-----Original Message-----
From: Scott Davis <unclescott at prodigy.net>
To: rainbowfish at pcug.org.au <rainbowfish at pcug.org.au>
Date: Monday, 21 May 2001 9:51
Subject: Re: [RML] ANGFA Queensland spam
>> >Still that was an awfully inviting photo from Queensland.
>>>(Never mind the
>> >crocs, we've got our Friday night drivers.)
>>
>> I've been led to believe that Swamp Dogs in Queensland don't bother
>> tourists - only in the Northern Territory :-)
>>
>> Adrian.
>
>Has anyone asked the swamp dogs? Maybe they're better fed than the ones in
>the Northern Territory.
>
>Since American 'gators became protected their numbers have expanded
>dramatically and with the continual "development" of their habitats
>collisions are inevitable. Even near some park ponds, children, and
>especially small yappy dogs can be at risk. Golfers have noted that the
term
>water hazard has an additional meaning. A killie and NANFA friend recently
>reported dipnetting at a small lake in a crowded Florida park while his
>family was elsewhere on the premises. As he took his leave of the shallows
>he looked back to see a 10' bull alligator checking to see who would have
>the temerity to splash around in his territory.
>
>Coyotes are back in this area after a century hiatus. They have accounted
>for the disappearance of a number of, usually unattended, family pets. I
>hear them singing across the field over by the railroad tracks while
walking
>our 20 pound canine early in the A.M. I've never felt threatened, but have
>pondered in the predawn, in the dead of winter (when hunting has got to be
>poor), what flat roof I would toss him on when the endearing idiot spotted
>them and inevitably said something about their mothers.
>
>All the best,
>
>Scott
>
>