On Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:03:58 -0500, LOL! wrote:


Having never been to Florida - despite your tall tales of imaginary
trips on week-long treks in the Everglades seeking rare botanical
samples - you wouldn't know that.


p.s. It's not just "week long" trips into the Everglades. Try 9-month long
treks while LIVING in the Everglades to document its many life-forms. You
namby-pamby ****wad. Go eat your pablum.

Like this more colorful of the many many dozens of species of rare and
endangered "Tree Snails" that I documented. Found on many dozens of remote
and isolated hammocks scattered throughout the Everglades. Reachable only
by kayak or airboat. (Airboats are far too noisy, they scare the wildlife,
would never even consider them for photography treks. Leave them for the
know-nothing tourists, and idiot hunters, that scare away everything they
are trying to find.)

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4078/4861855661_65a5f81b42.jpg

Greatly JPG degraded because even a thumbnail of this particular species is
highly marketable. You don't even get to see the ones with decent
composition.