COLD DARK ROOM

[Kristoff]

Very true. Our insects and spiders are pretty much harmless or nuisance value. Our reptiles are small and few and far between. Only the adder is venomous and that is small and only a risk if you step on it. The sea is too cold for the dangerous sharks like Great White and too warm for Orcas.

We don't have nuisance mammals like raccoons. There are no big cats, bears, wolves or any other large predators as they were all hunted out of existence many years ago.

We have lots of lovely wildlife, but it's low risk.

Mmm, maybe I should come and stay there.

Imagine me coming out of Europe and going on a proper hike in Canada for the first time. [emoji33][emoji33] It’s probably not as bad as Australia, but a lot of things want to eat you there too — giant flies, a swarm of bugs, enormous mosquitoes in their hundreds. And, fortunately, I didn’t even run into the animals — brown bears, wolves, snakes... I did run into that innocent-looking plant called poison ivy though... [emoji33][emoji33]

 

[Kristoff]

Happy Orthodox Christmas Lena!

Thank you, Linda! You have great survival skills; may they help you at the in-laws. [emoji173]️

 

[Kristoff]

Do they still mix it with horse blood? I read the book about Ghengis Khan - although if I remember correctly they drank the blood when they were starving I think.

For protein probably. Central Asians drink fermented mare milk. It tasted as bad as it sounds. [emoji33]

 

[Kristoff]

A very Happy Orthodox Christmas. Christmas must be very expensive for you guys.

Most families do either one or another. Usually this one. My family was half Protestant; that’s why we do December 24-25 as well as January 6-7.

 

[Kristoff]

No need to fight. There ARE two of them [emoji3]

I could easily eat both. But oh well. That’s what friendship is, giving the other chicken thigh to a friend. [emoji23]

 

[Kristoff]

Sending, sending, sending, sending.

Thank you. I’ll be on the lookout in April-May! [emoji106][emoji23]

 

[Kristoff]

Oh yes you have. April 2018 - a Grass Snake. Only a baby at around 12”/30cm. They grow to around three times that
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Yikes. A repressed memory. [emoji23][emoji23]

 

[Kristoff]

Only if they choose to celebrate both. It is supposed to be one or the other!

SNAP [emoji23]

 

[JoesMum]

For protein probably. Central Asians drink fermented mare milk. It tasted as bad as it sounds. [emoji33]

Fermented milk is simply unsweetened yoghurt!

 

[Kristoff]

Fermented milk is simply unsweetened yoghurt!

But usually that doesn’t come from a horse. [emoji23]

 

[JoesMum]

Imagine me coming out of Europe and going on a proper hike in Canada for the first time. [emoji33][emoji33] It’s probably not as bad as Australia, but a lot of things want to eat you there too — giant flies, a swarm of bugs, enormous mosquitoes in their hundreds. And, fortunately, I didn’t even run into the animals — brown bears, wolves, snakes... I did run into that innocent-looking plant called poison ivy though... [emoji33][emoji33]

There are wolves, bears and big cats in Europe too... and bugs and reptiles that will do you more harm than British ones!

Daughter shared this amazing video with me the other day. It was filmed in the Champagne region of northern France last year and shows the huge diversity of species using a log as a bridge. Includes European Lynx, wild cat, stoat, weasel, badgers and many more.

Lena, I think your daughter will love this video

 

[Kristoff]

There are wolves, bears and big cats in Europe too... and bugs and reptiles that will do you more harm than British ones!

Daughter shared this amazing video with me the other day. It was filmed in the Champagne region of northern France last year and shows the huge diversity of species using a log as a bridge. Includes European Lynx, wild cat, stoat, weasel, badgers and many more.

Lena, I think your daughter will love this video

We did kill off a lot of them (

Fantastic video. But why did it keep showing my neighbor’s cats?.. [emoji23]

 

[Kristoff]

I’ll show the video to daughter now. And the leopard in the box picture. [emoji23][emoji23]

 

[JoesMum]

We did kill off a lot of them (

Fantastic video. But why did it keep showing my neighbor’s cats?.. [emoji23]

European wild cats look very like domestic cats and are closely related. Unfortunately inter-breeding means they are dying out.

There is a small population in Scotland
https://www.nms.ac.uk/scottishwildcat

 

[CarolM]

Oh yes you have. April 2018 - a Grass Snake. Only a baby at around 12”/30cm. They grow to around three times that
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Oh Yes. Sorry. Darn memory. That is my excuse and I am sticking to it.[emoji6]

 

[CarolM]

Only if they choose to celebrate both. It is supposed to be one or the other!

Sjoe!! Much easier on the pocket.

 

[CarolM]

Imagine me coming out of Europe and going on a proper hike in Canada for the first time. [emoji33][emoji33] It’s probably not as bad as Australia, but a lot of things want to eat you there too — giant flies, a swarm of bugs, enormous mosquitoes in their hundreds. And, fortunately, I didn’t even run into the animals — brown bears, wolves, snakes... I did run into that innocent-looking plant called poison ivy though... [emoji33][emoji33]

[emoji33] [emoji33] And they say Africa is bad. [emoji51]

 

[CarolM]

For protein probably. Central Asians drink fermented mare milk. It tasted as bad as it sounds. [emoji33]

No thank you. Although if I was starving I would rather have that than worms. [emoji32]

 

[CarolM]

Most families do either one or another. Usually this one. My family was half Protestant; that’s why we do December 24-25 as well as January 6-7.

So I take it that you do very small gifts then.

 

[CarolM]

I could easily eat both. But oh well. That’s what friendship is, giving the other chicken thigh to a friend. [emoji23]

[emoji23] [emoji23] [emoji23] Thank you, you are a true friend.