Madagascar Wildlife

Englishman in Madagascar - pictures of rare, endemic birds, reptiles, lemurs etc. All photos my own (except RTs) speak: Eng, Fr, Ger, It

[Madagascar Wildlife @Madabirds]

Helmet Vanga found deep inside the little known Iaraka Forest near Andasibe. Normally only found on the Masoala Penisula, this is a positively stunning bird !

[Madagascar Wildlife @Madabirds]

@mrjamesob Hi mate- listening to your podcast half cut in Madagascar - but it's Ian somebody- he's shocking mate - the lemurs over here could do a better job of a debate! When are you back ???

[Madagascar Wildlife @Madabirds]

@mrjamesob You're quite correct - I ought to have listened longer before becoming a keyboard warrior. Thanks for mentioning Madagascar though :)

[Madagascar Wildlife @Madabirds]

@mrjamesob listening to the podcast. It's the Malagasy ariary not the Madagascan Zloty :) easy mistake to make

[Madagascar Wildlife @Madabirds]

@Twanapero Aiza??

[Dr Mark D. Scherz @MarkScherz]

Here's something unusual for you to enjoy: a chameleon, Furcifer polleni, pretending to be a leaf. This behaviour is quite unusual among chameleons—in the hundreds of individuals of dozens of species I have observed, this is the only specimen I have ever seen do this.

[Madagascar Wildlife @Madabirds]

@CookinWithGrief I'm still downloading - out of interest. How many downloads are you looking at on a weekly basis ?

[Dr Mark D. Scherz @MarkScherz]

Behold this tiny nerd. Even on your phone or computer screen he is probably larger than life. In reality, he is less than 2 cm long. He bumbles about in the moss and leaf litter on a mountain in Madagascar. And we have just given him a name: Brookesia tedi.
#science #newspecies

[Madagascar Wildlife @Madabirds]

Come on @SE_Rajoelina !! Where's the justice??

[Mbolatiana Raveloarimisa @mboravel]

Vu
Apparemment ce n'est ni le président ni le PM.
Mais ils roulent en sens inverse.
@NtsayC et @SE_Rajoelina des explications ou est-ce que ces mesures prises étaient juste de la poudre de Perlimpinpin ?
#Madagascar #gouvernement #accountability #RuleOfLaw

[Madagascar Wildlife @Madabirds]

@PhilBoyleFCO @RSPBMinsmere Great photo of the Bittern! I lived near Leighton Moss in the UK - heard many times but never seen :(

[Madagascar Wildlife @Madabirds]

Piece of cake !

[Madagascar Wildlife @Madabirds]

@PhilBoyleFCO @NtsayC Yep good choice !

[Madagascar Wildlife @Madabirds]

@Twanapero Woohoo! Enfin - après je vais essayer d'être libre!!

[Madagascar Wildlife @Madabirds]

@PhilBoyleFCO Congratulations ! Head wetting when back in Madagascar !

[Madagascar Wildlife @Madabirds]

@CortniBorgerson I can well imagine ! Brilliant! :)

[Madagascar Wildlife @Madabirds]

@danielgwood Bloody hell I wish I could! I need to start up my subscription again over here - but with the Paositra Malagasy I only end up getting half the issues :/

[Madagascar Wildlife @Madabirds]

@mrjamesob listening to Mystery Hour podcast and just to say we don't play Scrabble in Madagascar - the 'a' would be worth a tenth of a point ! :)

[Madagascar Wildlife @Madabirds]

@qikipedia However only in French as Malagasy has no gendered articles in its language. Or plurals for that matter but that's a story for another day.

[Madagascar Wildlife @Madabirds]

@qikipedia Did you know in Madagascar the musical instrument named the Valiha is masculine when played by a woman and feminine when played by a man. The only word to do this (I read)