Amuze the Mob

13/10/2025

Until I saw this fella in the bush today searching for ants I don’t think I’ve ever seen an echidna on its hind legs before.

Bit like Winnie the Pooh after honey !

13/10/2025

Yep ❤️

09/10/2025

Yet to see one of these guys in the wild 🤞

08/10/2025

So beautiful

02/10/2025

I was so lucky to have met this wonderful human, such a kind and gentle soul full of wisdom. We need to be guided by Jane and make the wonders of our world important and protected. Vale Jane, thank you for all you have achieved ###

30/09/2025

When most people think of moths, they picture fragile wings fluttering around porch lights, harmless creatures of dust and silence.
But in the jungles of Asia and Eastern Europe, there exists one with a darker appetite.

The Vampire Moth.

At night it drifts on quiet wings, searching not for flowers, but for flesh. With its long, saw-toothed proboscis, it lands softly on the skin of mammals — deer, buffalo, even humans — and begins to drill. Slowly, patiently, it saws its way into living flesh until a droplet of blood wells up. Then, like a butterfly at a blossom, it sips.

The sight is eerie — delicate wings spread like parchment leaves, while its slender mouth drinks what should never be touched: the lifeblood of another.

🔬 Science has revealed why. Most moths in the Calyptra family are fruit-feeders, using their sharp proboscis to pierce tough rinds and suck juices. But in some species, the males evolved further. By drinking blood, they collect precious salts and nutrients that are scarce in nectar. During mating, they pass these nutrients on to females, giving their offspring an evolutionary boost. What looks like horror is, in fact, a strategy of survival.

The Vampire Moth’s proboscis is a marvel of design. Unlike the smooth straw of a butterfly, it is lined with hooks and ridges, strong enough to puncture elephant hide. Once inside, it pumps steadily, drawing liquid life as though it were fruit sap. Victims rarely stir — they might never know they’ve been fed upon.

Some scientists believe this is a glimpse of evolution in motion: fruit-piercing moths testing a darker path, experimenting with parasitism. Today they pose no real threat, but tomorrow? If conditions demand it, perhaps blood-drinking could become their norm.

✨ Nature’s line between beauty and nightmare is always thinner than we think.
A creature born of flowers, now flirting with blood.
A night visitor with a taste for veins.

27/09/2025

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13/09/2025

02/09/2025

The story of the Thylacine, better known as the Tasmanian Tiger, is one of the most tragic tales in modern natural history. 🐅 This incredible creature was not a tiger, wolf, or even a dog—it was a marsupial, the largest carnivorous one of its time, carrying its young in a pouch just like a kangaroo. Its most stunning feature was its jaw, which could open a staggering 120 degrees, and its unique striped lower back.

Native to Tasmania, Australia, and New Guinea, this shy, nocturnal predator was hunted relentlessly by European settlers in the 19th and early 20th centuries, driven by misguided bounties blaming it for livestock losses. The last known Thylacine, named "Benjamin," died in captivity at the Hobart Zoo in 1936—a death that went largely unnoticed and officially marked its extinction.

Its loss is a powerful reminder of the fragility of life and the finality of our actions. Even today, unconfirmed sightings fuel a glimmer of hope and a deep sense of longing for what we’ve lost. The Thylacine’s ghost continues to haunt us, a symbol of extinction and a call to protect the unique species we have left.

29/08/2025

First time I have seen Bags so relaxed playing with another dog. Daisy is healing up well🙌

27/08/2025

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