Marty’s photo of the day #2511: I photographed this leaf-mimic butterfly in northern Queensland, Australia. Its wings are not damaged. They evolved that way to look like a dead leaf.
Posts tagged Queensland
Honoring endangered species, part 3
Marty’s photo of the day #2404. This week marks the 44th Anniversary of the signing of the Endangered Species Act. Since today’s Republicans would rather worship money than do something for the greater good, it’s possible that this might be the last anniversary of the ESA. With that in mind, this week I’m featuring photos […]
Are you on the correct side of the road?
Marty’s photo of the day #2054: This is a typical rural road in Queensland, Australia. Note that the pavement (Aussies call it bitumen) is only wide enough for one car. So what happens is that everyone drives down the middle, no matter which way they are going. When two cars meet, they pull to their […]
Herbie the Agile Wallaby
Marty’s photo of the day #1775: It’s “CC, HP: ESC Month,” featuring photos and excerpts from my first book, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents. Deb is holding Herbie, an eleven month old agile wallaby (Queensland, Australia). In a few months, Herbie would be ready to be released back into the wild.
If this were the Crocodile Hunter . . . .
Marty’s photo of the day #1767: It’s “CC, HP: ESC Month,” featuring photos and excerpts from my first book, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents. Today’s photo is from Queensland, Australia, and the below excerpt from my book tells the story of the shot: Eventually Chris uttered the words I didn’t want to […]
Australia has dragons!
Marty’s photo of the day #1757: It’s “CC, HP: ESC Month,” featuring photos and excerpts from my first book, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents. Today’s photo is from Australia, and the below excerpt from my book tells the story of the shot: I had paid for a two-and-a-half-hour night walk, but neither […]
Annie the Black Flying Fox
Marty’s photo of the day #1703: This is Annie—a black flying fox that I photographed in Queensland, Australia. Annie lives at a research facility, because she spent her early years as someone’s pet and never learned how to fly. Annie, now sixteen-years-old, is used in a breeding program. Once her pups are old enough, researchers […]
