30 Days Wild - Day 26 - Curious Creatures

After a heavy day at work I was sitting eating my dinner this evening, half wondering how I was going to fit in a Random Act of Wildness for 30 Days Wild before I fell asleep on the sofa, and I idly flicked on the TV.

Onto BBC Two and there were Kate Humble, Chris Packham, Lucy Cooke with guests for the new wildlife quiz programme Curious Creatures! What a timely tea-time treat!



So, I have now learnt:

• The most poisonous animal on the planet is a frog and the only predator it has is a snake.
• Some (herrings) fish fart to communicate.
• The narwhal's 'tusk' is actually a tooth, and...
• The capybara is "bigger than a chicken"'and is actually the largest rodent in the world.

Not a bad fact cache for a meal time! 

PS - below is a frog from my garden not a golden poisonous dart frog (in case you didn't guess!)

Wicken Fen

We took a wander at our local NT reserve the other day. Wicken Fen is the National Trust's oldest reserve and it's only a few miles from us. I have no idea why we don't go there more! It was a warm morning but we went early and for the most of it we were on our own. As its name suggests the reserve is mostly undrained fenland and has over 9000 different recorded species, some very rare. The dragonflies were out and about and we came across a few tiny toads making their way across the paths. The reserve also use cattle and wild Konik ponies to graze the land.