Perhaps you have been delighted to watch a Kookaburra harassing a Raven or a Magpie harassing a Wedgie. Perhaps you have even seen a little Willie Wagtail drive a Wedgie off, even though the little fellow is smaller than a single eagle wing feather. Well, grab a cuppa, or a glass of your favourite colour and watch a real pro in action as a Spider Monkey gives a pair of young tigers hell. - Thanks to Peter Webster for the pointer..
In Jules Verne's classic tale, Journey to the Centre of the Earth, a German professor and his nephew follow directions from an ancient manuscript to journey deep into the earth. There, they find a fabulous, but dangerous, maze of seas, larva eruptions, and prehistoric animals. A sci-fi classic that could not possibly be true! Science moves on and we now know that deep-down below the mantle lie large amounts of water, liquid rock, and even a real ocean bed. How could it be? The…
Dingoes are extinct on the Peninsula. They are endangered across most of Australia and have been listed as a threatened species under the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988. It is an offence under the Wildlife Act 1975 to take or kill threatened wildlife without an authorisation to do so. But there is a loophole. Wild dogs are not protected and can be destroyed at will, and there is a widespread belief that most dingoes are cross-breeds and therefore 'wild dogs'. Since it is impossible to…
