lavacarancher
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When I was growing up I used to play with Horned Toads. I would find all kinds of ways to use them like attaching them too match boxes and letting them pull them like wagons. Horned toads are all gone now. I haven't seen one of them in forty or more years.
Another observation of missing beasts was the red ant. Any of you folks remember those? Well, the other day I was walking out to the equipment barn and I ran across this bare spot about two feet in diameter and I knew what it was. Red ants. They disappeared from my part of the country more than 50 years ago and I always assumed that the fire ants displaced both the red ant and the horned toad. So my thoughts are, where did they come from? How did they get here? Are there parts of the country where red ants still flourish? Man, those rascals could sure sting and I'm going to try and discourage them from setting up shop on my place.
Another observation of missing beasts was the red ant. Any of you folks remember those? Well, the other day I was walking out to the equipment barn and I ran across this bare spot about two feet in diameter and I knew what it was. Red ants. They disappeared from my part of the country more than 50 years ago and I always assumed that the fire ants displaced both the red ant and the horned toad. So my thoughts are, where did they come from? How did they get here? Are there parts of the country where red ants still flourish? Man, those rascals could sure sting and I'm going to try and discourage them from setting up shop on my place.