*PICS* Rat update...pictures to accompany soon
I brought him to work with me. We have a retention pond out back and plenty of wilderness for him to dig his little toes into.
So...I released him about 10 yards from the water's edge and he bounded happily into the drink. He swam out about ten feet and went under, seemingly just disappearing. One of my coworkers mentioned that the alligator was zero-ing...zeroeing...(how the fuck...ergh) in on him from across the way. He then resurfaced about ten feet from where he had gone under, still swimming like a, uh, rat who was pretty tired. Next he decided to turn into the current - yes, if you're a rat, the breeze I would imagine makes a current even in a retention pond - and swam 'up-pond'. After a bit of struggling he turned back away from us and aimed to the other side to which he was now getting close. Unfortunately, the alligator was waiting patiently near the bank with his eyes trained on little Bubbles.
Well, Bubbles finally made it to the shore, passed the waiting gator, and hopped up to higher ground - safety!
NOT
A friggin' egret came down, picked him up in the air, and appeared to partially impale him, then dropped him from about 50 feet to his death. The damned bird didn't even have the decency to eat him. It was like a damned South Park episode where Kenny escapes death like a gazillion times and then eats shit anyway.
I tried, people.
I'll have pics of him cage-bound and traversing the mighty river as soon as I get them uploaded.
I brought him to work with me. We have a retention pond out back and plenty of wilderness for him to dig his little toes into.
So...I released him about 10 yards from the water's edge and he bounded happily into the drink. He swam out about ten feet and went under, seemingly just disappearing. One of my coworkers mentioned that the alligator was zero-ing...zeroeing...(how the fuck...ergh) in on him from across the way. He then resurfaced about ten feet from where he had gone under, still swimming like a, uh, rat who was pretty tired. Next he decided to turn into the current - yes, if you're a rat, the breeze I would imagine makes a current even in a retention pond - and swam 'up-pond'. After a bit of struggling he turned back away from us and aimed to the other side to which he was now getting close. Unfortunately, the alligator was waiting patiently near the bank with his eyes trained on little Bubbles.
Well, Bubbles finally made it to the shore, passed the waiting gator, and hopped up to higher ground - safety!
NOT
A friggin' egret came down, picked him up in the air, and appeared to partially impale him, then dropped him from about 50 feet to his death. The damned bird didn't even have the decency to eat him. It was like a damned South Park episode where Kenny escapes death like a gazillion times and then eats shit anyway.
I tried, people.
I'll have pics of him cage-bound and traversing the mighty river as soon as I get them uploaded.
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