The Great Giant Flea Hunt

New York Times ^ | July 29, 2014 | CAROL KAESUK YOON

[firebrand]

Gig Harbor, Washington. -- In the Pacific Northwest, we live among behemoths — snowcapped volcanoes, towering trees, great splashing salmon and lattes as big as a child’s head. Yet one of the region’s undeniably superlative titans has slipped beneath everyone’s radar.

[cloudmountain]

Buy stock in Terminex and Raid. They are our friends.

We had flea infestations several years ago, father south on the West Coast.

[Darksheare]

Bring on the Undead...
...and the Frontline.

[dhs12345]

Makes me happy to live in Colorado.

[Billthedrill]

A harrowing tale. One seeks giant wild animals at one's peril. There was the famous instance of the Giant Palouse Earthworm (Driloleirus americanus) that even now hardened mountain men look nervously over their shoulders before relating it to the campfire listeners. Enormous, man-eating worms 50 feet long, lavender, and smelling like flowers, you could hear them calling to one another on a still night in eastern Washington and northern Idaho, "AWOOOOO!", meaning "fresh campers sighted along the Clearwater! Look for the California license plates and chow down!" That is, of course, my own rough translation.

Well, they finally tracked them down. The results were a little disappointing:

Did I mention they can shrink themselves to appear less threatening? Anyway, even now, if you find yourself lost and wandering between the Moscow Starbucks and the Pullman liquor store, make sure you keep that last bullet in your Webley-Vickers for yourself. (Creeps off, shuddering...)

[Monkey Face]

Are we waiting for Friday???

[GeronL]

lol

[NoCmpromiz]

Sandra Fluke makes me puke.

But to make it rhyme with how she pronounces her name, she would need to make you pluck...

[Darksheare]

Would you mind if this thread was borrowed for the August Undead Thread?

[cloudmountain]

Sandra Fluke needs a tummy tuck.

[Manic_Episode]

[firebrand]

Be my guest. I hope some people read about how they trapped the beaver and got the flea. The beaver seemed to know they were greenies and went right into the bag LOL.

[Darksheare]

Thanks much!

[dfwgator]

Sounds like a job for these guys.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZvT3MHpffk

[unread]

Yea...there were a bunch of those gals had crabs when I was over seas in the 60’s...

[JimRed]

Flea on the left was removed from a beaver as mentioned in the article...

Beavers have fleas? Who knew? I would think that they'd drown or seek a dryer critter to infest!

[Darksheare]

Maybe we're giant fleas?

[GeronL]

lol