Comments on: Florida Freeze

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:51:02 +0000

Well, yes, a six-footer dropping on a daycare outing would be a problem, but it is usually too cold for people to want to walk about when this happens.

By: cookie jill

cookie jill — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 07:23:23 +0000

Well...I was thinking about all the cleanup of the blood and crushed skulls should a really big lizard guy tumbles and hits a little old lady or something .... ;-) cookie jill´s last blog post..b.a.d. days ahead

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 01:31:48 +0000

Bats tend to concentrate their output in one spot and it makes a decent fertilizer. Seagulls then to concentrate their output on newly washed dark colored cars.

It’s not really a dirty job, Jill, iguana skin is a lot like a fine leather and they are a lot cleaner than parrots and macaws.

By: cookie jill

cookie jill — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:43:15 +0000

Picking up falling frozen lizards....sounds like a job for Mike Rowe, the Dirty Jobs guy. cookie jill´s last blog post..environmental news story sunday

By: Steve Bates

Steve Bates — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:13:27 +0000

Actually, Bryan, I live a lot closer to the Gulf (about 50 mi.) than to Austin (about 150 mi.). And regrettably I'm quite familiar with the output of seagulls... Steve Bates´s last blog post..Lemon Socialism

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 18:58:43 +0000

Babies are cute, Jill. Six feet of iced lizard whacking you in the head is definitely not cute.

They usually revive with a little direct sun, OWL, just like most reptiles. They should go into burrows like the native species, but they didn’t evolve in this climate.

If you lived closer to the Gulf Coast, Steve, you would realize that bats are nothing compared to seagulls, although it doesn’t generally cause concussions.

By: Steve Bates

Steve Bates — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 17:29:07 +0000

I can sympathize with the critters; I, too, sometimes lose my grip in cold weather. Of course, in Austin, near the bat bridge on Congress Avenue, I suppose they probably perform a play, The Night of the Guano... there are worse things that could fall on you than iguanas.

By: oldwhitelady

oldwhitelady — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 15:49:16 +0000

At least the cold doesn't kill the poor little critters. I think I would be shocked to find an iguana falling from a tree as I walked past! oldwhitelady´s last blog post..Friday Cat Blogging - Mad Cat

By: cookie jill

cookie jill — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 07:02:11 +0000

Poor babies.... cookie jill´s last blog post..More Buck for Chuck

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 05:20:40 +0000

Florida didn’t have them or any large constrictors in the Everglades until people were allowed to import these things before anyone thought through the consequences of their escape to the wild.

We have a lot of tropical flora and fauna that don’t belong here, but it’s a little late now.