While I’m looking through the daily papers I often come across odd pictures and very short stories and, having gathered a few together over the past couple of weeks I thought you might enjoy my top four contenders for the Wildlife’s Got Talent contest!!
A what??! I have to admit that I had no idea what an echinoderm was before I discovered a weird and wonderful news item in one of the daily rags the other day! But this echinoderm is unlike any of its friends or relations! Read on …
Two eight legged beasties and one helluva hopper have hit the headlines recently in the British media.
Almost always, the common tree frog (Polypedates leucomystax)makes its way into houses looking for refuge in unlikely places.
This year, due to the relatively mild weather, combined with a moderate amount of rain, in the UK we seem to have an abundance of creepy crawlies, eight legged beasties and things that go flutter in the night. Arachnophobics please switch off now.
Otters are known to have the densest hair. They have 150,000 hair in just one centimeter whereas humans have only 100,000 hairs on their head.
Do you know that the Palawan skunk can kill animals larger than itself by emitting a very pungent smell? Read on…
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