10 hours ago, Cal said:

Forget legs - that's the biggest darn tick I've ever seen!   On the bright side, you wouldn't have to look so close if'n it was on you, right?

 

On one of my hikes through a state park here:

 

Well, inquiring minds want to know what they present? Their teeth? Leftover legs to make shoes?

 

2 hours ago, 1fizgig said:

Pedestrian crossing.

targets then.. eh....

14 hours ago, 1fizgig said:

Well, inquiring minds want to know what they present? Their teeth? Leftover legs to make shoes?

 

Well, in the sense that a dog might leave you "a present" in the yard... that gator on the sign looks like it might be ready to leave you a present!

This bad boy was found about 75 miles from here, estimated at 750# and 50 years old.

 

TV news: https://www.wesh.com/article/750-pound-13-foot-gator-found/26603575

 

Edited April 3, 20197 yr by Cal

1 hour ago, Cal said:

Well, in the sense that a dog might leave you "a present" in the yard... that gator on the sign looks like it might be ready to leave you a present!

This bad boy was found about 75 miles from here, estimated at 750# and 50 years old.

 

TV news: https://www.wesh.com/article/750-pound-13-foot-gator-found/26603575

 

That is a bigun!

 

Louisiana, typically, produces them in this size. I used to run a custom made 14' extra wide flat in the Honey Island Swamp located on the LA/MS line east of New Orleans. I have seen more than one alligator longer than my boat. The last I knew, the state record was 19' 2". A 13 footer will typically tip the scales around 700-750#.

 

My nephew's FIL does the critter captures for the St Tammany Parish Sheriffs Office. Howard has two alligators in his back yard. One is a blind gator that was aged at around 85. This gator was around 14' 8". The second one was an alligator that he raised from a hatchling. It was 1" shy of 15'.

 

Howard does a lot of education activities with the kids in the area.

 

https://www.facebook.com/stpso/posts/1340309842719654

 

 

1 hour ago, Cal said:

This bad boy was found about 75 miles from here, estimated at 750# and 50 years old.

serious pile of eats...

7 hours ago, Stick486 said:

serious pile of eats...

And a lot of shoes and handbags....

40 minutes ago, 1fizgig said:

And a lot of shoes and handbags....

Exactly what I thought!

48 minutes ago, 1fizgig said:

And a lot of shoes and handbags....

boots, belts and chaps too...

even hats...

4 hours ago, Stick486 said:

boots, belts and chaps too...

even hats...

"Now THAT's a hat!"

Reminds me of a great line ...Now this is a knife

 

1 hour ago, richk52 said:

Reminds me of a great line ...Now this is a knife

Loved those movies!

Hence my line about the hat.....notice the similarity? I didn't choose randomly you know!

 

 

1 hour ago, 1fizgig said:

Hence my line about the hat.....notice the similarity? I didn't choose randomly you know!

 

 

caught that...

On 3/24/2019 at 10:44 AM, Grandpadave52 said:

Oh no. @Tas & @derekcohen are from "down-under too. Just haven't dotted the map.

I’ve dotted now 😀

3 hours ago, Tas said:

I’ve dotted now 😀

"Send missiles here".......

8 hours ago, 1fizgig said:

"Send missiles here".......

...or crocs?

13 minutes ago, schnewj said:

...or crocs?

 

What good will it do to throw ugly shoes at him

 

9 hours ago, HandyDan said:

 

What good will it do to throw ugly shoes at him

 

 

Well they can be worn walking on the reef and fishing. Gotta watch out for other wildlife in the sea too!

The blue-ringed octopus is deadly and small, and there are stonefish........ <sigh>.