59 There's a lot of wilderness in Canada with a smattering of towns and cities. We have an understanding that this was the their home before it was ours. Conservation is very different in Canada. Wildlife has the same freedom of movement as every other Canadian. Conservation is only called if an animal poses a threat to people. And more often than not, the animal is tranquillized and moved to a more remote area. And the best way to keep wild animals from becoming a problem is to not feed them.
Fly from Toronto to LA with a window seat. You want to see a near desert wasteland for two hours or more. At 500 miles an hour.
@@donofon1014 Since when is desert wasteland the same as wilderness? Also, Americans don't have the same respect for wildlife. A coyote wanders into an American town and it's DOA.
a difference without much of a distinction. Both countries have vast "near empty" regions ... population wise.@@PaulMartin-qu5up
When my city added hiking and biking trails to our park system, it's not only for the benefit of the humans. This park system was built as a wildlife migration corridor, so any animals (moose, deer, etc.) that wanted or needed to get from one side of the city to the other would have a safe way to do so without getting run over or stressed out by trying to cross roads. And when a moose or deer turns up in the back yard to nibble on the bushes or fruit trees, the homeowners usually reach for a camera. No guns.
@@Shan_Dalamani Exactly.
When COVID started and people needed to stay 6 feet apart, news reporters taped microphones to hockey sticks for interviews
With regards to Canadian weather, it is truly strange sometimes. We often joke amongst ourselves that you can sometimes get all seasons in 1 day, which is why we often wear layers in winter. Start off your morning bundled up with snow on the ground, by lunch, maybe like a spring day, by mid-afternoon you get a little sunny heat wave and end up in a t-shirt, then by evening, it cools down again like a crisp Fall day! You need to look up Canadian weather memes as I am sure there are many with this scenario lol!
3:02 If you insist on feeding wild birds, PLEASE do NOT feed them bread. It fills their tummies but has almost no nutritional value for them. Ducks and geese can literally starve to death on bread. Go to a pet store and ask them for water foul pellets.
The geese you see down in the States, are the same geese we have up here in Canada. They live up here for the spring and summer but fly south for the fall and winter. You get the nicer attitude because they aren't protecting their nests like they are in Canada. Geese are very protective of their eggs and babies. Also bread apparently isn't good for birds, if I remember correctly, it's like a sugary treat to them and 2 it can swell up in their stomachs and cause issues.
Thanks Amanda for clearifying the agressiveness of the Canada geese, people arent aware of the facts. ')
That snow line in the shade next to buildings is completely typical in parts of Canada that are far enough north that the sun is quite low in the south sky. This means that the north side of all buildings are always in shade so it can take weeks longer or even over a month for the snow to melt on that side compared to the south sides of buildings. Snow still being on the ground well into May is not uncommon as a result of this phenomenon where I'm from.
Even I get surprised some June's and July's in the woods, finding small piles of snow
As a resident of Edmonton, Alberta, with a north-facing apartment, I can confirm that the snow on my balcony melts WAY slower than the ones facing other directions lol
I lived in central BC. Took a picture on my birthday, half the backyard was covered in leaves, the other half covered in snow. It was early May
Yeah, it doesn't even have to be that north to have this effect. I live in central ontario, one of the southern most points. And the snow stays till may. A couple of years ago at my place in Haliburton County, we got about 10 cm of snowfall on May 10, and the ice was still pretty thick. By the long weekend, the ice was out, the sun was shining, and the temperature was 20°C. In 2 weeks we went from the dead of winter to summer. Gotta love canada
But snow that stay until may isn't a high north thing, it happens in the south of Canada too
RICK MERCER... TALKING TO AMERICANS!!!
The reason the geese are aggressive when in Canada is because they're here to breed and raise their young.
what that actually makes sense ! Thanks now I will spend the rest of my life reading the youtube comments to unearth the true meaning of life
Watched a coyote actually sit & wait for the signal and then cross with the light at a major intersection in Oshawa about 10 years ago. Frickin' unbelievable !!!
