Post by Delilah on May 18, 2019 10:35:18 GMT
@ YorksherLass... that is a shame, though understandable. As a tiny child I was always in the garden capturing creatures.. we had a massive privet hedge and I used to pick up the stunning privet moth caterpillars.. as well as spiders, moths, insects, anything I could handle really. I love all small furry things (and large ones of course!) and birds.. frogs, toads and newts. Sadly we get grass snakes now, amazing creatures but they have eaten all our frogs despite having 2 wildlife ponds. So no more taddies although the newts are flourishing. I did capture a 3 footer a couple of years ago, managed to grab it whilst it was swimming round - all this stuff about grass snakes playing dead if you hold them is rubbish! It was hissing like a steam train and lunging at me (plus left a nasty ooze on me that took days to remove the stink from!) - we drove it to a sanctuary place with masses of water several miles away! Less keen on wasps but if they leave me alone I do the same to them! I do not mind what creature gets in my face but I do have one real fear.. I am positive there are werewolves about, especially in some of the Suffolk forests where the trees are those pine-type ones.. I know it sounds daft but I am sure there are werewolves in Rendlesham forest (plus in a wooded area very near to where I live) and what with the UFO business in Rendlesham... I stay in at night!!!