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  • Diplomacy Animals: The Honey Badger

    What is the most fearless mammal on the planet? Well, OK, as this post is about the honey badger, I suppose that’s a question that I’ve already answered. I guess the wolverine could be the answer, too. Not the bearded guy in yellow and black spandex, but the North American mammal. Although the two are…

  • Diplomacy Animals: The Guppy

    Guppies are small fish that are less than 7cm long, with females typically longer than males. Because of their diminutive size, they make for easy prey. As is fairly common in many species, the males tend to be show-offs. They’re brightly coloured, which isn’t great for camouflage purposes. Females dull, grey-brown in hue, are less…

  • Diplomacy Animals: The Fox

    They might be fantastic but foxes in the urban areas of the UK are sometimes called vermin. They’re not, of course, but when they’ve got into your bin (garbage can) and tipped it up looking for that chicken carcass, I get the annoyance. They are also seen as pests by farmers. A fox in the…

  • Diplomacy Animals: The Elephant

    There is something special about elephants. They have a certain majesty. There is no more massive a land animal on Earth, of course, but it’s more than their size. And it isn’t the tusks, which just happen to be possibly the most sought after animal product, ivory. Nor is it that humanity’s thirst for destruction…

  • Diplomacy Animals: The Camel

    The camel – the ship of the desert. That, in case you’re not sure, means the sandy bits of the planet, other than beaches, and not the part of a meal that is sweet. Not many desserts need a ship, other than custard, I suppose. Or syrup. Maybe. The notable thing about camels is their…