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That would be amazing. Initially I'd probably shit myself thinking it was a great white. But once you knew it was an Orca, you'd feel assured. They would infact keep sharks away.

@nudge The Leopard Gecko has arrived for wee Connor and it is very friendly so I am told and believe it or not our daughter has even got the wife stroking the rats inside their cage which I thought would be an impossibility once upon a time but as I said our daughter "Your mum is only stroking them inside the cage, see what she does when they are outside the cage running around lol.

True what you say about it not being as bad as it sounds, just going from a place like here to a place like there would take a while to adjust to, it would seem like you have just been thrust into an Indiana Jones movie... "I really do need that Toilet Roll behind you"

It isn't as bad as it sounds really; all these creatures are essentially trying to avoid people and populated places and in reality you don't even see them all too often with a few harmless exceptions like geckos. Wouldn't mind such a handsome one smirking at me in the morning but sadly they usually avoid people too Had one climb up my hand unexpectedly when I was picking up a glass of pickles from the shelf in the shop though; almost threw the damn glass on the floor and the poor thing was almost frightened to death too Some of them are really silly and clumsy as well; there was one in my last apartment that used to fall asleep hanging on the ceiling and just fell down to the floor everytime it happened The real threat to be aware of here are mosquitos as they can spread quite a few nasty diseases...

Crazy stuff.... I would never sleep at all because I think I heard something rustling in the corner of the room and I would be on edge the whole time, I don't mind them obviously it's just nature and in some respects it would be great to be seeing things like that on a daily or weekly basis but even so I wouldn't want to be doing a 5 point check every time I sat down on the sofa to watch a bit of tv and as for walking around in flip flops.. I think not!! Must be good when you are used to it and know the potential dangers and all that and what to be careful of, can you imagine waking up in the morning to a see gecko staring you in the face smirking...

One of the worries could be it accidentally smashing you around the head with its tail, knocking you out and drowning you. But I'm a firm believer that these animals are no threat to humans(like other predators would be) unless they are in captivity where they are stressed. They are one animal that should never be kept in captivity. It's actually interesting how they are with humans in the wild and their curiosity as they are one of the rare species of animals that actually kill other animals just for fun. Otters, Cats and humans being 3 other notable mentions. So you'd think they would be one of the worst to encounter in the wild for us, although somehow they are the absolute opposite. They are giant dolphins pretty much.

Yeah the dangerous ones here are basically cobras, vipers and kraits, all of those are rather easily distinguishable (except for common krait which can be easily mistaken for a non-venomous wolf snake...) but it's difficult with the younglings and that's what I had in my balcony and bedroom back then haha... So just had to carefully pick them up and take them outside using a pair of kitchen tongs Shoes are more likely to be a hiding place for scorpions or those giant centipedes (huge assholes) but to be fair, I only wear shoes on the night out or on a longer trip anyway as it's way too hot haha; otherwise it's just a pair of flip-flops on a regular day... Piles of clothing are just a bad idea in general as everything would just get moldy due to high humidity...We don't even use closed wardrobes here for the same reason; everything needs to hang in the open to ensure air movement or it just gets ruined quickly. As a precaution the terrace/entrance to the house is elevated and all the windows have mosquito nets on them though and all potential entry points for the illegal aliens to the bungalow are sealed I took extra precautions once I moved in Except the geckos. They always find a gap (well the small ones; not the likes of Patrick there ) but they are also very welcome...

Weirdly enough I haven't seen a single snake here in the new place since I moved. Which is weird considering I'm basically living at the entrance to the national park, surrounded by lush nature. What's even weirder is the fact that I had four snakes in my balcony and one in my bedroom when I was still living in the second floor of an apartment complex in a bigger town... That said I'm sure there are plenty of snakes around and I have even seen a bloody King Cobra in the national park here a few years ago...so I always have a flashlight on when I get home after dark and have to cross the road and go through the garden to my bungalow...just in case.

I would be worried that it might just want a nibble....

Pet rats are lovely creatures for children mate, really fun and friendly usually - good choice. Love Geckos too, can watch them for hours, fascinating

I will nip around later and have a look at the Gecko, wee Connor is over the moon with his new pet and went with Denise to pick it up in our son's car and the rats are really friendly now and Denise had them out of the cage and they were running all over her, on her shoulder etc lol.

May has an evil look in her eye, bet she is pure filth in bed.

I think this is all very cool - but also the first graphic in that quoted article suggests one of the plants they're trying to grow on the moon is "oilseed rape" *edit* upon googling... oilseed rape is also known as rapeseed. And it's not a hilarious typo. Probably the least trustworthy plant on earth if they decided to name it after rape.

@nudge Just tried to read through some of Saga but for some reason it's not showing the pages so moved on to Valerian and while reading through the intro it mentions the film and when I saw this photo I thought I know those characters... Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, I enjoyed that film.. didn't get the connection from the cover though...

@Harvsky @The Palace Fan Boss. You two might appreciate.

This is so fascinating... first life form to be grown on another solar body other than Earth!

https://streamable.com/na4c8

You try telling the wife that!! This reminded me of Manuel in Faulty Towers who bought what he thought was a hamster but it was a rat he named Basil!! .

Pet rats are lovely

Bloody hell, I got that wrong @nudge it's not a Gecko the daughter bought but 2 bloody pet RATS!!, she just sent me some photos and the wife is now really FREAKING OUT lol, I think the daughter better put them in the grandson's bedroom when she is babysitting, I suggested (joking) that I would nip around the daughters and bring them home so she could give them a cuddle and she yelled "DON'T YOU BLOODY DARE!!". The first one the daughter named Charamander which is hers and she said is timid, Kaiden's one he has called it K1. Charamander K1

This is Patrick:

Blasphemy.

Gorgeous shot.