animal meme

Animal meme

Something quick which will hopefully lead to more substantial posts..

An interesting animal I had:

A green iguana named Mario. No pictures of him, but he looked very

similar to the one in the previous post. I fed him lettuce for two

years before we parted ways. He was getting big (over two feet long),

grumpy (iguana tail whips leave nasty marks), and he fouled up the

whole joint. He was also a very picky eater, accepting only the

expensive kind of lettuce. Two years after I got him, I let him go in

the tree outside my house. I speculate that he made it 4 days before a

hawk made breakfast out of him.

An interesting animal I ate:

I'm not very adventuresome with my meals. I guess frog (legs) is about

as interesting as it gets for me. I'm more of a

pizza/sandwich/hamburger kind of guy (i.e, a poor college student).

An interesting animal in the Museum:

Hmm, it's a toss up between the Onion Creek Mosasaur and Texas

Pterosaur. Probably the latter.

An interesting thing I did with or to an animal:

I once gave my golden retriever a buzz cut one stifling July day a few

summers ago. His hair was naturally 4 or so inches long, so he looked

pretty goofy after I was all done. The funny thing was that I left his

head and tail alone.. damn I wish I took pictures. Our other dog at

the time barked at him, presumably because he didn't recognize him.

An interesting animal in its natural habitat:

How about a cow? OK, I can do better than that, since looking out my

bedroom window isn't very impressive. I've accidentally walked up on

skunks a number of times. They didn't seem to concerned with me

though. Rattlesnakes, tarantulas etc. are all commonplace in central