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To: Ish who wrote (1209)	7/27/2002 11:28:25 AM
From: haqihana	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34894

Ish, Crows are OK, but around here there are a lot of black grackles that are a pain in butt. They are all citified birds that will bug you to death for a hand-out, and will swoop down on a picnic table and grab a bite from right in front of you.

To: Ish who wrote (1209)	7/27/2002 11:41:49 AM
From: haqihana	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34894

Ish, This story is just like what you posted about a few days ago. Thought you might be interested. ul 27, 2002 Victims Of Leaping Sturgeon Not Just Telling Fish Stories TALLAHASSEE - The summer of the shark has been replaced by the summer of the giant leaping sturgeon. Recently, Florida boaters have had unpleasant encounters with the big-snooted freshwater fish that can grow to more than 6 feet long and weigh up to 500 pounds. Gainesville Elementary School Principal Lacy Redd, 34, was boating on the Suwannee River during the Memorial Day weekend when a sturgeon, about 5 to 6 feet long and between 130 and 150 pounds, leapt into her family's boat and knocked her out. She suffered a collapsed lung and five broken ribs. On July 4, 19-year-old Danny Cordero of Perry was zipping along the Suwannee on a personal watercraft with his girlfriend when a sturgeon knocked them into the water. ``I don't remember anything,'' Cordero said. ``My girlfriend said it was like hitting a brick wall. She saw me lying face down in the river. I had blood all over me. It cracked my teeth and chewed up my gums.'' The fish once flourished in the Chattahoochee-Apalachicola-Flint rivers basin but has been classified as threatened since 1991. In March, a 6-foot-long, 127-pound sturgeon washed up in a neighborhood in St. Petersburg. The fish typically travel from the Gulf of Mexico into rivers to spawn in the spring and summer, then head back to the Gulf in the fall. One of the few sturgeon keepsakes can be found at The Lighthouse restaurant in Trenton. In 1995, the fish leapt into a boat with owner Sue Nessmith and her then-husband, James, knocking him down. The Nessmiths were allowed to keep the fish, which weighed 70 pounds and was more than 5 feet long. They mounted it and hung it on the restaurant wall. This story can be found at: tampatrib.com