Last night the mrs ran in asking me to liberate a toad from the back yard - our part time Westie was harassing it, and obviously hasn't learnt the lesson that the can squirt some awfully foul stuff.
Anyway, I picked it up and lobbed it onto the front lawn.
This morning I was walking around out there, and there it was, minus it's head and front legs!
So what's likely to have done this? We have a part time cat, which is quite useful at catching vermin, there is also a greeny black hedgehog poo out there, that was there the night before.
You think living in the country you know the nature around you - but that's obviously nonsense.
One little tidbit about toads - a few years ago I built a new hydro turbine on a 100m head main - 10bar near as damnit. We had to fit a strainer on the inlet because of a lack of one at source, and whilst cleaning this one day i had a look at the contents. Two toad skeletons, one freshly picked - it was still red, and one live, fat toad. So they not only survive 10bar, but they eat each other as well.
Anyway, I picked it up and lobbed it onto the front lawn.
This morning I was walking around out there, and there it was, minus it's head and front legs!
So what's likely to have done this? We have a part time cat, which is quite useful at catching vermin, there is also a greeny black hedgehog poo out there, that was there the night before.
You think living in the country you know the nature around you - but that's obviously nonsense.
One little tidbit about toads - a few years ago I built a new hydro turbine on a 100m head main - 10bar near as damnit. We had to fit a strainer on the inlet because of a lack of one at source, and whilst cleaning this one day i had a look at the contents. Two toad skeletons, one freshly picked - it was still red, and one live, fat toad. So they not only survive 10bar, but they eat each other as well.