 Psalm 143:5 I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.  Well, other than being date stamped and labelled "Athens, Georgia", I can't remember too much about this Box Turtle. I probably found him crossing the road somewhere and snapped a photo before releasing him behind the animal control shelter.
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 Genesis 1:24-25 - And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.  Coyote puppies trapped at the Athens-Clarke County Ben Epps Airport. One of my first experiences with Coyotes in Clarke County, Georgia (other than rumors) came in 1997. The Athens-Clarke County Ben Epps Airport called animal control about some puppies in a culvert near the runway. Being a potential hazard, we set a dual-sided humane trap and caught three puppies. But it was obvious they were not domestic dogs! Unsure at first if they were fox or coyote, they went to a rehabilitator. As they grew larger than fox size, it became quite obvious that coyotes had officially moved into Clarke County!  Coyote puppies trapped at the Athens-Clarke County Ben Epps Airport.  What a wildly wonderful world, God! You made it all, with Wisdom at your side, made earth overflow with your wonderful creations. Psalms 104 The Message  Northern Watersnake; Clarke County, Georgia. While working for Athens-Clarke County Animal Control, we received frequent spring and summer calls about “Cottonmouths” endangering school children in the pond at Memorial Park. To dispel the rumors, in May of 1997 I set out to show the watersnakes at the park were not “Water Moccasins”, for Cottonmouths, generally residing south of Interstate 20 and along the coast, do not normally range as far north and west as Athens.
On a slow day, I patrolled the park and found a glorious, fat-bodied guy sunning on the rip-rap on one end of the pond. As I approached, he shot down into the large spaces in the piled rocks. To the astonishment of onlookers, my hand was in fast pursuit and plunged down into the rocks after this “Cottonmouth.” I have frequently said, “The best way to catch a snake is to let him catch you”, and, pulling my hand out from the rocks, the feisty boy also emerged, teeth gripping firmly on my hand. Thus ended the tall-tale of Cottonmouths at Memorial Park. |
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