Neal Johns
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Baja Stick Lizards Drowning!
The ubiquitous Baja Stick Lizard is reportedly being seen in northern Baja. They are groggy and ill tempered, presumably due to being forced out of
their burros by the copious rain. I, myself, have not seen a burro surround a Stick Lizard but this was reported by David K (personal correspondence).
Maybe not so strange, since Baja cattle eat cactus buds. No attacks on humans have been noted to date, but since David reported they were carrying
their usual sharpened sticks in spite of the cloudy and rainy weather, caution is advised. As regular Nomad readers well know, Stick Lizards normally
use their sharpened sticks (after poking them into the ground) as a perch to provide a cool resting spot in the desert. QED no sun, and carrying
sticks, so they must be up to something.
I well remember one day in the 1800s when on walkabout with Padre Garces, we were attacked by a zard (Latin for a group of the little wigglers) of
Stick Lizards hissing Luther! Luther! Luther! We escaped by bashing them with his cencer. A search of the Nomad archives will shed more light on their
peculiar proclivities. Other posters are invited to add to the scientific knowledge that the Baja Stick Lizard Project (BSLP) is accumulating.
 
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Never let a Dragon pass by without pulling its tail!
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I contacted PETA and they have organized an emergency delivery of longer sticks to keep the lizards out of the water, please advise who will be
responsible for accepting delivery and overseeing distribution of said sticks.
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Neal Johns
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Thank you #1, I have forwarded your message to the BSLP organization. It is heartwarming to see people come together to save some of the lesser
creatures of the earth, however scaly. I hope to see more posts regarding the Baja Stick Lizards use of your sticks and pray they won't be used
against mankind. Some political parties exempted, of course.
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Joaquin Suave
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Paulina
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Those poor lizards...
I'd love a pair of BSLskin pumps, size 9 along with a matching hand bag, please. Do you think I'll have problems getting these items through customs?
WIW, with a very low number.
P.<*)))><
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Neal Johns
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Paulina, the Lizards are too hard to handle but if Marian doesn't catch me, I will deliver some Husky bedroom slippers. You are really # 1 but don't
tell a soul.
I will even throw in some of the flowers we saw in Anza Borrego the last three days. They are a popping! How there???
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Paulina
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Kneal,
Bedroom slippers would be lovely! What is that old saying, you can leave your slippers under my camping cot anytime! Just don't tell anybody. I have a
reputation to uphold...
Things are okey dokey up here, but I bet they'd be better down south!
Fondly,
WIW#1 , number one, numero uno. (As long as M and Jeans don't read this thread I'll live to see another day)
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Here in Yuma, "Fatherland Security" AKA "la migra" reports an influx of undocumented alien lizards seeking work on construction of the "lizard fence"
and "lizard crossing underpasses" required for the proposed service highway connecting the proposed new POE east of San Luis with I-8. Newly formed
committees within the protected native Flat-tailed Horned Lizards for whom the fences and underpasses are designed as anti-squashing measures are
insisting upon a "Lizard English Only" policy.
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Neal Johns
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Oso, it's sad that something as important as a lizard crossing is caught up in politics.
Paulina, here are some Anza Borrego flowers for you:
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jeans
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Neal Johns
You are really # 1 but don't tell a soul.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Paulina
WIW#1 , number one, numero uno. (As long as M and Jeans don't read this thread I'll live to see another day) |
Mom always told me to be different - Now she says...Not THAT different
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Paulina
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Lovely
Thank you Neal, I can almost smell them from Morro Bay. You've made my rainy day!
Hi Jeans...
#1WIW<*)))><
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