Gators and Leeches and Snakes, Oh My!
Now here’s something you don’t see everyday — at least not in Southern California. But signs warning pedestrians about alligators and other reptiles were a common sight in Sugar Land, Texas, just outside Houston, where I was traveling for the past week.
This particular caution appeared in the city’s Oyster Creek Park, a large green space popular with local joggers, cyclists and strollers. I soon learned that gators and snakes weren’t the area’s only dangerous inhabitants. Fire ants and leeches also call the place home.
We Left Coast types like to make fun of the South and other “fly-over” regions of the country, often assuming they’re nothing more than a haven for bubbas and bumpkins… Read more
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