Growing up in the midwest, there are certain critters here in Cozumel that take some getting used to. Now, let me say that I am a farm girl. I am not a sissy... BUT I really can't explain the shock I feel every time I look down and see a little scorpion. I have not been bitten yet, but you can bet your last dollar I look in my shoes before putting them on. Actually, it is fortunate that I rarely wear anything but flip flops here!
Now tarantulas are another thing I just don't care for. I don't see them in our house(thank God) but I do see them in the road, or on the outside walls of houses and buildings. They are just huge! And even though they are creepy, they are oddly fascinating to me. When I see one, I often move in for a closer look. I really hope they don't jump because if that happens I will drop dead right then and there of a heart attack! And more than likely they will put the picture of my dead body on the front page of the paper the next day. They have a thing about putting dead people pictures in the paper. The more disgusting, the better. I will never get used to that. Ever. My boyfriend's co-workers like to wave the new morning paper in my face and watch me turn green and run away. It is greatly entertaining for them, apparently.
Fire ants. Not cool. Nothing wakes you up more than standing in a colony of the little #*~@! While flip flops are great for avoiding the bigger creepy crawlies, they are not so much great when standing on fire ants. Just sayin'.
One thing I do like is the lizards here. I love the abundance of iguanas we have. They don't scare me at all. They are so darn cute, and have the prettiest colors. I adore seeing them in the garden, and it cracks me up when they dash across the road. In the US we dodge squirrels. Here, we dodge iguanas.
No comments:
Post a Comment