Just returned from another fantastic voyage lecturing onboard the Amsterdam for the
Holland America World Cruise - Sydney to Singapore segment.
Fascinating opportunity to lecture about the amazing creatures of Australia -- platypus, devils, saltwater crocs, cassowaries, and koalas.
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| Check out those daggers!! These are very effective for keeping pesky humans in line. |
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| A bit of excitement as the Komodo Dragons got a bit too close to the crowd. "Do not Run!! DO NOT RUN!" said the Ranger, "...but move quickly!" Yes - that is the ranger holding a Dragon by the Tail!! (Photo with thanks to Barbara Heywood-Chasey) |
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| Hong Kong was brilliant at night! |
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| Snake & Scorpion Wine! A sip per day might help if you have aspirations to become a snake-oil salesman! Many shelves were filled with these and similar offerings in Nha Trang, Vietnam. Pity to see thousands of creatures end up this way. |
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| Singapore: Learning about Bananas from Tony at the fascinating Bollywood educational garden - perhaps the only organic veggie garden in Singapore www.bollywoodveggies.com. Handy Trivia: If the Banana is edible the flowers point downwards... if the flowers point upwards it is ornamental. |
Danny Catt is a fellow lecturer and good friend. He's also a wildlife ecologist, educator and
photographer with a passion for travel and nature conservation. He's on an educational journey
through Asia to explore and learn about the wildlife, people and
ecosystems of one the most culturally rich (and heavily populated)
regions of the world.
