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Wild Life

Wow. I need a weekend to recover from the weekend I just had. The hard work and investment of time, effort and money just seems so worth it after a fantastic family weekend which we shared with tortoises, goose barnacles, caterpillars (Cape Lappet moth and TBI Pine emperor moth), stick insects and even a puff [...]

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Stoned

Not in that way, of course. That would be very naughty. No, my drug of choice is fresh air. That and brandy, obviously. I took this on one of a few quick trips down to the beach from the cottage this weekend. Rather hypnotic. The remainder of the time there was spent sorting out the [...]

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Money for research

As a scientist, I know just how difficult it is to secure funding for research projects. That’s why it annoys the hell out of me to see that someone (albeit not a scientist) has gone and got a lump of money to find out if television wildlife documentaries infringe on animals’ privacy. And apparently, yes [...]

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