marine murine by land and sea it’s further than you think uncrowned free-tailed climber faith-filled worshipper of Kiniyani looking past its death to new life as historian as warrior as poet

"Rattus rattus".

(Black[or ship] rat.)

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from spawning grounds in clouds of milt and roe, appearing out of the Bermuda Triangle — a storm cloud of imagos, more dined upon than dining. an unimaginable trek; no circled wagons to protect against predation as they vitrify. they make no sibling friends, or they would spend the long, long journey mourning.

"Anguilla anguilla".

(European eel)

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damson, bullace, sloe are smeared on armour plating, given lacy wings ovipositor jabs into surface tension makes bloodthirsty nymphs darting at its prey the tiny dragon glistens like a hoard of gems

"Trithemis annulata"

(Violet dropwing)

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harsh sunlight forges what in English woods would be a gentle dappled shade into a vibrant, shifting show of jade and emerald of sapphire, ruby, orthoclase all of a sudden in a shaft that flashes through the canopy we get our first glimpse of a male inscrutably emerging from the undergrowth its stained-glass glare vies with the forest floor’s kaleidoscope

"Mandrillus sphinx".

(Mandrill)

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"Furcifer pardalis".

(Panther chameleon)

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