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To: JF Quinnelly who wrote (60369)	8/7/2001 8:09:34 AM
From: Crocodile	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 71178

I will be glad to ship you lotsa Black Widows. Sure. But let's see... I think Canada Post would classify the spiders as "Dangerous Goods" and require alternate shipping; and Canada Customs would classify both the lizards and the spiders as "flora and fauna" ineligible for importation without permits...so we would need to get those first; and then the Ministry of Natural Resources would require that I get a captive wildlife exemption permit for the lizards. Jeez.. Too much hassle. Maybe it would be better if you just kept all your spiders and lizards down there. Besides, we have out own Pandora's Box of critters. The mosquitoes may finally be dying off for this year... I don't think I've been bitten by one in at least a week, but the Deer flies out on the creeks are still present in lethal numbers. Last Satyr Day, I was bitten on the feet at least 3 or 4 times while tripping around barefoot in my canoe. They'll drive you batty landing on your head, so some folks resort to sticking big squares of double-sided sticky tape to the top of their hats. Within minutes, the tape will be decorated with hitch-hiking Deer flies. Uhm...and speaking of lethal critters, you should have seen the Snapping Turtle that surfaced next to my canoe on Satyr Day. It was, without any doubt, the largest one of its kind that I've ever seen. Estimated length was equal to the blade part of my canoe paddle...about 22" just for the SHELL and the long saw-toothed tail would have been about another 24". The head was massive and as it came up from the bottom of the creek, its mouth was wide-open and, I might add, not a particularly pretty sight. These guys eat fish and ducks and geese...so I was feeling kind of glad that I wasn't dangling my bare feet in the water the way that I often do when I'm taking a break from paddling... (o: