RE: [Paddlewise] Objectionable Carribean wildlife.

I can see the attraction to that area.

The fire coral
The jelly fish
The sea urchins
The Poisonwood
The scorpions

Did you lose a bet?  
Are you being required to go there?

It can't be for a Sociology conference.

Larry (No fire coral on campus) Mills
SUNY Purchase


-----Original Message-----
From:	Richard Mitchell [SMTP:mitchelr_at_ucs.orst.edu]
Sent:	Tuesday, December 01, 1998 7:01 PM
To:	paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net
Subject:	Re: [Paddlewise] Objectionable Carribean wildlife.

We are off in ten days to the Caribbean for an extended trip in
the southern Bahamas.  After a good bit of research we jettisoned
the Exumas as too developed for our liking and changed
destinations.  We will now take the mailboat to the southern
extremity of the Jumentos 
Cays and paddle from there -- starting just 80 nm north of
Havana.  This is a much more remote area than the Exumas.  We
need advice regarding hostile flora and fauna.  Specifically,
what techniques are advisable for the recognition and avoidance
of fire coral and jelly fish (whose toxins are related I
understand), urchins, and poisonwood.  Also what species of
scorpions are likely to be encountered in the area?  Any
sculpturatus (sp?) scorpions likely to be about?  Any other
additions to the list of plant and animal encounters to avoid?

Thanks.

RGM
-- 
Richard G. Mitchell, Jr.
Department of Sociology
Oregon State University
Corvallis, OR 97331
U.S.A.
(541) 752-1323 phone/fax
mitchelr_at_ucs.orst.edu
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