Early birds and nature moments: continued on cpf0000

[Alan C <steelville@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

And I had a friend who saw a tarantula and a wasp battle it out for a 
full hour he said (must've just felt like an hour), both trying to get a 
sting in on the other one. Finally the wasp got the spider and had his 
meal. Youch!

Alan

> There was a huge amount of money spent on cleaning up and reviving otters, most of whom died during the process. Two 
> of them that did survive, were released one day to the great delight of the "tree-huggers" working on the project. The otters were taken out into the harbor in an inflatable boat and released. They were frolicking  around, swimming side by side, when a killer whale popped up and grabbed them both in one bite. You should have heard the tree-huggers cursing the whale for doing what comes naturally.....
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> Reminds me of a time we caught a praying mantis on some camping trip and figured he'd be a good bug to have in our garden at home. We get home, release the praying mantis from the jar, and two seconds after he flys off, a blue jay swoops down and snaps him up.  I've never seen my wife get so mad at a bird before.  I thought it was a pretty impressive "hit", myself.
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