Marty’s photo of the day #3399: This is either a photo from inside a cave near Chillagoe, Queensland, Australia, or it is a scan of Donald Trump’s brain. I’m not sure which.
Inside . . . somewhere
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Rainforest night hikes
Marty’s photo of the day #3375: Whether Deb and I are in the Amazon Rainforest or the rainforests of Australia, Central America, or Asia, we always head out on night hikes. The first time we did that, I wasn’t sure what to expect, but after that such hikes became travel highlights. After all, at night […]
Breakfast in Australia
Marty’s photo of the day #3347: Breakfast in Australia. Sometimes you just need to stop and feed the agile wallabies.
Frog the Frogmouth
Marty’s photo of the day #3271: This if Frog the frogmouth bird, photographed in the Outback of Queensland, Australia.
Spectacled flying fox
Marty’s photo of the day #3243: This is a spectacled flying fox, photographed in Queensland, Australia. These bats have a three-foot-wide wingspan.
It’s a baby wallaroo!
Marty’s photo of the day #3240: In this photo, my wife, Deb, is feeding Bonnie, a silver wallaroo. Bonnie was in her mother’s pouch, when the two were hit by a car. The mother didn’t survive, but Bonnie was rescued and eventually released back into the wild. (Photographed in Queensland, Australia)
Don’t ever call anyone birdbrained again!
Marty’s photo of the day #3226: “Let me get this straight. . . . You protested in mass at Michigan’s State Capitol, chanting ‘Lock her up!’ because Governor Gretchen Whitmer was trying to save your sorry ass? Please don’t ever, ever call anyone ‘birdbrained’ again!” (Apostlebird, photographed in Queensland, Australia)
Mitch! Is that you?
Marty’s photo of the day #3199: I’m not sure what to title this shot: 1) A study in brown 2) Cane toads in Australia 3) Mitch McConnell and his family in the next life
Snow vs. Sand
Marty’s photo of the day #3161: As much as I enjoy winter (we got 5 inches of snow overnight), I’d enjoy being back on this Cape Tribulation beach even more. (Photographed in Queensland, Australia)
Wallaroo cuteness
Marty’s photo of the day #3158: Deb holds Bonnie—a baby silver wallaroo. Bonnie was in her mother’s pouch when they were hit by a car. Bonnie survived and was eventually released back into the wild. (Photographed in Queensland, Australia)
Borneo at nightt
Marty’s photo of the day #3135: Whether Deb and I were in the rainforests of Peru, Costa Rica, Borneo, or Australia, night hikes were always among the best parts of our adventures. Each night, after dark, we’d head out looking for snakes, frogs, lizards, arachnids, and insects that looked like they were from another planet. […]
Australian caves
Marty’s photo of the day #3128: When I was in Australia, one of my goals was to find a cave-dwelling Children’s python. I never found the snake, but exploring Australia’s caves was still a fun—and sometimes claustrophobic—experience.
More dangerous than the animals
Marty’s photo of the day #3126: A five-foot-long, mildly-venomous, lace monitor next to a river filled with large salt-water crocodiles. “Danger! Danger! Danger!” Photographed in Australia, where global warming is much more dangerous than the animals.
It’s not the toads’ fault
Marty’s photo of the day #3110: This is a marine toad (also called a cane toad) that I photographed in Puerto Rico. These large toads are native to South America and have been introduced to places like Puerto Rico and Australia, where they have created havoc. It’s not the toads’ fault, of course, it’s the […]
Learning to fly
Marty’s photo of the day #3066: Since I’m in New York all week, presenting Around the World in 90 Minutes at colleges, all my pictures this week will be from that show. This is Annie, a 16 year-old black flying fox that I got to hold while visiting a bat rehabilitation facility in Queensland, Australia. […]
Where did the flying fox go?
Marty’s photo of the day #3057: “Hmmm. . . . There was a flying fox around here somewhere. Any idea where she went? ” (Photographed at The Bat House, a flying fox research facility in northern Queensland, Australia)
The laughing kookaburra
Marty’s photo of the day #3050: This is a laughing kookaburra, photographed in Australia. Here’s what I wrote about the 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: […]
The venomous lace monitor
Marty’s photo of the day #3048: This is a five-foot-long lace monitor, photographed in Australia. I spent fifteen minutes crawling on the forest floor with this magnificent creature. Shortly afterward, scientists discovered that this species is venomous (though not deadly to humans).
Athabasca River Elk
Marty’s photo of the day #3011: I’m so glad I no longer use film cameras! I used film cameras for about half of my travels for my first book, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents, before forever switching to digital. The bitch about film is that if something went wrong, I wouldn’t know […]
F*ck, f*cking guns!
Three people were shot at the Minnesota State Fair last night. Having lived much of my life in Minnesota, I’ve been to that fair many times. Never once did I think, “Oh, I wonder if there will be a shooting while I’m there?” But now, such a thought enters the minds of millions of Americans […]