I had never seen this before: a water-spitting fish.
Turns out it's called an Archer Fish, and it was hunting for ants on a tree by spitting water at them to make them fall down from the tree, ready for the fish to snack on. As I was watching, another archer fish actually came by and was repeatedly chased away by the first one. "My tree!" It looked like the needle fish were *also* trying to munch on the fallen ants, hanging around the first archer fish and speeding towards any fallen ants whenever they dared.
It was amazing to watch, but hard to capture in a picture. This was my most successful attempt, but the fish could easily spit water up to a height of 50 cm, probably more!
Finally went to the Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve for the first time yesterday, and it did not disappoint! Only 30 or so minutes into my visit, I saw this adorable little Paradise Tree snake chilling on an observation platform!
According to the Singapore National Parks Board, this cutie can glide from tree to tree to catch lizards and birds for a snack!
Wat de VVD in Rutte I, Rutte II, Rutte III én Rutte IV niet gelukt is, maakt zij tot speerpunt van de verkiezingen.
Volgende VVD-speerpunt: eerlijk en snelle afhandelingen toeslagenaffaire en gaswinningsaffaire
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Hi there!
We are looking for a #linux #sysadmin to join our effort in streamlining #openscience practices across #microscopy platforms in France
https://emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/UAR3556-PERGIL-003/Default.aspx
(job add is in French but English would work too)
Join us in Nantes! Ok for beginners willing to learn :)
The book is real! Publication date: October 2023.
“Reading Nature in the Early Middle Ages. Writing, Language, and Creation in the Latin Physiologus, ca. 700–1000.”
https://www.arc-humanities.org/9781802700022/reading-nature-in-the-early-middle-ages/
(Don’t be put off by the price - it will come out in digital open access too).
Hello new followers!
I wrote a book.
It is a good book.
Really! It's an editor's pick on Amazon, a Pub weekly starred review, all that jazz.
It's about animals, and why we hate some of them so very much, while refusing to hate others. https://www.amazon.com/Pests-Humans-Create-Animal-Villains/dp/0063097257/
And that's my deal. Where, and why, humans and wildlife meet, and what happens when it goes wrong. And right!
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Guillaume Gay
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