Back to Australia. Growing up in the South, you see all kinds of crazy looking animals. You also see some pretty crazy ones on Saturday morning cartoons as well. This little fellow is the Tasmanian Devil & he is ferocious. You won't find many tourists getting close ups or cuddling with this carnivore. He is nocturnal as most Australian creatures seem to be & when he feeds he lets out a piercing scream that is disturbing to say the least. This one was taking at a wildlife park on Phillip Island about an 1 1/2 hours southeast of Melbourne. Phillip Island is also home to a fairy penguin rookery that is a must if you make it to Melbourne. Every night at dusk thousands of tiny penguins come ashore from a day of feeding at sea & waddle back to the same nest. The park ranger advised us not to take pictures as it frightens the birds....so....i took a picture & it was the only one on the roll(old days) that didn't turn out. As Earl would say...."Karma is a bitch" The opportunity to see such incredible animals changes my itinerary every trip. I love saying I saw a Tasmanian Devil or fairy penguin, not many people ever will. There were Tasmanian Tigers(yes it's true) until around the 1940's but they were killed off by hunters but some people in Tasmania believe they still exist in the mountains of "Tassie" I hope so, maybe I'll be lucky enough to see one of those one day.
Cheers,
Rip
Happy Thanksgiving to all & especially our troops!
No comments:
Post a Comment