funky, what are hermit crabs and are tarantulas in the wild where you live ?
fascinating, they don't live here. I like spiders, but I have problems with bugs - roaches IIIIIIIIIIIIIhhhhhhhhhh
I met them in Israel in an Hotel, they was so big as 2 thumbs together, didn't sleep that night.
funkymom
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i hope this works....not quite a gorilla:
for graylox
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edit: DON'T READ IT....JUST PRESS PLAY!
and make sure you have your sound on.
funkymom
Member
graylox:
they were a bit of a fad in the 70's, my dad was always into the "latest thing".
he even came home with "pong" one day. we thought it was the coolest....so entertaining. it wouldn't have been possible to imagine, then, how far video games have come!
as for tarantulas, yeah they run wild here. i had a run in with one in the garage. i opened the door and just as i closed it there was the little bugger a foot away from me. my heart stopped and in, what seemed like, slow motion i turned to open the door again. it wouldn't open! i felt like i was in a horror movie. i looked back at the fuzzy monster, who was just sitting there frozen (and i know they can move quickly, because i'd seen one crossing the street). i talked some reason to myself and tried the door again.....luckily it opened this time. since then i do not go into the garage without first turning on the light and waiting a minute before i open the door. maybe it will give any creatures time to disappear.
a few days later i opened the back door and a tarantula tried to walk in.
no sir......i don't like them.
although i did, after my first run-in, do a little research and found out that the ones here in arizona are definitely not poisonous.
oh man- i forgot the worst story, although, thankfully, i wasn't there. my parents were in the backyard with my ,then 2 1/2year old, daughter, when she walked over to my mom holding out her hand. my mom said she almost fainted when she realized it was a tarantula! it turned out to be dead. my daughter thought it was a dog toy.
funkymom
Member
it was a mistake, it somehow was tied into the hyperlink. as you can see it's not blue anymore. :(
you know that i love blue. if i am ever given the chance (e-mail, other forums, etc.)i'm using blue. my other forum names have blue in them somewhere.
i'll tell you a secret.....my daughter's middle name is blue shhhh.
maizeydaze
Member
funkymom - I'm so happy that I live in the northeastern part of the US! I'll deal with the snow and occasional rattlesnake. You can keep your big hairy spiders. :)
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A story about "Old Eagle-Eye" AKA Hubby:
On December 8, 2004, hubby (we we only dating then) and I were riding our ATV's in the woods behind the house, when he turned back because he caught something out of the corner of his eye. When we got to the spot he pointed up in a tree about 60 feet above the ground. Hanging from the tree was a dead Redtail Hawk. It had gotten one leg caught in the crook of two branches. It's was both disturbing yet fascinating to see.
maizeydaze
Member
Is anyone up to a new What is it?????? I hope so because it's down below.
Increase your visual recognition skills with What Is It? #19.
copmom
Member
maizy.. Do you have to pay to be a member of DIVShare?
My son used to have a red tail hawk when he was a teen when we lived in So. Calif. He was licensed by the Fish & Game Dept. He and his friends took birds that were thrown out of the nest by mama or were found injured, and they'd raise them, train them to catch their own prey and keep them until they were ready to be released back into the wild after they were rehabilitated.
One day he had his hawk tied to it's perch in the front yard, (they all had leather jesses around their feet to restrain them and usually had a hood on when traveling), and we noticed a snake slithering right towards it. We were mesmerized. We knew what was going to happen, but didn't stop anything. Who wants to tamper with "Mother Nature"? What a fight that snake put up!
We had a shed out back where he had an owl that was the meanest little critter ever. If you can get them while their eyes are still blue, they will 'imprint' to you and think you're their mama! Not this one. He had brought it home in a temporary box which he stuck in the family room. Late that night I heard a strange noise, went to the kitchen, turned on the light and there it was, perched on the dishwasher handle hissing at me! I yelled for son (who was sleep in the back of the house) to get his glove and get that bird!
Around the same time, he brought home a baby squirrel, which ended up in the bread box on the kitchen counter. Sweet little thing til it bit me! We even played tug of war once with a chicken bone. Time came to release the squirrel, but also the same time to release that owl! Said NO WAY am I turning that squirrel loose into the field across the road as he released his owl! That would be bye bye squirrel immediately! We ended up taking the squirrel to the harbor where there were lots of other squirrels around the rocks there as well as outside restaurant tables so the squirrels were well fed!
Another quick story.. our sons friend had a golden eagle. Mama kept tossing it out of the nest, so his friend had a special permit to rehab. the eagle as they are endangered. It (as were the other birds of prey), were trained to come back to their arm for food when flight training. They had a long leather glove on. Well, the eagle was released on Camp Pendleton, (So. Calif.), all was well, until the day someone was fishing from the beach . He reeled his fish in, and just as the guys arm was up holding the fish, there landed that eagle on the guys arm after the fish! Since that could be dangerous the bird was taken back into "protective custody"!
maizeydaze
Member
copmom - You don't have to pay for Divshare, just Sign Up.
What great animal stories! You had a regular Wild Kingdom going on there. It's too bad about the poor eagle. He probably tore up that man's arm a bit or at least bruised it.
#19 is not flying saucers. There is a fellow who visits us and he swears he saw some a couple of miles from my house while he was camping. Talks about them often. It's not mushrooms either.
scubaguy (R.I.P.)
Member
Had to go out to my backyard to verify this,It's a UFP,
Unidentified Flying Pinecone
maizeydaze
Member
scubaguy - I'll be a conifer! You got it...AGAIN! You know, I just told my hubby that you'd probably be the one to get it. You two must be able to see things better that the rest of us. He knew what it was as soon as he saw the pic.
This is the Pinecone. I made this clock face for my brothers' girlfriend. Scanned the pinecones and boughs taken from the yard.
And today your prize is Trigger Ball an online game! Use mouse to fire your ball and try to touch all the orbs at a single shot.
copmom
Member
Well I sure didn't see any pinecones! That one was really deceiving. We have some real sharp eyed people amongst us!
And.. pretty clock!
Oh.. I posted this in 'anyone need a giggle' but since there's more action here, wanted to share this with y'all!
This is one that is true! Just heard it on TV earlier today.
The government recently did an audit, and found that it's costing them 2 cents to make a penny and 10 cents to make a dime!!! Talk about throwing money away! For some reason, even if it is stupid, I couldn't help cracking up on that one!!
scubaguy (R.I.P.)
Member
Hi to all
Sorry, I just made my guess and left,busy day.Nifty prize that I'll try later and a great looking clock maizey.I'm not that much for craft making but wouldn't mind having that one in my garage and please take that as a compliment as I'm very fussy about what goes' in my garage.During the summer it's my favorite place to be,accept for being outdoors.
I've been catching up on all the post's,I can't believe how many posts there are
already! I saw that some of you came down with the flu, hope all that were sick
are better.
Had to go back to the doctor again about my knee,and found out I have to get an
MRI,so the meds go on.
The Doc. asked if I needed more Vicodin for the pain.Silly Question!!! More
meds...More meds...Wheeee...!!!
As I was going through all the post's the pharmacy called to tell me the meds.
were ready to be picked up, so I left for awhile, and when I returned saw my cat
Brandy sitting on the keyboard looking at the screen and then saw what she did.I've always' had my suspicions about her and the computer, and now it's confirmed.
maizeydaze
She made me send this, I told her it wasn't very nice,and in poor taste but she said she didn't care,so here it is.
http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh174/scubaguy/Kirby/IM000400-Copy-2-1.jpg
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