RE: [Paddlewise] Objectionable Caribbean wildlife.

From: <outdoors_at_biddeford.com>
Date: Tue, 01 Dec 1998 22:36:27 -0500
>The scorpions I have encountered are the small white ones that have a wallop

>...Watch out for sting rays, scorpion fish or stone fish in the shallows...
>
>Fire coral is a potential problem...
>...barracudas love
>shiny things and ear lobes and fingers sometimes suffer. sea Lice... have
poison ivy type 
>symptoms and can last a couple of
>weeks...
>Don't forget those adorable fire ants!

Yow!  I knew there were plenty of reasons why I like Maine.  Above are a
few more.

			Bill Ridlon
			Southern Maine Sea Kayaking Network

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