On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:19:16 -0400, wrote:



I think all of these crustaceans do just fine above or below water.
They ship live lobsters in damp seaweed. If you keep them cool and a
little wet, a blue crab will do fine out of the water too.
The other day there was a palmetto bug hanging on to my pool vac hose
about 6" under water. I watched him for a while and he seemed happy as
a clam. I flipped him up on the pool deck and he walked off like
nothing was wrong. Smashing him with my hand did relinquish his life
forces tho.
I think he may have been hiding from this guy who was also hanging out
by the pool.

http://gfretwell.com/wildlife/baby%20rat%20snake.jpg

I put him outside

I heard rat snakes get pretty big. Best not to keep him around, eh?
Lots of lizards down there too.
My uncle had a cushy retirement job cleaning phone kiosk glass down
there. Company car, gas, some rags and unlimited Windex perks.
Had a different route every day, about 3-4 hours per route.
Went with him one day on his Sanibel run. He wanted me see the bass
in the ponds of the gated places. There were some nice ones.
A lizard jumped on me at our first stop and I put him on the roof of
the car, a little Ford. Right up front by the windshield.
The rest of the route we could see his head facing into the wind as we
went down roads, sometimes doing 45 mph.
Don't know why he stayed on there. I flipped him into the grass at
the last stop. He was far from home and his family.
Still feel bad about that. But I don't lose any sleep.

--Vic