Hilarious!🤣
From the net:
"While we see the world with a vast arrangement of colors, coyotes only see the yellow & blue color spectrum according to multiple studies. Assumptions are made that K9s see every other color as shades of grey."
So yeah, it can makes sense.
New Brunswick and Maine share a border, and they have lots of snow, moose, black Bear, coyotes, same as us. Before Covid it wouldn’t be strange for a NewBrunswicker to travel over to Maine for groceries weekly or even more times for cheap gas. The border is so close. With the exchange rate now, it isn’t as big of draw for us but we are blesssed to have Maine as neighbours.
I live in the rocky mountains and was driving a truck at the age of 11. The cop that pulled over that kid was having fun and the kid probably felt like a grown up. That was a good cop and the kid actually pulled over lol and moose are huge bigger than a horse
Moose are like deer that just got out of prison.
if Tyler is 'up to it' he should google the Ft McMurray Fires from a few years ago, just to see how extensive it was. As for the statue and the flag, I think the difference is that 'most' Americans are short tempered compared to Canadians. Canadians do have tempers, but we've learned not to vocalize our tempers as quickly and point 2, because of our long term fuses to set our tempers off, when we get mad, we leave radiation scars
If the “squeaky bed” 🛌 note was actually written by a Canadian, the word neighbors would be spelled with a “u”! 😂
Not necessarily. Our schools have been infested with computers that use Microsoft, which is an American company. So the spellchecking remains with the default American form of English, rather than real English.
We spell colour with a "u" too.
You have the choice with Microsoft to change the version of English, btw.
@@Happytrails24 , the options are American or British. Microsoft does not include a Canadian option for spell check, only for keyboard type. It actually adds to the workload of already overworked teachers to change anything.
@@CroneLife1 ya beat me to it...
It's them....not us...
It's quite common that areas that get more sunlight that snow melts quicker in the area with sun than it does in the area that doesn't get sun. I worked in a hospital on 2 wings that ran east/west. One wing had window air conditioners and the other central air. In the Summer the southern windows got more sun. In the central air wing the difference in temperature between the room on the south side (warmer) were 1 to 2 degrees warmer than the rooms on the north side. I don't know the exact difference, but it was noticeable.
I love knowing that in Canada I can go pretty much anywhere in public without the risk of being randomly shot 24/7. When it comes to gun control, most Canadians choose to think it's an excellent idea. Most Americans, on the other hand, simply choose not to think. However, they ARE very quick to offer up thoughts and prayers, over and over and over and (yawn) over and over.............ad nauseum.
No most of us in America are for gun control. We have the republicans who won't let us pass ANY gun control laws. Yes it is sickening.😥
@JeanStAubin-nl9uo can I offer you a tissue? Sorry you have the right to defend yourself
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Yup I'm not afraid to go where I please, but I still pay attention to my surroundings just like any sain human being. Gun control? Our laws are beyond stupid thanks to our trudeau government trying to Virtue signal for votes. Are you in a rural environment where you see bears and lynx, I am
@@Arv.99 There is so much violence in American cities you need to pack heat. Baltimore had 300 murders one year, Vancouver a city almost exactly the same size had 6!
The story of the American grandmother who gave a rifle on Christmas , helping to ensure peace on earth I suppose to her five-year old grandson, who promptly shot his two-year old brother's head off is only slightly less credible than their astonishment that it occurred.
Where I live, and I shit you not. The deer here know how to go through a Tim Horton's drive-thru. They normally get a couple Tim Bits. I have a pic of this. Its quite common
Beavers stay with their family until they are 2 years old, then they leave to find their own territory and walk for miles to locate one. That is generally when they are seen in unusual places.
Actually, "Use at your own risk" is very Canadian. There's a lot of the country where there are serious dangers, and you're expected to know how to deal with them. At the same time, when there's an unexpected danger you need a sign to let people know to be careful.
