Nature – MUNGUIN'S NEW REPUBLIC

SOPPY SUNDAY

N O1 — Morning all. Happy Sunday.

N Ocean sunfish — Ocean Sunfish.

a botswana lion — Meeow.

n bison — Bison for Danny.

n county mayo — County Mayo, Ireland.

n Edinburgh 20ws — Edinburgh in the 1920s

n flower urchin — Flower Urchin.

n cephalopods2 — Cephalopod for Douglas.

n polar — Polar Bear.

n portuguese mow — Portuguese Man of War.

n deer glencoe — Deer in Glencoe.

n finland midnight — Midnight in Finland.

n Gaspard the friendly fox — Gaspard the London fox and…

n gaspart 2 — …the Friend of actor and newsreader Zeb Soanes.

n giant pacific octopus — Giant Pacific Octopus.

n glengarrif — Glengarriff, Ireland.

n goatyMcGoatface — Mrs May’s done WHAT?

n happy — Please don’t let the next one be Liam Fox…

N puglia — Puglia.

N O2 — I’m not being rude. I thought you were the doctor. I’m saying AHHHHHH.

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Quite a few people requested stuff over the last few weeks. I hope I’ve not left anyone out. Feel free to request your favourite animal/scene/country. Munguin’ll try to cover it. Oh, and if, perchance he forgets (because he’s a very busy media mogul), just gently remind him.

n ornag2 — About time you arrived. I’ve been waiting for ages

n black bird — Is there anything prettier than a Blackbird’s singing…in the dead of night?

n saltwater croc — Saltwater Crock!

n octopus — Octopus for Danny.

n cecils cubs — Who’d hunt an animal like this for sport, leaving behind cubs?

n cephalopods — Cephalopod for Douglas.

n donegal castle — Donegal Castle for Conan.

n horses water — You can lead a horse to water…

n sutherland — Sutherland.

n piranah- — Piranah.

n vampire bat — Vampire Bat.

n Torres del Paine chile — Torres del Paine, Chile.

n pristine peacock — Pristine Peacock.

n racoon — Rocky Racoon.

n moussa's castle leb — Moussa’s Castle, Lebanon, for John and Mrs Brownlie. Have a good holiday.

n cephalopods3 — Another cephalopod for Douglas.

n Narsaq (South Greenland) — Narsak, Greenland.

n moss — The magic of moss.

n mates — Everyone has a best mate. Not everyone has ears that their mate can sleep under though!

N orang4 — Well, I hope your visit was enjoyable. I’m here for Panda Paws, by the way. See you next Sunday.

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n orangop;ld — Time for a more mature look at Soppy Sunday…

n africanized-honey-bee1 — African Honey Bee.

n black mambo — Black Mamba.

N Donegal — Donegal.

n cone snail — Cone Snail

n gerry pony — Pony Gerry’s granddaughter is looking after. (Thanks, Gerry).

n lago di braies — Lago di Braies

n orang1 — That’s my grandad up the top of the page there!

n mount lebanon — Mount Lebanon.

N Maters — Best buddies.

n poison-dart-frog-blue.jpg.adapt_.945.1-768x432 — Poison Dart Frog.

n rock — Restaurant with a difference.

n isle of skye — Skye.

n lkeopard seal — Leopard Seal.

n box jelly fish — Box Jelly Fish.

n clouded leopard — Clouded Leopard.

n El_Hajje,_South_Lebanon — El Hajje, Lebanon.

n cape buffalo — Cape Buffalo.

n bllue ringed opctopus — Blue Ringer Octopus.

n south greenland — Southern Greenland Sunset

n orang3 — I’m sad you have to go. Come back next week, please.

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n oprang — Hello, welcome. We’ll get someone to show you around.

n bird — I’m the yellow bird of the family!

n lions — Off to the pub?

n zakynthos, greece — Zakynthos, Greece.

n orang — Pay attention, little one, you’ll learn something.

n owl — Awwwwww.

n pandas — You’re a funny looking panda!

n pea — I’m the white bird of the family!

n pygmy elephant — Pygmy Elephant, Borneo.

n reyk — Reykjavik.

n rain — Look to the rainbow.

nsunset — Sunset on derelict chimney pots.

