G'Day, Johnno, Margot and I were paddling the Bega river on a balmy Summers day last month and amiably sharing it with a bunch of water skiers - and a blue tongued lizard! None of us had ever seen a blue tongued lizard swimming across a river before and this fine specimen was trying its damnedest to get to the other side, wriggling and slithering at about 1/10th of a knot through the water. It had to be a male responding to a mate - can't think of any other reason why a lizard would want to do such a thing. Anyway we stayed fairly close so it would be protected from water skiers and a couple of circling falcons. Came across a web site which suprised me again! Apparently Wallabies and Wobats like to surf! http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/enviro/EnviroRepublish_1030590.htm Wouldn't have believed it except on Deal Island last month our group saw a wallaby swimming through the surf with a couple of thresher sharks chasing it. All the best, PeterO *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Feb 05 2004 - 06:14:41 PST
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