Friday, 27 April 2012

Snakes alive... I thought this was a trip to the butterfly farm!


It's the school holidays at the moment, so we're doing a lot of trips out and exciting things for the kids... today it's a trip to the butterfly farm. 
   Most of the butterflies here I have seen out in the wild, including some of the bigger ones, but its not just butterflies... there's a range of insects and lizards, and the snake that you can see me holding in the picture. 
   There are loads of insects here on Palawan... even as I am typing this a big Praying Mantis has just flown into the room, and if any food is left out there will very quickly be a mass of ants covering it and a long ant line leading back to their nest. 
   Oh... and there is a big ugly-looking bug that is incredibly noisy – the kids don't care, they love to catch them and shake them like very loud living rattles!
   To see more photos, click on the pic!