That coyote is about a third of the size of our wolves lol
The shade in the winter is always so much colder than the sun. My yard melts like that too
"please dont park here" is canadian for "you have been warned". thats the thing, we're polite yes, but we're fierce too. I guarantee you step 2 after that note is the car is towed away if it parks there again I've learned this about myself partially from watching your videos lol, it's passive aggressive that the rest of the world perceives as polite
you don't tell a moose "no" that's all there is to it.
Tyler I want to thank you for your videos on my great country they have helped me we had to put my Mom on end of life care today. I really appreciate seeing these in the last week today especially. Again thank you❤🇨🇦
The second sign is No Peaking🤣🤣🤣
Coyotes are very prevalent in Canada. I live 5 miles in from the Edge of the City(Pop 1,000,000+) and the Coyotes are always in the Neighbourhood, hunting Hares, which are very common, had 14 of them in the Yard one Night.
The Sign next to the Use Urinal, is "Respect Other's Privacy"
It is probably above Zero, and the Sun Melted the Snow not shaded sooner, than that in the Shade
In Montreal on side streets where the sun shine on one side more then the other the snow banks on front lawn are quite différent in size.
Same in Alberta! I can suntan on one side and freeze on the other! 😂
Beavers are mostly in the woods, but many people live right next to the woods so they get to see beavers
Love this video and part 1 was great too! Im a Canadian and love to sit back and laugh at myself and my fellows Canadians. I really enjoy all of your videos and enjoy comenting when questionns are asked. ❤
That urinal sign is in the Edmonton Hockey Arena. Also it’s not a sign saying don’t stand next to people it tells you not to lean over and watch other people pee. There are other signs too that say don’t fish 🎣 in urinal, and don’t bike in the urinal and more humorous signs
Tyler, it's the wind!!!! Winter is only brutal when the North Easterly winds blow through!!! If the wind is not blowing it stays pretty mild. I am on the East Coast and surrounded by water but we could easily have a storm (25cm+ of snow) though the night (or even freezing rain) and once the sun hits its completely melted by noon!! 😂
It's true about the geese. I'm in Vancouver, where that sign is from. The geese are absolutely vicious if you get too close to their babies. And being our national bird, they're protected by law. An apartment complex being built had to stop construction for a week because a family of geese decided to make it their home. You can't physically move them.
As for the urinals... the middle image means if you stand beside someone at the urinal, don't peek at his junk. 😉
As for the snow and shade... the Sun is hot... sunshine melts snow that's not covered by shade. It's called science.
Also... the statue with the flag is Lord Stanley... the guy that gave us hockey's Stanley Cup. It's in Stanley Park, also in Vancouver. That photo is during the 2010 Olympics, the same as the photo of the parking ticket, also in Vancouver.
Edit: ok... seems the Canada Goose is *not* our national bird. It's actually the Grey Jay. The Canada Goose is still protected though, due to being a migratory bird. Go figure. I grew up thinking the goose was our national bird. I'm a bad Canadian. 😋
As an American, I think Tyler does not get out much and if he does he has never left his hometown, here in the area of Vermont where I live, we have road signs that says deer crossing, bear crossing and watch out for Moose for the next 5 miles.
@@marydavis5234 I appreciate that he's trying to learn about Canada though, most Americans only learn about the USA. It's refreshing.
@@marydavis5234 Has Tyler ever set foot anywhere in Canada? ....and where in the USA does he, himself, reside?
Canada goose IS NOT protected. They have a daily limit of 8 and season limit of 24 here in Alberta. They are a greasy bird, and don’t taste amazing 🍽️
@@Frogtalkin It's called the Migratory Birds Conventions Act of 1994 (MBCA), and arose from an international treaty between Canada and the US, signed in 1916. Yes, you can hunt them in limited quantities, as a way of controlling the populations. But you cannot move them from their nests. It's on Canada Gov's own website. Google "are Canada geese protected".
When the geese are crossing the street it doesn't pay to honk at them. I did it once and got a cracked windshield for my trouble !
Literally tons of coyotes across the country..
Yes, there are plenty of coyotes in Ottawa. 3 were removed from the woods behind my house this year. Most years there are PSAs reminding people not to feed the wild dogs.
