Re: NANFA-- lamprey

Bruce Stallsmith (fundulus_at_hotmail.com)
Tue, 12 Feb 2002 18:18:00 -0500

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Boy, and I was all excited because my red shiners are coloring up...

--Bruce Stallsmith
Huntsville, AL, US of A

>egads... i grabbed a pair of forceps and hoisted up the writhering and
>withering consolidation. no luck. just a lot of spashing and gasping by the
>spotfin. the lamprey held on sucking the life juices from the its poor
>undersized prey. in my dumbfounded ignorance i had not expected this. dang
>i
>got rainbow shiners and flame chubbs in there too. i gave more thought to
>removal technique and recovery therapy but decided a visit to the local
>fish
>vet was out of the question. so i left things as they were when the timer
>clicked off the lights.
>now today... he's hiding out again. waiting.
>man if i ever look down and see one of those attached to my legs im gonna
>pass out.
>i aint putting that in my cement pond.
>
>now extra cautious casper

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