04-05-2007, 08:25 PM | #11 |
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Rats can run straight up wooden walls. They don't need trees.
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04-05-2007, 08:27 PM | #12 |
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True about rats, but roof rats prefer to live in trees or attics or other high and dry places. Regular ship rats like dark, wet and dirty.
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04-05-2007, 08:36 PM | #13 |
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I began this with a poetic description of natural wonders in my neighborhood, and you guys hijack the thread to discussion of city rats and leprosy. This has to rank among the great thread heists.
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04-05-2007, 08:40 PM | #14 |
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How can you complain when you pushed the armadillo envelope yourself?
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04-05-2007, 09:15 PM | #15 |
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Rats really, really present a very, very foul odor when they die in the ceiling after poisoning. I suggest trapping them.
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04-06-2007, 01:48 AM | #16 |
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There is a squirrel that lives in the fir tree in my backyard. It is the only surviving form of wildlife because the cat has killed everything else. I think the cat has made it his personal goal to kill the squirrel because each morning, I can see the cat sitting in the tree trying to figure out how to get to the squirrel. Sometimes, the squirrel will walk out onto the telephone lines and seem to taunt the cat, then run back across the lines to it's home as the cat bolts up the tree.
Rather amusing.
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I would describe my neighborhood, except it appears Y has already done so. All you have to do is replace "Kroger" with "Albertsons" and I-70 with I-35.
Oh, I don't mean to brag, but on top of all that, we have grackels. Lots of them. Quote:
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We're near I-215 and I-95. We have a Von's and a Smith's nearby. What is a grackel?
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04-06-2007, 02:13 AM | #19 |
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grackles are icky black birds that are taking over Oklahoma and (from what I understand) Texas. I once heard a joke that Dallas area restaurants were to start offering grackle stew as part of an effort to combat the grackle overpopulation problem.
Here's an old news article that gives you the idea: http://www.cnn.com/EARTH/9603/grackles/ |
04-06-2007, 02:25 AM | #20 |
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We are fortunate aren't we? I forgot to add that my neighbors routinely bust out the inflatable decorations to class up the neighborhood. Brutus the Buckeye and Homer Simpson as Santa Claus seem to be the favorites.
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