Most 'exotic' roadkill?

Mark Thompson said:

Vernon's inclusion of an "exotica" roadkill category had me thinking. What
kind of exotica is out on our roads?

What's the most exotic (or unexpected) roadkill you've seen on your bicycle
travels?

I am not sure if this is regarded as exotic, but I have killed several
insects after accidentally ingesting them.

Martin.

Mark Thompson wrote on 12/03/2007 23:24 +0100:

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Vernon's inclusion of an "exotica" roadkill category had me thinking. What
kind of exotica is out on our roads?

What's the most exotic (or unexpected) roadkill you've seen on your bicycle
travels?

Not roadkill but cycling on our tandems in Finland an odd creature ran
across the road in front of us - a sort of brown badger. After some
searching of local wildlife books we identified it as a wolverine which
is apparently extremely rare in those parts.

--
Tony

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Mark Thompson said:

Vernon's inclusion of an "exotica" roadkill category had me thinking. What
kind of exotica is out on our roads?

What's the most exotic (or unexpected) roadkill you've seen on your bicycle
travels?

I am not sure if this is regarded as exotic, but I have killed several
insects after accidentally ingesting them.

I caught a wasp in my mouth once. 8:O

"Rob Morley" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >> > What's the most
exotic (or unexpected) roadkill you've seen on your bicycle

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travels?

I am not sure if this is regarded as exotic, but I have killed several
insects after accidentally ingesting them.

I caught a wasp in my mouth once. 8:O

A roadside mole at Bolton Abbey?

John clayton
www.calder-clarion.co.uk

Mark Thompson

pleasegivegenerously@warmmail*_turn_up_the_heat_to_reply*.com of said:

Vernon's inclusion of an "exotica" roadkill category had me thinking. What
kind of exotica is out on our roads?

What's the most exotic (or unexpected) roadkill you've seen on your bicycle
travels?

A blue budgerigar on my commute to work in South Manchester (for Mark's
benefit, it was on Fog Lane).
--
Steph Peters
Chorlton Wanderers Cycling Group
Monthly slow and easy rides from South Manchester
http://www.sandbenders.demon.co.uk/cycling/chwan.htm

On 2007-03-12 23:24:40 +0000, Mark Thompson

pleasegivegenerously@warmmail*_turn_up_the_heat_to_reply*.com said:

Vernon's inclusion of an "exotica" roadkill category had me thinking. What
kind of exotica is out on our roads?

What's the most exotic (or unexpected) roadkill you've seen on your bicycle
travels?

While cycling on Florida a few years ago, came across an alligator which then
proceeded to show it was not dead and could run surprisingly quickly, not as
quick as me bricking it on an MTB though, although I think we were both just
travelling in the same direction as it veered off and plunged into a drainage
channel.

--
Three wheels good, two wheels ok

www.catrike.co.uk

Mark Thompson said:

Vernon's inclusion of an "exotica" roadkill category had me thinking. What
kind of exotica is out on our roads?

What's the most exotic (or unexpected) roadkill you've seen on your bicycle
travels?

Exotic?
Loads of big snakes in various deserts & mountains

Unexpected?
1. Turned a corner (at speed) on narrow country lane in Normandy to be
confronted by a cow across the road, upside down, with its legs set rigor
mortis in the air.
A brake slamming moment followed.

2. A dead trout.

John B

On 12 Mar 2007 23:24:40 GMT, Mark Thompson

pleasegivegenerously@warmmail*_turn_up_the_heat_to_reply*.com said:

What's the most exotic (or unexpected) roadkill you've seen on your bicycle
travels?

The *only* red squirrel I have ever seen was approaching 2-dimensional
status just south of Aviemore. Bloody skiers.

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On 12 Mar 2007 23:24:40 GMT, Mark Thompson

pleasegivegenerously@warmmail*_turn_up_the_heat_to_reply*.com said:

What's the most exotic (or unexpected) roadkill you've seen on your
bicycle
travels?

The *only* red squirrel I have ever seen was approaching 2-dimensional
status just south of Aviemore. Bloody skiers.

Today, coming from Dunford Bridge toward Woodhead Pass a very flat White
(Arctic?) Hare.
Is it really Arctic or just an interesting Yorkshire jobbie?

John
www.calder-clarion.co.uk

http://www.sfgate.com/g/pictures/2004/03/08/urbananimal02.jpg

On 12 Mar 2007 23:24:40 GMT, Mark Thompson

pleasegivegenerously@warmmail*_turn_up_the_heat_to_reply*.com said:

Vernon's inclusion of an "exotica" roadkill category had me thinking. What
kind of exotica is out on our roads?

