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mark smyth

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Re: Wildlife 2007
« Reply #105 on: March 19, 2007, 06:07:53 PM »
to me it looks sick
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Re: Wildlife 2007
« Reply #106 on: March 19, 2007, 08:36:35 PM »
Can't really see the upper side clearly, but the jaws would indicate carnivore. Carnivore's good.
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Re: Wildlife 2007
« Reply #107 on: March 22, 2007, 09:47:13 PM »
This video clip is just the cutest thing I have seen in ages and it is really funny, too. It is just a 13 second clip from the life of a baby panda and his mum, pay attention,listen carefully, you won't want to miss anything!



Hope you like it as much as we do!
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Re: Wildlife 2007
« Reply #108 on: March 22, 2007, 10:09:12 PM »
Ah, bless it :D
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Re: Wildlife 2007
« Reply #109 on: March 22, 2007, 10:36:40 PM »
Andrew, using the medicine philosophy, if it tastes (looks) bad it is probably good (for you)!
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Re: Wildlife 2007
« Reply #110 on: March 22, 2007, 10:38:19 PM »
David, show Carol the panda video, she'll love it!
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Re: Wildlife 2007
« Reply #111 on: March 22, 2007, 10:45:55 PM »
stiffled laughter here someones asleep next door.

Doesnt ma panda know what sounds a baby makes
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Re: Wildlife 2007
« Reply #112 on: March 22, 2007, 10:52:37 PM »
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Doesnt ma panda know what sounds a baby makes

Seems not, Mark, but to be fair , who KNEW that a baby panda could make such a big noise?

Speaking as one who scares easily with sudden noises and such ( I know, how can anyone who makes so much noise herself scare easily?) I sympathise with Ma Panda.  The first thing Ian asked when he saw the clip was, had I any panda blood?
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Re: Wildlife 2007
« Reply #113 on: March 23, 2007, 05:51:24 AM »
Maggi

thank you so much for the baby panda - I think I have just woken up the whole household!

I had to watch it three times to get the full impact of ma's incredulity - and I laughed more with each viewing.

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Re: Wildlife 2007
« Reply #114 on: March 23, 2007, 09:22:23 AM »
I liked the one with the eejit having has jacket ripped off too ;D Reminds me of a darker episode in Dundee involving Jeremy the Sugar Puffs bear, and this could so easily have gone the same way. ???
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Re: Wildlife 2007
« Reply #115 on: March 23, 2007, 09:17:02 PM »
I hope everyone had a great day today. Chilly according to the thermometer 10C but so warm out in the sun. Lots of bees in the garden today - Red bum, white bum in various sizes and honey. Tortoiseshell too.
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Re: Wildlife 2007
« Reply #116 on: March 25, 2007, 08:54:45 PM »
Today it was getting warmer (+15°C) with lots of sunshine. Pyrrhocoris apterus (german: "Gemeine Feuerwanze") left in masses their winter accommodations and start mating... ::)
I'm not sure this is a good sign for this years gardening season... :-\
Btw: What is the English name for this insect?
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Re: Wildlife 2007
« Reply #117 on: March 25, 2007, 09:14:58 PM »
We call them "FireBugs" in English, Armin.
 I don't think they have spread much beyond the very south of England, so our seeds are probably safe from them up here in Scotland! I believe they sometimes eat other insects, too.... they must enjoy a change of diet! I have read that research is  being undertaken to see if a peptide extracted from these FireBugs may be useful in the fight against  antibiotic resistant bacteria. That would be extraordinarlily useful, of course, so we may prove happy to tolerate these beasts with their markings that look like tribal face masks!
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Re: Wildlife 2007
« Reply #118 on: March 25, 2007, 09:34:05 PM »
Maggi thanks for the translation ;) and interesting comment - I thought they suck only plant sap? Hmm.
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Re: Wildlife 2007
« Reply #119 on: March 25, 2007, 10:04:22 PM »
These are really cute bugs. I don't think we have anything like them here or not that I've come across anyway. After enlarging the pic I was about to ask whether they're good or bad, but it seems could be both.
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