Island Fantasy
By Jimmy Johnson
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52 responses to “Island Fantasy”
Two different boating friends have reported alligator attacks in their marinas this past week one in New Bern, N.C. today. Think other in S.C. but maybe Cheasapeake area?
Global warming? One today was estimated at 10 feet.
Thought I could join the jungle adventure
Alligators may range into the southern end of Chesapeake Bay, and will likely do so if it gets warmer.
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/animal_forecast/2013/02/alligators_in_virginia_climate_change_could_be_pushing_cold_blooded_species.html
Peace,
Newsweek is a mainstream magazine with a long history of being a reliable source, right? So, is this a serious article or fake news?
http://www.newsweek.com/alien-octopuses-outer-space-930942
Newsweek ceased paper publ. years ago, but may still have a [less reliable?] online survivor. I believe DNA shows cephalopods to be good, Terran mollusks, but the following tardigrade report looks legit, just a new sort belonging to a well established invertebrate group. Kinda cute.
Peace,
“Octopuses from Outer Space”? I think I may have seen that one on a double-bill with this one, sometime back in the late 50’s.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/Attackofthe50ftwoman.jpg/800px-Attackofthe50ftwoman.jpg
The cop standing by his squad car in the lower left of the poster must be getting an interesting view. 🙂
https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/33045729_2112204565462268_4750171737033801728_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&oh=2fe02fcb2a992d226fced6fcef170586&oe=5B974893
Chicken pot pie
Alien octopi? Harryhausen did an octopus movie in the ’50’s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocQupLKoXOE
We’re having one of those dreary grey days where you can’t tell if time is passing. It has been drizzling most of today. Yesterday we had a sunny morning but it has rained every day this week – over 5″ on our rain gauge so far – and the pattern is supposed to continue through next weekend. At least we won’t have to worry about drought for a while.
Wonder if the magazine cover artist knew the title, “The attack of the 50′ woman”? That 4 lane roadway is more than 75′ wide. Peace,
Or poster for a crummy film?
Hit something twice, got moderated. I think it’s there, too, but this is still funny.
https://www.gocomics.com/bloom-county/2018/05/20
Peace,
Jimmy!!!!! super 🙂
https://www.gocomics.com/monty/2018/05/20
Perspective. Arlo sees a caterpillar that is a garden pest. Janis sees a ravening monster bent on destroying her efforts/
Jimmy, I loved today’s cartoon. I don’t mind most insects, but I can’t stand the tomato horn worm or the potato bug. They look that big to me too. When I was a kid, I’ d make my brother pick them off the plants.
Today a dress came up on my feed that was the costume for The Attack of the Octopus Woman i swear. A fitted white dress with super real tentacles
Printed all around the flaring circular skirt.I
Very real looking, on sale for $39.95.
Ghost said he enjoyed that movie at 13.
If it showed at the drive in i never saw it but i never saw any movies at the drive in.
Yes, Jackie, you never saw any movies at the drive in… but you didn’t say you never went to drive ins!
Ah, here’s the culprit!
https://www.almanac.com/sites/default/files/users/Almanac%20Staff/tomato-worms-hornworms_full_width.jpg The article says they can be up to 5 inches long.
What it needs is a few white eggs on its back. Peace,
Those would be ichneumonid eggs. An eminent Victorian scientist found that troubling. One thoughtful but less famous emeritus biologist, along with many colleagues, doesn’t.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichneumonidae#Darwin_and_the_Ichneumonidae
Peace,
Just read the hard copy funnies. In the “culprit” photo, those three tiny b&w things back of the head are the hornworm’s true insect right legs. The claspers on each abdominal segment are not true legs. I hadn’t noticed it online this morning, but Jimmy’s has four right legs. We love him anyway. Must be a fat spider in disguise.
Peace,
I have several friends out in Pa ific northwest who are professional wildlife photographers who shoot birds. Camera. One posted photo of adult eagle nurturing baby fuzzball just now but I don’t know how to post here.
Eagles live and nest in their yards there
When “coming up for air” at the drive-in, I often noticed that what was going on in nearby vehicles was much more interesting than what was on the screen. Wonder if others felt the same about what was going on in my vehicle…
When driving a certain divided highway in Oklahoma, I often see raptors swooping down on unseen but presumed-to-be-there prey in the grassy median. Sometimes they pass so close to the front of True Grit that I shudder to think what would have happened had I been driving as fast as many others do on that stretch of highway. I hope the raptors’ reaction times are as good as their vision.
Ghost, I know what you mean. I told Jackie that I had not seen as many hawks in one place as the highway between Eufaula and Muskogee. Seemed like every 3rd or 4th utility pole had a hawk perched on it, watching for a meal!