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Natural History and Philosophy
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123. Shrimp
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Published: March 29, 2025 08:26
I went for a dive back in February at Fly Point (Nelson Bay, Australia). Much of it was fairly murky and uneventful, but (as I tell myself over and over): you never know what you’ll see. As I was beginning … Continue reading →
122. Rwanda
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Published: October 19, 2024 04:37
I went to Rwanda in 2022 to see the mountain gorillas, who I expected to write about in Living on Earth. It was a short visit, less than a week, but the country made a strong positive impression on me. … Continue reading →
121. Finke River Budgerigars
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Published: September 16, 2024 11:35
The Finke River has its headwaters west of Alice Springs, Central Australia. It intersects with a famous hiking trail, the Larapinta. I recently walked some parts of that trail with a group that moved pretty fast. I could see that … Continue reading →
120. Escape
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Published: August 16, 2024 08:24
The photo above is from the end of the story. I was watching a lyrebird in a full male display, singing with feathers overhead. This was in the undergrowth (off the Prince Henry Walk in Katoomba), and I was slowly … Continue reading →
119. Sequoias
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Published: June 8, 2024 06:18
Thirty years ago I was living in San Francisco, scheduled to give a talk at U.C. San Diego, and on the way to SF airport I found myself thinking there was no need to deal with airports that day, and … Continue reading →
118. Soft Coral Speculations
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Published: May 14, 2024 05:49
Thoughts from a murky dive at the “Pipeline” site in Nelson Bay, after a couple of months away. I’d left it, in late February, with a lot of octopuses in residence. I was coming across six or eight on each … Continue reading →
117. Five Octopuses
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Published: April 19, 2024 14:12
This post describes a dive at the “Pipeline” site, Nelson Bay, in late February. It’s not science, and not a dramatic tale, just 90 minutes or so of octopus behavior – one brief period in their complicated lives. Dive conditions … Continue reading →