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Texas Critters

What kind of creatures can you find in Texas?

Tarantula crawling through the grass
Tarantula crawling through the grass.
Small hammerhead shark
Small hammerhead shark, caught and released in the surf, Port Aransas
Small hammerhead shark
Small hammerhead shark, caught and released in the surf, Port Aransas
Texas land turtle
Texas land turtle at the ARK, Port Aransas
Pelican
Pelican being cared for at the ARK, Port Aransas
Pelican
Pelican 'dancing' at the ARK, Port Aransas
buzzards roosting in tree
Buzzards, Colorado River just north of Lake Buchanan
Turtle being cared for at ARK, Port Aransas
Sea turtle being cared for at the ARK, Port Aransas
Turtle being cared for at ARK, Port Aransas
Sea turtle being cared for at the ARK, Port Aransas
hognose snake
Hognose snake
black-tipped shark
Black-tipped shark (~30" long) caught (and released) in the surf, Port Aransas, August 2004
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Speckled trout (25.5" long) caught in the surf, Port Aransas, July 2004
Jack Crevelle fish
Jack Crevelle caught and released in the surf (past the 3rd bar), Port Aransas, July 2003
Tarpon fish
Tarpon caught and released in the surf, Port Aransas, July 2003
King fish - the one that didn't get away but got set released
King Mackeral (" king fish") caught and released off the Port Aransas jetty, August 2003
Keylan, a great dog!
Keylan, our dog (3 yrs old)
Moth resting on sidewalk
(Not very well-) camoflouged moth
Hummingbird at the feeder
Hummingbird
A Golden Orb spider on its web
Golden Orb spider
Small, but poisonous coral snake
Coral snake
("Red on yellow, kill a fellow")
One of our many scorpions
Scorpion