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<font face="Arial">Michael-<br>
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Great photos, and I admire your ability to handle so many of these
elusive critters. I imagine lizard catching (the high metabolism ones
in particular), is a learned technique. Say, your "fossorial cricket"
looks like a Jerusalem cricket to me. I hear they bite. <br>
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I'm convinced that none of us hikes the same trail, even when we do.
The differing levels and specialties of awareness we bring with us
shape our own unique reality. Can't come up with a new long trail to
hike? Master a new field of outdoor study, and find a new world among
the old.<br>
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- blisterfree<br>
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Michael Cravens wrote:
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<div>No worries, I have a great respect for wildlife and the places
they live. I do follow Leave No Trace principles. The "chipmunk" is
actually a golden-mantled ground squirrel and was already well
habituated to humans and living in a popular state park. the rock was
turned by a bear, as stated in the text. Otherwise, I'm glad you
enjoyed the pictures.</div>
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<div>Mike, aka Strix<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 1:58 PM, Kris
Strromberg <span dir="ltr"><<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="mailto:campomp@yahoo.com">campomp@yahoo.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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I loved many of these pictures, but can't believe he let a chipmunk
"help clean out his mug"- which was crusted with glop. Don't let
wildlife get your food- they will no longer be wild. Also, he clearly
had moved a rock just to see what was underneath. Many of these alpine
areas are very sensitive and have a low tolerance to disturbance. I
think handling herps probably stresses them out, but I'm a LNT freak
when it comes to the wilderness biosphere (I try to avoid stepping on
lichen when possible- they grow 1 mm per year). But seriously, this
is basic stuff here.<br>
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Done ranting,<br>
Wasa<br>
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