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Old 29-01-25, 06:26
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Had a visitor today, it wandered up to the verandah and peeked into the house, then it spotted me and fled across the lawn. About 2.5 feet long, this is a small one. I've seen them well over 4 feet long. A Lace monitor or Goanna.
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Old 29-01-25, 15:04
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Give me Raccoons any day over giant lizards.

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Old 30-01-25, 02:12
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Trash Pandas are cute, but miserable neighbours. They propagate "fruitfully", and are very adaptive to different habitats. You can have them!

Lizards are cold blooded. It will be minus 20-deg outside tonight, and would transform any lizard from liquid to solid. I can only imagine the joy of breaking lizards into pieces by throwing them on the frozen ground or against trees.
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Old 30-01-25, 04:46
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We have lizards here in shilo, where it is considerably colder than the tropical region that Ed and Terry live in. The prairie skink is indigenous to the Shilo area and is one of just 7 species of lizard in Canada. I have seen a few in my yard, but they are measured in inches and not in feet. They are designated an endangered species here. Likely something about trying to survive in -30 climate when you're cold blooded.

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Old 30-01-25, 14:51
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Was checking out some derelict CMP’s in a field and suddenly this head popped up from the grass and it came at me. Darn near chased me 40 yards across the field…..modern velociraptor it was
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Old 30-01-25, 21:06
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Was that payback for either Thanksgiving or perhaps even Christmas?
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