HOLY CRAP!
i got a little package in the mail today, with a picture of one of the hamtaro hamsters in place of a return address. in the package was a note reading, "you seem to have stopped coming to us so now we must come to you!" along with six adorable little hamsters!
unfortunately, my camera's cord is no longer working in either of my usb ports, i haven't gotten a card reader yet, and my internet connection keeps going down so i couldn't upload the photos anyway. but trust me: hamster pictures are forthcoming!
and: thank you, hamster-giver!!
oh, two more discoveries of the afternoon--i went into the kitchen to make a sandwich and saw this insanely large bug that looked like a cross between a spider and a cricket [i looked it up in my field guide and it seems to be a spitting spider]. of course i sprayed about a half a can of raid on the thing, and that's when i came upon the hundreds of dead ants by the back door. EWWWWWWWWWW. i guess summer's here . . .
a spitting spider!? i just fainted!
ReplyDeleteand i do hope you find out the identity of your hamster-giver someday...i think that's fascinating.
it didn't spit on me--apparently they're called that b/c they spit some sort of venom on their prey. but they are pretty scary-looking.
ReplyDeletei hope i find out too! i'll definitely let you know. :)
are you sure it wasn't a camel cricket? They're icky but not dangerous. --Sarah
ReplyDeletehmm, it may well have been. it didn't look that much like the picture in my field guide, but some of the online pictures look pretty similar. i didn't really get a good look at it before spraying it and then scooping it up with three paper towels, though. :)
ReplyDeleteSo awesome that you got the hamtaros! We were just talking about the possibility of them coming in the mail! Exciting!
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