Well I think you have heard the the tale of the Siamese fighting fish, and well today my dad and I have decided to buy two, and breed them. So tomorrow my dad and I shall go and buy two Siamese fighting fish. If you wanted to know why Fifi was fighting with the other fish, [...]
Archive for August, 2008
21 Aug
The sad “tail” of Fifi the Siamese fighting fish
Last week Ammi, my uncle, Minkrow, Caffeine (my other cousin – by the way cousin do you recognise your new screen name?) and I decided to go see our aunt and uncle and their two year old daughter Flicka. Well, Flicka loves fish. So we all decided to drive by Ananda’s Aquarium. Once we got [...]
21 Aug
Ritigala forest reserve
There again we set of on another adventure Minkrow and I and others, and again Tigris did not come (sigh). You dont even get leeches there, its the dry zone.
Anyway it is another beautiful and peaceful place. It’s filled with trees and caves and full of animals, but something was wrong the butterfly which i [...]
20 Aug
A trip to the land of the tiger
About four months ago my father took my brother (Onca) and I to Jabalpur in India. Now Jabalpur is home to the Bandhavgarh National Park, which is a small tiger park. Now to me this was like hitting the jackpot. I was finally able to go see the utterly magnificent Bengal tiger. Note my name, [...]
14 Aug
Bdellophobia
Put me in a room full of snakes or any other creature, just not with a measly leech! Considering the fact that I have spent almost 90% of my life with those foul creatures on a tea estate in Deniyaya, I still find those minute annelids absolutely revolting! For some reason seeing them slink towards [...]
13 Aug
Morapitiya Forest Reserve
Minkrow and I went to the Morapitiya Forest Reserve. Sadly Tigris could not come because of her fear of leeches. Morapitiya is in the wet zone in the West of Sri lanka.
It was a lot of fun. My goal there was to keep track of what butterflies I saw and identify them, so I did.
We went [...]
1 Aug
Butterflies of Sri Lanka
There are many butterflies in Sri Lanka. Some are common some are rare, some are small some are big and some are VERY big. Some common butterflies are the:
Common Crow
Common Tiger
Plain Tiger
Common Mormon
Common Palmfly
Jezebel
Common Grass Yellow
Lemon Migrant
Some of the rare ones are the:
Gaudy Baron
Crimson Tip
The biggest butterfly in Sri lanka is the [...]
