Of Mice and Men.

[sinkov]

We're a bit short of space in our humble abode in the Ribble Valley, so we store some stuff outside in the shed. Unfortunately the enterprising local mice population has found a way into the food section and is now regularly depositing poo and wee all over the place. Obviously I can't take the risk of contamination so the old mouse trap has been brought into action, it's doing it's job but I'm not happy about it. I quite like mice, I find them cute little creatures, if they want to roam around under the floorboards or in my garden outside, fine by me, I can happily co-exist alongside them, but I've had to declare war on them and the results are horrendous. It's carnage, every morning another one, sad glassy eyes staring up at me, peanut butter in a corner of it's tiny mouth, the life crushed out of it. The death toll is now approaching double figures and still they keep on coming. I wish they would stay away, their nightly forays into my shed are not ending well, for either of us.

[1959_60]

Mice are all right Mon Ami.

But there has been an explosion in the rat community in our towns.

Apparently, since people have stopped eating takeaways and leaving half of it strewn in the streets, the rats are looking elsewhere for their grub. The fact that not many people are out and about is also tempting them out.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Certainly chucking up some new problems is this home confinement malarkey, that is for sure.

[Balanbam00]

''The fact that not many people are out and about is also tempting them out.''

https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Wi...ockdown-624955

Wild pigs ( Wild Boars ) patrol Haifa as city remains under coronavirus lockdown
"They come here and turn over our garbage dumpsters ... This is lack of protection. We actually feel defenseless."

While coronavirus closures are coaxing wildlife into the abandoned streets of many a metropolis, in one Israeli city the four-legged interlopers are assertive and, well, quite boorish.
Wild boars, some as bulky as Rottweilers and traveling in family packs, have been trotting through Haifa in increasing numbers. Their once-nocturnal visitations now take place throughout the day, as they root through refuse, spook domestic pets and even block roads.

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...over-1.8766826

(with Photos )

[The Bedlington Terrier]

If they were Palestinians and not pigs Balan, the IDF would just shoot them.

[barrie_burn]

Palestinian spies for "nosing out" targets.

[Balanbam00]

BT: Do you get on the 'blower'and dabble a bit with J C ? He has almost destroyed your mind on that eternal subject.

Look no rockets ,no killings ,simple as that . No approaching the fence ,no killings as simple as that. The worlds intelligent community eternally has tried to find the answer , but Corvid -19 does it in 2-3 weeks

Med news

Pterois miles Devil firefish
Fin spines highly venomous, may cause human death.


A new visitor in these last years has come into the Med through the Suez Canel. The dangerous point is, it "devours anything that comes into his mouth." So friends if you plan any future holidays in the Eastern Med ,no nude bathing in the sea - OK. Just saying like..... There many fish in the sea ,but you have only one!

[sinkov]

"Wild boars, some as bulky as Rottweilers and traveling in family packs, have been trotting through Haifa in increasing numbers. Their once-nocturnal visitations now take place throughout the day, as they root through refuse, spook domestic pets and even block roads."

I once came across one of these while walking in a French forest near Angouleme. I just stopped dead in my tracks and stared at it, it stared back, then just as I was looking for the nearest tree to climb up it had gone, for it's size it was amazing how quietly it slipped away. If it had gone for me I wouldn't have fancied my chances, it was a big bugger.

[Balanbam00]

I have a friend that enjoys taking his jeep, with a hand held spot beam at night ,drives into orchards. Finds a couple of boars,and the shoots them. After that I am not sure, but I think sells them to Arabs. Possibly they hand him a few pieces, because a few times he has invited me over to evening meal ,with 'pig.' (actually a wild Boar)

[Norder]

.

here you go Sinkov....a little DIY fun - and your conscience is at ease.