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Famous Key West Animals

Discussion in 'General Chat' started by Clark, Jun 15, 2009.

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  1. Jun 15, 2009 #1
    Clark

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    Key Weird has some very famous animals. Besides the Hemingway 6 toed cats there the army that awakes you every morning all around town with his famous song. That's right, it's the Key West Eagle. also a shot of Greta who is very camera shy. When she sees a camera pointed at her she thinks "FLASH, turn head". Then there's the tabby asleep on the glass counter cantaining some of Hemingway's memorabilia.


    kw_eagle1.JPG greta1.JPG caton case1.JPG
     
  2. Jun 15, 2009 #2
    Mary Jane

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    Are you allowed to pet the cats? Did you?
    And the rooster! Does he have any friends or is he a loner, a rebel?
    Do they have those coqui things you like so much down there?
     
  3. Jun 15, 2009 #3
    Clark

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    Yes you could pet the cats, if the cat let's you. The Key West Eagles are every where, even females with eaglets running around.
     
  4. Jun 15, 2009 #4
    Mary Jane

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    Dare I ask why you keep calling that an eagle? It is a rooster, you know.
     
  5. Jun 15, 2009 #5
    Clark

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    To Conchs, they are Key West Eagles. Get with the movement here will ya!
     
  6. Jun 15, 2009 #6
    Karen

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    LOL!
     
  7. Jun 15, 2009 #7
    Clark

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    Karen, what do you think of the the 6 toe tabby?
     
  8. Jun 15, 2009 #8
    Mary Jane

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    Oh I see. A week at the keys in loud tourist shorts and now you're a Conch. I see.
     
  9. Jun 15, 2009 #9
    Clark

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    You can only be a Conch if you were born in the Keys. I was born in Orange Memorial in Orlando, Florida. Therefore, I'm not a Conch, plus I wear only Colombia shorts in earthy tones.
     
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    Mary Jane

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    LOL, "earthy" tones?
    Ya mean brown?
     
  11. Jun 15, 2009 #11
    Clark

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    Green, off white, and blue.
     
  12. Jun 16, 2009 #12
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    Seems to me you had a fine time, Clark. I'm enjoying the photos and the repartee equally.
     
  13. Jun 16, 2009 #13
    Karen

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    Clark, I have an Uncle that lived in Key West for many years.
    I've seen the 6 toe cats.
    Do they still have gator wrestling?
     
  14. Jun 16, 2009 #14
    Clark

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    No gator wrestling in the Keys. They still do along the Tamiami Trail.
     
  15. Jun 16, 2009 #15
    Mary Jane

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    You could have brought back that proud tradition to the Keys, Clark. Grab a gator, slam him down, sit on him. Easy. In your Columbians, I bet you could pass as a zoo keeper kinda guy.
     
  16. Jun 16, 2009 #16
    Clark

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    They don't have gators in the Keys. They have crocodiles. They'll slam you on the ground.
     
  17. Jun 16, 2009 #17
    Brant

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    Clark, so does that make you a Cracker ?

    I have a pic of one of those clucking Eagles w/ her eaglets hanging on my office wall, looks like a chxn to me :)
     
  18. Jun 16, 2009 #18
    Binky

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    How about some pics of those tiny deer that we have to slow down for. I think that there are none. It's just an excuse to hand out speeding tickets.
     
  19. Jun 16, 2009 #19
    Clark

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    We did not see any of those little Key deer. Binky, didja get a ticket? We saw them at the end of Seven Mile Bridge. They were just waving people over and giving them tickets.
     
  20. Jun 16, 2009 #20
    Binky

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    No, I didn't get one only because I got stuck behind some #@$% that insisted on going the speed limit. I was just there for the day. Drove down from Miami in the morning, spent a long day in the Keys, and was driving back late at night. I just wanted to get back to the room.
    So what are those things? Key Lime Deer. Small, green, make a good stew?
     
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