Cambodia’s Black Tarantula

Asian Black Tarantula (Haplopelma)
12 August 2013 Ladislav Bodnar 2 Comments 2 tags
The large, hairy and venomous tarantula spider is found throughout the world in as many as 900 species. Here in ...
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Meet the Irrawaddy Dolphin

8 August 2013 Ladislav Bodnar 0 Comments 2 tags
The Irrawaddy dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris) is a species of dolphin whose distribution extends from the Bay of Bengal to northern ...
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Spotted Dove

Spotted dove (Spilopelia chinensis)
16 July 2013 Ladislav Bodnar 0 Comments 1 tag
Witnessing the behaviour of animals in nature and their relationships is never short of astonishing. The case of the rescued ...
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Hand-Raising Spotted Dove Chick

Spotted dove (Spilopelia chinensis)
14 July 2013 Ladislav Bodnar 2 Comments 2 tags
Typhoons can cause enormous damage not only to plants and farms, but also to wild animals. One of the victims ...
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Snake in Aviary

10 July 2013 Ladislav Bodnar 0 Comments 3 tags
High drama in the aviary for the past two days. On Monday evening, when I walked into the shed which ...
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Kikuchi’s Habu or Mountain Pit Viper

Kikuchi's Habu (Trimeresurus gracilis)
8 July 2013 Ladislav Bodnar 0 Comments 2 tags
Yesterday was my lucky day. Kikuchi’s habu or Taiwan mountain pit viper (Trimeresurus gracilis) is an endemic species of snake ...
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Australia’s Eastern Water Dragon

Eastern Water Dragon (Physignathus lesueurii lesueurii)
5 July 2013 Ladislav Bodnar 0 Comments 2 tags
Still about the smallest continent, Australia’s eastern water dragon (Physignathus lesueurii lesueurii), an endemic species, is truly a memorable sight. ...
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Cairns Council vs Flying Foxes

Spectacled flying fox (Pteropus conspicillatus)
4 July 2013 Ladislav Bodnar 2 Comments 2 tags
During my three-week stay in Cairns last year, I was delighted to discover a populous colony of Spectacled flying foxes ...
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Swinhoe’s Japalura

Swinhoe's Japalura (Japalura swinhonis)
3 July 2013 Ladislav Bodnar 3 Comments 2 tags
It is always a pleasure to learn that a species of animal frequenting your backyard is a unique one, not ...
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The Predator – Grey Treepie

25 May 2013 Ladislav Bodnar 0 Comments 5 tags
The bulbul nest is now empty. It was a sad end of a rather exciting week which provided us with ...
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