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I got bored this morning so I rolled out some dough and after cutting it into little squares, filled them with a filling mix made with the raspberries mentioned in another blog and baked a dozen turnovers. They came out perfect.

Probably not good for my blood sugar that I have already eaten 6 of them.

My house has a new cat.. I picked her up at an animal shelter yesterday. Poor thing was put in there last October and has been stuck in a cage since then. They think she is about 3 years old. Most of the cats at the shelter look very sad. Some look scared. My Tom cat is 15 and now that he is all alone here (except for me of couurse) I feel guilty when I go out for a few hours. He comes running and crying when I come home. Before the death of my Moe cat this remaining one had never been alone before. I think he gets lonely and maybe a little scared when I go out. So I decided to get him a companion.

There exist selection criteria for a new cat to be here. They have to want to be with me. If not, then it is best to not adopt them. Some display of intelligence is also helpful. At the shelter there is a room full of 2' tall cages stacked 3 high all around the room with cats in all of them, maybe 60 such. Most of the cats were just huddled as far back from the cage door as they could be. I circled the room slowly inspecting each cage's occupant. Abandoned cats, captured cats, donated cats, old cats, young cats, declawed cats, friendly cats, not friendly cats, clawed cats, males and females. Their apprehension at my inspection was noticeable. A little tag on each cage describes the occupant. Some had been in there for months and months. It is a no kill shelter so they will be caged until the day someone adopts them. Only one cat displayed curiosity at me. The one I adopted. She meowed at me. None of the others made a sound except one old Tom who made a warning noise when I peered in at him. The one I adopted got up from the back of the cage, came to the door and stuck her paw out at me through the bars and waved. She had not been declawed. That is a plus as she may not initially like my Tom cat's attentions. The tag said she had been previously owned by a family. They moved to a place that doesn't allow pets so one day she just got plunked into a box and was brought to the shelter and caged. The tag sasy they described her as friendly and playful. Those owners never looked back or visited her again. Such love they display. No Heaven for them. There is no place in heaven for the cruel. Poor thing. Wondering what she did wrong. Where are the children she played with? Where is the woman who used to hold her? What crime did she do to so offend them they threw her into a cage and just left her there? No doubt most of the cats have similar thoughts. Whatever, I have adopted her and brought her home.

Introducing strange cats to each other is an art form. It is best to minimize stress by keeping a closed door between the cats for a few days. Let them sniff each other's scent and get used to the idea they are not alone. Allow a day or two their sliding paws at each other under the door. That hasn't begun yet. Thus far the new female is still in hide and explore mode. I have put her in my wife's old office and the cat is getting used to not being in a cage.

I left her alone last night, and today I spent a half hour brushing her. She seems grateful and licked my nose. I suspect it has been awhile since she was last brushed as the brush filled up quickly with loose fur. I crumpled a sheet of paper into a ball and she happily was still batting it around the room when I exited. Her first toy and her first thing to do since October.

These are SA’s 5 most lethal snakes.
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Cape Cobra

Africa’s most potent species of Cobra having a mainly neurotoxic venom, these snakes do not spit/spray their venom. Polyvalent anti-venom is used in the effective treatment of bites.

Black Mamba

Undoubtedly the most iconic and feared snake in Africa, mostly without reason, as these snakes do not readily feature in snake bite statistics in Durban. They’re the largest venomous snake in Durban and can reach a maximum of 4.5m.

Mozambique Spitting Cobra

This is one of the most common, highly venomous snakes found in and around Durban. The Mozambique Spitting Cobra is responsible for the majority of the serious snake bites that occur in KwaZulu-Natal, particularly in the Northern regions. Averaging only 1.2 metres in length, these snakes are commonly found in the west of Durban; often in residential gardens particularly, those bordering nature reserves.

Boomslang

These snakes are strictly tree-dwelling animals and seldom venture down to the ground, except to feed or drink. Boomslangs are not commonly found in Durban due to their secretive nature and excellent camouflage. They are one of the few snakes in Southern Africa that are sexually dimorphic, meaning that the males and females feature different colouring. Often the males are bright green, and the females dull brown/grey or olive.


Puff Adder

Probably South Africa’s most widely-spread, common venomous snake, the Puff Adder is relatively scarce in Durban itself, only being found just west of Durban.

The Mozambique Spitting Cobra and the Puff Adder account for the majority of serious snakebites in KwaZulu-Natal. The Puff Adder is a snake with excellent camouflage, and it prefers to sit and wait for an opportunity when it comes to feeding. These snakes may remain in an ambush position for several weeks, waiting for a potential meal to pass by.

My caption So that's the way you want to be? I'll just take my ball and go home.

Had a good laugh today in the Monkey Mountain..

For some of the Apes had straightened their backbone and start walking upright.

One tribe unfortunately got left behind.

Now these Apes are behaving like gentlemen

Who knows what could happen next???

D.W.

SINGLE BLACK FEMALE seeks male companionship, ethnicity unimportant. I'm a very good girl who LOVES to play.

I love long walks in the woods, riding in your pickup truck, hunting, camping and fishing trips, cozy winter nights lying by the fire.

Candlelight dinners will have me eating out of your hand. I'll be at the front door when you get home from work, wearing only what nature gave me.. Call 01637 881455 and ask for Annie, I'll be waiting.









(The phone number is RSPCA Cornwall)

To start happy New year to all.
My new year morning started exactly the same as every other morning, half asleep kettle on, feed the cats to shut them up and testing bloods, nothing different. With my first cup of tea I plonk my Arse on the sofa and before the cup can touch my lips all hell breaks loose. I feel a slight movement on my shoulder and hair and flicked my hair of my shoulder and heard a delicate thump and scratching omg a mouse somehow it had slipped onto my shoulder when I sat down. Now the fun and games began trying to catch it, round and round the sofas and chairs until it leapt into a slightly open drawer. Gotcha. No it then starts running between the drawers as everything is tossed out of them. I will not be beaten so the front door is flung open and the chest of drawers put out on the step, yes its cold what does the mouse do, it plays peeppo with me. I'm pleased so say after about an hour it decided to live ourside and not in the drawers.

Florida has been invaded by Burmese pythons as the result of an intense storm that accidently freed
these captive pets near the Everglades years ago.
Some estimate that there are now over 100,000 of these invasive snakes in the everglades,
where no natural predator has evolved to control them.

They can grow up to 26 feet in length and in that area have decimated the populations
of many mammals such as deer, raccoons, bobcats, rabbits, etc .
In response Florida has hired about 25 professional snake hunters to capture these invasive snakes.

In the following video we get to see one of these snake hunters capture such a Burmese python,
that was in the process of strangling an alligator. They have been known to kill much larger gators.

So, man rescues alligator is perhaps something you never thought you would hear, nor see;

Too Much Work

Star Man was the name of one of my sister's cat's. Last night, he got hit by a car and died. I am having a hell of a lot of trouble dealing with this one even though it wasn't my cat. Its making me want to keep them all inside but that will never happen.

I know its always been around and probably will be, but is it jus me or hss cruelty to poor innocent animals increased. I have seen numerous examples of this on YouTube and in de media and it truly saddens me...I just CANNOT understand it and those who do it....I have no words for.