among the fields of heather...

I admit to having SAES - Stupid American Ethnocentrism Syndrome. So I once had a strange question for a friend from France, "Do you have any wild animals in France?"

I know that sounds dumb, but quite frankly, when I think of France, I think of pastoral scenes and Paris, not wildlife. I'd never considered the possibilities of a forest.

Tonight I mentioned this to some friends, and one suggested that Scotland probably had some good wildlife, but he also thought England had huge forests, so I was doubtful. We did the dutiful google search for Wild Animals Scotland and we got this website: Wildlife Scotland.

They list a total of 14 land animals including goats, squirrels, voles and the ever exciting Scottish Wood Ant.

oooooooooooooooohhhh.........

I was actually suprised they didn't list Nessie with their sea animals. And they include a bat in their land animals, though the birds get their own section. But you can't just call it mammals, thanks to those ever important ants, so I guess I see the dilemma.

The best thing about this website though, is that it's for wildlife excursions. So if you're looking to go see some exciting deer and squirrels...think Scotland!

Who wants to fool themselves more:? The scots want to fool themselves more.

-barrett 'n megan