Thursday, November 20, 2008

pond revolution


I was going to post a piece on the Mexican Revolution. But I was simply not up to talking politics today.


I enjoyed yesterday's nature discussion so much, I decided to share another La Manzanilla photograph from last December.


Yesterday, I mentioned that Jiggs was going to have to learn to be wary of some Mexican wildlife. Some animals will not climb trees to avoid contact with him.


Let me offer Exhibit A -- the photograph that leads this little tale. The crocodile in the photograph is easily big enough to eat a large dog. What he is eating in the photograph is a filleted bill fish. It took him very few gulps to finish off the carcass.


The photograph is interesting enough because of the feeding frenzy. What I find even more interesting is: 1) the nonchalance of the Canadian fisherman, and 2) the Mexican woman's concern over the hose that provides her fresh water -- with little regard for the other danger at hand.


I suspect I may have just written my synopsis of the current state of the Mexican Revolution.