We have great, big, green tree frogs and these smaller brown frogs (which I think are the burrowing kind because they have pointy noses and fingers, rather than webbed feet).
Unfortunately we also have the scourge that is the Cane Toad! I don't know if you know our history, but it was brought to Australia to keep down the numbers of the cane beetle. It turned out that the Cane Toad didn't much like cane beetles and ate a whole bunch of other stuff instead! They have traveled thousands of kilometres from Queensland into the Northern Territory. They are toxic too, so anything that eats them dies. They kill our native frogs as well, which makes me very sad.
When we built the ponds we asked at a nursery about how to tell the difference between the eggs of frogs and toads, apparently the toad eggs are in a long string, whereas the frog's eggs are in a mass (a bit like spit). So I'll be keeping an eye out this Wet season.
opposites may oppose and despise their mixed offspring, but what you forgot to take into account is strength comes from opposition, provided that there is enough nourishment along the way. Those offspring, if they survive, will be stronger than their parents ever dreamed.
as for the rest of it, it will have to wait until morning. The late hour and the wine has taken my brain and stashed it some where... I know it will return, but not today.
I don't remember much about the cold fusion fiasco actually - though I am more than wiling to buy *something* was happening. After all, why would someone fake something that would be so obviously a big deal and subject to attempts at replication? That's some short sighted fraud otherwise.
Strangely enough - I wasn't a fan of the Flaming Lips at first either. Then I saw them live at a summer festival and got totally hooked. So I can't begrudge you your resistance.
I would only ever publicly acknowledge a remote connection to such a thing, if I knew anything about it. Those boards are public and all. I really don't have even a remote knowledge of that drug, though.
Oh I wore every kind of protective gear I could find. You can count on that. I would never underestimate my own ineptness with tools. It wasn't that bad though. I just thought it was funny that I ended up having to do it.
Bloody hopeless. I don't know whether it's not finished, not properly specced, or deliberate. Edited it all back in again anyway.
And you know what? It ate that edit. Hopeless.
I had a daily walk, into downtown - a regular routine ... not particularly good for birds, but interesting and refreshing nonetheless. it was a stress reliever and an eye-opener - unfortunatly I have let it go by the wayside, partially due to the miserable weather but mostly due to feeling up against it academically.
when I need to stretch my legs the most is when I can't get up off my arse and get to it
Unfortunately we also have the scourge that is the Cane Toad! I don't know if you know our history, but it was brought to Australia to keep down the numbers of the cane beetle. It turned out that the Cane Toad didn't much like cane beetles and ate a whole bunch of other stuff instead! They have traveled thousands of kilometres from Queensland into the Northern Territory. They are toxic too, so anything that eats them dies. They kill our native frogs as well, which makes me very sad.
When we built the ponds we asked at a nursery about how to tell the difference between the eggs of frogs and toads, apparently the toad eggs are in a long string, whereas the frog's eggs are in a mass (a bit like spit). So I'll be keeping an eye out this Wet season.