Coyotes are endemic pretty much everywhere in North America. I am in the Okanagan Valley, in south central BC and I enjoy listening to the coyote choir every night.
Geese fly north to mate and have babies. It makes sense why they become hell spawn lol. Here in Ontario, one of the first signs of spring are the Canadian Geese returning from the warmer weather in the U.S. You'll see flocks of them come in V formations. The other signs of spring are seeing robins, and the first flower to bloom are crocus, which sometimes come up through the snow in early spring.
It is strange to find a beaver in your driveway, but it happened to me. I asked him politely to move so I could get my van out of the driveway without worrying about him.
My parents lived in a house with a greenbelt and pond behind it that flooded a few years back because a couple of beavers dammed up the water flow. They were there for a couple of weeks, paddling away in the pond before the city finally relocated them and let the water flow back out. My parents got lots of great pictures of the beavers though lol
When a goose in Canada tells you to move, "You Move!"
I live on a small lake in central BC. Oddly, my experience with Canada geese is different...several groups nest here, right in my back field, on the water. They are only aggressive to each other while choosing nest sites. After that they are fine, even sharing Gosling sitting duties. They aren't aggressive to anyone, even during that nesting - just to each other. I have birds on my farm tho...🤔 so maybe they see us feeding them and think we're nice.🤗😅
Exactly, maybe this is a Western Canada thing. Cause i'm from western canada too and that's how I do geese
Canada geese in this city (Ottawa) basically hiss at anything that moves. Animals, people, doesn't really matter to those spawns of Satan.
They are actually kind of sweet, though, in their own way. I've seen geese defending other geese from danger; and I've also had a few geese eat straight out of my hands.
They're the rudest Canadians that I've ever met. I love them.
@@Hollyucinogen I live by a storm water retention pond (a.k.a. 'artificial lake') and have geese everywhere. They block the road. They block the sidewalk. They eat the lawn. They poop everywhere.
And yet they're so cute! It's fun to watch them tend their babies, and watch the goslings grow up and fledge.
On our way to go camping the axel on our tent trailer broke. We dragged it to the camp spot and stayed for two nights. The day we left we wrote a note on the front of the trailer in pink lipstick that we'll be back for the trailer. Go Canada 🇨🇦 👍
Beavers can be scary. Saw one take on a half ton truck when the driver got too impatient for it to finish dragging a 50 foot tree across the road and started honking the horn.. Truck lost a tire in that altercation. Beaver won, and calmly went back to dragging the tree.
They are big btw. Shockingly big.
I helped a family of geese cross the highway by getting out of my car and stopping traffic ...mama goose, papa goose and baby geese..😊😊
Just so you know, that is an EXTREMELY dangerous and irresponsible thing to do!!! A woman in Quebec in 2010 did that and two motorcyclists (a man and his teenaged daughter) were killed when they rounded the bend and crashed into her car. Look it up. She was charged with criminal negligence and dangerous driving causing death. Do not EVER do this please!
I live in rural Ottawa. I go to sleep to the sweet?, unharmonious sounds of coyotes!
Give to the moose a beer "moose head " lol
Moose are not adept at vertical movement, and being warm blooded can suffer from hypothermia when in very cold water for a long time. I imagine the men gathered at the pool, police and a park ranger from the look of their uniforms, were trying to figure how to help the animal get out.
You should do a video on ingredients in packaged foods that are similar in both countries (ex: oatmeal, Mac n cheese, etc).
You may be surprised at the differences.
As a child, my older sister would take me to the Toronto Islands and as part of the day, we would feed the geese. Over the years they became more and more aggressive to the point that they hissed and bit you when feeding them and I can say from experience they have quite a nasty nip! We stopped doing this after a few years.
It really depends on the time of year. Early on when they have young nearby, they are vicious. By the end of the year, they're looking at your table and shouting "I'll have what you're having!"
I work on the Toronto Islands.
There's a ton of geese there.
They only get a bit hissy when they have young.
Otherwise they are generally easy to get along with.
The swans, however, are a different story!
