jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Jan 2, 2013 20:14:42 GMT -5
Sounds like an adventure indeed.The babies are the way-to get yourself eaten.I am glad to know you thru this forum.I want to maintain a relationship w/you.Please leave the baby crocodilians alone Scott.What is wrong with you anyway?!?!We call that being an idiot stick IDIOT STICK!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2013 21:00:48 GMT -5
Sounds like an adventure indeed.The babies are the way-to get yourself eaten. I am glad to know you thru this forum. I want to maintain a relationship w/you. Please leave the baby crocodilians alone Scott.What is wrong with you anyway?!?!We call that being an idiot stick IDIOT STICK! That is a hat I have worn before! For now, I have collected all I can for the USA and Central America. Been there done that, got the tshirt (and stories!). Unless I go to Mexico or South America or Australia or southeast Asia..... ooopss Africa too! 28 species of Crocodilians I've only found three. So much work, so little time. Now I need to go check kayak for airfares to Indonesia/Malaysia/Thailand. I think I can get like 5 species on one trip. On the other hand a tour of Mexico and South America gets me like 6-8 species, I think... lol Seriously, Jim. Baby gators are nothing Unless the mom is right there (and I could see if she is) the babies are easy picking. I am way more worried about water mocassins. Those effers really should be call water moc-assassins. Evil beasts indeed. Also, very common at Lake George! I am glad we met as well. If you make the west coast please let me know. We can have a barbecue and chase rocks and rattlesnakes. If we make the east coast I promise to look you up.
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Post by jamesp on Jan 3, 2013 0:39:45 GMT -5
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Post by gingerkid on Jan 4, 2013 20:48:50 GMT -5
![:o](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/shocked.png) That's a huge wasp nest, James!
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Post by jamesp on Jan 4, 2013 21:49:14 GMT -5
They build out over the water to get away from racoons(and in Ocala Nat Forest bears probably too) Jan.That nest is on the Oklawaha River at Hwy 19.One of Florida's most beautiful.This area is a common kayak route.The river averages 100 feet wide and the forested wetland is a mile wide.The fun part is cruising through the forested part.Those nests are several hundred feet apart through out that section.Watch yourself...Paddle 10 more miles downstream,turn left headed north and downstream 110 miles to the ocean at Jacksonville.The forested area is full of deadends and they are shallow.If you here a large splash ahead and a few seconds feel your boat rise a little in that shallow water-congratulations,you were raised by a gator passing under you.
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Post by Fossilman on Jan 7, 2013 18:38:56 GMT -5
Nice country James..................great pics too.Thanks for sharing... I spent three days in the hospital when I was 5 years old,stepped into a wasp or hornets nest and recieved over 300 stings....One lucky kid they said! I remember a bit of it,all I know is it was freakin' OUCH city for a couple weeks! As for snakes,they don't bother me.I hunt fossils in Montana and see rattlers all the time...(They go their way,I go mine-LOL)
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Post by jamesp on Jan 7, 2013 23:24:35 GMT -5
Insects kill.The #1 in the world if not mistaken Fossilman.You are very lucky.Especially that young.You must not be allergic.Ants are right there with the bees.In tropic South America,it's the ants that people fear.
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Post by gingerkid on Jan 10, 2013 10:03:22 GMT -5
Fire ants. Weird to see them roll up in a ball when it floods. ![:o](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/shocked.png) In Australia, they have some ants called jack jumpers or jumper jacks ? that I wouldn't want to run into. ![:P](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/tongue.png)
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Post by jamesp on Jan 13, 2013 0:45:18 GMT -5
Ants are bad bugs gingerkid.Course,apparently everything is bad in Australia.Fire ant are painful enough.Pogonrymax(something like that) Badius is the Florida Harvester ant.It earns its's name,it has a badius bite-for 3 days it feels like you have a dull thumbtack stuck in you
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Post by gingerkid on Jan 15, 2013 23:37:34 GMT -5
Hi, James, had to search for the Florida Harvester ant. They sure have big heads, lol. Believe I have seen them before in these parts (build nests in sandy areas?) but haven't been bitten by one, thank goodness. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
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Post by helens on Jan 16, 2013 2:17:19 GMT -5
Oh... ants in Florida bite WAAAAYYYY worse than wasps and bees up north. Good grief, they HURT. I don't care if I get stung by wasps... but I'll RUN from an ant mound! LOL!
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Post by jamesp on Jan 16, 2013 8:30:39 GMT -5
Yep that's the one.Almost insignificant mound,always in sand.Big head and little butt.Feels like a dull thumb tack stuck in to the head.Dull aching pain for 3 days(i know i already said that).Everyone freaks about gators and snakes down there;it's the bugs that should be feared.
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