Althouse: The evening swim.

৩ জুলাই, ২০০৮

The evening swim.

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২৮টি মন্তব্য:

Mr. Bertram Battersby বলেছেন...: Whenever my wife makes split pea soup, it always comes out brown, so she has to use food coloring to get it to look green.; ৩/৭/০৮, ৮:০১ PM
XWL বলেছেন...: Is that a beaver shot?; ৩/৭/০৮, ৮:২২ PM
Meade বলেছেন...: "Wen you take off de skin of dat leetle mushrat,
An scrape off de musk an forget about dat,
Wat a beautifule fur, mon Dieu! dat is fine,
She sell for two dollar at any ole time."; ৩/৭/০৮, ৮:৩৭ PM
XWL বলেছেন...: Meade, you're probably right about it being a muskrat and not a beaver, but then I wouldn't be able to make my Beavis and Butthead like comment and instead would have to make a Captain and Tenille reference, and I so much prefer Beavis and Butthead.; ৩/৭/০৮, ৮:৫০ PM
Meade বলেছেন...: So do I, X.; ৩/৭/০৮, ৯:০৩ PM
নামহীন বলেছেন...: looks like a nutria.

Originally from South America, but brought to New Orleans for their fur.

It looks like they have made it to the Chesapeake Bay and are wrecking havoc with the eco system.

We have a few 10 ponders in the lake near our house, in the big-ish state outlying Louisiana.

…if it’s possible to out lie Louisiana.; ৩/৭/০৮, ৯:০৪ PM
Ann Althouse বলেছেন...: I thought it looked like a muskrat, but there were signs near an electrified fence that said it was there to protect the plants from the beavers that come out at night, so I do think the area was infested with beavers.; ৩/৭/০৮, ৯:০৭ PM
Meade বলেছেন...: Then it probably is a beaver. But muskrats often go where beaver go - fetid swamps, cesspools, Captain and Tenille concerts.; ৩/৭/০৮, ৯:৩৫ PM
George M. Spencer বলেছেন...: Groundhog!?

(Same as a woodchuck.)

I've seen three in the past year. Lovely mink-like coat.

I think they're good luck.; ৩/৭/০৮, ৯:৪৭ PM
নামহীন বলেছেন...: They key to identification is the tail, obviously. Beaver has that great cricket bat tail.

I doubted that nutrias were that far north, but then I was surprised to see that the MD dept of conservation was fighting them.

Yeah. Probably beaver.; ৩/৭/০৮, ১০:৫৫ PM
Ann Althouse বলেছেন...: I have several pics and can't see the tail in any of them.; ৩/৭/০৮, ১১:৩০ PM
Beth বলেছেন...: Yankee nutrias? What the heck?

Those toothy bastards have traveled farther than killer bees.; ৪/৭/০৮, ১২:৩৯ AM
Ruth Anne Adams বলেছেন...: এই মন্তব্যটি লেখক দ্বারা সরানো হয়েছে।; ৪/৭/০৮, ৫:১৪ AM
নামহীন বলেছেন...: "I've chewed up much in Concord."
—Henry David Beaver

Here's a photo of the work of beavers near where we live. They don't protect the plants from beavers around here. There used to be a professional trapper in Concord, Mass. to keep them under control. He was practically run out of town on a rail some years ago, because the newer sort of animal lover wouldn't think of hurting a hair on any sentient being, even when said sentient beings are tearing up the woods and flooding the streets.

We saw the evidence of beavers if not the beavers on the day when I took my youngest pond water collecting for his science class. No beavers, but plenty of mosquitoes! They don't spray much around here, either.; ৪/৭/০৮, ৬:৩৬ AM
ricpic বলেছেন...: Swimming in my little lake,
How dare you say that I "infest,"
With endless work a dam I make --
Rivrush to critter waterest'.; ৪/৭/০৮, ৬:৪৩ AM
Meade বলেছেন...: For all you old tail-chasing beaver eaters.; ৪/৭/০৮, ৬:৪৬ AM
ricpic বলেছেন...: Swimming in my little lake,
How dare you say that I "infest,"
With endless work a dam I make --
Riverush to critter meet/dine/rest.; ৪/৭/০৮, ৭:০০ AM
ricpic বলেছেন...: Swimming in my little lake,
How dare you say that I "infest,"
With endless work a dam I make --
Rivrush to critter meet/dine/rest.; ৪/৭/০৮, ৭:০৯ AM
bearbee বলেছেন...: Seems to have a pointy nose. Beavers have a lovable button nose...

Beaver love-hate relationship

True beaver love; ৪/৭/০৮, ৭:৩৩ AM
Ann Althouse বলেছেন...: As you check the snout shape, click to enlarge, and look closely. He's got something in his mouth and the water limits what you see of the head. This may distort the head into a point.; ৪/৭/০৮, ৮:৫৪ AM
Ann Althouse বলেছেন...: There's a city in Wisconsin called Beaver Dam:

http://www.cityofbeaverdam.com/; ৪/৭/০৮, ৮:৫৪ AM
Meade বলেছেন...: If you look at the other two shots - one titled "critter" - I think you can see that the tail is not flat but rat-like.; ৪/৭/০৮, ৮:৫৮ AM
Ruth Anne Adams বলেছেন...: এই মন্তব্যটি লেখক দ্বারা সরানো হয়েছে।; ৪/৭/০৮, ৯:৫৭ AM
Dr. StrangeGun বলেছেন...: Jesus! Keep Jimmy away from the water till it's gone! If he sees it he'll have a flashback, and we don't want a dead ex-president on the lawn...; ৪/৭/০৮, ১:২৭ PM
Charlie Martin বলেছেন...: Not big enough to be a nutria. You can make an entire Thanksgiving out of a nutria. That's more like a couple of sandwiches.; ৪/৭/০৮, ২:১৮ PM
Clioman বলেছেন...: Muscrat Susie, or Muskrat Sam? Perhaps the difference is in the wriggle?; ৪/৭/০৮, ২:২৬ PM
Ann Althouse বলেছেন...: "Not big enough to be a nutria."

How can you tell how big it is?; ৪/৭/০৮, ৯:৫২ PM
Minicapt বলেছেন...: 1. http://beavertails.ca/index.php

2. http://www.razzledazzlerecipes.com/canada/beaver-tails.htm

Cheers; ৪/৭/০৮, ১১:০৭ PM