So speaking of things preying on each other, you might be interested in these pictures:
http://bigelowsociety.com/travel/pythgatr.htm These are photos from a burmese python/alligator battle that happened on (probably) the busiest walkway in the everglades. Of course, it leads me to wonder: to catch a python should I tie a gator fly? 0r to catch a gator should I tie a python fly? Ken > For most invaders of a private trout pond the heron are the big carrier and > killers of trout, minks and other species also carry eggs on their > feet. I find in our pond the snapping turtle is the biggest killer of > trout, and for me the biggest problem, they are a easy shot for someone > willing and able to hunt, I have a .22 but I hesitate before the shot, then > I miss the thing sometimes, then they get me so mad with dead trout in the > 12-18 inch range, I just hunt/shoot em . I also have a moose permit for > this year, but I know its wasted on me, In my life there is nothing that > says I have to feed a famiily, but they look so good.... > > Peggy b > > Its like our neighbor says, do you want trout to c.a.r or snappers to kill > your trout? > > At 06:54 PM 7/21/2003 -0400, you wrote: > >. Great blue heron have been mentioned as the transport vehicle. > >Count me as a recent convert to the "air transport theory of fish invasion". > >
