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Date: 19 Mar 2012 23:56:38

Title: The Jesus Christ lizard

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This guy can literally walk on water. No, really.

He's a young banded basilisk lizard, Basilicus vittatus. He ran across the pond to get to this stick, but of course not when I had the camera ready. They can run on water for about 4-5 metres before they break the surface tension and have to swim. The science is fascinating; if you're interested you can look it up on Google, and if you want a giggle there are some lovely videos of water walking on YouTube.

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    - Not even my mother thinks I'm beautiful
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    - Too much of a good thing?
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    - The enigmatic iguanas
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    - Close encounters of the sealion kind
    - Test picture
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    - Test update
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  - Thu 29 Mar
    - Galapagos arrival "00:39.0S 90:00.0W"
  - Wed 28 Mar
    - South Pacific "00:06.77S 88:02.35W"
  - Tue 27 Mar
    - At sea "00.50.88N 86:36.19W"
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    - At sea "01:30.80N 85:11.44W"
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    - At sea "05:06.00N 81:13.03W"
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    - At sea "06:38.30N 80:06.05W"
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    - Survivor "08:35.04N 79:01.21W
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    - Panama Canal transit Part 2
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    - Panama Canal transit "08:54.43N 79:31.74W" Part 1
  - Wed 07 Mar
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    - Shelter Bay "09:22.10N 79:57.03W"
- Feb 2012
  - Tue 28 Feb
    - The War of Jenkin's Ear "09:33.33N 79:39.99W"
  - Thu 23 Feb
    - Kuna Yala, Pax Americana, and Scottish independence
  - Sun 19 Feb
    - Coconut
  - Fri 17 Feb
    - Rock pools
  - Wed 15 Feb
    - Panama "09:33.46N 78:56.99W"
  - Tue 14 Feb
    - At sea "10:15.68N 76:33.12W"
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    - At sea "13:29.69N 72:55.00W"
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    - At sea "13:48.10N 70:32.17W"
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- Dec 2011
  - Mon 26 Dec
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  - Sun 25 Dec
    - Mixing with the rich & famous
    - Caribbean Christmas
  - Sun 18 Dec
    - Pretty Flamingo
    - Life in the mud "18:30.13N 64:21.82W"
  - Sat 10 Dec
    - Safe arrival "18:27.35N 64:26.46W"
    - At sea "19:17.90N 64:26.58W"
  - Fri 09 Dec
    - Still at sea "22:02.41N 64:15.29W"
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    - At sea "25:09.60N 64:01.25W"
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    - At sea "27:05.69N 064:24.28W"
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    - At sea "30:47.10N 64:35.06W"
    - Bywyd da o Gymru
- Nov 2011
  - Mon 28 Nov
    - Bermuda revisited "33:22.77N 64:40.39W"
  - Sun 27 Nov
    - At sea "34:08.00N 66:39.51W"
  - Sat 26 Nov
    - At sea "35:22.08N 69:45.61W"
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    - At sea "36:21.82N 72:48.05W"
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  - Wed 09 Nov
    - Bye bye Maryland "38:19.66N 76:27.41W"
- Oct 2011
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    - Fw: How do they do it? Atlantic Flyway 2
    - The Atlantic Flyway
  - Sun 02 Oct
    - New York, New York
- Sep 2011
  - Fri 30 Sep
    - Cape May NJ "38:57.06N 74:52.72W"
  - Thu 29 Sep
    - "40:41.09N 74:02.50W"
  - Wed 21 Sep
  - Mon 19 Sep
    - Chris and Kate's Holiday
  - Tue 13 Sep
- Aug 2011
  - Tue 30 Aug
    - Irene
  - Wed 24 Aug
    - Earthquake!
  - Sun 21 Aug
  - Thu 11 Aug
    - Marblehead "42:30.46N 70:50.34W"
  - Sun 07 Aug
    - A wrap "43:45.71N 70:00.10W"
  - Sat 06 Aug
    - Monhegan Island "43:46.09N 69:19.11W"
    - Isle au Haut "44:05.07N 68:37.97W"
- Jul 2011
  - Sun 31 Jul
    - Camden "44:12.47N 69:03.07W"
  - Tue 26 Jul
    - Castine "44:22.97N 68:47.16W"
    - Frenchboro "44:07.3N 68:21.8W"
  - Wed 20 Jul
  - Sun 17 Jul
    - Good news, bad news "44:21.35N 68:18.74W"
  - Wed 13 Jul
    - Mount Desert Island "44:16.3N 68:18.2W"
  - Sun 10 Jul
    - Swan's Island, Maine "44:08.37N 68:26.69W"
  - Wed 06 Jul
    - Boston "42:21.56N 71:02.64W"
  - Sun 03 Jul
    - Whalewatching
- Jun 2011
  - Wed 29 Jun
    - Small world.
