Boy did I have a wildlife adventure this weekend. We live in Waterford Michigan on 8 beautiful acres of mostly wetlands. We have an enormous amount of wildlife, so every day we usually see something neat.
I have been seeing this big turtle around for a week or so, but couldnt tell if it was a snapper or not. Found out that it is!!. Most turtles, when you approach them pull their extremities into their shell at least partly. This turle just turns to face you. I put on some heavy duty leather gloves and picked her up. I'll be she weighs 15 pounds at least, she is like 16 or so inches across her shell and does not like to be picked up. She snapped at me, but I had her by the back part of her shell, and the gloves protected me from the claws which were like 1/2 inch long. Found out she is a she because we found the area in one of our flower beds where she was digging to lay her eggs. So that was neat. Got some pitcures and will send them to the list. We have a large garter snake (about 3 feet long) that lives in our vegetable garden. I was able to pick that up for my kids using the method I saw on animal planet a million times, where you hold the tail and support the head with a long stick. The kids got to pet it, and feel how soft snakes really are. We were weeding another flower bed when we saw some baby rabbits (no bigger than the palm of your hand), and was able to catch one using the kids' butterfly net. So they got to pet the rabbit as well. Put it back in the flower bed and it ran off. We never harm any of the animals that we live with, except the wasp's. We teach our kids to respect and admire the beauty we are so fortunate to see every day. Anyway, thought I would share this with the list, but hoping it didnt come off as flakey..... **grog finish typing** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
