Re: NANFA-- Mexican Yard Fish

Bob Bock (bockhouse_at_earthlink.net)
Fri, 29 Mar 2002 07:39:46 -0500

Ed, thanks for that first entry into the NANFA Mexican Yard Fish Tall Tales
contest.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Edward Venn" <e_venn_at_hotmail.com>
To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 5:08 AM
Subject: Re: NANFA-- Mexican Yard Fish

> Bob & Leo,
>
> There7s something that bothers me about this discussion. I've been to
Mexico
> several times in my mispent youth and remember the locales vividly. But, I
> cannot remember for the life of me what a Mexican Yard Fish looks like. I
> remember the ubiquitious Mexican Yard Bird, a bird so mean, nasty and evil
> tempered that it would chase cars and CATCH them. These birds had the
> temperment of a rabid prizefighter on steroids and coke. All the Mexicans
I
> knew would bait a trap with a pit bull and wait for one of these mean
> spirited birds to walk up and proceed to eat the poor dog alive before
> springing the trap. They then dragged the mangled carcass of the poor dog
> away and proceeded to bludgeon the bird to death.
>
> My point, I've seen Thai yard fish (nasty homicidal things) and Japanese
> yard fish (big and wimpy) but, what do Mexican yard fish look like? Are
they
> dangerous? Do you need armed guards to protect yourself when feeding them?
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Edward Venn,
> SMG Holdings Co., Ltd.,
> Deux Chateaux Blanc 2-303,
> 1356 Kobuchi, Kasukabe,
> Saitama, Japan
>
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