Naturalist At Heart Gifts

"We mustn't interfere, Larry. Just let nature take its course."

No, he's not metamorphosing. He's in a time-out.

'Let the creepy crawly hunt begin!'

Wildlife

"We've discovered they mate for life, as long as they don't discuss politics."

"Yup, pretty sure that was a flying squirrel."

'Now Featuring Gas-Fired Microwave Campfires!'

Funky Facts: Monkeys.

"The invention of taxidermy."

Rock - see you in a million years!

Caterpillar Portrait

Two kids watch a duck swim past their window in the rain

Freaks of nature exhibit.

"You're sure it was a Northern Bobwhite?"

"I fell to the ground from a height of about two metres when I was born: My very first stunt!"

'If only Darwin could have seen this.'

Crocodile

Sperm Whale.

But there are other pleasures still for the fisherman's delight....for nature is everywhere about him.

Today's lesson, the rainforest.

'I don't know about the ecosystem, but the economy seems to be on the upswing.'

Caliologist

The life of penguins.

"Good lord, Billingsworth. You've stumbled onto the legendary Lepidopterist Graveyard."

'Hold it Billy - There are no praying mantises in school.'

Bug reading book has antennae that are lights.

"Tracks of black bear cub... Tracks of black bear mother... Tracks of Henry David Thoreau."

'You're right: Her radar signature is fabulous!'

"Lord, thank you for guiding me through the whole 'evolution by natural selection' thing."

Entering Megalopolis - next Bucolic area 162 miles.

David Attenborough's Morning

'Why's the sky so high?' - 'So the birds don't bump their heads.'

Bird Watching with Binoculars

Maria Sibylla Merian

Whale Watch: 'They migrate here each winter in search of souvenirs.'