I love my pets; probably not as much as chatty does but none the less they allow us to share their house with them and feed them just as much as any other pet allows their human to do.  Oliver, the cat, loves his servants greatly and feels that they do quite a tolerable job, for humans. I’ve never really gotten inside the head of the hermit crab, Hermie, but he seems to be satisfied to live in his home and occasionally redecorate it so that his humans have to visit it and put it all back together again.  Max, the Chihuahua/Terrier mix is the virtual definition of the small, hyperactive dog that you have ever seen on TV, Movies or Cartoons.

Max loves to go on long walks and claim ownership (pee on) of every tree, bush, and bug that he can find.  Yesterday, we were on a particularly long walk when Max stepped off the path and started sniffing at something in the grass.  I noticed that whatever he was sniffing at kept jumping a little bit but not running away so I stepped off the path to see what it was.  I took this picture with my phone:

One down, three to go!

This kind of thing never ceases to amaze me! This little thin snake has one of the hind legs of this frog in its’ mouth and is working on the rest of it.  We didn’t stick around to see who won this battle but my money is definitely on the snake.