When under threat this animal curls into a tight ball. The tough, overlapping scales shield it against the sharp teeth and claws of these predators, but are defenceless against humans. These slow-moving, gentle creatures are seriously threatened by poaching and have become one of the most highly traded mammals on eastern markets. Any idea whatContinue reading “45. Covid: 6 years old today?”
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34. Riding the Waves
As our Boeing Dreamliner from the Middle East started its descent you could, with a little imagination, make out moving bodies on the waves far below. This was February two years ago; summer here, but a cold grey winter in the Pays Basque that we had left behind. Biarritz had been our nearest seaside resortContinue reading “34. Riding the Waves”
Another Down Under diary 