2009/07/08

OMG,what is that thing?

As I was reading my DIL's post ( http://piecemealpeople.blogspot.com/ ) this morning about a disgusting, gigantic, mutant bug that was lurking on her front porch last night, I was reminded of something that happened here a few weeks ago.



As I mentioned, we have my daughter's dog for a few months. When John took her outside to do her thing, look what she found in the grass. I think it is a crayfish. Yep its a shitty picture, but it was moving, and I had no interest in being close to it any longer than it took to get this one picture.


How the hell did it get in my yard? We are about 2 blocks from the river, so it probably came from there. I hope it made the journey alone.

3 comments:

  1. Mutant bugs are gross, but aquatic life in your backyard, ALIVE, is not normal.

    On the other hand, some people boil those and eat them. With potatoes and corn, I think. Food for thought... ;)

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  2. I thought that it was a scorpion for a second!!!

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  3. Funny you should say that, that was the first thing I thought too. I was ready to put the house up for sale. Then I looked up scorpions, and although some species can be found as far north as Canada (who knew), they are relatively small. This thing was about 6 or 7 inches long, (wow that sounds dirty) and the only scorpions I found that were that big were in Madagascar. TMI, right?

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