tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473643361564881319.post4791261621378123750..comments2023-09-29T11:23:31.078+01:00Comments on Witterings: Stuffed !Sandy's witteringshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05009803939431014995noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473643361564881319.post-37406137702778972352010-11-09T16:37:42.199+00:002010-11-09T16:37:42.199+00:00Hello Miss paranoid toothbrush, After a wee rake a...Hello Miss paranoid toothbrush, After a wee rake about I found the moley words wot you wrote :-<br /><br />THE MOLE THAT NEEDED A HOOVER<br />Twas in a glassy,dusty case in Kirkcudbright's miniature Louvre<br />that I spied the tiny,sorry face of the mole that needed a Hoover.<br />"A mole that needs a Hoover"? I hear you pondering...<br />but read this ode (not written in code) and cease thy wondering.<br />A pitiful sight...It's once sleek coat would have glistened under the moon....<br />It would have tunnelled and delved in a loamy home and danced to a wormful tune.<br />Crunching on beetles and gorging on roots and snoozing away afternoons.<br />And now Mr Mole...Just look at you...<br />Dried out and stuffed in a curious zoo...<br />Will i take you away back into the day and bathe you gently in dew...?<br />Put moisture and life back into your skin,refreshing your toothy,moley grin...<br />Or will I just sigh and leave feeling meaner<br /> for not running over you with a vacuum cleaner?????Sandy's witteringshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05009803939431014995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473643361564881319.post-51070265728637286312010-11-09T15:37:27.508+00:002010-11-09T15:37:27.508+00:00awwww...i'd forgotten about the mole that need...awwww...i'd forgotten about the mole that needed a hoover in kirkcudbright's miniature louvre :)the paranoid toothbrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07096627035490977068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473643361564881319.post-24105432588075835402010-10-26T02:38:20.250+01:002010-10-26T02:38:20.250+01:00You're right I think - it's a conger. Big ...You're right I think - it's a conger. Big things with teeth are a good reason for not going into the sea any higher than your knees.<br /><br />You're right too Anne and Chip, modern technology has far better ways of capturing animals, but it does rather post date the time these animals came a cropper too. I'm afraid it's going to take more than a good vet to get them back on their feet/fins/wings again.Sandy's witteringshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05009803939431014995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473643361564881319.post-2669088644205850762010-10-23T17:20:40.466+01:002010-10-23T17:20:40.466+01:00What a collection. Isn't that ugly thing a con...What a collection. Isn't that ugly thing a conger eel?cieldequimperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04541298876304462514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473643361564881319.post-57614092896962812142010-10-23T16:00:54.779+01:002010-10-23T16:00:54.779+01:00While on vacation back home this summer we happene...While on vacation back home this summer we happened upon a small collection of stuffed animals in a state park information center. Sadly they were rater ratty looking and caked in years of dust. I agree with Anne that the best way to preserve these creatures is on film or digital media.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812329358511747697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473643361564881319.post-82327476497036847212010-10-23T14:16:35.732+01:002010-10-23T14:16:35.732+01:00Poor things, life immortally preserved just as the...Poor things, life immortally preserved just as the Egyptians would have favoured.<br />I do not mind seeing them in pictures but oh dear, the smell of them is unmistakable.<br />Capturing them on film or pixel is a much better pastime. And I daresay the dna will be on show one day in the future instead of the actual being.Curiosity Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13381954048350238095noreply@blogger.com