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Category Archives: wildlife
Frankie Boyle on Jeremy Hunt
I sympathise a little with Hunt- he was born into military aristocracy, a cousin of the Queen, went to Charterhouse, then Oxford, then into PR: trying to get him to understand the life of an overworked student nurse is like … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Politics, wildlife
Tagged Amazonian tree frog, Jeremy Hunt, NHS student nurses, political understanding
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Too honest
A gamekeeper in Oregon arrested a man for killing and eating an Egret. He pleaded guilty explaining to the judge, “I was just trying to feed my hungry family. I’ve never done anything like that before.” The judge freed him … Continue reading
A tourist gets advice from a Canadian Ranger
Ranger: When you walk on this path you should periodically ring a bell. This will warn the bears that you’re in the vicinity and they wont attack. Tourist: How will we know that there are bears in the vicinity? Ranger: … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, wildlife
Tagged brown bears, Canadian humour, grizzly bears, Rockies, warning bells
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Soulless But Sentient
In the deepest distant restless oceans Life was cherished, before Adam’s line came Orcas, whales, dolphins, all swam deep At ease with their world of salt sea. Their language – rumbles, clicks whistles Sang the never ending songs. Some young … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, wildlife
Tagged environmentalist, Mankind, The destruction of the seas
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A Chickadee and Friend
The chickadee is well known for its capacity to lower its body temperature during cold winter nights as well as its good spatial memory to relocate the caches where it stores food, and its boldness near humans (sometimes feeding from … Continue reading
Posted in photography, wildlife
Tagged Adaptation, Canadian chickadee, Canadian Forest
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Flower Power in the 1960s
Posted in Autobiography, Humour, wildlife
Tagged 1960s, casual vandalism, environmentalist, Hippy, song birds
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The river Ingrebourne flows gently past our ‘village’
For generations the children of our estate have played in or near the river. They had their fishing nets with a jam jar for the Mino they caught. Then they’d race home to Mum proud to show what they’d caught. … Continue reading
A Natural Garden adjacent to our Tower Block
This photograph was taken just fifty yards from a twelve story block of council flats, where 146 people live. A wild life garden, abundant with wild flowers and berries in autumn with small animals and insects throughout the year. It … Continue reading
Posted in Health, housing, wildlife
Tagged Park Hill and Sunrise Estate Hornchurch, sanctuary, Undeveloped land, urban wilderness
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A Scottish stoat: a cute killer
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