As smooth as …
Of course, this simile is obvious when you see it, but have you ever seen it before? Please try incorporating...
Of pebble-play and glass-green
A lasting impression of Tarka the Otter is of the playfulness of these and other creatures. Tarka plays with anything to...
Canine collection of quotes
To celebrate man's best friend, what better than to give them their very own dedicated page on International Dog Day? ...
Flute-like whistle
Williamson uses - and invents - a number of words to convey the sounds of otters. Whistling can be in...
Big blackberries
A berry crushed into service as a metaphor for a mud-mark.
'Tarka's deep seals in the lower ooze showed like...
The mule and the mare
Listening time: under 3 minutes
Grossman writes with great empathy of animals and their experiences. Here an...
The thoughts of a pig
A wonderfully involved tail of a pig's escape and eventual recapture.
Firstly, a protracted endeavour to find him, eventually discovered...
Shovel-shaped antlers
Recently saw a David Attenborough programme showing such flat-planed antlers. Here they are spotted in the forest regions of Transylvania.
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Oh, for dog’s sake!
Listening time: 5 minutes. A touching account of mutual support and succour between labour camp prisoners and some of the...
Shoat or shote
A North American word for a young pig, especially one which is newly weaned.
Source: OED and Barry Lopez, Arctic...
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