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

31st December, 2010 Matthew Chatfield 3 Comments funny, Vespa mandarinia, wasps

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

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Giant water bug from Ecuador

17th February, 2010 Matthew Chatfield 5 Comments

We heard you wanted to see a picture of a simply gigantic water bug. So here it is. This is

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Glum councillors

28th August, 2009 Matthew Chatfield 2 Comments

Of course, this would never happen on the Isle of Wight. No, sir. And even if it did, it would

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So why are clouds classified anyway?

18th June, 2009 Matthew Chatfield 3 Comments

Great news, friends, those crazy scientists have discovered a new type of cloud! Actually, it’s not even scientists but some

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A radish
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Faddish Japanese cherish murdered radish

21st May, 200921st November, 2020 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments funny, japan, radish, wtf

Behold the news, a radish has been caddishly assaulted and may have perished! It’s hardly unusual when making a salad,

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Insect Sex Education and much more

28th January, 2009 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments

Sometimes one just has to step back and applaud. Now’s one of those times: The Ranger has just spent a

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No, honestly, I didn’t mean that.

25th January, 2009 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments

Interesting follow-up to my previous post “When gorse is in flower it’s the season for love“: Thanks Google, but I

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Check out this massive crab

18th January, 2009 Matthew Chatfield 14 Comments crabs, crustaceans, massive animals

We heard you wanted to see a picture of a simply gigantic crab. So here it is. Coconut Crab (Birgus

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Spider vs. Bee… BBC vs. National Geographic

28th July, 20081st June, 2022 Matthew Chatfield 76 Comments america, attenborough, bee, national geographic, photography, spider, tv

When I was young I enjoyed greatly the diverting summer sport of tossing hapless invertebrates into spiders’ webs and seeing

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Hedgehog
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Do hedgehogs need their fleas?

19th May, 200823rd September, 2020 Matthew Chatfield 13 Comments fleas, hedgehogs

On the BBC Radio 4 programme ‘The Unbelievable Truth’ recently, the claim was made that “hedgehogs will die without their

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