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| Date: | 5/19/2013 6:13:47 PM |
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Much in common....
Wow, Texas to Alaska, extreme change indeed! 85 F is not too bad for summer. I cannot say that I am able to take on a full on correspondence with you, but I would like to write you from time to time. I write to a lot of aquarists all over the world and you are the first piranha keeper I ever came across. Piranhas are banned fish here as they can easily live in the sub-tropical waters of the rivers on the east coast and Limpopo. Tiger fish has been introduced from Zambezi in some rivers, and now they are a menace, so I fear to think what could happen if someone dumped a load of piranhas. So many of the tropicals you are allowed to keep are strictly forbidden here. I’m surprised you have a reptile rescue center! That is amazing the last place on earth one would think of having such a place. So you all have your hands full ‘ey? Your town is next to an military installation, wow! Do you have aircraft there too? I’m crazy for American fighter jets, I’d give my teeth for a ride in one. I have read about Fairbanks on wikepedia and I’m quite intrigued by what they have written. I think you guys have it pretty wild out there, with bears and wolves and elk and moose. In rural South Africa you will find wild animals too. The Game Park I was telling you about is about 10 minutes from me, so I know that feeling. We have bush all around our town, although the next town is near, there’s bush in between any two places. If I walk out about 100m I’m in the wilds and although the big game are behind fences in my region, you get all sorts of venomous snakes, pythons, scorpions, bugs like you will not believe and small predators like caracal, serval, and the occasional leopard. Leopard are short but are not to be under-estimated. Bears would scare me s**tless, wolves too. Hyena are not to be trusted here, nor the African wild dog, which lives in packs and hunt together. But I think the animal that is Africa’s number 1 killer is the hippo. They are vicious if provoked and just plain nasty if you ask me. We went fishing once in the Limpopo, which is filled with crocs and hippos and I could swear that they wanted to scare us away. As he swam underwater we only saw him when it was already late. My friend fired a few shots with a 45mm pistol and the hippo retreated back into the water. In other experiences I’ve had to kill a few snakes with a panga on other trips. The remote areas are where one finds the boomslang, mambas, Cape cobra, rinkhals and puff adder. All dangerous snakes, even their young are able to kill with one bite. But the most menacing snake has to be the black mamba. I had one hiss at me on one of our fishing trips to St. Lucia, Kwa Zulu Natal. It stood in my face and hissed and I was scared it will bite so I just backed away. But they have a reputation for chasing one down, so I was lucky indeed. I’m sure you must have also come face to face with grizzlies and wolves and such. I am aware that moose are also dangerous. Got to go now. Have a lovely weekend |
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