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Baby scores a lizard
On 12/6/2016 11:35 AM, The New Other Guy wrote:
On Mon, 5 Dec 2016 22:31:06 -0800, Joy wrote: On 12/5/2016 7:18 PM, The New Other Guy wrote: On Mon, 05 Dec 2016 22:09:29 -0500, dgk wrote: My eyes noted a shiny black plastic storage bin that wasn't otherwise occupied, so I picked it up and estutely noticed the rather large lizard that had somehow gotten inside but couldn't climb up the slippery plastic walls to get out again. Naturally I set it free outside, but if it hadn't been for the tomato plants, that lizard would have died in the container. I suspect that the lizard has no idea how lucky he/she was. GLyN had a phase, a few years ago, when he seemed fixated on lizards. When I caught him with one, I'd rescue it and set it free away from our yard. Then he developed a fascination with birds, especially the ones on the canopies over the yard. The noise they made up there would really drive him batty, but he seldom managed to catch one. Today, I heard from the next door neighbor that GLyN has recently become the head of the local anti-gopher league, and is making sure that NO gopher in the hood is save. He even creates his own 'blind' to rest in near a hole, while he waits for a head to pop up and be in range. May I borrow him? My back yard is full of gopher holes. Sorry, he doesn't travel well. If he sees or hears a car, even a block away, he disappears. Yes, most of the cats I've known have have hated the car. |
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Baby scores a lizard
On Sunday, December 4, 2016 at 3:42:15 AM UTC-5, John Kasupski wrote:
On Sat, 03 Dec 2016 22:03:44 -0500, dgk wrote: The lizard then moved up another 6" or so. Baby let out a pair of yips, and simply jumped 6' or so right up the wall, knocked the lizard to the floor, and the chase was on. I had no idea a cat could jump that high from a standing start. Startling, isn't it? I got my very first cat when she was a just-weaned kitten and the first time I saw her, at about eight weeks old, jump from the floor right to the top of a six-foot-high upright freezer, I was flabbergasted. I'd heard cats were good jumpers, but I still wasn't quite ready for THAT...LOL! I didn't know my Feather(RB) could jump until my friend dropped by the apartment with his Airedale. Feather got from the floor to the top of the refrigerator, seemingly without occupying any of the space in between, instantly. -- Will now in Pompano Beach "Last night I stayed up late playing poker with Tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died." - Steven Wright |
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Baby scores a lizard
On Tuesday, December 6, 2016 at 8:44:14 PM UTC-6, Will in New Haven wrote:
On Sunday, December 4, 2016 at 3:42:15 AM UTC-5, John Kasupski wrote: On Sat, 03 Dec 2016 22:03:44 -0500, dgk wrote: The lizard then moved up another 6" or so. Baby let out a pair of yips, and simply jumped 6' or so right up the wall, knocked the lizard to the floor, and the chase was on. I had no idea a cat could jump that high from a standing start. Startling, isn't it? I got my very first cat when she was a just-weaned kitten and the first time I saw her, at about eight weeks old, jump from the floor right to the top of a six-foot-high upright freezer, I was flabbergasted. I'd heard cats were good jumpers, but I still wasn't quite ready for THAT...LOL! I didn't know my Feather(RB) could jump until my friend dropped by the apartment with his Airedale. Feather got from the floor to the top of the refrigerator, seemingly without occupying any of the space in between, instantly. -- Will now in Pompano Beach "Last night I stayed up late playing poker with Tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died." - Steven Wright lol at your signature line haha steven wright |
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Baby scores a lizard
On 12/10/2016 6:49 PM, Matt Ferrari wrote:
On Tuesday, December 6, 2016 at 8:44:14 PM UTC-6, Will in New Haven wrote: On Sunday, December 4, 2016 at 3:42:15 AM UTC-5, John Kasupski wrote: On Sat, 03 Dec 2016 22:03:44 -0500, dgk wrote: The lizard then moved up another 6" or so. Baby let out a pair of yips, and simply jumped 6' or so right up the wall, knocked the lizard to the floor, and the chase was on. I had no idea a cat could jump that high from a standing start. Startling, isn't it? I got my very first cat when she was a just-weaned kitten and the first time I saw her, at about eight weeks old, jump from the floor right to the top of a six-foot-high upright freezer, I was flabbergasted. I'd heard cats were good jumpers, but I still wasn't quite ready for THAT...LOL! I didn't know my Feather(RB) could jump until my friend dropped by the apartment with his Airedale. Feather got from the floor to the top of the refrigerator, seemingly without occupying any of the space in between, instantly. -- Will now in Pompano Beach "Last night I stayed up late playing poker with Tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died." - Steven Wright lol at your signature line haha steven wright That *is* funny! I'd forgotten all about the very droll Steven Wright. Will... when did you move to Pampano Beach?! Jill |
