These birds circle the skies around my house regularly, making their distinctive pit-kwee cries. I’ve…
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This stripy lady, known as Oval St Andrew’s Cross Spider (Argiope aemula, or ナガマルコガネグモ in…
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It didn’t take much skill to spot this guy outside my front door on an…
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This chap literally fell from a tree. I was in the garden when he, maybe…
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Wildlife in Okinawa
Northern Golden Orb Weaver or Giant Golden Orb Weaver (nephila pilipes)
by Andy Gaylerby Andy GaylerThese spiders are a common site in Okinawa, and all across East Asia and Oceania.…
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Up to 50% of people in Japan born after 1995 don’t want babies, according to…
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A snake in the garden
by Andy Gaylerby Andy GaylerMy wife found a habu snake coiled up in the bottom of an old bin…
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Fish. They don’t do much, do they? They swim, they eat, they get eaten (unless…
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It took less than five minutes, from walking through the doors of Nago’s mass vaccine…
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One of the saddest sights in Okinawa is the beaches. This being a sub-tropical island,…