Texas Tales Podcast: Recent Episodes
Nirtana Teri Lee
From a book called Rattlesnakes by J Frank Dobie...music and reading by me
This is a fascinating collection of stories about animals and their relationships with rattlesnakes such as dogs, cats and mockingbirds... About rattlesnake behavior..."Do baby rattlesnakes jump into their mother's mouths?' and rattlesnake bolas
Unfortunately in these stories a lot of rattlesnakes get killed... I do not advocate this by reading it... would really like for rattlesnakes to be able to live peaceably along with the rest of us but well in this story there are some instances of death....death to rattlesnakes mostly and some kind of graphic...and then one human death that i can think of
actually this sign might better say "Beware of Humans" to all the rattlesnakes
Fort Worth has been called "Panther City" So here are a few panther stories from J. Frank Dobie from the book I'll Tell You a Tale...
from a book called "I'll Tell You a Tale" a story about how coyote and cricket had a duel....
Magician with Chickens from a book called "I'll Tell You a Tale by J. Frank Dobie
In this several part story you hear about interesting ways that Pima Indians and coyotes would get their birds...
Story from I'll Tell You a Tale by J. Frank Dobie
This is a sort of rambling story about "cow music" and not just any cow...the ones from the old days and longhorns...