jgtuk

Flies are one of the greatest contributors to pollination too.

This is from a film I remember from my time living in Adana

But they are relatively easy fears to overcome, as I mentioned earlier, the fear is mostly learned behaviour as we all know spiders are harmless.

Apart from the fact that neither one are native and part of the food chain here. Plus, I love being around a diverse demographic, humans included.

I move spiders to suitable places, they gotta live somewhere. I’ve done a few spider surveys, they really are fascinating, especially at a macro level.

Monsters? Really… Dictators, war criminals, serial killers, Tory politicians* etc. They’re monsters *Not all

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We have a massive disconnect between “us” and “them” when it comes to wildlife. The world around us is alien - most people can’t even identify common trees, plants or basic animals. Being scared of flying insects, spiders, bats etc. is absolutely ridiculous and a learned behaviour and is probably a partial cause of the general wildlife decline we’re experiencing. The latest butterfly count has just been released and the results are not good.

I love them.

This is a state backed operation. The settlers are protected by the IDF and rarely charged with any crime. I have family working in Palestine for aid and medical agencies and they're witnessing these things on a daily basis. I'm not posting further on this, especially on these threads for obvious reasons.

Also, more apples, Sloes and blackberries than I can use. Neighbours don’t want any 🤷

I used to walk or bike miles as a kid to find conkers. I now have 5 (2 large) Horse Chestnut trees in my garden but no one is interested, I’ve offered the local kids access to the garden (the parents obviously, I’m not a weirdo) and my own family members kids. No interest whatsoever 😟 Trees are full of conkers this year too.

I think also some people confuse the in home device with the meter and they can be problematic and not reflect the actual bill as they don’t normally include VAT or daily charges on the display.

Must remember not to venture into the match thread again. What a bin fire.