I had a crazy cambodian friend too - he told stories of being in prison camps there, and being forced to go out in the woods and eat large snakes while making charcoal for the camp.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Andre Turrettini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 11:55 AM Subject: RE: Croc Hunter Weekend > I had a co-worker once. He couldnt code for s**** but he was pretty > entertaining. He grew up part of his life in cambodia or sowhere in that > region and he was a fierce hunter!! He had all these weird stories. He said > that once he went to one of the local parks(in Denver CO). I mean a park > with a pond that you walk around in the middle of the burbs. He set a trap > for a goose, caught it, gutted it, and whatever butchers do to geese. Right > in the park! He said he hid in a bush so that no one would bother him. > > He had another story where he took a bow and arrow to a pond and shot a > snapping turtle in the head!!! It was still alive so he jumped in and > pulled the arrow towards him with the string he had tied to the end. He > wrestled the thing to shore and eventually ate that too!!! > > He was nuts. > > DRE > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 1:42 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: Croc Hunter Weekend > > > > > > I should mention for those who don't know, that picking a > > turtle up by the head or tail will severly injure it and > > likely kill it. I pretty much don't pick them up unless I > > need to and I'm not worrying about them living. > > > > Here's recipie: > > http://www.conservation.state.mo.us/conmag/1996/jun/jn96john.html > > > > -Kevin > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 2:09 PM > > > To: CF-Community > > > Subject: RE: Croc Hunter Weekend > > > > > > > > > Wow. Considering that a snapper that size isn't going to be > > > stopped by some leather gloves, I'd count yourself mighty > > > lucky. The only two ways I'll pick up a snapper are to do > > > either the stick trick that Ben mentioned or to grab the > > > tail. But with one that size, picking up by the tail will > > > really hurt it and piss it off. But since they can reach > > > their head around to their hind legs or so, those are about > > > the only ways I'll do it. > > > > > > Do you happen to have pics? Snappers are generally pretty > > > easy to spot just by appearance, but I'm guessing that if you > > > weren't sure then it was a Common Snapping Turtle and not an > > > Alligator Snapping Turtle. > > > http://www.chelydra.org/common_alligator.html > > > > > > -Kevin > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: John Stanley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 12:28 PM > > > > To: CF-Community > > > > Subject: Croc Hunter Weekend > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
