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Dog whelks - vultures of the snail world
Scavenging the marine environment, dog whelk style
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February 2018
A chance encounter between two reptile predators was a stroke of luck for one but ended vary badly for the other. It is indeed fortunate that this rarely seen spectacle was actually filmed.
With their slender bodies and large eyes, Lesser Black Whip Snakes are extremely swift, keen-eyed predators. Burton’s Snake-lizards prefer to catch their prey by ambush. When the two met, the larger and more powerful whip snake made an easy meal of the legless lizard.
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January 2018
Eddie Gilbert’s boomerang is no longer on display. Like all good boomerangs will it come back?
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December 2017
Lots of these insects flew into our home last night. This morning I found many of them dead and without their wings. We are worried that they are termites. Are they?
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