Enrichment

Used to love "environmental enrichment" at the zoo.
Gave Nick a pinecone with peanut butter yesetrday and he semmed to enjoy it ;)

Evolution of thoughts

This picture is not mine, it was on my Newsfeed (source).

Not so long ago I would have looked at it, and seen a caterpillar on a flower.

A year ago I would have seen a Monarch-to-be.

Later that it was feeding on tropical Milkweed. *

And now the first thing is I think is: "Wow, someone has got a problem with Aphids!" ;)

Wonder what I will see in the future..


* Yes, I would have thought Danaus plexippus on Asclepias currassavica.
But I get told by everyone but biologically interested people (who are the best, anyway;) ) that scientific names are annoying and only used to show off.
Well, I think common names are a waste of time, I have to learn those in german and english and dutch and googling them takes 10 times as long as the "latin" ones.

Caterpillar I found today

while walking the dog, on Alnus

I need a sabbatical...

6 months volunteer keeper position in Cambodia

would love to do this, 1/2 a year seems perfect.
And then come back to my real world.

Which is completely out of the question for a bazillion of reasons, just letting my thoughts run free for a minute :).