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Today's blog activity was preempted by a most unusual sighting.

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Welcome to <em>Mutual of Omaha's Wild West Kingdom -- Arizona Edition</em>.

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Previously on <em>Mutual of Omaha's Wild West Kingdom -- Arizona Edition</em>, our fearful heroine aka Late Bloomer, and her little dog have encountered coyotes, snakes, hawks, owls, tarantulas, chuckwallas, javelinas, run of the mill scorpions and <strong><a href="http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2011/06/15/day-257-shooting-star-meteorite-a-sign/" target="_blank">THE BIGGEST SCORPION IN ARIZONA</a></strong> either on their daily walk or (gasp!  shudder!  faint!) in their very own backyard.

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On tonight's episode, our fearful heroine and her little dog were walking briskly through the neighborhood with Kim C. and her medium-sized dog when --  Lo and behold!  -- a 75 pound giant desert tortoise stopped them in their tracks.  Thankfully, they had nothing to fear as in the time they narrowly missed a herd of javelinas (who are nasty buggers, for the record)!  Nay, desert tortoises are quite peaceful creatures.

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Who would think that <em>Mutual of Omaha's Wild West Kingdom</em> would uncover so much action in a master-planned community?  This might be the 'Burbs, but it's also The Wild West, ladies and token gents!

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What creatures roam around your 'hood?

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