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Author Gabby Dawnay and illustrator Margaux Samson Abadie collaborated on Wild languages of Mother Nature for Wide Eyed Editions Tuesday, May 7, 2024.

Not one of their 48 natural-world communicators included the white-nosed coati (Nasua narica).

Wouldn't it be wonderfully, wondrously wonderful to watch white-nosed coatis wending their way through the how-abouts, the what-abouts, the when-abouts, the where-abouts, the who-abouts and the why-abouts of how they warn -- or not! ;-d -- about defensive volleys?

Thank you for your comment below in answer to my previous observation and question.

West-Atlantic pond-siders sometimes assert that the east-pond earthworm abides where once abided the native-American species.

Are east-pond earthworms British or are they immigrant-American species?

ZThe grey squirrel. Imported from America it has outcompeted the native red squirrel. Similarly, the American signal cray fish has nearly extincted the diminutive, much smaller, British species

Thank you for your comments below in answer to my previous observations and questions.

Is there the introduced-species downside of displacing an outcompeted native species?

Thank you for your comment below in answer to my previous observation and question.

It amazes me about the saying of God with an almost-empty bag about Slovenia attractions even as Slovenia appears so attended to.

There's a saying on this Atlantic pond-west side about appreciating the best last. In the light of your saying below, that's an interpretation of why God itinerated to Slovenia with a near-empty bag!

For example, the Škocjan Caves site is near-unbeatale for such beautiful biogeography, isn't it?

The Sika was introduced by landowners who sought exotic specimens for their deer parks. As sika are biologically similar to the European red deer they can inhabit regions similar to those inhabited by its red deer relative. Furthermore, sika and red deer hybridise quite easily, rendering the sika well adapted to the British forests and deer parks.

Such opportunities are easily found in Slovenia, of course. We have very rich (yet to be fully explored and mapped) karst world and less than an hour of drive there are mountains (Alps) over two thousand meters high (Slovenian part, of course, in France and Swiss they are much higher). There's an old saying that god created the world and gave everybody something. In the end, he came to Slovenia with an almost empty bag, but he still found a little of something good. That's why you can swin in the sea (Adriatic), and climb a real mountain in the same day (apart from other activities being available, obviously).

;)

Author Gabby Dawnay and illustrator Margaux Samson Abadie collaborated on Wild languages of Mother Nature for Wide Eyed Editions Tuesday, May 7, 2024.

Not one of their 48 natural-world communicators included the Owston's banded palm civet.

The comment below mentions anti-predator smells versus large raptors, leopards, pythons and tigers.

Wouldn't it be wonderfully, wondrously wonderful to watch Owston's banded palm civets wending their way through the when-abouts, the who-abouts and the why-abouts of "stink-bombing" potential predators?

Author Gabby Dawnay and illustrator Margaux Samson Abadie collaborated on Wild languages of Mother Nature for Wide Eyed Editions Tuesday, May 7, 2024.

Not one of their 48 natural-world communicators included the Rhesus monkey.

The second-last section, before the article conclusion, mentions that "Frugivorousness (“fruit-eating”) defines the life cycles and natural histories of rhesus monkeys and similar-looking, South India-endemic bonnet macaques (Macaca radiata). Coffee drupes particularly find roles in both monkeys’ diets. They fit into storage pouches along the lower jaw and upper neck. They handle exposure to the salivary enzyme Amylase, which converts starches into sugars. They leave no mess other than their tooth-scarred, undigested parchment- and silver skin-covered beans spat out by satiated monkeys."

Wouldn't it be wonderfully, wondrously wonderful to watch Rhesus monkeys wending their way through the whereabouts -- when on body parts instead of on the ground -- of "tooth-scarred, undigested parchment- and silver skin-covered beans spat out by satiated monkeys"?

Would a gesture or a sound work for "Watch the parchment around your mouth or on your hands or your stomach? ;-D

My comment below advises us that "The second paragraph in the information module between the fourth and the fifth in-text images about tuart and peppermint trees advises us that 'Females and males begin their jointly-shared parental responsibilities of the next 2 – 5 years by building 5+ grass-, leaf- and twig-fortified nests in:
Balga grasstree (Xanthorrhoea preissii) canopies;
Tuart tree (Eucalyptus gomphocephala) canopies, forks and hollows.' Who gets to gather when and why in the nest quintet?"

Author Gabby Dawnay and illustrator Margaux Samson Abadie collaborated on Wild languages of Mother Nature for Wide Eyed Editions Tuesday, May 7, 2024.

Not one of their 48 natural-world communicators included the female and the male ngwayirs..

Wouldn't it be wonderfully, wondrously wonderful to watch ring-tailed ground squirrels wending their way through the when-abouts, the where-abouts and the why-abouts of nest-building and newborn- and young-raising?

The last paragraph advises us that "Wildlife-lovers and wildlife-scientists need to find ways to study and support Jamaica's most elusive pigeon. Sustainability starts with two steps:
Enforcing national park status to the Blue and John Crow Mountains;
Protecting flyways between the ring-tail's highland and lowland homes."

Are you arranging air travel to the Caribbean-island Jamaica?

How about contributing financially, and counting among daily visitors to, the Blue and John Crow Mountains?

Author Gabby Dawnay and illustrator Margaux Samson Abadie collaborated on Wild languages of Mother Nature for Wide Eyed Editions Tuesday, May 7, 2024.

Not one of their 48 natural-world communicators included the ring-tailed ground squirrel.

The summary statement below the wizzley-article title mentions that "Squirrels appear to enjoy digging. Tree squirrels descend from treetops to bury nuts. Ground squirrels dig to assure the presence of trees and to design cozy burrows underground."

Wouldn't it be wonderfully, wondrously wonderful to watch ring-tailed ground squirrels wending their way through the whereabouts of the best trees and underground burrows?

The Eagle-diamond theft inspired two fiction publications.
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Lost Treasure: The Eagle Diamond is available for free-article online reading through the site Mysterious Writings.

Treasure in the Gravel: The Story of the Eagle Diamond by John and Mary Vymetal-Taylor is available through the Eagle Historical Society's online store.

Mightn't it make quite a marvelous summer to meander to the Eagle-diamond home in Eagle, Wisconsin after making this reasonable, respected-source purchase online?

Author Gabby Dawnay and illustrator Margaux Samson Abadie approached Wild languages of Mother Nature in their Tuesday, May 7, 2024 release through Wide Eyes Editions.

Not one of their 48 animals includes Indian civets.

Isn't it interesting to imagine how Indian civets indicate to one another which woody plant involves the prettiest, the tastiest berries?

The television series of Guido-Brunetti novels goes from the years 2000 into 2019.

Guido Brunetti post-2019 itinerated through the novels
Trace Elements (2020)
Transient Desires (2021)
Give Unto Others (2022)
So Shall You Reap (2023)
A Refiner's Fire (2024).

Might the afore-mentioned novels make subsequent episodes?