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Sunday, August 19, 2012

the Mississippi River, August 18, 2012

Lainie, standing in the middle of the Mississippi River on a spot that is normally covered in feet of water.  While we were walking around on these sandbars, she found a beached alligator gar that was over a foot long.  I should've taken a picture of it before she pushed it back into the river because if you don't know what a Gar looks like, they're a pretty wicked looking fish.  Here's a link to a news video from a local TV station that has more information about these sandbars and their dangers:  http://tinyurl.com/d6rsjln

2 comments:

  1. For some reason, I'm okay she got close to the snake, but the gar- she better watch out! Sweet girl, though, I know she was just wanting it to get back into the water!
    Cheri

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