Nature is not always kind to baby animals. Take sea turtles for example, only a super small percentage of baby sea turtles make it from their beach nest to the safety of the sea. Egrets are raised to be homicidal maniacs who purposefully have three chicks knowing only two can survive (they let the most … Continue reading »
Category Archives: Nature
Ka-kaw, ka-kaw! Or why crows are smarter than you.
The blog was feeling sort of “bookish” lately so I thought I’d get back to one of my favourite topics – neat animals. After the great response I received from my octopi post I made a mental note to write about crows who are just super cool, even if they are birds. The basics Crows … Continue reading »
100 places I want to go #2: Galapagos Islands
Ever since I fell in love with evolution I’ve wanted to go to where it all started: the Galapagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador. Since then the more I learn, the more I want to go. About the islands The Galapagos Islands are an archipelago of volcanic islands 973km off the coast of South … Continue reading »
Nerd Alert Episode 2: American Museum of Natural History
We’ve discussed my nerdiness right? Maybe you were unsure about the depth of said nerdiness but try this on for size: I would sell a kidney to go to New York. I’m not (too) interested in shopping or Broadway or architecture, I want to see the museums. Outside of Washington, DC this town has some of … Continue reading »
You say Octopi, I say Octopodes….
We could also say octopuses. Ah, the octopus, the animal so nice that nature named it thrice. Belonging to the species cephalopod, octopi are among the smartest creatures on the planet and are my personal favs. Octopodes have long captured our imaginations and have become fodder for monster stories and tall tales (see 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, the … Continue reading »
