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Silk factory, Beijing
Today’s tour included two obligatory shopping stops. The last is at a factory that manufactures silk quilts. I was afraid that there would be a long line of teenage girls unravelling the cocoons, so I heaved a huge sigh of … Continue reading
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100 Unblinking Eyes
These photos are of desert goby eggs, laid on the inside of a bit of 3/4″ PVC pipe. They’re a week old, and must be just about to hatch since each clearly holds a tiny fish ready to scoot out. … Continue reading
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Proud Father
Arriving home tonight, I found this male gudgeon nervously glued to a leaf. All his other little ones have left the nest but he’s keeping a close eye on one remaining straggler. The internet tells me that he will a) … Continue reading
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Flea circus
Lately I’ve been having some unintended success with producing large amounts of freshwater microalgae (it’s growing in the water bath which keeps my on-purpose plankton tanks warm) so I decided it was time to get some filter-feeding freshwater plankton to … Continue reading
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Chiang Mai Zoo
No animal is more dignified than the capybara. The zoo aquarium had a open-from-the-top ‘touch tank’ with rays in it and then, later, an identically designed ‘dangerous animals’ tank with lionfish and morays. There was a velvet rope around this … Continue reading
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Sam Poh Tong
Looks nice, right? Well, it isn’t. The idea of putting a temple in a steep valley that you can only access via a cave is a nice one, and the fact that the religion of the temple is so inclusive … Continue reading
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