(this little trilogy is best experienced in “1,2,3” order)
Remember the “apparently lifeless” appearance of the tidal flats that dominated this trilogy’s first image?
A closer view shatters that illusion…
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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?”)
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(second episode in an occasional series)
The featured image shows this individual as he or she first became visible to us.
In Hokkaido the local foxes “belong” – they are not feral, and most local humans do not regard them as “vermin”.
Accordingly – when well aware of nearby human presence – some of Hokkaido’s foxes behave in a relatively “relaxed” fashion that would be unimaginable in Australia.
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This 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!
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Photo copyright Doug Spencer, taken on May 20, 2017 at Otofuke Shrine.
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