I remember the crocodilian(?) Venusians of Ray Bradbury's "The Long Rain". As I recall, the earthlings who crash-landed on an endlessly rainy planet were constantly in fear of the locals. But I read that about 50 years ago, so my memory could be faulty... Kim -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Chuck Hards Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 8:09 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Life on Venus Deloy, your post reminded me of something in the back of my brain, that took me a while to recover. Van Vogt's "Null-A" world. Eldred Crang's tree-house on Venus. The Sausage Trees, the jungle. Ah, the good old days of otherworldiness... ;-)