Quokkas are quirky, kawaii marsupials native to Western Australia, and they’re quite famous on the internet. While their numbers have declined on mainland Australia, on Rottnest Island, they are numerous, and their populations are between 10,000 and 12,000. Because of the quokkas prevalence on Rottnest, the Dutch settlers originally named the island Rattenest or “Rat’s…
Tag: nature
Goodbye, 2015; Hello, 2016
Well, time for a sappy, cliche-ridden post about my 2015. Part of the reason I’m doing this is because I have made a goal to publish, at least, once post in my blog each month. Since resurrecting my blog in January 2015, I have mostly met this goal, although I did miss the month of…
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…
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…
