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Critters

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Lots of big, strange scary critters here.  I’ve learned never to say things like “that spider was huge” because there is always one that will prove to you that the prior was not all that big at all.
While doing a little random cleaning the other day I discovered this guy.  Thankfully he had already met his demise by the time we encountered each other, that is one big ol’ stinger he’s got there.  I thought it was a bee, you know, black/yellow and a stinger?  But apparently this a fly.  Now, that’s just gross.
Funny story while taking the following photo.  I propped the guy up (with a pliers of course!) and got veeerrrry close up with the camera trying to capture him in all his glory.  Just as my camera lense got right up in his pointer, he fell over, scaring me half to death.

Parking Attendants

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Out in the country and at the beaches, if there are places to park, there is also a man  wearing some sort of fluorescent safety  vest, strap, tape, etc., who is the “Parking Attendant.”   Considering the auto break-in rate in most areas, paying someone to watch your car while you’re away, in theory, is an excellent idea.
The problem I have with this is that these **ahem** “Parking Attendants” always seem to look an awful lot like the person I think I want my car guarded from.   Your nice and friendly crack addict with rotted front teeth.   The eerie looking man who plucks his beard hairs in a broken piece of mirror and that all of my dogs seem to want to kill??  The drunken sailor who I think may be an American who I believe has the beginning stages of gangrene in his feet due to diabetes angry because of years of alcohol ingestion.
It’s a strange lil’ business.  They don’t work for anyone, no one hires them.  They just show up and charge what they think they can get.  This is a pretty good deal because in reality, they do watch your car and it is how they buy their drugs and alcohol….so…that’s sort of an honest living…at least from one perspective.  And really, if you think about it, you have to appreciate the honesty in it all.  “Look, I could just break in your car and steal your crap, but why don’t you pay me not to.”
Usually they’re harmless but there have been a few strange ones.  There was the ridiculously unconvincing 50’ish transvestite that liked to wear cut off t-shirts that showed his (eerrr..) her pot potbelly.  Or the super eerie, deep set eyed, red faced man who turned out to be the world’s best mariachi singer.  Who knew!?!?  And my personal favorite, the 12 year old juvenile hall escapee that kept saying  “Mmmmm mamacita” every time I walked by.
Yeah, thanks kid.  I’m flattered.  Really.
While walking around a local city this week doing some errands, I noticed a very intoxicated Parking Attendant teetering, loudly negotiating a “surveillance” deal with a European looking man.  I came across the same Parking Attendant about 20 minutes later on the way back…executing an excellent visual of himself hard at work.

Monkey Business

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There’s lots of monkeys that live and pass through the trees in my backyard every day.  The dogs go totally nutso watching them cross overhead.

Recently, one monkey decided to venture down a tree branch to sample the flowers on our blossoming papaya tree.  (Yummy!)  He suspended himself by his tail and nibbled the flowers while keeping a close eye on the dogs who were watching intently below.

After a few minutes, the monkey seemed to lose interest in the flowers and allowed himself to start bouncing and hanging like he was bungee jumping directly above a completely mesmerized Merlin.

The dangling monkey above head was just too much to take and the monkey knew it!!

He bounced himself lower and lower and lower over Merlin’s head teasing and taunting him.

The other dogs got really excited, and were barking and running circles around Merlin until he just couldn’t take the teasing any longer.

For being such a large dog, Merlin is able to jump amazingly high.  In fact, it’s one of his favorite pastimes!

With a huge jump, Merlin lunged upward toward the monkey.  Just in time, the monkey tugged the branch with his tail and sent himself high up into the tree.

Maybe next time Merlin.  For the monkey’s sake, let’s hope not.

Lions and tigers and….baby crocs?

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Crocodiles are semi-common around here.  Recently, two dogs were eaten by crocodiles (on separate occasions) in an area close by that is known to have crocodiles.  In other words, uhhhh, don’t take your dog over there.  Seems obvious enough, right?  But that’s another topic.

Anyhow, usually you associate crocs with water, but we were up in the hills behind town yesterday and lookie-lookie what we found!

Ta-dah!

 

 

He was a small little fellow, about 4 1/2 feet long.

 

But ya’ know, I’m sure despite his size, it would be better that he doesn’t get ahold of an arm or anything else you want to keep intact.

After the croc so politely posed for his photo shoot, the guys took him to the “area known for crocodiles” and released him.  😉