Not to mention 20 of them sleeping on yard every night. I’d never walk across that yard without being completely covered. Wonder how many ticks drop off onto the lawn.
I had to laugh when I read #6. When it’s one of your own “that’s adding insult to injury”.
Don’t you just hate that. On a nice day you would love to go barefoot outside but you can’t because those chewed off shells are like walking on broken glass.
It’s strange, but we hardly have any ticks here. I’ve seen one in the seven years that we’ve lived here….and we’re outside all the time
Literally like broken glass, Hickory nuts have one of the thickest shell of any nut.
We once had a house that had butternut trees in the backyard. Squirrels were always eating them. Those things were like you described. The nuts were encased inside what looked like a Big rock hard crabapple. Those squirrels would chew off the crabapple stuff to get to the nut inside then chew off the hard shells that would cut into your feet if you didn't have your shoes on. Tell you one thing you don't want to be underneath those trees when the squirrels were eating them because sometimes they would drop them and hit you really good on top of your head. Or sometimes the nuts just drop off the tree naturally and boy you could hear them bang really hard on the roof.
I couldn't imagine being konked by one of those...yikes!
This is what they look like
LOL petting zoo? If you could get your hand back after trying it.I think you could start a petting zoo.
