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beam me up scottie

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14. Oh it's definitely a banner year for snakes.
Sat May 30, 2015, 04:19 PM
May 2015

I don't worry about the Copperheads as much as the Water Moccasins, they're really thriving in this heat and humidity. With all the rain we had here this month there are a lot of flooded fields and a bumper crop of frogs to bring them out of their normal areas.

We had a huge Pine snake living under the house but he died last year, I miss him. Several Garters and a couple of large Skinks have moved into his old home and while their dispositions are much nicer they just aren't big enough to keep the larger mice and rats in check. The damned things are a real problem since we're surrounded by corn, wheat and soybean fields. Luckily our secondary back up dog thinks he's a Rat Terrier.

The bears, raccoons, skunks and opossums are also roaming far and wide. Not sure about your area but we had a drought late last summer and an abnormally cold winter so that would explain why they're on the move here.

I heard my creepy neighbor yelling at the coyotes the other night, something about getting off his lawn. They have about a dozen dogs but he still fears for his life.

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Damn, I hate it when that happens! (nt) mr blur May 2015 #1
how much more absurd can they get? RussBLib May 2015 #2
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Wear rubber gloves Lordquinton May 2015 #4
Wear rubber gloves AlbertCat May 2015 #6
Credit to Gerald Scarfe... bvf May 2015 #5
and once again olddots May 2015 #7
This ranks right up there with the congressman who said fetuses masturbate in the womb. beam me up scottie May 2015 #8
This is an "Ask-the-Imam" kind of guy. onager May 2015 #9
LMAO! beam me up scottie May 2015 #10
Off-topic BMUS - how is... onager May 2015 #13
Oh it's definitely a banner year for snakes. beam me up scottie May 2015 #14
to be fair Lordquinton May 2015 #11
My hands are going to make the Duggars look like empty-nesters. Tobin S. May 2015 #12
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