So, you’re one and a half miles from shore on a fishing expedition when something in the water catches your eye and you go to take a closer look. Definitely not what you would expect to find out to sea and it begs the question, ‘where on earth did it think it was going’? Made a good fisherman’s tale, though! …
Wildlife photostream
Here is a rather good collection of wildlife photos created by naturesbestblog.com and featuring pictures from all over the place. Some of the items in the photostream are real gems. Wildlife Photostream
Cuddly cubs
Giant pandas always look so cute and cuddly and here we have mother Lou Sheng with her new twin cubs. Lou Sheng gave birth to the twins on August 18th at the Shaanxi Rare Wildlife Breeding and Research Centre in Zhouzhi County, in north-west China. Despite being a peaceful, bamboo eating animal, there are only about 1,590 pandas in the …
Bats at a watering hole
In between dramatic reports on a new handbag purchase by Posh or photos of the contents of a starlet’s left nostril, the Daily Mail does come up with some good wildlife pictures. These are of thirsty bats swooping down for a drink from a garden pond and the clarity is amazing. The photos were taken by wildlife photographer Kim Taylor …
Taking the proverbial….and using it
According to a new survey in Finland, human urine works remarkably well as a fertilizer for tomatoes and other crops! This is not the first time this idea that human waste has been proposed, or used, as a fertilizer and, in fact, it’s use dates back to ancient times. But will it catch on? After all, we use animal waste …
New world record
Sarah clocked 6.13 seconds for 100 metres to set a new world record. Later this month in South Africa, Zaza will attempt to beat the new record.
New species discovered in Papua New Guinea
Amazing to think that we are still discovering new species of animals on our own planet. A BBC team exploring a remote volcano in Papua New Guinea has come across, amongst other things, a giant woolly rat, fanged frogs and a grunting fish. The rat, which is the size of a cat, has probably had no previous contact with humans …