Here's an unabridged list of some of the critters seen in and around my neighborhood (and some, eek!, in my house):
-Ring tail (I know....I didn't know what it was either until I looked it up)
-Tarantula
-Scorpions
-Rattle snake (Okay, I didn't actually see this one, but my neighbors had one in their backyard)
-Coral snake - two of them (Yes, red then yellow, not friend of Jack...)
-Mouse (Which I swear made a purposeful beeline at me while I was running)
-Coyote
-Fox
-Raccoon
-Armadillo
-Lizards (I'm not talking your average gecko..)
-Panther (Well, not really, but I had to throw that in for drama's sake)
To give you an idea of what I'm talking about, here's a picture of a lizard my friend, Trina, found in her yard (Trina doesn't live in my neighborhood, but she does live in the same part of town):
See what I'm talking about? Wild kingdom in suburbia. Where is Jack Hanna when you need him?
2 comments:
As the picture shows, everything is bigger in Texas! Hope I don't see any of those creatures while we are visiting! Kiley would probably love seeing something like that though...she has been carrying around a big blue rubber beetle all week. I try really hard not to say "eek" when she puts it on me. I know its not real and it still gives me the creeps!
That wild thing you've depicted is the Texas Spiny Lizard! I know this because our predatory specimen, Max aka the common house cat, brought me one as a gift a while back. Straight up plopped it down at the corner of the step to the shower. A heck of a thing to see when you're still wiping out the crusties. At the time, I thought it was going to spew venom or blood at me like a horned toad. Thankfully, they're harmless.
We've also been gifted with rat snakes, several birds,frogs, mice and more recently visited by a baby raccoon.
P.S. I was talking to Billy yesterday and he let me know of your respective blogs. Congratualations on getting published! I'm truly envious.
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