Dec
7
2010
The trip to Melbourne wasn’t only for Thanksgiving dinner with our friends. We also spent a bunch of time with our cousins!
Even though it was nearly summer, the weather was typical Melbourne: cool and rainy. The day we arrived, we stopped by a great cafe for a terrific brunch followed by a trip to the Melbourne Museum. They have a great permanent dinosaur exhibit and while we were there, they had a fantastic arthropod exhibit with a huge collection of LIVE tarantulas and dangerous spiders as well as some insects. RJ was in heaven — a museum full of dinosaurs and bugs!
Off to a cafe for breakfast, where LR tells Mi. all the latest news. Surprise of the morning: both LR and RJ like kippers!
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Mar
10
2010
(at the dinner table)
Dad: So what happened at your school today, RJ?
RJ: I took my whip scorpion into school and showed it to everybody.
Dad: Great! Did you teach the class all about them?
RJ: Yep! But it was terrible. No one asked any questions! … except for Harry.
Dad: What did he ask?
RJ: He asked if whip scorpions lived in England and I told him, “NO! They only live in Perth. There are lots of them and live in the roof of your house.”
We’re expecting the phone calls from the other parents to start any day now…
Your child is having nightmares about giant insects living in your roof?
What a surprise!”
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Aug
18
2009
This cute little guy is a Cormocephalus hartmeyeri (centipede) and will be staying with us for a little while. We found him just wandering along a path while we were up at Gingin. He’s about 15cm (7 inches) long and has a delightful poisonous bite, so he doesn’t get many cuddles. He’s visiting the kids’ schools, which their teachers are not too thrilled about. The fearless Mom performed the species identification which involved a lot of close inspection.
So far we’ve discovered that he loves to eat chicken and slaters (pill bugs). We’ve nicknamed him, “Mr Bitey”.
We found this cute little guy wandering along the path while we were out this weekend. He's staying with us at home for a little while.
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