tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32487323.post1954400525982398842..comments2023-12-25T03:15:00.044-08:00Comments on Rants From The Rookery: But are they as scary as sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads?ellroonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11335409429673647381noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32487323.post-14871189862853275052009-03-30T23:41:00.000-07:002009-03-30T23:41:00.000-07:00That scared me to death when I was little....That scared me to death when I was little....ellroonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11335409429673647381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32487323.post-83697161206615612122009-03-30T20:11:00.000-07:002009-03-30T20:11:00.000-07:00Forget the "climbing the ladder" thing.What kind o...Forget the "climbing the ladder" thing.<BR/><BR/>What kind of animal attacks a group of people on dry land - repeatedly!<BR/><BR/>I have visions of the old Journey to the Center of the Earth with James Mason...Wil Robinsonhttp://www.internationalpoliticalwill.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32487323.post-71943255620826185862009-03-30T13:33:00.000-07:002009-03-30T13:33:00.000-07:00So.. a band lizard is one thing, but a banded liza...So.. a band lizard is one thing, but a <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banded_rock_lizard" REL="nofollow">banded lizard</A> another?<BR/><BR/>So... where does a lounge lizard come in?ellroonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11335409429673647381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32487323.post-50519769421046025922009-03-29T21:59:00.000-07:002009-03-29T21:59:00.000-07:00Now wait just a minute... that article talks about...Now wait just a minute... that article talks about the world's largest lizard, but I know for certain that the world's largest lizard was in my high school band... <grin_duck_run /><BR/><BR/>(If you're not familiar with the reference, in marching bands, a "lizard" is someone who can't play and can't march, but likes hanging around with the band crowd.)<BR/><BR/>(Wow. My CAPTCHA text is "vader" ...)Steve Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587223243120009776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32487323.post-68642196426962744282009-03-29T20:16:00.000-07:002009-03-29T20:16:00.000-07:00A: Probably not, but they do let you pay to visit ...A: Probably not, but they do let you pay to visit them <A HREF="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1382755.stm" REL="nofollow">up close and personally</A>....ellroonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11335409429673647381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32487323.post-20072684885153029352009-03-29T19:00:00.000-07:002009-03-29T19:00:00.000-07:00The Houston Zoo has one... or more; I'm not sure, ...The Houston Zoo has one... or more; I'm not sure, but I've seen one. The "cage" displays the critter through a thick PlexiGlas (?) window, not bars, so all temptation to interaction... by the dragon and by humans... is completely cut off. One look at the thing, and you know you don't want to interact with it anyway. That's one scary-looking sucker.<BR/><BR/>Q: do they feed it patrons who don't pay their pledges on time?Steve Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587223243120009776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32487323.post-67116194334028915142009-03-29T18:30:00.000-07:002009-03-29T18:30:00.000-07:00I won't go near the place without a flame-thrower,...I won't go near the place without a flame-thrower, a bazooka, and a tank. Oh, and hip-waders....ellroonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11335409429673647381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32487323.post-74867601711792322232009-03-29T18:00:00.000-07:002009-03-29T18:00:00.000-07:00Komodo dragons are not just poisonous, their mouth...Komodo dragons are not just poisonous, their mouths are festering gobs of sepsis. So if you don't succumb to the poison, the nasty bacteria will get you. That is, if you manage to get away in the first place. Fascinating critters. My elder sprog did a report in the second grade and I learned all kinds of stuff.Sorghum Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04248988779128780084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32487323.post-1346055503733349552009-03-28T22:59:00.000-07:002009-03-28T22:59:00.000-07:00Holy shit, Charley!MIAMI -- Burmese pythons are wr...Holy shit, Charley!<BR/><A HREF="http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/southflorida/news/exotic2004.html" REL="nofollow">MIAMI -- Burmese pythons</A> are wrestling alligators in the Everglades. African monitor lizards, ill tempered and up to 7 feet long, are splashing through canals in Cape Coral. Vervet monkeys hang around a car rental lot near Fort Lauderdale; Cuban tree frogs have colonized everywhere, gobbling native frogs as they go.<BR/><BR/>The southern end of Florida is teeming with exotic beasts. As if alligators, panthers and other native creatures were not enough, the steamy swamps, murky waterways and lush tree canopies here are a paradise for furry, scaly, clawed, fanged and otherwise off-putting things that have no business roaming this side of the equator.<BR/><BR/>"This stuff doesn't happen in New Jersey, it doesn't happen in Ohio, but in South Florida it happens constantly," said Todd Hardwick, whose trapping business gets 60 calls a day from people with caimans in their driveways and tool sheds.ellroonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11335409429673647381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32487323.post-76678183893470715242009-03-28T14:40:00.000-07:002009-03-28T14:40:00.000-07:00the scary thing.these things are running wild all ...the scary thing.<BR/><BR/>these things are running wild all thru miami.<BR/><BR/>http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish/southflorida/news/exotic2004.htmlcharleyhttp://stolen-charley.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32487323.post-65402345934634286492009-03-28T12:32:00.000-07:002009-03-28T12:32:00.000-07:00we have a grizzly conservation area nearby and I c...we have a grizzly conservation area nearby and I can't remember a single attack on humans. Them lizards is scary.Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09219813744221264425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32487323.post-17070409775051022592009-03-28T09:52:00.000-07:002009-03-28T09:52:00.000-07:00Or WTF are you doing here?Or WTF are you doing here?ellroonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11335409429673647381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32487323.post-55574618215099751512009-03-28T09:46:00.000-07:002009-03-28T09:46:00.000-07:00Maybe they should post signs:Here there be dragons...Maybe they should post signs:<BR/><BR/>Here there be dragons.<BR/><BR/>Beware of dragon.<BR/><BR/>Etc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com