I made a YouToob!
My Panther Chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) chowing down on a couple male Orange Spotted Roaches (Blaptica dubia). Bollywood, here I come!
Aprés la grêle
A serious thunderstorm came through early yesterday evening – there was even a tornado warning issued (not common here in New England)! No funnel clouds AFAIK, but about 10 minutes of hail. Some pictures of the aftermath taken this morning…
I grabbed one of the larger stones and put it in the freezer:
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My lotus took some hits:
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It’s a tough life. A nestling killed by the hail:
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The woods got a much needed soaking – out come the amphibians. Young of the year spring peepers everywhere:
More fun with signs.
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Make your own gas station sign here – via Bruce Sterling, who also gives us a link to an article in the Australian:
There is instead a new reality: the greatest transfer of income in human history, away from energy importers such as the US to energy exporters; the rise of a new breed of wealthy autocracies that cripple US hopes of dominating the global system; and demands on the US to make fresh compromises in a world where power is rapidly being diversified.
Despite cyclical fluctuations, world oil and energy prices will stay high, driven by long-run changes in supply and demand. This provokes a global wealth redistribution without precedent to oil exporters, mainly in the Middle East and Russia, that marches in tandem with China’s export-driven current account surplus.
The falconry bell curve
Big – a first-year gyrfalcon – and little – a downy/pin-y merlin. Sharp-eyed viewers – the merlin got blown out of his nest and his right eye got a minor infection in the process – it’s recovering well. Non-falconers – note the difference in the proportions and structure of the feet. The merlin has bird-catcher’s feet; the gyr is much more a generalist, shading towards furred quarry.
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