Tiny Little Life

A friend of mine is obsessed with brains; if there was ever a zombie apocalypse, she would ask to be in their “special-interest group”. She also likes to sew, so for me the obvious thing to do was to make her a brain pincushion.
To me, the most evident way to construct a brain was […]

Here are some pictures of insects and spiders at the San Diego Zoo, in the Insect House.
Like this Goliath bird-eating spider. Yes, it eats birds.

A small walking stick insect — about 6 inches long.

A larger walking stick insect, almost a foot long.

Unfortunately, I forgot the name of this beetle.

A giant leaf hopper.

This giant water […]

Here are a few pictures I took at the reptile house at the San Diego Zoo.

I think this is a monitor lizard.

I really liked the way that this snake was slowly approaching my camera.

A skink lounges around.

Sidewinder, I believe.

Cobra. King cobra, I think.