N ORANG2 — Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

n Seljalandsfoss — Seljalandsfoss.

N HAD — Hadchit, Lebanon.

n tiger — I’m ready for my close up Mr DeMille.

n turtles — Me too.

n pine — Pineapple

£Koala_climbing_tree — What?

£!1.jpg — Ferry to Cumbrae (where I was on Monday).

n cedars-of-lebanon-snow — The cedars of Lebanon.

N orang4 — That’s it then. Pay your 50p at the door on the way out. See you next week.

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N ORANG1 — When I get nervous, I bite my nails.

n myvatn — Lake Myvatn, Iceland.

n highland cottage — Scottish country garden.

n brussels — Brussels sprouts anyone?

n vivipariouslizard david — Viviparous Lizard (taken by David).

n baby — Sometimes you just have to help a fellow creature out.

n finland — The land of Lakes, Finland.

n bedmates — Best mates.

n forgetmenot.jpg — Forget-me-not wood.

n husavik — Husavik, Northern Iceland.

n locust — Locust.

N ORANG — Is that sweeties you got?

n macaroni — I’m a macaroni penguin. You can call me Mac.

n mist — Morning mist.

n pomegranite — Pomegranate

N Munguin's Personal Piper — Strange that in the second photo they felt they needed to say which was the penguin.

nelephant — I’m the winner.

n zavodovski island — Zavodovski Island, Antarctica

n squ — Nuts…

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n chinstap — Welcome to Soppy Sunday. I’m a Chinstrap Penguin.

n congo rain forest — Rainforest in Congo. Looks a bit like my back garden right now after a week of rain.

n baby seal — I don’t suppose you have a spare bit of fish for a hungry little seal?

n beaver — Just beavering about…

NGerry — Waverley, Just north of Crinnan, near Seil island and the bridge over the Atlantic (from Gerry).

n blue damselfly — Blue Damselfly.

n what — Hello, can I help you?

N Bryce Canyon Nevada — Bryce Canyon, Utah (thanks, Danny).

nfox — Don’t worry little fox, Come to Scotland. Munguin’s got your back. And Mrs May is a busted flush anyway.

n forest bridge — Woodland bridge.

n cordoba — Cordoba.

n scotland — Scottish cottage.

n llama-at-the-machu-picchu-unesco-peru-andbeyond — Llama at Machu Picchu.

n donk — What d’ya think of my wall?

nducks — Maybe if you didn’t all stand on the same on, you wouldn’t get your feet wet!

n orang — Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

n swallows — Swallows getting ready to flee the nest.

nbark — Don’t say I didn’t warn you.

n sunset — Sunset.

gottenberg — My friend Dani, in Sweden.

n harris — Harris.

n elephant — Hmmmm, maybe when I’m a big elephant!

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Today featuring some pics from Burkina Faso.

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n giraffe — We’re ready for our close up, Mr Munguin.

n african wild dog — African Wild Dog.

n burk crock — What big teeth you’ve got…

n ouagadugu — Central Ouagadougou.

n cows — Cows.

n burkina-faso-surreal-rock-spires-layered-by-sediment — Burkina countryside.

n burkina — You shouldn’t have gone to any trouble on our account.

n burkina faso — What the well dressed Burkina girl is wearing.

n african green penguins — African Green Pigeon.

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Hello… is it me you’re looking for?

nbaby — With, Mummy…

n badger — That horrid Andrea Loathesome is trying to kill me.

nrose — Rose on the balcony in Munguin’s pied a terre in Budapest

n gotten — Municipal Park, Sweden.

N Venice Sunset — Venice Sunset.

nhungary — More rose in Budapest.

n locust — Locust.

Hope you enjoyed Soppy Sunday… next week, same time, same place.