Strange lizard in compost pile
bensmithmath
8 years ago
I was mixing up the pile and thought I saw a fast moving worm. I looked closer and it's definitely a reptile or possibly amphibian. It has scales, eyes, and four legs. Anyone know what it is?
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Comments (4)Your photos are really small. Can you make them any larger? Some people post to Photobucket or a similar hosting site, which allows large, high resolution photos to be posted directly into your message....See MoreSomething Strange in my compost
Comments (8)berryman, you are seriously creeping people out!!! You can see why people don't invite you to stay at their houses on your way to Nova Scotia!! But if you give me some notice, and let me pat you down at the door, I'll reconsider.......See MoreLizard in compost
Comments (22)I've never seen a lizard in MY yard, I am in zone 6a Pa, so, I think the only lizards around in MY area are "mud puppies" that live up in the mountains, and some small lizards live in areas where there are creeks and small places with some freshwater tiny rivers. I had seen them as a kid a short way from my yard, in the woods nearby. So, they CAN live here, BUT, they must not like to be where people are. Plus, MY compost is in a barrel that you turn, so, IF they went in it, they could be crushed if I turn it without seeing them. I did see some nice BIG ones when I went to Puerto Rico, and the Virgin islands on a cruise. I was NOT afraid of them, BUT, snakes, I am fine as long as I know they can't "get me". And as long as they hadn't been TOO close to my house. Last summer I saw a BIG "black snake" on the driveway, and it was about 150 -200 feet from our house, so, I just watched it slither under a evergreen tree we have and into a drainage pipe. It was dark but it had a pattern on it that was slightly lighter or darker than the rest of it's color, so, it must have been a black snake. I had seen a "black racer" years ago up in a tree, probably trying to steal some bird eggs. I moved it with a rake into the field not far away. It was tired from my moms dog throwing it up and down, maybe even injured, so, it didn't even move as I carried it with the rake. I wouldn't kill it or hurt it, they eat mice, and with the fields near us, it helps, plus my moms cats do some of the mouse killing. BUT, ironically, some of the cats have brought mice IN the house to "play with", my brother has become an expert "mouse catcher" himself as a result of the cats doing that, BUT, they haven't done it in a while, but, they still leave some mouse carcasses on the porch now and then, even a squirrel 1 time. BTW, as far as people in Asia fearing snakes, I don't blame them, they have the Cobras and other venomous snakes there that can kill you maybe even blind you (spitting cobra) if the spitting cobras are in Asia, I know they have them in Africa....See Morewhat are these roots in my compost pile
Comments (7)There's no bermuda grass anywhere near the street I live on, and probably not much in this entire canyon. But I did dig around in the pile and found some of these white shoots coming from what could be roots so I took a couple that seemed to have small roots growing from the other end and I'm going to plant them and see what comes up. I also found that there were roots coming from the ground...I think these white shoots had been chopped up a bit by the time I found them so they may have been attached to ground roots. It'll be interesting to see if these roots with shoots grow into identifiable plants....See Morefloral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
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