Kerry Dressler <bio-photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> moved upon the face of the 'Net and
spake thusly:
>
> Hi, Robert.. leave it to an Australian to have a love affair with snakes!!
> Actually, my mind's eye picture of the quintissential Australian is a
> photo I took many years ago [OM of course!] of Geof Stocker, who worked for
> CSIRO I believe, on his farm in the Atherton (sp?) highlands. He
Spot on, although it's a "tableland" on the maps. Stupid name, IMHO...
(I'm touring there next summer, hope it's a better trip than my rained
out "OM-1 never left the car" trip to Lamington (did get a snake pic
with my C#### though)).
>
> We first noticed it with frogs and other amphibians. Working in Costa Rica
> I can remember having trouble walking without stepping on their "golden
> frogs" in Monteverde. In just 3 years they completely disappeared!
> With
Many frog species are in serious trouble here. Some friends of mine
breed up frogs in their (suburban) back-yard, and release them.
Their neighbours have been known to hurl large (>30cm) rocks over the
fence when particularly annoyed by the mating calls...
Such intolerance doesn't bode well for the spotted marshy...
cjb.
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