This strange little fella was watching me eat breakfast the other morning! He's about 4 inches long, and scared the life out of me when I spotted him, but he's intriguingly handsome in a quirky kind of way. He's got a nose like a puppy...
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Amazing Nature
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Cactus and bloodhound noses for breakfast?
Jeez; Nakhon Pathom must be further out in the wilderness than I though
Jeez; Nakhon Pathom must be further out in the wilderness than I though
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Yeah, Norseman. Thought about frying him up for breakfast, but I'd just eaten my Wheatabix, it was time to go, and, Mr.VS was revving up the car engine, etc., etc.
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Amazing photos of Kanzi the bonobo lighting a fire and cooking a meal.
Spending much of his childhood outdoors with Dr Savage-Rumbaugh, Kanzi showed interest in the campfires she made to cook food. "At age five he began making small piles of sticks and tried to light them," she added. "I had to keep a close eye on him, but I allowed it because he was clearly interested in practising it. His demeanour when he focused on making fire was just like when he watched the movie. He seemed engrossed in it and it appeared that he associated making fires with watching the film."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picture ... ml?image=6
Spending much of his childhood outdoors with Dr Savage-Rumbaugh, Kanzi showed interest in the campfires she made to cook food. "At age five he began making small piles of sticks and tried to light them," she added. "I had to keep a close eye on him, but I allowed it because he was clearly interested in practising it. His demeanour when he focused on making fire was just like when he watched the movie. He seemed engrossed in it and it appeared that he associated making fires with watching the film."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picture ... ml?image=6
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I watched the first part of a BBC series called Earthflight just now. About birds, of course. Astonishing stuff, I've never seen anything quite like it.
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The BBC Planet Dinosaur documentary is very impressive, new discoveries, revelations and great CGI - the kids will love it also:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1998816/
Can download all 6 episodes from Veehd.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1998816/
Can download all 6 episodes from Veehd.
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He/she is great ...looks to be from another planetVital Spark wrote:This strange little fella was watching me eat breakfast the other morning! He's about 4 inches long, and scared the life out of me when I spotted him, but he's intriguingly handsome in a quirky kind of way. He's got a nose like a puppy...
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A lovely house pet I would think
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I don't think I'll invite him in Siani. I prefer furry, waggy tailed pets.
We do, however, enjoy the variety of birds and reptiles that wander into our garden. We're lucky enough to live on the outskirts of a large city, with all its amenities, but are surrounded by wonderful nature.
This fella was watching me while on was on the computer. He's just outside the office window. This silly dog decided to see him off the premises. He lost his collar and ended up showering anything and everything with his bleeding ear.
This little sweety, a fantail, enjoys having an evening splash around in the bird bath. We've put the bath just outside the office window and they're totally oblivious to us watching them. There's usually a queue of birds waiting for their evening shower. We have the occasional snake slithering, and turtle toddling around the place, which amuses the dogs and doesn't bother us. My favourite 'visitor' has to be the lovely fireflies. Haven't managed to capture one on film yet as they're rare visitors and switch off their 'fire' at the mention of a camera.
The nature here is so diverse, and so different from the UK, it's a constant source of pleasure for Mr.VS and me.
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We do, however, enjoy the variety of birds and reptiles that wander into our garden. We're lucky enough to live on the outskirts of a large city, with all its amenities, but are surrounded by wonderful nature.
This fella was watching me while on was on the computer. He's just outside the office window. This silly dog decided to see him off the premises. He lost his collar and ended up showering anything and everything with his bleeding ear.
This little sweety, a fantail, enjoys having an evening splash around in the bird bath. We've put the bath just outside the office window and they're totally oblivious to us watching them. There's usually a queue of birds waiting for their evening shower. We have the occasional snake slithering, and turtle toddling around the place, which amuses the dogs and doesn't bother us. My favourite 'visitor' has to be the lovely fireflies. Haven't managed to capture one on film yet as they're rare visitors and switch off their 'fire' at the mention of a camera.
The nature here is so diverse, and so different from the UK, it's a constant source of pleasure for Mr.VS and me.
VS
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The reptiles are not my best buddies, I am afraid of snakes But would never drive them away. Just avoid them. Hope the lovely dog was not too badly hurt, he managed to give a little smile for the picture Lovely teeth! A cheeky grin
Last month here in Poole we had a lot of visitors...toads...baby ones, quite sweet really. When I live in Australia we had cane toads, much bigger and not so pleasant
VS keep the lovely pictures coming, I think everyone enjoys them, thanks
Last month here in Poole we had a lot of visitors...toads...baby ones, quite sweet really. When I live in Australia we had cane toads, much bigger and not so pleasant
VS keep the lovely pictures coming, I think everyone enjoys them, thanks
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Siani wrote:
VS keep the lovely pictures coming, I think everyone enjoys them, thanks
Nice photos VS, keep them coming
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Can we make requests?
I'd like a photo of your knee.
HNY me deario. x
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Some great pics from one of the "Torygraphs" photo spreads: -
A boat trip with a difference......
Some don't need rods.....
Thieving b@st@rd!!
By all accounts, the frog struggled for an hour and earned his freedom - fair shout to the little bugger!!
FIGHT!!
A boat trip with a difference......
Some don't need rods.....
Thieving b@st@rd!!
By all accounts, the frog struggled for an hour and earned his freedom - fair shout to the little bugger!!
FIGHT!!
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Bloody hell! That first one those tourists are sitting there along the boat rail like they're out whale watching! On any given day, if those crocs are hungry, it's human buffet time. Pete
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Used to go out on a gin palace on lake Kariba when working in Zimbabwe
On the back was a metal caged pool immersed in the lake. You could swim in the cage holding a G&T and feed scraps to the following crocs. Good job Jaws wasn't about
On the back was a metal caged pool immersed in the lake. You could swim in the cage holding a G&T and feed scraps to the following crocs. Good job Jaws wasn't about
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Well, this is far from a small bugger itself........
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... agers.html
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... agers.html
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