Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Tropical garden #8, 0 by KatG

KatG wrote:
I'm not sure how many of you ever read or subscribe to "Florida Gardening" Magazine. It's a real good publication and I really enjoy the articles as you can actually relate, as I can actually grow the plants they feature...

I was looking through the Feb/Mar issue the other day and just had to laugh at an article entitled "Anole Angst"...

It was a letter to the Editor from a Lizard...

He said he was mad as Hell and is not going to take it anymore! Some of his reasons were...

1. I am not here for the perverted amusement of your Cat.
2. We are not here SO your children can make us bite their earlobes and wear us as earrings.
3. We are not here to save you money on your car Insurance! hahahaha

The Anole compares himself to us Humans...He considers himself a very gracious and regal lizrard species that inhabits all of Flordia.

He also thinks he's not so different from us humans, his points are...

1. We molt frequently and shed off pieces of skin. Humans continuously forget or refuse to use sunscreen and end up doing the same.

2. We grab and consume prey almost as big as we are. Lizards have seen your so-called Sno-Birds at a Sunday afternoon all-you-can-eat-buffet....need I say more?

3. We breed anywhere from late March to early October. You breed anytime, anyplace.

He further states that if he should get into your home by accident and is spotted clinging to the wall..

They are NOT amused by being chased around by some crazed , hairy brute of a Susquatch with a piece of Tupperware, while the mate is doing a River Dance on the couch screaming....Eeeeecck...It's a lizard! For crying out loud...do you know how BIG you are???

I thought the closing was the best though...

The Lizard writes...

What really frosts me about you Humans...It's when you refer to your politicians and attorneys as "lizards" What did we ever do to deserve that?

I just thought it was cute!

Pic: I have hundreds of these little guys running around inside of the screen enclosure. It's never a problem. They drive my dogs nuts but I like them!