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Post by Deleted on Feb 19, 2021 16:12:51 GMT
We were shown pictures on the TV, here in England, of a Louisiana bayou after it snowed. It was so beautiful.  |
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Feb 19, 2021 17:32:47 GMT
Aye, it's beautiful but also deceiving. Most of the bayous have alligators living in the vicinity, Up in the southeast part of Oklahoma there are alligators using brumation [think hibernation for cold-blooded animals] to get through the cold snap they haven't seen the like of in over 100 years.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2021 4:08:04 GMT
Aye, it's beautiful but also deceiving. Most of the bayous have alligators living in the vicinity, Up in the southeast part of Oklahoma there are alligators using brumation [think hibernation for cold-blooded animals] to get through the cold snap they haven't seen the like of in over 100 years. Another new word you've taught me Cameron, thanks _--"brumation". Yes those poor creatures, they're just not used to the snow. |
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Feb 20, 2021 14:27:23 GMT
Alligators don't see snow often, but they've dealt with it enough they are adapted to surviving it.
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Post by BlueAndGold on Feb 20, 2021 14:40:09 GMT
Just like frogs, I guess.
I regularly visit a place at 10,000 feet altitude. In May there are still drifts of snow perhaps 2 feet deep back under the trees and the night time air temperature drops well under 20 degrees F. And yet, that is when the tree frogs make the most noise - at night in May, their breeding season. Through the winter they are dormant underground and in the summer they are silent.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2021 16:53:17 GMT
We were shown pictures on the TV, here in England, of a Louisiana bayou after it snowed. It was so beautiful. View AttachmentThis is not anywhere close to being as pretty as the pic you shared, but here is our neighborhood street a couple of nights ago from our window. It was a sheet of ice. Looked like a skating rink.  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2021 4:11:15 GMT
Looked like a skating rink.
That's a good picture @tynermason. On TV yesterday we were shown young people playing ice hockey on the iced over streets. Amazing!
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