Category Archives: Animalia
Rabid Groundhog Attack
If you started to read this post because the title promised the sort of droll tale you expect from John Cleese or Stephen Fry I’m sorry to disappoint you! It’s a story about a gentle dog walk that turned into … Continue reading
Hellbender
Sounds like a rock group, but hellbenders are mute, cryptic, and uglier than any band! I imagine some American pioneer naming them after turning over a rock in a mountain stream and recoiling in horror at the sight of something … Continue reading
Posted in Animalia, Nature
Tagged blastema, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis, Elk River, Greenbrier River, Hellbender, regenerative medicine, salamander
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Look like a Wild Turkey
I want to look like a turkey. Don’t misread me. I want to look like one, not look like a turkey. The eyesight of wild turkeys is superior to every other inhabitant of eastern forests with the exception of raptors … Continue reading
Posted in Animalia, Environment, Nature
Tagged artists and painters, Boy Scouts, cross eyes, First Avenue, Look Wide, Lord Robert Baden-Powell, naturalist, optical brighteners, Rembrandt, strabismus, Wild turkey
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Feast of the Animals
The Feast is held today, October 4. I don’t mean a feast of animals like a medieval banquet crammed with meaty dishes, but an ecclesiastical “feast” offered for animals, for blessing them and wishing them health and longevity. It commemorates … Continue reading
Posted in Animalia
Tagged Blessing of the Animals, Canticle of the Sun, Dylan Thomas, Gerald Durrell, My Family and Other Animals, St. Francis of Assisi
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Roger musing about Peace with Nature 