Squirrels

[Peasant_Girl]

Yehh...I guess you would love it!

Australia is really pristine!! (lots of untouched wildlife and nature)....it's also really clean!!

I've been to the US and loved it....but i still call Australia home!

Well you, up there, have one thing we don't have in Aus...excitement!! You find such a variety of people in the US you don't get here.

What does NH stand for?

[TakariFreak]

Duh!  You Aussies wouldn't know what the US states abbreviations are!  NH is New Hampshire, the state just north of Massachusetts (and about 10 minutes away from me, the north part of my town is right on the border).

[Peasant_Girl]

You're right there!
Anyway, thanx! I'm very pleased too meet you!

I really had NO idea that NH stood for New Hampshhire!!

YOu learn something new every day...

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[Rosedragon]

Hey, I went to a park about a week ago, and we walked down this nature trail. I saw a  hawk, lots of water birds, squirrels, lizards and gators. When we stopped for our picnic, we had some excitement. We stopped at a bench near a lake, and a gator was swimming in the lake, we thought he would go away, but then he came closer to the bank, so we grabbed our stuff and ran back to the SUV and chose a different place to picnic. My dad said that the gator had probably been fed by people before. Stupid d**n yankees feeding gators! Don't they know better? At least alligators aren't as aggressive as crocodiles. Do you have a problem with crocs where you live, Nina? I live in Florida, in case you didn't know.

[Peasant_Girl]

Yep, Aus is full of Crocs! But they're no prob where I live.
Mostly up in WA (Western Australia) and the NOrthern Terrirtory!

Ever heard of the crocodile hunter? I've herd that our Aussie madman is an icon overseas!

Anyway, if our crocs eat anyone, it's usually the American tourists (some of whom must think Aus is just another fun park and not a real life hazard zone, when your in the bush) THey actually go SWimming! Even when there are signs warning against crocs!!!!!

[Rosedragon]

Dumb asses, sounds like the idiots who feed alligators. They deserve to get eaten if they aren't more cautious. Don't people know the only safe place to swim is in a clean pool with chlorine and chemicals? A few beaches might be safe, but there are sharks, stingrays and jellyfish, and in the mountains streams and lakes you might have snakes. Well, alligators are not as aggressive as crocodiles, so I hear. I went to another wildlife place, and they had so many alligators hanging around you wouldn't believe it. Next to a photo gallery they had a pond with a lot of gators swimming around, and they were real tame, they wouldn't bother the people or bite them or anything. There was one lying in the grass close to where I was standing, I got as close as I dared and he didn't move or anything. One little kid was there with his parents, and he was scared, can't blame him.

Alligators are naturally afraid of people, only after they are fed and have constant contact with humans do they loose that fear, and might become aggressive. The Florida indians used to hunt alligators by ramming a pointed wooden pole up it's mouth, then killing it with their tomohawks. The hide and meat were very useful. Gators were endangered for a while, and it was illegal to hunt them because people overhunted them for the hide. Then their population soared and came back up after being protected for a while. I think controled hunting is allowed, and there are gator farms where people grow them for the meat and skins.