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rfmcdonald) wrote2008-02-13 07:26 pm
rfmcdonald) wrote2008-02-13 07:26 pm
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[URBAN NOTE] Earth Echoes, 975 Dovercourt Road
I had passed by Earth Echoesn (975 Dovercourt Road) before as I wound my way northwards to home and noted the elaborately carved walking sticks in the windows. It wasn't until last Thursday that I stopped, and looked, and aaw a neatly written paper list advertising the precises of reptiles, and next to that list caged lizards.
When I entered the former home of the Casino Variety convenience store, I was quite surprised to find myself in the middle of the largest captive-bred reptile population in Toronto. The owner, Paul Collier, was more than polite to this unexpected customer as he showed me the different reptiles available: the chameleons turning green in their leafy cages, the lizards taking a bath, and others. The way that these animals' muscles flowed under their pebbly skins was uncanny.
By the time that I headed out back into the cold and the wet, I felt refreshed. The things one never knows about in one's own neighbourhood, eh?
(See this post at Reptile Planet Australia for another, rather similar, experience at Earth Echoes.)
When I entered the former home of the Casino Variety convenience store, I was quite surprised to find myself in the middle of the largest captive-bred reptile population in Toronto. The owner, Paul Collier, was more than polite to this unexpected customer as he showed me the different reptiles available: the chameleons turning green in their leafy cages, the lizards taking a bath, and others. The way that these animals' muscles flowed under their pebbly skins was uncanny.
By the time that I headed out back into the cold and the wet, I felt refreshed. The things one never knows about in one's own neighbourhood, eh?
(See this post at Reptile Planet Australia for another, rather similar, experience at Earth Echoes.)