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A slug using an exercise wheel

4th February, 2015 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments exercise, slug

Abandon your hamsters, friends. Enjoy this footage of a slug using an exercise wheel. Go, slug!

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The benefits of peat-free compost

9th December, 2014 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments compost, defra, gardening, horticulture, peat, wetlands

The UK currently uses three million cubic metres of peat per annum for horticulture.  69% of this is used by

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The elusive girl on a motorcycle against rubbish

16th September, 2014 Matthew Chatfield 1 Comment litter, russian, vigilante

Top marks to this Russian lady who takes a rather direct approach to street littering. Title translated is “The elusive

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If you only watch one crab eat a bowl of noodles…

14th July, 2014 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments crab, korea, noodles

This is the one to watch.

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This is a ******* wasp!

3rd June, 20143rd June, 2019 Matthew Chatfield 3 Comments imgur, wasps

Regular readers will know how the Ranger has an uneasy respect for waspkind. At this time of the year there

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This spider is pretending to be a beetle

23rd March, 201423rd March, 2014 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments australia, new guinea, spiders

Jumping spiders are known to imitate ants – and some of these clever mimics can be found in the UK.

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Chrysis inaequidens, the jewelled cuckoo wasp

4th June, 201326th February, 2014 Matthew Chatfield 1 Comment bees, hymeroptera, insects, invertebrates, parasites, wasps

Look at this gorgeous North American solitary wasp (click the image for a bigger version if you like). Now wonder

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Seb Przd’s intriguing photographs

9th December, 2012 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments photos

Enjoy these beautiful and intriguing photographs of trees, and people, enjoying the outdoors on ‘little planets’.   Taken by Seb

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Nice legs! The world’s leggiest animal is rediscovered.

15th November, 2012 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments invertebrates, massive animals, millipedes

Last seen in 1928, the colobognath millipede Illacme plenipes is thought to have more legs than any other animal on earth

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A shrimp on a treadmill to the tune of Benny Hill

5th November, 2012 Matthew Chatfield 2 Comments benny hill, funny, shrimp, treadmill, yakkity sax

Persisting with the Ranger’s long-standing interest in bizarre invertebrates, the latest addition to his virtual menagerie is this video, enigmatically

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