    - Bus USA
  - Tue 28 Jun
    - Provincetown "42:02.4N 70:11.1W"
    - Cape Cod Canal
  - Sun 26 Jun
    - Name that bird
    - Moving on "41:25.9N 70:54.4W"
  - Mon 20 Jun
    - The American Dream
  - Sun 19 Jun
  - Sun 05 Jun
    - Arrival USA "41:29.26N 71:19.51W"
  - Fri 03 Jun
    - A dark & stormy night "39:30.9N 69:04.9W
  - Thu 02 Jun
    - Still at sea "37:37.2N 68:51.9W"
  - Wed 01 Jun
    - At sea "35:17.35N 67:56.82W"
- May 2011
  - Tue 31 May
    - At sea again "33:50.8N 66:25.2W"
  - Mon 30 May
    - Bermuda
    - St Goerge's, Bermuda
  - Sun 29 May
    - Danger - no swimming!
  - Sun 22 May
    - Safe arrival "32:22.73N 64:40.47W"
    - Bermuda here we come "31:57.33N 64:45.98W"
  - Sat 21 May
    - Progress "29:26'73N 65:50.19W"
  - Fri 20 May
    - Progress "26:59.44N 66:22.70W"
  - Thu 19 May
    - Update "24:25.05N 66:46.09W"
  - Wed 18 May
    - Update "21:34.76N 67:11.76W"
  - Tue 17 May
    - Why go sailing? "19:23.53N 67:45.54W"
  - Mon 16 May
    - Progress, lack of
  - Sun 15 May
    - We're off to Bermuda "18:08.31N 68:45.77W"
  - Sat 14 May
    - A nice place
    - Cobbett's rural ride, Part 2
  - Fri 13 May
  - Mon 02 May
    - At sea "17:51.62N 67:28.66W"
  - Sun 01 May
    - Bye-bye BVI "18:23.10N 64:42.20W"
    - My beautiful laundrette
- Apr 2011
  - Sun 24 Apr
    - Here are those iguanas
    - Sint Maarten, continued
  - Fri 15 Apr
    - St Barts ""17:54.30N 62:51.60W"
    - Sint Maarten "18:02.10N 63:05.90W"
  - Thu 07 Apr
    - Mayday
  - Wed 06 Apr
    - Running repairs
  - Mon 04 Apr
    - Swimming with boobies
  - Sun 03 Apr
    - The Alternative Blog!!
  - Fri 01 Apr
- Mar 2011
  - Tue 29 Mar
    - Darwin's Paradox
  - Fri 25 Mar
    - A BVI bath
    - All dressed up
  - Thu 17 Mar
    - The high life
    - The very hungry caterpillar
  - Sat 12 Mar
    - The Bubbly Pool "18:27.008N 64:42.660W"
    - (Yet) another lizard story
  - Tue 08 Mar
    - Saba "17:38.1N 63:15.4W"
  - Mon 07 Mar
    - Statia2
  - Fri 04 Mar
- Feb 2011
  - Sat 26 Feb
    - All work and no play
  - Fri 25 Feb
    - Boule
    - North Antigua
  - Sun 13 Feb
    - Wash day revisited
  - Fri 11 Feb
  - Thu 03 Feb
    - Antigua "17:00.2N 61:45.7W"
- Jan 2011
  - Sun 30 Jan
    - Marie Galante "15:57.3N 61:19.3W"
  - Wed 26 Jan
    - Hello from Les Saintes "15:52.20N 61:35.16W"
  - Sat 22 Jan
    - Normal service resumed
  - Fri 21 Jan
    - Dateline Dominica
  - Sat 15 Jan
    - Petit Piton
    - Update "13:58.0N 61:01.5W"
  - Sun 02 Jan
2010
- Dec 2010
  - Wed 22 Dec
    - Still here
  - Wed 15 Dec
    - St Lucia
  - Tue 14 Dec
    - Land Ho! "14:08.56N 60:14.32W"
    - "14:33.78N 59:17.75W" So near......