@@killa1612 I've been hissed at and eye-glared at quite a few times. You're right that the swans are far more territorial. I've been told an angry swan can break your leg. I don't know how true that is, but they put up a good fighting stance. :D
@@KarstenJohansson Hello Karsten. We were always there in late August. I don't know if that is the time of year for young ones, but I don't remember any little ones being around and the big ones were really aggressive, however this happened around 50 years ago and my memory is somewhat faded!
@@killa1612 Maybe the bad ones were put in "geese jail" until they changed their attitudes!
Geese are Canadians who failed the annual national politeness standard test. They are transformed into geese by Bonhomme Carnaval.
The thing you have to remember about Canadian Geese is that spring & summer are nesting time & they're much more aggressive in the winter they're down south just kickin back...
The second urinal sign means don't talk to the guy next to you.
The flag on the statue appears to be in honour of Remembrance Day. The statue appears to be a war memorial and the sign has a poppy drawn at the bottom hence Remembrance Day and saying they will remove the flag the next day (probably the day after Remembrance Day)
Here in Ottawa, We can get moose running through the city. Snd they do get trapped in backyards. Ottawa is quite often on the route for young moose who are moving from Quebec to Ontario or vise versa looking for other moose or finding an area to live in.
Sorry I missed a few of your recent videos, so now I will have to binge-watch to make up, but I don't know if my belly can handle so many laughs at once.
Re: Shade
The ground is frozen in winter. So when the sun is getting stronger, the snow on the top starts melting. No sun - still frozen ground - no melting.
theres coyotes walking around all teh time here in vancouver. was walking out of a friends house at night and i see a big dog walking around, im like whys there a dog walking around with no owner then i realisesd that its prob a coyote
Same here, in Urban ontario. I saw 2 dogs at night by my backyard fence, and wondered where their owner was!
They were quite large, bigger than what I thought coyotes would be. .. but they were coyotes having a late night stroll.
About animals following traffic rules: I was driving on an empty highway with my mom and ahead of us there was a mid-sized bear chilling on the road on our side. We stopped a little in front of it wondering if we should go around or not. No joke, this bear turned to us, looked around, and then moved to the side of the road and let us pass?? We were flabbergasted. We slowly drove forward, making sure it wasn't gonna start moving back in front, and it didn't. It watched us drive passed it and then passed across the highway to the other side. I swear some animals are so smart, it was a funny experience.
The moose in the frozen swimming pool might also occur in Maine,Vermont,New Hampshire,Massachusetts, Connecticut (basically most of New England) but it’s probably much more common in Canada.
You get the geese on holiday... we get the geese trying to get the kids to school. Also you don't honk at beavers. You wit patiently until the decide to move on. Beavers are an acceptable excuse to be late for work.
Um, it's Canada geese, they can be Canadian or American or British (they are everywhere), but the name is Canada geese.
Some hilarious pictures in this one. Love all your videos.
The note about the upstairs neighbours bed is not written by a Canadian. They spelled neighbour the American way.
Re urinal etiquette ( 5:45 ): The first drawing shows the guy on the left peeking at the guy on the right. That being said; there's no need to stand right next to someone if there's other urinals available.
The ducks at our public park in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia only cross at the crosswalk and will wait for the cars to stop before proceeding.
Yes, there are coyotes in Canada. There was a time when they where almost absent, but, due to the climate change, their habitat range have extended Northward.
#1 Use the urinal. #2 Don't peek/look at the guy next to you. #3 Moose not allowed.
More of a warning than a ticket. The ticket say : Your toy truck is not supposed to be used on the street.
I really enjoyed your videos and comments plus learning more about the world around me.
The urinal sign is a sticker that a restaurant chain uses as advertisement on top of urinals. The one with the two side by side has the guy on the left looking down at the guy on the rights equipment. That is a no no, you don't look at someone else's equipment at the urinal.
