Coffee and Creatures

It must be out of its tree.

A.k.a. secret Soviet subversion!

It has a pretty awkward code name, though.

At least it wasn’t annihilated. Somehow.

Here’s a whistle-stop tour of human-dolphin communication.

Welcome back! Just to recap: these “whistling dogs”, that don’t fight over food and even share kills with other animals, …

I’m quite impressed I made a Norwegian boat captain feel cold. It’s good to appreciate the moments in life before …

I first read about dholes in Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Books – specifically Red Dog – in which they’re basically …

It’s a Welsh dragon, after all!

Quick! Name three things about rattlesnakes! If, like me, your knowledge comes from westerns and the bad guy from Rango, …

As a kid I lived on a fairly rough council estate. It was the kind of place where, if you …

Disclaimer: Written before lockdown. If you’re a frog in the desert, your number’s already up. That’s before your home gets …

If you’ll pardon the February-June hiatus, this blog has been chugging along for 730 days. Huzzah! So what can you …

I wouldn’t bet on black, either.

…but not an exaggerated way of saying “king”.

It has a wardrobe change too!

A big thank you to my followers. I’ll be back soon.

Surprisingly not a translation error.

…an awesome little zoo in Oxfordshire, UK. 1) You obviously don’t keep reptiles outdoors in low temperatures, you idiot …

…except trouble. Too bad it’s a tiny rodent then!