Before we left Colorado, between Durango and Pagosa you would see at least eight dead animals on the side of the road. In a one hour drive you would see at least that many dead deer and elk. That's a lot of carnage.
Well, roadkill happens here too. The largest thing I've seen is a raccoon type animal, and I've only seen two of those, but that doesn't mean there isn't road kill.
To get to work I have to walk for ten minutes. In that ten minute walk I saw three dead....caterpillars. Those little guys are everywhere right now. Sunday I saw one crawling across the road and was so surprised I almost swerved to miss it. On that narrow mountain road we probably would've died in a fiery car crash. Can you imagine trying to explain that one? Hi Saint Peter. We died in a car wreck. How did we wreck? Uh...I swerved to miss an animal. What animal? Hmmmm...
There are TONS of caterpillars. I saw three dead caterpillars and four still crawling away. We went for a walk in a park Monday and saw over a dozen.
I can't wait to see what other creatures are cruising around.
Wait. From a car you saw a caterpillar? How big are these things?
ReplyDeleteMy mistake. I walk to work.
ReplyDeleteYou can see the live ones while you are driving. They are about 2 inches long and have inch long hair.
I should've told you that they are as long as your arm and eat entire watermelons in a single munch. They're big, but not that big.
Nate remember if you hit a caterpillar they won't damage your car like deer or elk will, so it is ok to hit them.
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