January, 19, 2004
January, 12, 2004
January, 5, 2004
December, 22, 2003
December, 15, 2003
December, 8, 2003
October, 5, 2004
September, 22, 2004
November, 25, 2003
September, 9, 2004
May, 31, 2004
May, 26, 2004
May, 17, 2004
May, 10, 2004
May, 3, 2004
April, 26, 2004
April, 19, 2004
April, 12, 2004
April, 5, 2004
November, 17, 2003
March, 29, 2004
March, 22, 2004
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| St. Mary's Nativity School asks: Is there a limit on the number of alligators per day for a hunter or the number of tags issued? CC answers: Alligator season usually lasts for amost of the month of September. Land owners get tags in relation to the type of habitat they have. I don't have the exact figures out here on the house boat, bu twill try to get it for you in the next few days. |
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| Phoenix Magnet Elementary asks: How many babies can an alligator have at one time? How do the babies nurse or feed whenever they are newborns? CC answers: Take a look at http://www.cclockwood.com/gatorcam/kidspage.htm and you will see that baby alligators hatch from eggs like all reptiles do. The mother American alligator lays an average of 38 eggs. They hatch in about 63 days and can immediately eat insects and small minnows. They do not nurse like mammals do. |
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| L.J. Alleman Middle School asks: When you start catching crawfish, what type of net will you use and do you have to use bait? CC answers: I will use crawfish wire traps and bait with fish carcasses. Did you know that Purina makes Crawfish bait; it looks like giant pieces of dog food. |
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| St. Mary's Nativity School asks: What is the price range per foot of alligator skin? CC answers: It varies each year due to market conditions. It has ranged about from about $10 per foot to $50.00 per foot. Recently it has been more to the low end. |
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| L.J. Alleman Middle School asks: What do you feel are the three most endangered or threatened species in our wetlands? CC answers: 1. Human Beings are number one. If we don't take care of these habitats, life will be a lot less enjoyable. 2. All marsh plants are locally endangered because we are losing them as the marsh erodes. 3. The Red Wolf is not only endangered but gone from Louisiana. It was a creature of the hardwood bottomlands. One of my favorite animals. |
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| Audubon Elementary asks: Explain the early (relatively warm) temperature change, and the negative or positive influence it may have on some animals? CC answers: It feels like it has been a cold winter to us living out on the houseboat. I have noticed the bald cypress turning green earlier than usual in the Atchafalaya. Nothing serious will happen to any of the animals unless there is a more major change. |
March, 15, 2004
March, 3, 2004
March, 1, 2004
December, 23, 2004
February, 19, 2004
February, 9, 2004
December, 2, 2004
January, 26, 2004
November, 12, 2003
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