Knut, Gollam and Botok

I have been watching all the controversey in Germany for the little polar bear, Knut.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6470509.stm

An animal rights person had suggested that little Knut wouldn't be happy and able to thrive after his mother rejected him after he'd been born. Some animal rights activists, some of the more extreme ones, don't like the thought of animals as pets and I don't know if this thinking was influenced along those lines. And while I wouldn't really want a polar bear, sorry Knut but u grow to be v..e..r..y big, as a pet I don't see why little Knut shouldn't have his fun with the footballs and loo brushes (see photos in BBC article) just like other polar bear cubs.

Better that than what we sadly hear out in the wilds maybe where the polar bears are starting to be affected by global warming melting their ice and snow.

Knut is a polar bear and polar bears like the solitary life on the whole. I expect he'll be found a nice place to live that suits polars who aren't in the wild.

In Scotland there was a similar story though there was no question of little Gollam not being allowed to stay on.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/6405413.stm

and the lovely photos of this baby ring tailed lemuure

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/6405463.stm

with his fluffy toy.


I have a film to watch, much the same, this time in South Mongolia. This time it is about a rejected camel. The film is called The Story Of The Weeping Camel.

http://www.mrqe.com/lookup?The%20Story%20Of%20The%20Weeping%20Camel

River birds

A certain lemuure has pottered the walks up to Sainsburys and Tescos this week and not felt too bad for it. It would be nice to walk along the canal and watch the ducks and barges go by on the way to Sainsburys but dusk still falls early and there's no lighting along the canal bank. Still it's a nice walk along the road because the trees that line that side of the canal line the road as well. And, anyway, I think the ducks won't be on the water. I think the sun might be their clock though I'm not sure and they'll be thinking of turning in as it gets dark.

I think you could walk along the canal to Tesco too as you cross it as you walk over to the store. That's quite a nice walk too though I've always walked up by road when I've gone there and don't know if there's a walk along the bank from here to the store.

I haven't seen any moorhens or coots on the canal though I guess there must be some. I'm used to seeing moorhens and coots in the parks. Brockwell park has ducks, moorhens and coots. I expect there are the same birds around here just that I haven't seen them.

River birds

A certain lemuure has pottered the walks up to Sainsburys and Tescos this week and not felt too bad for it. It would be nice to walk along the canal and watch the ducks and barges go by on the way to Sainsburys but dusk still falls early and there's no lighting along the canal bank. Still it's a nice walk along the road because the trees that line that side of the canal line the road as well. And, anyway, I think the ducks won't be on the water. I think the sun might be their clock though I'm not sure and they'll be thinking of turning in as it gets dark.

I think you could walk along the canal to Tesco too as you cross it as you walk over to the store. That's quite a nice walk too though I've always walked up by road when I've gone there and don't know if there's a walk along the bank from here to the store.

I haven't seen any moorhens or coots on the canal though I guess there must be some. I'm used to seeing moorhens and coots in the parks. Brockwell park has ducks, moorhens and coots. I expect there are the same birds around here just that I haven't seen them.

Lemuure were's yer trewsers

It seems a long time ago since I was thinking of putting on a Christmas show with the other lemuuries. Though as it was only the Christmas before last I guess it's not too long ago really. So, we can either be very late for that one, not quite so late for the last Christmas, though later if we're considering St Nicholas Day, earlyish for next St Nicholas Day, not quite so early if we go for when St Nicholas arrives in The Netherlands, he arrives much earlier than Father Christmas does in the Cocoa (Keeling) Isles, or very early for next Christmas.

We've decided to go for an international flavour and have been adapting songs around a loosely woven winter's tale.

We decided to go for this little Scottish song first which is about a duck who has lost his trewsers. The song is usually called Donald were's yer trewsers.

Lemuure were's yer trewsers
Over the long johns they must go
Even though it seems we're not having snow
Lemuure were's yer trewsers.

Och, Lemuure were's yer trewsers.

Lemuure were's yer trewsers
Have you looked behind the big armchair
I think that they might be there
Lemuure there's yer trewsers.

Och, Lemuure here's yer trewsers.

Then we thought we would sing A Windmill in Oulde Amsterdam. With just a slight variation.

I saw a mouse
Where?
There on the stair.

A little mouse lemuure with clogs on
Well, I declare
Going clip clipperty clop on the stair.
Oh, yeah.

Very Fred and Ginger.


A mouse lemuure.

http://www.newcritters.com/2006/07/21/tiny-mouse-lemurs-m-mittermieri-jollyae-simmonsi


In Hamsterdam ofcourse

Amsterdam

http://www.iamsterdam.com