Mamorta Mamorta! What almost sounds like Help, Help, Fire, Fire, is the correct name for a funny cute little animal which populate my friend Karloas garden. She caught some of them, with humongous tomatoes in a wire cage. One of them supposedly enjoyed those tomatoes so much, that he kept coming back. Than she sprayed him with some non-toxic color and let him out in the wild again. The idea was to do kind of a tick-count, since these nasty little beasts are quite a problem on her property (but I hope she will tell you the whole story soon). A little while ago they started to avoid getting caught - but they still enjoy the hostility of my friend. And who would not? There is always something for everybody, be it beer or a good talk, jump on the trampoline, or a first ride on a lawn mower. Just simple things can become an adventure under the right circumstances... Well, today, we had planned to swim through the lake in her neighbourhood, which is not such a big thing, like crossing the Hudson River or the Atlantic Ocean, but who knows, maybe next year we go for something bigger, anyway, it is far enough.... So, while my husband watched the kids, we jogged over to the other end. And while I told her about my plans of founding a company, combining writing and connecting and consulting and helping other mothers to get to do what they really want, she told me more about her woodchucks. And since she is a trained biologist and knows amazing things about the world of molecules, insects, plants and animals around us, even her kids don't call little flys just flys but.... (oh Karola, what was that name again?), so she talked about Mamorta, the lonley one, which was the one who used to come back for the tomatoes. But most of these furry friends with the big, big teeth are very social, take care of each other and enjoy having a big network of friends and family. Mamorta Mamorta! What a great name, to start our project!
And by the way, we swam through the lake no problem - plus we survived a CeleBEARation and now have 7 more stuffed furry friends with little red hearts, kissed by our girls, in their polyester bodies.
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I really enjoyed the essay about the woodchucks (Marmota monax)and am very touched to have provided a moment of magic that day. The woodchucks are caught and treated with a low dose of Frontline(TM) which has the active ingredient Fipronil. Any deertick (Ixodes scapularis)attached, to the woodchuck (ready to suck blood) is going to suffer an instant death. As the woodchucks graze a wide area and their bellies are close to the ground, they should accumulate lots of ticks and reduce the amount of live and reproductive ticks.
Marmota marmota is the european equivalent of the groundhog and is bigger and heavier. Everyone who has been to the Alps will have heard them whistle. They are very social animals and live together in their burrows.
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