Sulphur River Gallery 16
Armadilloes & Old Anglers
This was a championship prize-winning
bass fish at a tournament in Mount Pleasant. Such bass are commonplace
in the waters of Sulphur River and it adjacent tributaries, lakes
and ponds.
This little angler caught a couple
of lake perch at a Holiday Inn tournament for children in Mount
Pleasant. Perch and catfish of this size and larger are common
to all waterways in the Sulphur River Bottomland.
Here is a close-up of the local
species of crawfish. Elles sont délicieuses, à la
étouffées, New Orléans style. One time I
got all carried away reading about a shortage of "écrevisses"
in France (where, like here, and probably directly attributable
to the local Louisiana Cajun influence, crawfish are considered
to be a delicacy), and I tried to export some of them by refrigerated
air freight to Paris. But they rotted in a French warehouse, and
I received a not-so-polite letter from the Parisian importer.
Win some, lose some, n'est-ce pas? But if you enjoy "crawfish
boils", there are millions of these delectable "écrevisses"
in and around the Sulphur Bottom!
Bon Appétit! Roberto, of "Pure French" Ancestry,
Not "Cajun"!
This little 'dillo must've had one
too many at the Armadillo Collision Ballroom and just couldn't
cross the highway in time.
"Dum Tacet Clamat." It died with a smile on its face!
Northeast Texas is certainly "Armadillo Country" if
there ever was one. There is no telling how many armadilloes will
be forced to evacuate Sulphur River Bottom if this abominable
reservoir is constructed. (Incidentally, did you know that in
"Prehistoric Times" in Argentina, there were armadilloes
as large as VW Beetles? Other animals would actually make homes
inside their dessicated shells!)
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