"It really wasn't that fish's day" Topic

Spring has truly sprung and the cats are bringing up fingerling fish from the lake behind the house. A couple of them will chow down on the snacks, but Baldr-Slayer of Productivity brings them directly to me, still flopping.

So, after the obligatory praise and scritches, we make a beeline back down the steps to the lake to return the fish from whence it came. Today's catch was a small bluegill about 3 inches in length. Since it was still alive, I headed back to the water and tossed it in. The fish immediately leapt out of the water and a couple of seconds later, an 18" smallmouth bass tore after it in hot pursuit. I'm going to guess that the bluegill became lunch after all.

Wyatt

Baldr probably thinks you are all ed up.

Spring????
It will be going down to 16F tonight.
This is Pennsylvania, NOT Alaska!

Darn right. If it was Alaska you would likely be watching a belching volcano right about now.

And it would be -15F not a balmy 16F above!

I had a cat like yours Wyatt – he had to bring in everything for me to "check it out" and make sure it was alright to play with or eat. One day it was a bat, but my favorite was the morning I'd been out gaming until 4 a.m. with my buddies and awoke to the sounds of his "I'm sick and left you a present" and a strange thumping sound. I looked up, without my contacts or glasses on and saw him crouched in the "I'm gonna throw-up" position over the top of a large browning mass. I couldn't make out the mass of "stuff" since I am fairly blind to detail until I get within about 6 feet – meaning I can make out my toes when I'm standing up – but don't ask me for details. So, I jump up – in mostly the buff since it was summer and very warm outside to check out what the cat had vomited on the floor for me to view. I walked over, barefoot and saw, not a pile of vomit which I usually expect, but a SNAKE all coiled up and ready to strike – which it did – at my FEET!!! Fortunately the cat was quicker and he pounced on the snake's head and I slowly peeled myself off the ceiling and went looking for my snake boots and the long stove gloves to grab the thing! I found my glasses, boots and gloves, and went over to where the cat was still playing with the snake and waited until the snake struck, the cat pounced and I grabbed the sucker by the neck behind the head and took it back OUTSIDE where it belonged – and NOT in my bedroom! What a morning wake up call – not one to forget. This cat was always amusing – chasing butterflies, and all of the strange stuff – salamanders, snakes, bats, and bugs, never anything like a mouse or rabbit or squirrel, oh no, just the strange stuff!

On a bit of a tangent, Google image saved a snake's life in my house once.

We are pretty citified so were surprised by a small snake curled up in the living room. Fearing poison my wife wanted it dead pronto.

10 mins on Google turned up the snake as a common non-venomous wolf snake, so I took it out to the garden. I think it has taken up residence nearby cause we've seen it a couple of times over the last year.