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bioluminescent algae sea sparkle
Picture this….. A tropical beach….. …where the sound of the surf mixes with the screaming of monkeys and undefined exotic birds. and hermit crabs climb palm trees as if it’s their daily routine. Where 50 shades of jungle green blend flawlessly with all the shades of sea blue a human […]

Sea Sparkles (Noctiluca scintillans) |Bioluminescent algae

Pink grasshopper with erythrism 4
  The Pink Grasshopper Not so long ago, one of my photo-pals found a pink grasshopper.To be very honest: his special find made me a little bit jealous.After all it is just about the closest thing to a pink elephant!At the same time, I realized how rare such a phenomenon […]

49. The pink grasshopper – a story about erythrism

I have a this much younger little brother, a so called afterthought.As we speak, this little brother is almost twice my size and weight, but you know how it works with little baby brothers… Once upon a time, when my little brother actually was little, he bended my ears about […]

35. Squirting, Spinning, Spitting and Swallowing Spiders

black-crowned night heron,Nycticorax nycticorax,night heron,portrait 1
The Heron Family Grey herons aren’t familiar for their refinement. And I bet the same goes for the night heron.Too often, I watched them fly the streets like a drunk, leaving a trail of nearly beheaded cyclists, due to a literally heavy meal.Or worse: they catch a fish, so big […]

34. The Night Heron or Backpack Quack (untranslatable Dutch pun*)