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  • Diplomacy Animals: The (Dead) Donkey

    Donkeys are the workhorse of the equine world. Yeah, I’m aware that really doesn’t make any sense but, sometimes, a pun is as good as a groan. Much to the distaste of racists around the world, like humans themselves donkeys originated in Africa. They tend to be used, in much of the world, as pack…

  • Diplomacy Animals: The Shark

    Sharks are pretty much the apex predator of their environment. Certainly, there’s not much that will survive an argument with a Great White shark. An orca might disagree although, to be honest, I wouldn’t fancy debating it with either. Sharks, after many years of evolution, are the most effective, skilled, individual killers under the waves.…

  • Diplomacy Animals: The Nurse Shark

    There is something different about the Nurse shark. They have teeth but they also use a sucking technique – they suck their food up. Hence the name: they sound like a baby suckling, or ‘nursing’. I wouldn’t get one stuck on your nipple, though – like other sharks, because they lack incisors, they tend to…

  • Diplomacy Animals: The Barnacle

    Barnacles are a sticky issue. A barnacle is an arthropod, a creature that has no backbone (invertebrate) and that grows a shell. Like many arthropods they attach themselves to other surfaces, although barnacles tend to grow into the surface rather than just stick themselves to it. Not quite as sticky an issue as I might…

  • Diplomacy Animals: The Aardvark

    The aardvark is a strange looking creature, somewhere between a wallaby and a dog in appearance, with a nose that looks like it got trapped in a car door and somebody pulled the poor creature out instead of just opening the door. But I’m not having a crack at anybody’s looks, here. If you play…