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Baby scores a lizard
On 12/6/2016 9:44 PM, Will in New Haven wrote:
On Sunday, December 4, 2016 at 3:42:15 AM UTC-5, John Kasupski wrote: On Sat, 03 Dec 2016 22:03:44 -0500, dgk wrote: The lizard then moved up another 6" or so. Baby let out a pair of yips, and simply jumped 6' or so right up the wall, knocked the lizard to the floor, and the chase was on. I had no idea a cat could jump that high from a standing start. Startling, isn't it? I got my very first cat when she was a just-weaned kitten and the first time I saw her, at about eight weeks old, jump from the floor right to the top of a six-foot-high upright freezer, I was flabbergasted. I'd heard cats were good jumpers, but I still wasn't quite ready for THAT...LOL! I didn't know my Feather(RB) could jump until my friend dropped by the apartment with his Airedale. Feather got from the floor to the top of the refrigerator, seemingly without occupying any of the space in between, instantly. Will, when did you move to Pompano Beach? Or is this a "winter home"? Jill |
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Baby scores a lizard
On Saturday, December 3, 2016 at 10:03:52 PM UTC-5, dgk wrote:
Baby, my fairly feral girl, was sitting on the night table as she often does in the morning, watching stuff outside and wishing she could be out there. Suddenly I heard a peculiar yip sound, I looked at her, and she was staring up the wall at a small lizard maybe 8' up. It was too high for me to easily coax into a cup or box, so I figured that I'd wait until something else happened. The lizard then moved up another 6" or so. Baby let out a pair of yips, and simply jumped 6' or so right up the wall, knocked the lizard to the floor, and the chase was on. I had no idea a cat could jump that high from a standing start. It was not really a fair contest and within a few seconds Baby had it in her mouth. Then she let it go, chased it, and so on. Finally she just watched it on the rug and I swooped in, picked it up, and transported it outside. It still had all its appendages and seemed in surprisingly good shape considering what had just happened. It was certainly still alive. I put it in the grass, wished it a good journey, and went back inside where I saw Baby looking all over for the lizard. Cats really are astonishingly hard wired killers, and sadistic as well. Maybe that's reading too much into it, there's probably a reason that they've evolved to play with their food, but Baby wasn't even hungry. She had no intention of eating it. Oh, while this was going on, Scooter watched carefully, taking notes. He closed in while Baby tortured the lizard, observing. All I can add is, I'm glad that I'm bigger than the kitties. Take a look at this picture of cat and a lizard https://www.theweathernetwork.com/ph...amily/27740669 Winnie |
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Baby scores a lizard
On 12/13/2016 11:19 AM, Rusty wrote:
On Saturday, December 3, 2016 at 10:03:52 PM UTC-5, dgk wrote: Baby, my fairly feral girl, was sitting on the night table as she often does in the morning, watching stuff outside and wishing she could be out there. Suddenly I heard a peculiar yip sound, I looked at her, and she was staring up the wall at a small lizard maybe 8' up. It was too high for me to easily coax into a cup or box, so I figured that I'd wait until something else happened. The lizard then moved up another 6" or so. Baby let out a pair of yips, and simply jumped 6' or so right up the wall, knocked the lizard to the floor, and the chase was on. I had no idea a cat could jump that high from a standing start. It was not really a fair contest and within a few seconds Baby had it in her mouth. Then she let it go, chased it, and so on. Finally she just watched it on the rug and I swooped in, picked it up, and transported it outside. It still had all its appendages and seemed in surprisingly good shape considering what had just happened. It was certainly still alive. I put it in the grass, wished it a good journey, and went back inside where I saw Baby looking all over for the lizard. Cats really are astonishingly hard wired killers, and sadistic as well. Maybe that's reading too much into it, there's probably a reason that they've evolved to play with their food, but Baby wasn't even hungry. She had no intention of eating it. Oh, while this was going on, Scooter watched carefully, taking notes. He closed in while Baby tortured the lizard, observing. All I can add is, I'm glad that I'm bigger than the kitties. Take a look at this picture of cat and a lizard https://www.theweathernetwork.com/ph...amily/27740669 Winnie That's adorable! Joy |
