Hello, universe!!! I’ve been slowly transitioning everything from EpochCatcher to Tidewater Teddy. EpochCatcher was the original name of my organization/company/brand/site, and I used it for many years. It was a unique name, but it was also neither easy to pronounce nor memorable, so now, it’s just Tidewater Teddy. I have also been migrating my old…
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Back from Extinction (Again)
G’day! If you’re reading this, I’m back! I am probably the only animal that has gone utterly extinct and subsequently returned. Yet, here I am. I am alive, and I have new content for your viewing pleasure. Originally, I made this site for fun, but when I started taking it seriously, it became a chore,…
Leap Day!
Hello, everyone! No, I’m not dead; I’ve just been very busy! Keeping a blog updated is hard work, but I’m not going to miss any months! February gave me an extra day to squeeze in a little post for this month. I have less than thirty minutes left to post this before March begins. Here’s…
My Top 20 Wildlife Photos (So Far)
my-top-20-wildlife-photos-so-far Here’s a list of my top 20 photos (so far). I have hundreds of high quality photos, but these are my best, which I have chosen based on uniqueness and artistic value. If you have a moment, check em out. If you’d like to order any prints, please let me know. Thank you! A…
The Loud, Smart, and Beautiful Cockatoos of Australia
Looking more like stars of a 1980s punk band, cockatoos are loud, wacky parrots. If you don’t own one yourself, you’ve probably seen one in a pet store or dancing in a YouTube video. Yet, as popular as they are as pets around the world, they are only native to a small quadrant of the…
Do Fish Sleep?
Have you ever watched fish swimming around in an aquarium and wondered if they needed sleep? Surely, they have to rest sometimes, right? Well, yes, they do, but it’s not always so cut-and-dry. Sleep, as defined by us humans, differs from sleep in other animals. When we sleep, we close our eyes, and electrical activity…
Mudskippers: Fish That Can Walk on Land
This is a mudskipper: Adorable little gremlin, isn’t it? These odd fish are members of the goby family, but they’re different from other gobies in a variety of ways. First, they’re amphibious, so they’re happy in and out of the water. Yes, that’s right. They can walk on land. So, now, you might be saying,…
Two Months in Australia.
Well, I’ve officially been in Australia for two months. Since arriving here, time has traveled at a strange pace. Sometimes, days have passed like weeks, and other times, days have blurred together into an unrecognizable mass. I’ve seen more of Australia than most Americans, but I still have a lot more to see. I just…
“I’ve Lost My Bank Card Overseas!!! What Do I Do?!”
So you’re traveling overseas, wallowing in current experiences and future memories, when you open your wallet and discover your credit/debit card is gone!!! You only have about $40 in cash, and on top of that, you are driving a rental vehicle that needs to be delivered to a location over 1000 miles north. What do…
Adventures in Oz
First of all, I should warn all who read this that this blog post is unusually long, but that’s because I’ve done A LOT, since I arrived in Australia three weeks ago, and I have not updated my site since then. Internet access has been hard to come by, especially on the road. Did I…
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