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According to an alarming recent article in the Australian edition of The Guardian, Australia is “losing the fight” against invasive species.
It quotes scientists who claim that the “invaders” pose a greater threat to Australia’s native species than does climate change.
(so, you may ask, “why on earth does the image atop this Pelican Yoga post depict an Australian native species which is clearly flourishing?”)
Comments closedA teaspoon of sugar weighs around 4 grams; 3 teaspoons make up a tablespoon.
The bird in this post’s featured image weighs around 7 grams.
Imagine an old-fashioned set of scales with a 1 ounce weight in one bowl.
To “balance” those scales would require 4 such birds in the other bowl!
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Nowhere else near the coast between Sellicks Hill and Adelaide – a distance of more than 60 kilometres – can one stand within and look across such a “big” chunk of mostly-intact native bush.
Comments closedAll photos taken on morning of December 21, 2018, just a few minutes easy walk away from houses and streets.
Adelaide’s GPO is 50 kilometres away, within one hour’s driving time in non-rush hours.
These kangaroos are wild, not tame; for one of them, it seems, two ears are one too few.
Comments closedSeason’s greetings from Pelican Yoga.
The photographed bottoms were raised in pursuit of pipis…
Comments closedIt starts just a few kilometres east of Apollo Bay, and it takes you up into mostly-forested hill country.
You probably won’t be lucky enough also to have a close, prolonged encounter with the immediately-preceding post’s echidna, but a very scenic drive is guaranteed!
Comments closedThis is the first in a (very) occasional series, which (eventually) will also feature an Australian urban encounter with an osprey, and a meeting with a fox on a mountain in Japan.
With luck, this series will have more than three episodes!
One CommentThis post is not a 2018 Melbourne Cup field update!
However, it will answer a question that you probably have never asked:
How does an echidna scratch itself?
Comments closedThe reptile is one of two tiger snakes encountered within five minutes of each other, whilst my beloved and I were walking up Mount Oberon, on Wilson’s Promontory, four days ago.
One CommentThe featured image looks approximately south, over Stephens Bay.
The distantmost rocky point is South West Cape – the “corner” of southwest Tasmania.
This post is best viewed/read after its prequel.
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