Max Withey

Conservationist | BSc. #EnvironmentalSciences | MRes #Ecology | #Rhinos | #Rewilding | #Amazon (the forest!)

[Max Withey @MaximWithey]

A few months ago I had one of the best sightings of my life - a 5 metre #anaconda. I posted the raw footage then, but here's the video on the discovery...

#amazonrainforest #peru #snake #herpetology #wildlife

https://t.co/QbJCFtNWn9

[Max Withey @MaximWithey]

@AFCWimbledon Browninho!!!

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@LiliChrist34700 @PeterStefanovi2 Unless it is also a boat you have to buy a ferry or train ticket to 'drive' to Europe

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#donsgoingup olé olé @AFCWimbledon @WomblesDream

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@CarlBovisNature See yellow-billed choughs regularly here In the swiss alps, mostly in the winter when they come down to 1500m altitude in groups to forage. Awesome, characterful birds

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@Wimbledon Dons going up olé olé 💙💛

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@JohnSalmonX @afcwimbledondbd @AFCWimbledon Why is this turd so obsessed with us?

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@AFCWimbledon Still in the waiting room. Is this normal or should I reload the page, at risk of going to back of the q?

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@ChrisOraa Still seem stuck on this screen, this normal?

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@DonsCentre @TheAlexSW19 @14thefrog Totally agree with no booking or queuing!

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@Levisonwood There's nothing quite like being being alone within the society of nature. When I'm back in the UK soon I'll grab a copy, your words resonate.

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@AFCWimbledon Unfortunately the video feed is not yet underway.... again

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@bornready250 @elonmusk It's illegal for immigrants to become president

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@Ardshop519 @AFCWimbledon Had the same problem, but managed to connect after 5min of refreshing. Always seems to happen after watching donstv pre match

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@AFCWimbledon @ChrisThorpe_ Match started and no video

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@AFCWimbledon Trying to watch abroad and can't get the feed AGAIN! always seems to happen after donstv are on. Please sort this out as I've missed the start to many games now. @ChrisThorpe_

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@HLTCO @WomblesDream by the fans for the fans, done proper!

[Ben Goldsmith @BenGoldsmith]

The big question arising from this bizarre Cairngorms lynx story is not how the poor things got there; but why lynx, a secretive, beautiful British native species no larger than a labrador, have not been officially reintroduced to Britain long ago.

The malevolence of a small rural cabal opposed to any kind of wildlife recovery and the stranglehold it has over weak-kneed government officials cannot be overstated.

The British public overwhelmingly wants the return of beavers and storks and eagles and lynx and vibrant landscapes singing with life. But a few puce-faced individuals, stuck in a mindset of ruthless exploitation and cold dominion over nature, just won’t allow any of it. That’s why nothing ever happens.

Life is short, and you can well see why some people are tempted to take matters into their own hands. Every single wild-living beaver in Britain today is there as a result of unlicensed releases, not to mention goshawks, wild boar and a host of other recovering native species. They returned *in spite of* not because of government. Meanwhile the release of 50 million non native pheasants into the landscape each year is waved through without a shred of paperwork.

The Scottish authorities were so terrified this week of the wrath of rural vested interests that they turned out hordes of police, supported by acquiescent conservation blob employees, with guns and cages and heat seeking night sights and drones to seize a family of semi-tame tabbies unfortunate enough to have been left out in the woods. You’d have thought the police might have better things to do.

Spare your outrage not for the fools who presumably thought they could make a difference by putting them there, but for a rural policy system that is entirely corrupted from top to bottom. And be happy that this particular lynx family is now warm and fed and safe from the keepers’ guns in Edinburgh Zoo.

N.B. If you doubt anything I’ve said - ask yourself why native, vital beavers are *still* illegal in England, in spite of reams of science calling for their return. One Defra minister after the next has promised to legalise beavers before being bullied into silence by shadowy rural lobbyists. What’s the betting there’s no good news on beavers in 2025.

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God rock @playrust @Willjum1

[Isaac French @isaacfrench_]

My friends bought 34 acres of Ohio wilderness.

While hiking one day, they stumbled upon a dark, dripping cavern—and decided to pour their life savings into it.

Today, it's one of the world's most profitable airbnbs. The waitlist is years long.

Here's the story...🧵

[Max Withey @MaximWithey]

@LeadingReport Why are Trump and the Canadian flag in Switzerland? That's the Matterhorn he's looking at

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@thinkingwest Also you can read a physical book for as long as you want without having to plug it into a wall