Coffee and Creatures

…and not just for those who hate Christmas!

Don’t be fooled by the cute face.

Not least because it’s extinct.

Respect your elders, or else.

It’s even ruder than “wishing for more wishes”.

It’s not just the name that raises questions.

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.