Animal sightings
We have a lizard living in the basement. It's just your typical little green chameleon you might see in your garden, but this one has decided it really likes our basement - namely Pete's workshop. I hope it's eating all the tasty camel crickets in there. What's funny about this lizard is that it'll let you get right up to it without skittering away. And I'm talking CLOSE - at least a hair's breath away from touching it. Pete took a picture, but we don't have all the computers up and running yet. As soon as we do, I'll post it.
Another interesting animal we've seen lately, although this one is not living in our house, was running down the side of the interstate. We were coming home from my parents' house, tootling along somewhat close to the speed limit, when the traffic in front of us slowed down. Was it an accident? Could it be yet another granny driver going 45 MPH (that was about 30 miles before this incident, oy vey!), or just one of those freaky step-on-the-brake chain reactions?
Well, we came up to the origination point of the slow-down and didn't see anything that would have caused it. But then I saw something out of the corner of my eye and turned to look - and saw a very large bird running along the side of the interstate! At first I thought it was a turkey (I just glanced at it), "Oh look, a turkey!" But then Pete looked and said, "That is definitely NOT a turkey."
Running - and I mean, going about 20-30 MPH - down I-59 was an EMU!
Yes, an EMU!
Poor bird. I'm sure it was scared out it's little walnut-size mind. And I'm hoping that some Bubba in his truck didn't pull over and try to shoot it for sport. Instead, I hope that a trucker alerted the State Troopers, who called someone to catch it and take it to a safe place.
Another interesting animal we've seen lately, although this one is not living in our house, was running down the side of the interstate. We were coming home from my parents' house, tootling along somewhat close to the speed limit, when the traffic in front of us slowed down. Was it an accident? Could it be yet another granny driver going 45 MPH (that was about 30 miles before this incident, oy vey!), or just one of those freaky step-on-the-brake chain reactions?
Well, we came up to the origination point of the slow-down and didn't see anything that would have caused it. But then I saw something out of the corner of my eye and turned to look - and saw a very large bird running along the side of the interstate! At first I thought it was a turkey (I just glanced at it), "Oh look, a turkey!" But then Pete looked and said, "That is definitely NOT a turkey."
Running - and I mean, going about 20-30 MPH - down I-59 was an EMU!
Yes, an EMU!
Poor bird. I'm sure it was scared out it's little walnut-size mind. And I'm hoping that some Bubba in his truck didn't pull over and try to shoot it for sport. Instead, I hope that a trucker alerted the State Troopers, who called someone to catch it and take it to a safe place.
posted by Mandy @ 8:55 AM
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