What's the most exotic (or unexpected) roadkill you've seen on your bicycle
travels?

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On 12 Mar 2007 23:24:40 GMT, Mark Thompson

pleasegivegenerously@warmmail*_turn_up_the_heat_to_reply*.com said:

What's the most exotic (or unexpected) roadkill you've seen on your
bicycle
travels?

The *only* red squirrel I have ever seen was approaching 2-dimensional
status just south of Aviemore. Bloody skiers.

Today, coming from Dunford Bridge toward Woodhead Pass a very flat White
(Arctic?) Hare.
Is it really Arctic or just an interesting Yorkshire jobbie?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_hare

Native. Quite common in the Pentlands around Edinburgh, not uncommon here.

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;; killing [afghan|iraqi] civilians is not 'justice'

Martin Dann <[email hidden]> whizzed past me shouting

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Mark Thompson said:

Vernon's inclusion of an "exotica" roadkill category had me thinking.
What kind of exotica is out on our roads?
What's the most exotic (or unexpected) roadkill you've seen on your
bicycle travels?

I am not sure if this is regarded as exotic, but I have killed several
insects after accidentally ingesting them.

I've found a stag beetle, squashed but clearly recognisable.
A grass snake.
A turkey (the amount of feathers was simply unbelieveable)
A football (it can't be easy to run over one of those)
A red kite.

--
Sue ]🙁🙂

Why aren't we demandng regular retests for motorists?
It's obvious a lot of them would fail and that'd solve the congestion problem.

Sue White said:

A football (it can't be easy to run over one of those)

That reminds me of this roadkill I came across a couple of years back in the
Netherlands.

http://www.velotree.co.uk/haarlemsaddle.html

John B

Passed a dead mongoose this morning

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Passed a dead mongoose this morning

Sounds painful :]

quote='Paul Rudin'::dom:: said:

Passed a dead mongoose this morning

Sounds painful :][/QUOTE]
not as painfull as the two squashed land crabs I passed yesterday :O

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I've found a stag beetle, squashed but clearly recognisable.
A grass snake.
A turkey (the amount of feathers was simply unbelieveable)
A football (it can't be easy to run over one of those)
A red kite.

I used to bring them home for me and the boys to dissect.
weasels, stoat, starling, grass-snake, sparrowhawk,voles, shrew and
mice, moles, grouse
If it wouldn't fit in my saddle bag I left it.
we had the sparrowhawk stuffed.
TerryJ

On Mar 12, 11:24 pm, Mark Thompson

pleasegivegenerously@warmmail*_turn_up_the_heat_to_reply*.com said:

Vernon's inclusion of an "exotica" roadkill category had me thinking. What
kind of exotica is out on our roads?

What's the most exotic (or unexpected) roadkill you've seen on your bicycle
travels?

somewhat off the original question, in that I wasn't cycling, and it
wasn't quite a "kill", but there was a bathtub sat in the fast lane of
the M5 last week. People were being quite sensible and managing to
avoid it, but could have been quite impressive if someone had hit it.
Think it was plastic rather than Victorian cast iron. Mind you a
friend's dad supposedly ran into a lathe sat on the motorway but I
can't vouch for the latter story! Quite a thing to lose off the back
of your lorry - .

Hywel

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somewhat off the original question, in that I wasn't cycling, and it
wasn't quite a "kill", but there was a bathtub sat in the fast lane of
the M5 last week. People were being quite sensible and managing to
avoid it, but could have been quite impressive if someone had hit it.
Think it was plastic rather than Victorian cast iron. Mind you a
friend's dad supposedly ran into a lathe sat on the motorway but I
can't vouch for the latter story! Quite a thing to lose off the back
of your lorry - .

Came close to scoring a double mattress at the bottom of the M11 a few years
ago; the spare wheel from a Citroen BX detached itself from its parent
motorcar as I followed it up the A1 and as a small Mr Larrington, with Mrs
Larrington (decd.) at the wheel, a Phenomenal Avoidance ensued when a Thing
resembling a six-foot diameter Brillo pad dropped off the back of a lorry
exiting a roundabout near High Wycombe.

Phixer Phil Chadwick encountered a sofa on the M4 last week, but it was that
motorised one :-)

--
Dave Larrington
<http://www.legslarry.beerdrinkers.co.uk>
And then there was light and He thought it was good, so He threw
the receipt away.