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Amphibian Assault

“…little aquatically inclined feet splashed oil all around underneath the Plymouth…”

In the annals of some 37-plus years of legal driving, I have encountered a variety of animals while behind the wheel. There have been raccoons, possums, mice, and birds—lots of birds, most of which just resulted in a thump followed by a floof of feathers, but a few that required extricating birds — or bird parts — from the grille.

The crow might have been the scariest. It was

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