Animal Magic ByVince Nolan
Animal Magic
The crocodile is by paying attention to whether the animal current sees you later or in a while. Mrs Nolan and I were In related academic news, a college student having our enrolled on a course, a module of which covered approved ornithology. After one week of study, a test was held. exercise by The Senior Lecturer (see what I did there) passed out sheets of small paper and each square contained strolling around a carefully drawn picture of a bird’s legs. No bodies, Cardiff no feet, just legs. Each student was asked to identify Bay. It the birds from their legs. One student sat and stared being the at the test getting angrier every minute. Finally he nearest up to the front of the lecture theatre and bay stomped to us and threw the test on the Lecturer’s desk. “This is the therefore worst test I have ever taken” he said. The Lecturer within permissible strolling regula@ons. We sat down outdoors to have a coffee (I know, I looked up and said: “Young man, you have not filled The current Mrs This Nolan andtoI Pier were having our to the now closed constantly spoil that woman). was close Head and adjacent in anything which will mean that you have definitely bars and restaurants. A quick movement in the water caught our eye Bay. and we witnessed a approved exercise by strolling around Cardiff failed the test. What is your name?” real live oKer going his or her business. one in the wild before so another It being theabout nearest bay to us Never and seen therefore within first for the budding Nolan zoologists. Staying with Lutra lutra, (you look it up, I had to), I permissible strolling regulations. We sat down The student pulled up his trousers to the knee have decided to combine my interests in taxidermy and bomb-making by making you an outdoors to have a coffee (I know, I constantly spoil revealing his legs and said, “You tell me! “ oKer you can't defuse.
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A friend of ours is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Biosciences at Cardiff University and Turning to matters human, I feel sorry for the adjacent to the now closed bars and restaurants. amongst other things, is a rep@le expert. He was telling us that the failsafe way to younger children in the current climate. They have A quick movement wateriscaught eyetoand dis@nguish between an alligator in andthe a crocodile by paying our aKen@on whether the animal lost their freedom, their sense of belonging and witnessed a real live otter going about his or sees we you later or in a while.
their school chums. Oh, and they are being tutored the main which must cause some
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