Anyone who has lived in, visited or even just passed through Southeast Asia will have seen at least one gecko during their stay. At night, geckos will scuttle across walls and roofs near lights taking advantage of the bounty of flying insects that the lights attract. There are more than 70 species of gecko in Thailand …
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Venom, Poison, or Both?
Let me introduce you to the red-necked Keelback (Rhabdophis subminiatus), a beautiful snake that has the distinction of being one of only a handful of snakes (17) in the world that are known to posses both venom and poison, and it can be found here in Thailand. When talking about snakes many people confuse the terms …
Wildlife At Your Door
No matter how busy I am I manage to find some wildlife and when I'm too busy the wildife seems to find me, almost as if to remind me not to forget them and why I live where I do. Here are a few of the animals that have managed to find their way into …
Reptiles
Most of my posts as of late have been focused on butterflies, but in my defense they are the animal that is out the most/the ones we see the most at the moment. This doesn't mean that we're not on the look out for other animals and we've been lucky these past couple of weekends …
A bounty of butterflies
Rainy season is definitely in full swing here and we have been having torrential rain everyday which is only ever broken up by gaps of murky wet spells. We haven't able to venture out much and our drive to and from work has looked almost apocalyptic some days. Drive to work at 7:35am (sunrise its …
Return To Ton Prai
We were so impressed by the amount of wildlife we saw at Ton Prai on our previous visit that we decided to go back for a second look around.We arrived earlier than the last time in the hopes that more animals would be out sunning themselves before it got too hot later in the day. …
Ton Prai Waterfall
Another sunny weekend and another national park to explore. This time we headed to Ton Prai Waterfall a little further afield than we usually go but well worth the trip.The park was beautiful and has definitely taken a spot in my top 5 favourites here in Phang-nga province. We hadn't even entered the car park …
Snake Wrangling
I was at home sick from work one day resting in the bedroom when I was disturbed by our dog, Bones barking incessantly at something from inside the house. Probably a cat that had ventured into our garden again, I thought. I rolled over in bed and did my best angry dog owner voice to get …
The Wild Weekend Continues
Sunday rolled around and the weather nice, so both Carly and I decided to head out to our favourite national park for a wander and a bit of wildlife spotting. As we drove into the park it became apparent that the butterfly season was well and truly underway. Every puddle seemed to be edged by …
Wildlife in Action
Its been a while since I've posted anything but I haven't been stagnant. In fact I've been busy collecting material for my photo galleries page which is severely lacking in content at this time. So far I've managed to compile a damselfly gallery, a lizard gallery and an amphibians gallery which you can see here Photo Galleries. …