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Michael

@nomad-notmad.bsky.social

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Nature lover, amateur photographer and generally interested in the natural world around us. Left leaning, but no longer rusted on. Currently enjoying the fruits & vegetables of my labour. Staunch supporter of kindness

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Michael @nomad-notmad.bsky.social · 12h

Spring is in the air and a young snake's mind turns to love.

Two male Eastern Brown Snakes wrestling to impress lady snake.

These guys are rated as the second most toxic of all snake venoms in the world.

#herps #snakes #australia

Two male Eastern Brown Snakes about to wrestle

Two male Eastern Brown Snakes wrestling to see who has the stamina. Both bodies twisted around each other like a scaly rope

Two male Eastern Brown Snakes in the grass, wrestling to see who has the stamina. Both bodies twisted around each other like a scaly rope

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Michael @nomad-notmad.bsky.social · 3d

Not only is the flower pretty and delicate, it has a butterfly!

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Michael @nomad-notmad.bsky.social · 3d

Huntsmen spiders really are more afraid of you. And they don't leave messy webs all over the place.

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Michael @nomad-notmad.bsky.social · 4d

Bloody spiders!
If they're not scaring you or biting you, they're stealing your accessories

#humour #spiderwoman

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Michael @nomad-notmad.bsky.social · 5d

I wonder what kangaroos think of the stars?

Wadawurrung for kangaroo is: goim.
goim ngurdang (female) and goim guliwan (male)

#kangaroo #nature

Michael @nomad-notmad.bsky.social · 5d

Spooky almost

Michael @nomad-notmad.bsky.social · 6d

Pretty in pink ... but one of them is a killer

#flowers

Pink and red tulips blooming beautifully

Pink foxglove flowers are beloved by gardeners and bees, but they contain a deadly poison.

Due to the cardiac glycoside digitoxin, in the leaves, flowers and seeds of this plant, it is extremely poisonous to humans and some animals and can be fatal if eaten. All plant parts must be handled with extreme care.

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Michael @nomad-notmad.bsky.social · 7d

I'm with you, especially love Snitty the Psephological Cassowary

Michael @nomad-notmad.bsky.social · 8d

Spring colours popping at last

#ballarat #flowers #spring

Purple, red and yellow tulips in the foreground with a lawn and statuary in the background

Michael @nomad-notmad.bsky.social · 8d

Yes we have a brave group here in the rat too.

Michael @nomad-notmad.bsky.social · 8d

it deeply affects me for days and weeks after seeing dead koalas.

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Michael @nomad-notmad.bsky.social · 8d

yum

Michael @nomad-notmad.bsky.social · 9d

Just another day in paradise

Michael @nomad-notmad.bsky.social · 9d

Mount Arapiles and Mitre Rock - The Wotjobaluk name for the formation is Djurid. Named after the Djurid family that lived there for thousands of years before being forcibly removed from their land in the 1840s.

#Treaty #Australia

A field of yellow canola flowers with Mount Arapiles and Mitre Rock in the background, with a few redgum trees in the middle distance.

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Michael @nomad-notmad.bsky.social · 11d

Bushfire? What bushfire?
The grass trees (Xanthorrhoea) close to where the bushfire started, seem to have not only survived, but really thrived in the 6 months since.

Absolutely wonderful to see an entire forest of grass trees.

#nature #plants #australia #climate

Grass trees with flower stems rising up out of the grass-like tops. Trunks are blackened from the bushfire.

A forest of grass trees in the distance to show how many are actively growing, even after the bushfire.

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Michael @nomad-notmad.bsky.social · 11d

Bushfire recovery 6 months later. While the fire decimated the undergrowth, many of the old stringybark trees survived and are beginning to start epicormic growth.

#nature #bushfire #australia #trees

Remains of a forest of stringybark gum trees after the massive bushfire that destroyed over 95,000 square kilometres of desert. There are small buds of green leaves growing out from under the charred outer bark.

Epicormic growth begins to grow out of the burnt bark

Michael @nomad-notmad.bsky.social · 13d

Yet another Trump distraction tactic.

Michael @nomad-notmad.bsky.social · 13d

#epstein files distraction #23

Michael @nomad-notmad.bsky.social · 13d

In January 2025 Australia was burning.
A year ago, I camped in the Little Desert in search of spring wildflowers and orchids. Sadly, I'm unlikely to see this desert bloom again in my lifetime. 95,000 hectares of desert burnt.

#climate #nature #australia

burnt desert banksia and exposed sand after the 2025 fire destroyed 90% of the Little Desert in Australia

desert banksia with seed pods open and a seedling emerging from the sand. Hope springs eternal

Michael @nomad-notmad.bsky.social · 14d

Research indicates that grandiose narcissism is associated positively with self-assessed intelligence (SAI).

Thankyou for your attention to this matter.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#fucktrump