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Marty’s photo of the day #5117: This is a mudskipper, a fish that spends more time out of water than in it. They breathe on land by absorbing oxygen through their moist skin; they propel themselves by using their fins as legs; and since fish don’t have eyelids, they keep their eyeballs moist by periodically […]
Marty’s photo of the day #5095: I photographed this Boyd’s forest dragon on a night-hike in Australia. These lizards get to be about 20 inches long. Unlike most lizards, they do not bask in the sun to regulate body temperature. Instead, they conform to the ambient air temperature of the rainforest. As such, they are […]
Marty’s photo of the day #4889: This is a spectacled flying fox, photographed in Queensland, Australia.
Marty’s photo of the day #4804: This is a granny’s cloak moth, photographed while exploring a cave in the Outback of Queensland, Australia.
Marty’s photo of the day #4786: “Hi! I’m Annie, a black flying fox. I live at a bat research center in northern Queensland, Australia. My job is to tell people how wonderful flying foxes are and to produce pups, which will be released into the wild. Now, I must get my beauty sleep.”
Marty’s photo of the day #4675: Here’s a photo from when I was in Australia, working on my first book, “Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents,” That’s Frog, a tawny frogmouth bird on my shoulder. Twenty-some years later, I’m still writing and have what could be the best adventure ever coming up later […]
Marty’s photo of the day #4620: When I present my show, Around the World in 90 Minutes, at colleges, students often ask about the cameras I used. I tell them that I started with film cameras and was 100% digital by the end. Then I tell them how difficult it was to shoot platypuses in […]
Marty’s photo of the day #4550: It’s three-forty. Time for me to hold the baby silver wallaroo! Photographed in Australia.
Marty’s photo of the day #4454: A hidden waterfall somewhere along the northern coast of Queensland, Australia.
Marty’s photo of the day #4748: In the studio, I like JBL monitors, but in Australia, I prefer lace monitors.
Marty’s photo of the day #4725: Greetings again from Illinois! Here’s another photo from Around the World in 90 Minutes. This is Annie, a black flying fox, photographed at a flying fox rehabilitation and breeding facility in Queensland, Australia. I have one more college show before flying back to Montana. Here’s where I’m performing tonight: […]
Marty’s photo of the day #4711: A pretty little waterfall, hidden in the mountains, near the coast of northern Queensland, Australia.
Marty’s photo of the day #4696: I photographed this butterfly pea in a wet tropical forest in Australia. I don’t think it’s native to Australia, however.
Marty’s photos of the day #4577: When traveling in Australia, it’s always important to check twice before sitting down. You never know when you might have bat butt.
Marty’s photos of the day #4567: This is a laughing kookaburra, photographed in Australia. Here’s what I wrote about these birds in my first book, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents: Though not as stunning as the kingfishers or cockatoos, laughing kookaburras are handsome gray and white birds with a very famous call: […]
Marty’s photos of the day #4567: My wife, Deb, holding Bonnie, a baby silver wallaroo. (Photographed in Australia)
