Friday, January 25, 2013

Creature Feature: Fearsome Flora



All right, so plants aren’t what come to mind when you hear the word “creature”, but I really wanted to introduce some of the plants we’ve seen. You always hear warning about dangerous animals, but with all our tramping around on land or swimming/snorkeling/diving in the water, we’ve never been accosted and hurt by any animal (except for that damn sergeant major fish that nipped Anne in the Bahamas – stupid little thing). The plant life, however, never fails to take its toll. And nothing so mundane or sneaky as poison ivy. These plants are armed and dangerous, if you’re not careful to give them a wide berth. Still, we’ve both received our shares of scars from plants such as those pictured here. Can you believe some of those wicked thorns and spines?
 

4 comments:

  1. Hate those thorns! I've started to carry a Leatherman in my pack, to pull out the ones that go through my Keens.

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  2. Don't see much of this in the Exumas, guess we'll get it next year in the Caribbean?

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  3. We haven't really been impaled yet, but they certainly leave pretty scratches...

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  4. COOL!Poor Anne! Remember our tour of Plum Island in Newburyport? Anne was stung by some kind of fly! Oweeeeeee! Miss you guys!

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