I Think The Chavs Are Gonna Kill My Spawn

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I studied my spawn hard yesterday and I think lalchitri is right, the tadpoles at the top of the spawn have gotten bigger now and are more long so they probo have hatched and are sunbathing on top of the spawn. It�s hard to tell if they�re still in jelly or on top but I do think they�re lying on top now.  My spawn didn�t die!  The baby tadpoles have lived through chav attacks and ice! 

 David Bird wrote:

Just seen this post and a quick reply about pond invertebrates, why do pond owners never seem to be able to identify what invertebrates they have in their pond especially as they are the most numerous in terms of species and very important part of the habitat.

I blame the parents.  I blame the teachers.  My granddad was right good at pointing at things and telling me what they were and trying to get me to remember what they are when I was littler.  When I stayed over at his house he�d make me write a list of all the things I�d learned from that day.  He taught me about trees and plants and neighbours.  I bet if he hadn�t have died he could have taught me about pond life too.  It sucks that old people get so old that they die,  I wish they�d stay around forever, I�d be so much more cleverer. 

 David Bird wrote:

There are just over a dozen species of leeches in this country and only a few are parasitic and rarely found in garden ponds most are carnivorous feeding on small invertebrates especially molluscs,

What are molluscs? 

 David Bird wrote:

they are also long and thin in shape when stretched out with an obvious sucking disc at either end.

If I find a leech I�m gonna try and look for that sucking disc, it sounds interesting. 

 David Bird wrote:

The shape on the leaf, colour and size is either a tadpole which usually when newly hatched like to hang down in the water from a plant surface or lie on the floor of the pond or more likely a flatworm or Planarian which glides across the surface of the pond bottom or leaf surfaces, these predate on small insect larvae or crustaceans but are often seen on frog spawn clumps. The Observers book of Pond Life is reasonably priced and good enough for the maajority of life in a garden pond.

I never thought about getting a book about pondlife before!  I guess I could do that or ask for it as a present.  I�m not into reading lots of words especially if it�s all technical confusing talk but I�d like a book with lots of photos. 

 tim-f wrote:

I can't help but ask, does the Observer's Book of "Pond Life" cover "chavs"?  

I don�t want to read about chavs.  I don�t want nothin� to do with chavs.  Some older lad chavs were making fun out of me last night making gribbeting noises when I was out with my bucket.  Chavs are common.  Chavs are not nice.  My Old Cousin Valerie in Paris has got a new hobby though, she goes out with a camera chav snapping and shows us her photos on a Robbie site.  France have chavs just like us. 

 Vicar wrote:

Link for Sue...
http://t-shirts.cafepress.com/item/green-frog-girl-jr-ringer -tshirt/61135773

I love it!  I love it!  Are you gonna buy it me?!    You�re old aren�t you?  Old people on the internet buy me things, you gonna get it for me?    My Nana Holdol made me up a tee-shirt, the frog on it is the avator I use on most Robbie sites.  Nana is a thoughtful old lady with bags of cash but it don�t matter if you�re poor Vicar cos I accept presents from people living off benefits too. 

(BTW it�s awfully difficult taking a photo of yourself when you�ve got a wibbly wobbly rubbery frog on your shoulder.  )

Edited by Baby Sue