eating bugs

I have to say, I have a new found appetite for bugs after watching the chimps in this video artfully 'fish' for termites. Yet the best part about the video is how the researchers turned into instant wrecks when they tried it. Of course, being National Geographic, the announcer has to make the obvious connection between fishing for termites and chimps forging weapons (which they would no doubt use to hunt Wooly Mammoths).

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

Small White Lady's Slipper

This is the draft video I put together of the Small White Lady's Slipper on Bkejwanong Territory. I believe the community holds the largest population in Canada, and is one of two or three sites in Ontario. You'll notice how severe shoreline erosion is to the plant. The most ironic part about the situation is how the invasive phragmites plant is actually holding parts of the shore (and the plants) in place. Phragmites is taking over like wildfire, and indeed is the source of massive wildfires in the spring. The plant has long tendril roots, which you'll see, and does not allow much else (waterfowl, indigenous reeds, prairie flowers, etc...) to grow.

Music is "Salka" by Sigur-Ros.