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[Iain]

This nut had the potential to produce many offspring, who, in turn, could have been the catalyst for a whole new ecosystem, thereby creating a rich habitat that would have sustained countless lives, but I ate it.

 

[Iain]

 

[Iain]

 

[Desforges]

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What is it?

 

[Iain]

It's a mole, Joselyn.

 

[Artyczar]

These are brilliant! Your sense of humor and play cheers me up every time, every day. What a gift you are in my life.

 

[Iain]

Wow! Thank you. That is a very nice thing to hear!

 

[snoball]

It's a mole, Joselyn.

Against the vegetation, it looks a bit small to be a mole. Are you sure it isn't a shrew? Which also lives underground.

 

[Iain]

It was too big for a shrew, sno. Wait a minute. Just how big are moles there? ha.

Seriously, I believe shrews are mouse size or smaller? This thing was 30 cms or more.

I seem to have a collection of images of dead animals for every eventuality.

Is this a dead mouse or is it...merely sleeping?

 

[snoball]

Shrews are a little smaller than a mouse. Moles here are the size of a rat.

 

[Iain]

Ditto. Then it was definitely a mole. Check out the claws.

How do you stop a mole from digging up the garden?

 

[snoball]

Put poison peanuts in his run.

 

[Iain]

No, silly! Hide the spade!



My internet went down and I was unable to post the punchline. I bet you wish it had stayed down. Permanently.

 

[snoball]

No, silly! Hide the spade!



My internet went down and I was unable to post the punchline. I bet you wish it had stayed down. Permanently.

Even with the luck of the Irish on St. Patty's day, we can only be so lucky.

 

[Iain]

That's it! I'm going! Maybe I will find some dead animals to cheer me up! You never know.

You never know

 

[snoball]

 

[Artyczar]

Shrews are teeny. They can be a couple inches, and they have razor sharp teeth. Fast little things.

 

[Iain]

I just remembered. They are also venomous. Unbelievably. I do enjoy nature, Natural History. I made a wildlife pond in the garden, and there have been frogs, toads, and newts - which have bred for the last few years.

 

[Iain]

 

[Artyczar]

Yes! Nuts!