  - Mon 13 Dec
    - A frustrating, beautiful and scary night "14:14.85N 56:41.62W"
  - Sun 12 Dec
    - The wind departs "14:13.698N 55:18.390W"
    - "14:12.96N 54:42.16W" The end in sight, nearly
  - Sat 11 Dec
    - Zooming along "14:35.30N 51:56.37W"
  - Fri 10 Dec
    - "15:35'84N 49:00.92W"
  - Thu 09 Dec
    - It never rains but .. (name check for Messrs W & G Parker).
    - Generator plays up "14:54.06N 46:35.61W"
  - Wed 08 Dec
  - Tue 07 Dec
    - Important message for Jane
    - Heavy weather "14:22.98N 40:48.02W"
  - Mon 06 Dec
    - Dolphins "13:51.55N 37:27.69W"
  - Sun 05 Dec
    - Half Way "13:21.9N 35:57.5W"
  - Sat 04 Dec
    - "13:09.80N 33:39.64W" No wind, again
    - Safe & well "13:35.26N 32:59.16W"
  - Fri 03 Dec
    - Progress report "14:11.05N 31:41.60W"
  - Thu 02 Dec
    - "13:57.42N 30:08.29W" East wind
    - "14:22.18N 29:09.82W"
  - Wed 01 Dec
    - "15:25.23N 28:08.34W" Progress, of a sort
    - Becalmed "16:34.89N 27:11.16W"
- Nov 2010
  - Tue 30 Nov
    - Progress, of a sort "17:01.09N 26:47.53W"
  - Mon 29 Nov
    - Beating "19:11.82N 27:02.90W"
  - Sun 28 Nov
    - Progress "18:48.00N 25:25.21W"
    - "18:52.86N 24:53.06W"
  - Fri 26 Nov
  - Thu 25 Nov
    - "20:49.824N 19:04.821W"
    - "20:58.91N 18:49.94W"
  - Wed 24 Nov
  - Tue 23 Nov
    - Provisions
  - Mon 22 Nov
  - Sun 21 Nov
    - Preparations
  - Tue 09 Nov
    - Hard life
    - "28:07.748N 15:25.510W"
  - Sun 07 Nov
    - Still at sea "28:16.646N 15:34.489W"
  - Sat 06 Nov
    - Back at sea "28:35.28N 17:20.67W"
  - Thu 04 Nov
    - Departure delayed
    - Christmas is here
  - Mon 01 Nov
    - A walk in the Park
- Oct 2010
  - Sun 31 Oct
    - Bank Holiday weekend
    - "28:40.691N 17:46.068W"
  - Sat 30 Oct
    - La Palma
  - Wed 27 Oct
  - Sat 23 Oct
    - Gomera "28:04.36N 17:07.67W"
  - Fri 22 Oct
    - Tenerife "27:57.61N 16:41.56W"
  - Thu 21 Oct
    - Update of a sort
  - Wed 20 Oct
    - Ian meets his match
  - Sun 17 Oct
    - Another hard day's slog
  - Fri 15 Oct
    - Gran Canaria
  - Sun 10 Oct
  - Wed 06 Oct
    - Madeira update
    - The Toonen Knot
  - Mon 04 Oct
    - Off again "32:56.480N 16:26.042W"
  - Sun 03 Oct
    - Porto Santo
  - Fri 01 Oct
- Sep 2010
  - Wed 29 Sep
    - Up the mast again ""35:33.67N 14:22.38W"
    - Ian up mast at sea "36:07.60N 13:32.09W"
  - Tue 28 Sep
    - Dead Calm "37:34.72N 12:29.09W"
  - Mon 27 Sep
    - Day 7 Boarded by fish
    - At sea "39:28.80N 12:10.98W"
  - Sun 26 Sep
    - Madeira here we come "40:46.94N 11:21.64W"
    - "41:44.20N 11:27.22W"
  - Sat 25 Sep
  - Fri 24 Sep
    - Fri 24th Sept "45:58.20N 11:39.10W"
  - Thu 23 Sep
  - Wed 22 Sep
    - Day 3 "50:46.94N 09:08.40W"
    - Just to let you know were we are "50:46.57N 08:44.94W"
  - Tue 21 Sep
    - Day 2 "51:55.36N 05:51.74W"
  - Sun 19 Sep
    - The Journey begins
  - Sun 05 Sep
    - Pwllheli