Rainforest Revelations

Archive for January, 2012

A disturbing report of youths extorting $20 from pedestrians as a condition of passage across a well-used Cairns footbridge is not unprecedented.  Civic leaders have refined the revenue-raising stratagem across the Daintree River and arguably inspired its replication in the leafy suburbs of Edge Hill & Manoora.

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Even seeing this amazing spider with its newly hatched brood is an achievement, but its identification is yet another challenge for Cooper Creek Wilderness and Daintree Rainforest.  With his finely-tuned vision, Neil detected a shading on a leaf of the small-leaved fire vine Tetracera nordtiana, almost like a silhouette.  He discovered the green camouflaged female spider and young blending in beautifully with its green surrounds.

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