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Baby scores a lizard
On Tue, 13 Dec 2016 11:19:30 -0800 (PST), Rusty
wrote: On Saturday, December 3, 2016 at 10:03:52 PM UTC-5, dgk wrote: Baby, my fairly feral girl, was sitting on the night table as she often does in the morning, watching stuff outside and wishing she could be out there. Suddenly I heard a peculiar yip sound, I looked at her, and she was staring up the wall at a small lizard maybe 8' up. It was too high for me to easily coax into a cup or box, so I figured that I'd wait until something else happened. The lizard then moved up another 6" or so. Baby let out a pair of yips, and simply jumped 6' or so right up the wall, knocked the lizard to the floor, and the chase was on. I had no idea a cat could jump that high from a standing start. It was not really a fair contest and within a few seconds Baby had it in her mouth. Then she let it go, chased it, and so on. Finally she just watched it on the rug and I swooped in, picked it up, and transported it outside. It still had all its appendages and seemed in surprisingly good shape considering what had just happened. It was certainly still alive. I put it in the grass, wished it a good journey, and went back inside where I saw Baby looking all over for the lizard. Cats really are astonishingly hard wired killers, and sadistic as well. Maybe that's reading too much into it, there's probably a reason that they've evolved to play with their food, but Baby wasn't even hungry. She had no intention of eating it. Oh, while this was going on, Scooter watched carefully, taking notes. He closed in while Baby tortured the lizard, observing. All I can add is, I'm glad that I'm bigger than the kitties. Take a look at this picture of cat and a lizard https://www.theweathernetwork.com/ph...amily/27740669 Yikes - brave lizard. Winnie |
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Baby scores a lizard
dgk wrote:
On Tue, 13 Dec 2016 11:19:30 -0800 (PST), Rusty wrote: On Saturday, December 3, 2016 at 10:03:52 PM UTC-5, dgk wrote: Baby, my fairly feral girl, was sitting on the night table as she often does in the morning, watching stuff outside and wishing she could be out there. Suddenly I heard a peculiar yip sound, I looked at her, and she was staring up the wall at a small lizard maybe 8' up. It was too high for me to easily coax into a cup or box, so I figured that I'd wait until something else happened. The lizard then moved up another 6" or so. Baby let out a pair of yips, and simply jumped 6' or so right up the wall, knocked the lizard to the floor, and the chase was on. I had no idea a cat could jump that high from a standing start. It was not really a fair contest and within a few seconds Baby had it in her mouth. Then she let it go, chased it, and so on. Finally she just watched it on the rug and I swooped in, picked it up, and transported it outside. It still had all its appendages and seemed in surprisingly good shape considering what had just happened. It was certainly still alive. I put it in the grass, wished it a good journey, and went back inside where I saw Baby looking all over for the lizard. Cats really are astonishingly hard wired killers, and sadistic as well. Maybe that's reading too much into it, there's probably a reason that they've evolved to play with their food, but Baby wasn't even hungry. She had no intention of eating it. Oh, while this was going on, Scooter watched carefully, taking notes. He closed in while Baby tortured the lizard, observing. All I can add is, I'm glad that I'm bigger than the kitties. Take a look at this picture of cat and a lizard https://www.theweathernetwork.com/ph...amily/27740669 Yikes - brave lizard. That lizard doesn't know the cat is a predator, and the cat doesn't know the lizard is food. Apparently, they're friends. Joyce -- A clean house is a sign of a broken computer. |
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