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Serpent solutions
home and surrounding area clear of food waste to reduce the number of prey animals that attract snakes. • Ensure doors and windows are closed when not in use. • Use a torch to illuminate paths at night and wear closed shoes. • Snakes only use venom when...
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How to...explore rock pools
for wildlife. The sights, sounds and scents of the seashore stir the senses and lift the soul. Rock pools are fleeting windows into the underwater world which appear when the tide retreats, leaving behind pockets of seawater trapped in the dips and...
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How to…Beachcomb
scale and consequence, both to animals and humans.Cargo spilt from ships, balloon releases, cigarette butts thrown from car windows, disposable barbeques left by uncaring beach visitors and disposable items flushed down toilets – every day more and more...
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RSB and University of Gloucestershire spider citizen science project leads to publication
who tend to stay in one place. The team also found that females were more likely to be found on ceilings, doors and windows, with males frequently spotted on walls as their smaller bodies allow them greater mobility. Dr Rebecca Nesbit, who worked on the...
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One small step for a physiologist
from an observation tube cut into the ice and hanging in the water - even then you still have to dive out to clean the windows. So it gave me both a mental and physical challenge, which is what I always look for. For my postdoctoral research, I looked...
