You know, chickens do a great job of Killing bugs.....just a thought......but, I am not sure how they behave relative to cats......perhaps there is a genetics experiment in all this somewheres......killer cats with beaks maybe? Or, killer chickens with fur? Whatcha think? -----Original Message----- From: Charter [mailto:charter@charter-terminal.com] Sent: Thursday, June 13, 2002 9:29 AM To: gsas-board@thekrib.com Subject: Re: question: Well, there was this bronze-colored beetle about the size of your thumbnail with hairy black legs a few nights ago. The cats found it quite intriguing. I let them play with it for several hours, until I came back into the room and noticed that the whole thing was getting a little too cruel. The beetle was obviously exhausted. It'd walk a few steps, then stop. One of the cats would then tentatively tap it with a paw, and it'd walk a few more steps, then stop. I felt kind of bad for the poor thing, so I hit it with the Raid. Mercy killing. I really must teach my cats to KILL. Not just TORTURE. Hess, Clay A writes: > Say Erika......seen in bugs lately? ~~laughing as I duck behind the sofa > for cover~~ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Sam B [mailto:sbeavin@gte.net] > Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 4:20 PM > To: gsas-board@thekrib.com > Subject: RE: question: > > > So-- you are sitting in the shower?? Actually it is over 80 today. Back to > lurking > > Sam > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-gsas-board@thekrib.com > [mailto:owner-gsas-board@thekrib.com]On Behalf Of Charter > Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 12:04 PM > To: gsas-board@thekrib.com > Subject: Re: question: > > > Aw, man, you GOTTA have the coffee! It's one of the few untrammeled joys in > my life. I'm SO glad they have Starbuckses out here, so I can buy the GOOD > STUFF. I sit in my apartment, which is nicely climate-controlled to a > pleasant 72 degrees, sip my coffee, and it's like I never left Seattle! > > Until I go outside and am forcibly reminded.... > > > Kathy Olson writes: > >> oops, this was a reply to Erika's reply about Dave, not the OTHER message >> about the fish diseases. >> >> Oh well, stayed up until 2 am with the Portland gang last night, still a >> little tired. Need caffeine, perhaps I should start drinking that again. >> :) >> >> Kathy >> >> >> >> On Wed, 12 Jun 2002, Kathy Olson wrote: >> >>> Yes, Dave sounded really good when I talked with him. >>> >>> Like I said, I wasn't saying anything, but when it gets posted to a group >>> and I have outside people asking, I thought I should let the board know >>> before someone else told them. >>> >>> Kathy >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, 12 Jun 2002, Charter wrote: >>> >>> > It's a little frustrating that if there ARE any ornamental fish >>> > epidemiologists out there, they don't seem to be sharing the > information >>> > with the rest of us. At the time of The Plague I did some research and >>> > found a lot of sources that basically said "We know that fish viruses > exist, >>> > but we don't really know anything about them." >>> > >>> > I guess the good news is that, from an evolutionary perspective, with a >>> > mortality rate of 70-80%, we can expect that The Plague will burn > itself out >>> > pretty quickly. Usually, the higher the mortality rate, the more > isolated >>> > the incidence - like the way an epidemic of hemhorragic fever will wipe > out >>> > an entire village, then collapse without spreading very far. (I read > "The >>> > Hot Zone"! I know these things! :) >>> > >>> > Hopefully Fish Plague 2001 won't return for a very long time... >>> > >>> > >>> > Kathy Olson writes: >>> > >>> > > Interesting huh? Sounds like it wasn't isolated to just the portland >>> > > fish, people that had no fish from Portland got it too. Erika then > sent >>> > > me this post. Sounds like it came through multiple places. >>> > > >>> > > Kathy >>> > > >>> > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>> > > Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2002 00:17:43 -0400 >>> > > From: Charter <charter@charter-terminal.com> >>> > > To: erik@thekrib.com >>> > > Cc: kathy@thekrib.com >>> > > Subject: question: (fwd) >>> > > >>> > > Forwarded text from an Atlanta fishkeeper. Sound familiar!? Freaky, > huh? >>> > > >>> > >> I had several [M. praecox] many months ago in the 125, but had some > kind >>> > >> of sickness that wiped out 75% of my fish. He was the sole survivor > of >>> > >> several of them. 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