on 6/28/02 11:56 AM, Jeff Hellige at jhellige(a)earthlink.net wrote:
Horned toads
are on the endangered species list now, and nobody I know
has even seen one in ten years. As far as I know or have been able to
find out, there aren't any "civilization" related factors in their
impending extinction. Just those blasted ants.
Wow...I didn't know that. I remember visits to Texas as a kid
and seeing the horned toads all over the place. That sucks...
When my father first moved to Texas, he saw one as soon as he stepped out of
the car. He thought it was a scorpion at first. Maybe rather than the ants,
they left because they were angry with TCU for commercializing their image.
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Owen Robertson