Sunday, July 5, 2009

EEEEEWWWWW!

Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom made a surprise visit to Sturgeon this weekend... First there was the rather large snapping turtle that visited the front yard. I am not sure if it was relocated by the 4 inches of rain or if it was a female trying to find a place to make her nest. Either way, it was big enough, literally, take off part of Teddy's arm and so was sent to the turtle heaven...which is REALLY disgusting on so very many levels... It was an impressive specimen though.


Before the funeral pyre could be built, Bailey came out of the house after using the restroom and reported that there was a snake trying to get into the bathroom. Since the only functioning bathroom is on the second floor and the window is 15 feet in the air, I poo-pooed her at first. Then she said, I am serious, come and see. Which I did and this is what I saw. The second picture clearly shows a 4 foot black snake trying to get into the bathroom screen 15 feet in the air.


After being flung from it's perch, it was quickly bisected and was added to the turtle funeral pyre. (what is really funny is that if Charles would have been enjoying a few minutes in the Christian Science reading room instead of his 7 year old daughter, we would have heard screaming and would have needed several years of counciling before he could enjoy his potty time ever again!!)

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