Paper wasp ignores Nikon-toting paparazzi, continues to lay eggs

Ahh, location, location, location.. and not a real estate agent in sight.

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Did they really say thet? Tele says "Kylie" Sandilands to undergo counselling.. and maybe some surgery as well?

Well I never... look what the Terrograph just emailed me... imagine that. OK, let's not imagine that. But it would be poetic justice, surely?

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Saratogan bandicoot

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OK, I think only longnosed bandicoots make this tooting noise, so that's what it probably is...

Bandicoot - longnose or northern brown? Well it wasn't brown,it was light grey. Hard to focus in the dark, but I did my best. Luckily it wasn't perturbed by me following it around although it expressed displeasure and possible frustration when encountering fences and the new chicken wire for the chook run. It "tooted" fairly loudly.

It also stopped and dug at intervals, probing with its long nose. It "ran" with a kangaroo-style, almost hopping but remaining on all fours. Small scats, otherwise similar to our local brushtails. It reminded me of a ringtail until I saw the back legs and of course the nose. Tail was slightly striped, otherwise lightgrey all over, flecked with black.

Found after 10PM in our Saratoga, NSW garden.

What's that tooting noise? It's a Bandicoot attack in a Saratoga backyard last night

Well not so much an attack as a sort of quiet, on all fours but 'semi-hopping', tooting digging expedition here and there in the garden. Explains some of the overnight holes and smaller-than-expected "possum" scats we find.

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Strangely impressive, someone with money to burn put a 2CV body on a Ferrari chassis... seems to burn more petrol now http://sn.im/rk4rp

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If you really must burn petrol, use an efficient engine. Alfa's new 1750cc motor gives up 200BHP using a turbo, carefully and cunningly timed direct injection, unusually massive valve overlap (for a road car) and creative cam timing. That means a small 4 cylinder does the work of a V6 without turbo lag and less fuel burned... http://sn.im/rk4ls

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Strangely impressive, someone with money to burn put a 2CV body on a Ferrari chassis... seems to burn more petrol now http://sn.im/rk4rp

If you really must burn petrol, use an efficient engine. Alfa's new 1750cc motor gives up 200BHP using a turbo, carefully and cunningly timed direct injection, unusually massive valve overlap (for a road car) and creative cam timing. That means a small 4 cylinder does the work of a V6 without turbo lag and less fuel burned... http://sn.im/rk4ls

World Champ cyclist Walter Perez arrested for riding on an Argentinean highway. Looks like a bunch ride in Centennial Park to me http://sn.im/rjzic

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Want to run Windoze7 the hard way? Run it under WMware on yr iPhone... presumably yr refrigerator is next http://sn.im/rjze9

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World Champ cyclist Walter Perez arrested for riding on an Argentinean highway. Looks like a bunch ride in Centennial Park to me http://sn.im/rjzic

Want to run Windoze7 the hard way? Run it under WMware on yr iPhone... presumably yr refrigerator is next http://sn.im/rjze9

Death of founding Rolling Stone Brian Jones to be re-examined. He was 27, asthmatic, just kicked out of his own band and popping pills. Good swimmer, he drowned in his own pool. What could this new evidence be? http://sn.im/rj983

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Death of founding Rolling Stone Brian Jones to be re-examined. He was 27, asthmatic, just kicked out of his own band and popping pills. Good swimmer, he drowned in his own pool. What could this new evidence be? http://sn.im/rj983