Mi-Shell
This card has led me on a personal journey of discovery and learning.
A Thank you to the artist is in order!
The card shows 4 Animals:
In the foreground we see an Ardvark stretching it’s nose into the air to smell the breeze.
Then an Echidna is sitting on a fallen tree trunk.
Behind it stands a majestic Giant Anteater
A Numbat is coming down another tree further in the back.
Numbat:
I am in LOOOOOVE with the Numbat! I never even knew of its existence!
At first I had thought I am looking at a Coati! But Coati - due the the relative size the artist drew the Animal.
But Coatis ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coati ) have stripes only on their tail and not across all their back...
So the search begun. In the net you can not put in “striped something” so I hit the books!
And Bingo!
In ‘Australia’s Endangered Species’ I discovered pics of a most beautiful little creature!
And the book and subsequent further search taught me the basics about the endangered Numbat, and conservation programs to preserve the species.
pictures of Numbats as well as all kinds of information: http://www.arkive.org/numbat/myrmecobius-fasciatus/
Therfore to me the Numbat will be a sweet symbol of a hidden treasure, that our modern civilization pushed aside and almost lost.
Be aware that everywhere there could be such a precious treasure hidden.
More about Anteater, Aardvark and Echidna are coming a litle later...
... I am still in Numbat -afterglow!
A Thank you to the artist is in order!
The card shows 4 Animals:
In the foreground we see an Ardvark stretching it’s nose into the air to smell the breeze.
Then an Echidna is sitting on a fallen tree trunk.
Behind it stands a majestic Giant Anteater
A Numbat is coming down another tree further in the back.
Numbat:
I am in LOOOOOVE with the Numbat! I never even knew of its existence!
At first I had thought I am looking at a Coati! But Coati - due the the relative size the artist drew the Animal.
But Coatis ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coati ) have stripes only on their tail and not across all their back...
So the search begun. In the net you can not put in “striped something” so I hit the books!
And Bingo!
In ‘Australia’s Endangered Species’ I discovered pics of a most beautiful little creature!
And the book and subsequent further search taught me the basics about the endangered Numbat, and conservation programs to preserve the species.
pictures of Numbats as well as all kinds of information: http://www.arkive.org/numbat/myrmecobius-fasciatus/
Therfore to me the Numbat will be a sweet symbol of a hidden treasure, that our modern civilization pushed aside and almost lost.
Be aware that everywhere there could be such a precious treasure hidden.
More about Anteater, Aardvark and Echidna are coming a litle later...
... I am still in Numbat -afterglow!