Osprey
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Sea turtle hatchling sighted
This morning I walked to the beach to do some shore fishing and while I was there I spotted a baby sea turtle hatchling swimming along right at the
shoreline. My mind snapped immediately to the odds this lone baby could survive the many perils awaiting him. I know some of the dangers - sea
birds, coyotes, crows, all kinds of fish, jellyfish I suppose, sea lions, the list is endless. I scooped him up, took him up to the house to show my
wife but she was gone (probably went to the store) so I let my dogs play with it a while (they've never even seen one). Suddenly, out of nowhere the
neighbor's cat, Brutus, jumped on it, grabbed it and took off. Well, there's another way. Like I said, the list is endless.
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Natalie Ann
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Jorge - You are bad!!!  
(what happened to the laughing smiley face? I can't find him anywhere on the face choices.)
Be yourself, everyone else is already taken.
.....Oscar Wilde
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bearbait1
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Sea turtles are pretty good eating but get real spooky in areas where they are hunted.
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David K
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Lucky cat!
This one almost got away from Baja Angel:
[Edited on 10-17-2007 by David K]
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Gnome-ad
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David K ~
Is that sea turtle waving "hola" to you?
The only normal people are the ones you don't know very well. - Ancis
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Hook
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Osprey, with all the things that want to munch a sea turtle in it's first few days, you probably should have used it as a topwater bait. 
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Osprey
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Well, now, there's another way. Told ya. Endless. Just endless.
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gringorio
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Well... ha ha ha ... funny story! I am truly outraged! This act was illegal and immoral. Who are any of you to judge if that sea turtle would have
survived or not? This act goes against Mexican and U.S. Law and is a crime with serious consequences! Your humor about its fate is shallow and
insensitive. Given how hard so many people have worked to protect sea turtles against human caused mortality how can any of you think this is a story
worth reporting much less laughing at?
Am I the only one that feels this way?
Geeez ...
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vandenberg
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Hook, line and sinker.
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gringorio
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fishing
fishing in shallow water ...
| Quote: | Originally posted by vandenberg
Hook, line and sinker. |
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Von
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Gringorio, I too dislike that, but what can you do,
Nada... did you know 99% of all living creatures that have existed are now extinct.
READY SET.....................
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Skipjack Joe
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Von
Gringorio, I too dislike that, but what can you do,
Nada... did you know 99% of all living creatures that have existed are now extinct. |
You mean since we're so close to 100% why not go all the way? What's one measly percent?
I've been reading osprey's posts long enough, gringorio, to know that he fully agrees with you. That's why his story is funny. I do like your
indignation, however.
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Paulina
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Gringorio and Von,
Osprey's tongue was planted firmly in the side of his cheek while his fingers tapped away at the keys. Unfortunatly readers unfamiliar with Osprey's
writing do not know how or when to draw the line between reality and fiction when reading his posts. I too was offended, not because of the content of
his post, because I've come to expect the shock value at times, but because of the tempest in my opinion he was attempting to brew.
By not replying when I first read this post I felt guilty as if I were one of those who would sit quietly and wait for someone to come along and
snatch up "the bait" so to speak, just so I could call it on you.
Maybe there is room on this board for a "creative writing" area so that people who do care don't fall victim "hook, line and sinker" for "the bait".
P<*)))><
\"Well behaved women rarely make history.\" Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
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gringorio
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yikes! you mean Osprey's whole story was fiction?! Osprey? wow....good one!
| Quote: | Originally posted by Paulina
Gringorio and Von,
Osprey's tongue was planted firmly in the side of his cheek while his fingers tapped away at the keys. Unfortunatly readers unfamiliar with Osprey's
writing do not know how or when to draw the line between reality and fiction when reading his posts. I too was offended, not because of the content of
his post, because I've come to expect the shock value at times, but because of the tempest in my opinion he was attempting to brew.
By not replying when I first read this post I felt guilty as if I were one of those who would sit quietly and wait for someone to come along and
snatch up "the bait" so to speak, just so I could call it on you.
Maybe there is room on this board for a "creative writing" area so that people who do care don't fall victim "hook, line and sinker" for "the bait".
P<*)))>< |
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Hook
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I assumed his story was real and (based on his known conservation values) he planned on releasing it back to nature. Unfortunately, another form of
nature interceded. But the fickleness of nature was worth the mention.
My reaction, on the other hand, was pure hoke. I expected that it might raise the ire of a few that dont know me and my style.
I would never use a hatchling as bait.
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vandenberg
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George's sense of humor is definitely deceiving.
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