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Behold, the tree lobster. (Spoiler: not a lobster)

10th October, 201710th October, 2017 Matthew Chatfield 4 Comments australia, lord howe island, massive animals, rats, stick insect

We like to bring you the occasional large invertebrate on this blog. And even a huge vertebrate now and then. But here’s a big

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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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Smearing toads with haemorrhoid cream… humanely

6th June, 2012 Matthew Chatfield 7 Comments amphibians, australia, invasive, non-native, piles

Regular readers will remember the anguish with which celebrities and commoners alike rallied round the cause of poor old introduced

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‘I like trees but…’ Yes, of course you do

5th March, 200623rd November, 2020 Matthew Chatfield 0 Comments australia, trees

Those crazy Australians are poisoning trees to open up sea views! The Ranger is amazed that this story needed to