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As you can tell if you know me personally or just by looking on this website, you would know I am ever so fascinated by the natural world, especially the animal side of it. Recently, butterflies have caught my attention a lot more. According to the Butterfly Conservation there are 59 species of butterfly commonly […]
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There are many different ways to separate the different kinds of tarantulas into how we both describe them and how their care differs. Whether it be New or Old World, which means from the Americas or not, or how different species, genera or families act. Tarantulas also differ on where they like to spend their
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One of the UK’s most recognisable bird of prey, the kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) is suffering from a massive decline in numbers. No other bird of prey can truly hover like the kestrel and this bird has found its way into the hearts of every nature-minded person. Unfortunately the population has decreased by 10,000 pairs in
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There is always a pocket of wildlife anywhere you go or live. Growing up I lived by a creek and sat by it was a golf course. Although not a completely wild space a golf course can be the home to many species and fortunately this one was right next to the Fareham creek. A
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The battle to save our world’s species is seemingly a lost cause. Back in 2013 the Kenyan government set the penalty for poaching as a life sentence or a massive $200,000 fine. That proved to be better than nothing as poaching of rhinos went down by 85% and the poaching of elephants decreased by 78%.
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September/October of last year I had a strong desire to keep something exotic and interesting. Like most people the thought of owning a very large spider wasn’t top of my list. But after careful and long consideration I settled on a young Mexican giant red knee tarantula (Brachypelma smithi)who, with the help of housemates after
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Around February, my family decided to rescue four hens from over-crowded, tightly packed and filthy conditions after they were rescued from going to slaughter. They had never before experienced the outside, the feel of grass or any knowledge on how to live like normal chickens. They were reasonably underweight and virtually redundant of any feathers.
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