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<blockquote data-quote="IanD" data-source="post: 13072" data-attributes="member: 6186"><p><em><u><strong>The Mole Cricket's Last Stand</strong></u></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Gorilla talpa is the king</em></p><p><em>(I'm glad it hasn't got a sting)</em></p><p><em>with shovel hands just like a mole</em></p><p><em>it soon descends deep in its hole. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>It loved the damp & fertile soil</em></p><p><em>but made my father's temper boil</em></p><p><em>as through the rows of fruitful crops</em></p><p><em>it ate the roots - you'd see the tops</em></p><p><em>of carrots, beet and brussel sprouts</em></p><p><em>just wither like a summer drought.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Our garden was its final home</em></p><p><em>my father its unwilling slave</em></p><p><em>he moved - the garden overgrown</em></p><p><em>became gorilla talpa's grave.</em></p><p></p><p>The <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/33443775@N00/2248412370" target="_blank">Mole cricket - Gryllotalpa</a> infested our garden in Sholing, Southampton. Dad did did not realise it was nearly extinct in Britain. That was up to 1958. We moved across the road, & the very well cultivated garden soon became overgrown. </p><p></p><p>In the 70s conservationists became concerned about this endangered species, and the BBC Natural History Unit came to search for it in the old garden in 1979, without any success. I have the tape of that search- its the only tape I have of Dad's voice. He died the following year. </p><p></p><p><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2402/2248412370_2a00e6c9f6.jpg?v=0" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Fergus - if you can find one, it will be very low carb. John the baptist enjoyed a diet of locusts, but leave off the wild honey.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="IanD, post: 13072, member: 6186"] [i][u][b]The Mole Cricket's Last Stand[/b][/u] Gorilla talpa is the king (I'm glad it hasn't got a sting) with shovel hands just like a mole it soon descends deep in its hole. It loved the damp & fertile soil but made my father's temper boil as through the rows of fruitful crops it ate the roots - you'd see the tops of carrots, beet and brussel sprouts just wither like a summer drought. Our garden was its final home my father its unwilling slave he moved - the garden overgrown became gorilla talpa's grave.[/i] The [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/33443775@N00/2248412370]Mole cricket - Gryllotalpa[/url] infested our garden in Sholing, Southampton. Dad did did not realise it was nearly extinct in Britain. That was up to 1958. We moved across the road, & the very well cultivated garden soon became overgrown. In the 70s conservationists became concerned about this endangered species, and the BBC Natural History Unit came to search for it in the old garden in 1979, without any success. I have the tape of that search- its the only tape I have of Dad's voice. He died the following year. [img]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2402/2248412370_2a00e6c9f6.jpg?v=0[/img] Fergus - if you can find one, it will be very low carb. John the baptist enjoyed a diet of locusts, but leave off the wild honey. [/QUOTE]
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