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Wee wallaby goes walkaboutWatch with Mother Wallaby For this sleepy-eyed baby it could almost have been Australia.In brilliant weekend sunshine, the newborn wallaby got to know her surroundings at Leonardslee Gardens in Lower Beeding. The native Aussie marsupial was one of several spring babies taking their first tentative bounces in the countryside near Horsham. But, after a few hops among the deer and the ducks, the nippy English weather became a bit too much and the little one retreated to the cosy haven of mum's pouch. |
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Wels Catfish
also called Waller (species Silurus glanis), large, voracious catfish of the family Siluridae, native to large rivers and lakes from central Europe to western Asia. This 'beasty' can grow up to 16ft in the wild, perhaps 9ft in captivity. In England they have weighed up to 62lbs, elsewhere the record is 202lbs. An 8lb Waller with whiskers a foot long was caught recently by the Environment Agency in a lake at Shillinglee, West Sussex during a routine fish count. Eats anyone and anything; when caught it regurgitated 57 small fish onto the bank. It is now segregated in its own tank at Brighton Sealife Centre. In Germany a Waller grabbed and ate a Dachschund puppy from the bank. On 26 July 01 a 5ft7in Wels weighing 40 pounds was caught and thrown back in the River Darent at Eynsford, Kent. On 28 September 2002 the Dail Mail reported angler Glen Patterson caught a Wels on the Rover Ebro in northern Spain weighing 197lbs. After taking a photo he released it back into the river. He said "They are known for being one of the toughest fighters and very hard to catch". We gather a 220lb Wels was caught in Kazakhstan this year. Catfish steaks make a tasty meal, taking 8-10 minutes to grill, saute, or deep-fry. |
Gerenuk - or Waller (species Litocranius walleri), slender antelope, family Bovidae (order Artiodactyla). The gerenuk has been given the nickname of gazelle-giraffe because of its long neck similar to the giraffe and gazelle-like body shape.
The gerenuk, whose name comes from the Somali for "giraffe-necked," lives alone or in small groups in desert and bush country of eastern Africa. It feeds on the leaves and shoots of trees and tall bushes, reaching the foliage by standing on its hind legs with its forelegs propped against the tree. The gerenuk is about 1 m (39 inches) high at the shoulder and is reddish brown with a darker back and white underparts. The male bears relatively heavy horns that curve backward and then hook forward at the ends.
This one was born at Los Angeles Zoo on 28 Sept 2000 and was here just a few days old.
The Terror Bird
http://coolrox.com/titanus.htm and
http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fossilhall/Research/Titanis.htm
Coolrox staff were asked by Paleontologists from the Florida Museum of Natural History to take part in a scientific expedition to find fossil evidence of Titanus walleri, a 2-million-year-old killer bird.
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a spider (Paraplectana walleri) -
Two ferns (Crepidomanes walleri and Hymenophyllum walleri) at
A tree (Disa walleri) -
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