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Don't be alarmed


Don't be alarmed (Ensete ventricosum)

13 Nov 2011
I won't hurt you!



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That is uber cool!

23 Nov, 2011

 

Thanks Meanie! He's uber cute, innit!?

23 Nov, 2011

 

We used to get the odd one in the shower when I was in Oz - not the same as this, but very similar.
Mind you, we shared the apartment with a Tarantula who just moved in one day!

24 Nov, 2011

 

Oh wow he's great....:))) great pic...

24 Nov, 2011

 

Meanie!!
Tarantula!! That's not nice!! So dangerous and grotesque too!! I don't mind seeing odd frogs in the garden now ane then (not in the shower though), but definitely not a Tarantula in the house!! A shiver runs down the spine just thinking about it!! Did you get rid of it eventually or did you enjoy the company and keep living with it? I want to know!!!

Crissue, thank you for the kind comment :)

24 Nov, 2011

 

You're welcome...

24 Nov, 2011

 

:)

24 Nov, 2011

 

As I say, Spike just moved in. Seemed to like it and stayed!
Not dangerous though - they have a nasty nip but rarely prove fatal. There was far worse spiders to worry about.

24 Nov, 2011

 

Spike!!! obviously you were on first name terms!!!

i love this little frog tommy, do they come in your garden all the time?

24 Nov, 2011

 

When it's that large that you can look each other in the eye, it's important to be on first name terms!!

24 Nov, 2011

 

its the least you can do to pay respect for each other.

24 Nov, 2011

 

Lol Meanie and Sticki!

I thought Tarantulas were dangerous, but obviously they aren't. Meanie proved it!! lol

I often see rain frogs and toads in the garden. Rain frogs love to hide behind shutters in summer and sing with their mates (or is it a courtship ritual?). Toads hibernate every winter in tiny niches under/between rocks and I disturb their sleep once in a while when I dig holes for plants. In summer, they roam around the garden after dark and sometimes scare me to death. Aughhhhh!!!! Toad's revenge lol :o)

25 Nov, 2011



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