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Happy New Year 2020
Happy New Year 2020 (License image)Happy New Year. It is 2020, the start of a new decade.Normally at this time, I write about my favourite experiences from the previous twelve months and post...
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Book: Ahab’s Rolling Sea
During the year-end quiet period, I read Ahab's Rolling Sea: A Natural History of Moby-Dick by Richard King. Ahab's Rolling Sea, by Richard KingRight off the bat, I'm going to say that if you have read...
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Oogway Is Two Years Old Today
Oogway the pond turtle and I have been together for two years now.Oogway striking a poseOur journey together started like this on 24 May 2018...Baby Oogway...the day when I stumbled upon a lost and...
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Oogway Update December 2020
It is winter now. Oogway is sitting on my lap, snug and comfy, looking around while I work.Our daily routine starts with a greeting around 8am or so, after I’ve come back from my morning workout. I...
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Flipping The Bird
Dear 2020,Please permit me to say farewell:Goodbye 2020... (License image)And let me send you off with an appropriate parting gift:...good riddance (License image) (Purchase print)Yours truly,Tony
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Photo Highlights 2020
2020 was the first time since 1985 that I stayed in a single country for the entire year. It was also the first time that I didn’t speak English with anyone in person for more than 12 months (November...
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Oogway’s Third Anniversary
Three years + a couple of days ago, this little turtle dropped into my life.Oogway's spring outing, with Japanese plumsLiterally from the sky, onto a hot asphalt road, probably airmailed by a crow.The...
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Cutie
It has been some time since I've posted to my blog (a relief to many of you I'm sure).Well, I'm back. Kind of. Maybe.When the world went wonky a couple of years ago, I decided to make the best of it....
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Canthigaster coronata Coupling
It is often said that when making scientificky* observations, one should take care not to anthropomorphise. As defined by the Cambridge Dictionary online, this multisyllabic mouthful means: “to show or...
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Alveopora japonica Polyps and Planulae
At the end of August, I spent more than a week in the ocean. At night. Swimming. Waiting. In vain. Decades of working with Mother Nature has taught me to accept and adapt, not to fixate and bemoan....
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Underwater Tales in Bristol
I will be giving a talk at St. George’s Bristol on 14 October at 19:00, together with Alex Mustard. Alex’s talk will cover his recent experience documenting the seas of the United Kingdom. Mine will...
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Reverse Tail Slap
This is a view from below the ocean surface of a female humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae australis) turned upside-down, slapping the water with her peduncle and fluke, i.e., rear end. Humpback...
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Shooting Star Underwater Category Winner WPY58
July 2021. I was in a brackish bay, mineral-infused water percolating through volcanic rock and mixing with brine. The starry goby (Asterropteryx semipunctata) in front of me was on full display. It...
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Jack’s Mom Nine Years Later
This is one of my favourite photographs that I've taken of humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae australis): Jack and his mother (License image) I took this photo in 2013. My friend Kylie—with whom I...
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Spawning Cushion Star
I do a lot of research and planning to document reproductive events. No matter how well-prepared I am though, failure is more often the result than success. When Mother Nature frustrates though, she...
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Blog Blunder
For everyone reading my blog via email...I made a boo boo last week. I had the brilliant idea of putting up a sticky post that has a sign-up form, so that it's easier for anyone who wants to read my...
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Please use this link to sign-up to receive my blog posts via email. I use Mailchimp. You can unsubscribe at any time. If you use an RSS feed reader, this is the feed. Baby Eumicrotremus taranetzi...
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Eggnog
Wishing you a happy holiday season, with a little help from mollusc friends. Eggnog, courtesy Lottia emydia and Tegula pfeifferi (License Lottia emydia image) (License Tegula pfeifferi image)
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Happy New Year
明けましておめでとうございます。 今年もよろしくお願いします。 [English speakers: This is a Japanese new year greeting. It is the year of the rabbit in the lunar calendar, but Japan marks the zodiac change at the beginning of the...
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Oogway is Five
Five years ago, Oogway showed up out of the blue sky. Quite literally, as I figure the she was dropped by a crow. (Initial blog post with photos of super-cute baby turtle). I haven’t written about...
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