There are coyotes in parks in Downtown Vancouver
I saw geese cross at a crosswalk with people
In toronto we have wolves and coyotes in our public parks
There are also signs sometimes at the urinals that say no fishing and no diving
Also no pooping and the one sign meant no peeping at others using the urinals
The buses in Richmond/Vancouver say,
"Bus is full. Sorry"
The pic of two people on the lawn, one who's on snow and one who's on grass, is a very real picture here in Saskatchewan.
I have heard the background for the cop giving the kid in the toy car a "ticket". The cop is the kid's dad who had just come home from work and the "ticket" was a blank paper
The Sun is lower in the sky in winter. Our house faces south-west. in springtime, our front yard snow melts at least one full month before our neighbours snow across the street. I would say the pic of the couple around the 8 minute mark had only one part of the lawn receiving direct sunlight. Nuff said.
What I usually do in the “noisy/squeaky bed springs example” in practice is to say nothing at the time and then say to my parents in a phone call or to one of my friends on a FaceTime call that “You will not believe what my upstairs neighbors were doing at (whatever time it was) AM” and then describe what I think they were doing and roughly how often it happens. This is how I actually blow off some steam in situations like this.
Thank you for the love neighbour! I’ve always loved and respected our American friends
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I got a ticket that was actually a warning, saying to pay 00.00 within the week, so I decorated the ticket in Christmas images & mistletoe and sent it back as a greeting to the office it originates from; one good ticket deserves another.
In Canada (even within our cities) we have coyotes. We also have wolves a bit further north.
However, the scary thing is what we have within the crossover of their territories... we have hybrids called Coy-wolves.
They are particularly dangerous because, while coyotes are much smaller and less dangerous, they are less afraid of humans,
whereas wolves are much larger and more dangerous, but very timid around humans.... soooooo...
A Coy-Wolf is basically a slightly smaller wolf, that isn't afraid of humans.
OMG He knows the secret of the Cobra chicken.....he must be mind wiped! And then leave a nice apology note 😂😂😂😂😂
Yes, beavers just do walk. I live in Toronto, biggest city in Canada. I’ve driven by beaver on the side of the road on the way to work, fox follow me home from the bus stop and bird of prey sit on the on ramp as I get on the highway.
The ticket the police give in that situation with the child and the truck would be a coupon for ice cream
based on your previous information, the geese may have been crossing the road to mug the chicken.
Tyler had way too much fun with these two videos! 😅
Unfortunately, we are encroaching on wildlife as our cities grow. Just minutes from my apartment, there are walking trails and there are signs warning about coyotes and what to do if we see them. I used to date a woman who believed one got to her cat she left outside. There are many beaver dams too, I would not approach those guys. I've seen and been close to wild turkeys, again, this just minutes from home. It seems once a year there's a moose stuck in a pool that needs to be rescued. I've seen raccoons near downtown Ottawa, I wouldn't approach those either. And the geese along the river pathway, can make biking quite a challenge, they just won't move thinking they own the place.
The half winter and half summer pic....
Our weather is so unpredictable it's like it has bpd mania lol. Can feel like winter one day and summer the next.
As far as geese go... I'm 44 and never came across a single aggressive goose. Maybe I got lucky🤷🏼♀️
Snow melts faster in the sun, Tyler. Even in Maine, there's snow in the forests at higher elevations until June.
I had a goose steal my golf ball once but other than that, no issues. I've brought my students to see them prepping for migration in a local park and none of the geese were aggressive. Maybe because there were no little goslings at that time of the year. 🍁🍂
In the central part of downtown Lindsay ON Canada after watching a softball game in the evening and peddled my bicycle home only a few blocks away ...I approached my home's gravel driveway and noticed a greater width at the base of the mature maple tree beside this driveway; my curiousity caused me to stop. Lo and behold a PORCUPINE was a mere two yards away from me! [FIRST TIME EVER to see a porcupine in the flesh!] I quickly peddled farther up to the house to inform my Mom for I was concerned that a child, a stray pet dog or cat might get hurt if they sniffed too close and the porcupine might hurl its quills their way. An hour later I went to check on this porcupine and it was not there. Maybe it had climbed up in the tree!
It's hard to believe you hadn't said "in the quills" when you used that phrasing