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Jeff Head

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Miragedriver said:
I think I'm afraid to go swimming in those waters!
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This reminds me of a time when I was a kid.

I was raised on a small ranch in Texas...about 65 miles northwest of Dallas.

We had a creek that ran through our property. Sandy, but with limestone outcroppings along some of its banks. Ran most of the year...but would dry un in particularly hot or dry summers...except for the "holes" in the bends or in deep places.

There were numerous such holes...and as kids we also used them as swimming holes.

I can remember having to dodge cotton-mouth water moccasin snakes in some of those holes and laughing as we would flick water at them, or use branches to knock them away sometimes.

In one particularly deep hole...I'd say that the water in that hole was 12-15 deep in places, we used to swim even in the driest summers.

That is until a fellow pulled a 80 lb mud catfish out of it. That thing was almost 6 feet long and literally, with its big wide mouth, seemed big enough to swallow us whole. I was only 12 or 13 years old at the time, and was barely 5 ft tall myself when that happened.

We were really psyched by it.
 
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Japanese 'cat island' has more cats than people
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, USA TODAY Network4:59 p.m. EST March 3, 2015



It's a cat lover's dream come true, an island where felines outnumber humans.

Hoards of feral cats have made the remote Aoshima Island in Southern Japan their home, where they outnumber humans six to one,
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The mile-long island was home to 900 people in 1945, but now 120 cats — and just a few residents — have taken their place.

There are no cars on the island and only one ferry runs twice daily
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And while it's not exactly an average tourist's dream come true, curious friends of felines are hopping on the ferry daily to catch a glimpse of "Cat Island," Reuters reports.


Ferry captain Nobuyuki Ninomiya
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that he seldom brought tourists to the islands until recently.

"Now I carry tourists every week, even though the only thing we have to offer is cats,"Ninomiya told the publication.

The cats were originally introduced to the islands to deal with a booming mice population, but soon the tables turned. With no predators, the cats began multiplying.

Disgruntled locals have made attempts to curb the out-of-control population, and at least 10 cats have already been neutered, according to Reuters.

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