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	<title>Stewed Thoughts &#187; Reptile Reflection</title>
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	<description>Some random thoughts, gently stewed, served on a bed of love</description>
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		<title>Tortoise Porn</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2008/08/tortoise-porn/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:45:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stewart Macdonald]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the Galapagos Islands, there lives a lonely boy. Well, he&#8217;s at least 60, so we can&#8217;t really call him a boy. He&#8217;s lonely not for lack of trying on the part of his neighbours. Many girls have been offered &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2008/08/tortoise-porn/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Snake eats ewe</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2006/09/snake-eats-ewe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Sep 2006 03:12:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stewart Macdonald]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Courier Mail today has an article entitled Ewe big guts. A reticulated python in Kuala Lumpur evidently ate a pregnant ewe, much to the excitement of onlookers. I was interviewed this afternoon on ABC radio by Richard Fidler, who &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2006/09/snake-eats-ewe/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Crocs Rule</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2006/09/crocs-rule/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Sep 2006 10:04:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stewart Macdonald]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Monday, the world was shocked to hear that crocodile hunter Steve Irwin had been fatally wounded by a stingray while he was snorkeling off north Queensland. News web sites ground to a halt within an hour or so of &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2006/09/crocs-rule/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Water carpet python</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2006/08/water-carpet-python/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Aug 2006 08:11:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stewart Macdonald]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I got a call yesterday from a woman in Fig Tree Pocket who had a carpet snake in her pool filter inlet. The snake had been there for about a week. I went around to have a look, expecting the &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2006/08/water-carpet-python/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Back from Idalia</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2006/07/back-from-idalia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jul 2006 13:49:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stewart Macdonald]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m back from Idalia National Park. We were meant to leave early on Saturday morning and get back to Brisbane late Saturday night, but it rained on Friday night so the 70 kms of dirt roads leading out of the &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2006/07/back-from-idalia/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sao Paulo, day 2</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2006/06/sao-paulo-day-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 May 2006 17:23:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stewart Macdonald]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Day 2 in Brazil was shaping up to be a big one. Alecia and I got up at 6:30, had breakfast, and headed back to the Butantan institute. We met Rafael at his office and we all headed down to &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2006/06/sao-paulo-day-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>I never liked brown tree snakes anyway&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2006/05/i-never-liked-brown-tree-snakes-anyway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 May 2006 09:36:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stewart Macdonald]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So. PhDs. I came up with a cool topic last September (I guess my supervisor contributed a bit too). I was going to look at how venom composition changes in brown tree snakes as they get older. They&#8217;re a fairly &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2006/05/i-never-liked-brown-tree-snakes-anyway/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Burton&#8217;s legless lizard</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2006/05/burtons-legless-lizard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 May 2006 09:27:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stewart Macdonald]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I found a Burton&#8217;s legless lizard (Lialis burtonis) today. It was sunning itself on a gravel path in a park in Springwood. I photographed it. Burton&#8217;s legless lizard (Lialis burtonis) Update: I don&#8217;t keep any lizards, legless or otherwise, as &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2006/05/burtons-legless-lizard/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Calyptotis scutirostrum</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2006/02/calyptotis-scutirostrum/</link>
		<comments>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2006/02/calyptotis-scutirostrum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2006 03:26:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stewart Macdonald]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I moved a sleeper in the yard today and found a Calyptotis scutirostrum under it. These guys look a bit like a common garden skink (Lampropholis delicata), but these guys can be distinguised by their shorter legs and longer, thicker &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2006/02/calyptotis-scutirostrum/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Baby dragon update</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2006/01/baby-dragon-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2006 06:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stewart Macdonald]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The baby eastern bearded dragons I&#8217;ve previously spoken about are doing well. They&#8217;ve been moved outside into a small kiddies&#8217; pool so that they can get some sunlight. Sunlight always seems to be a good appetite stimulant. I&#8217;m going to &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2006/01/baby-dragon-update/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Snake attack!</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2006/01/snake-attack/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2006 11:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stewart Macdonald]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The inside of a snake&#8217;s oesophagus is not the most pleasant of places to be. I&#8217;ve come to this conclusion after having only the distal third of my right index finger down a snake&#8217;s oesophagus. I imagine having my whole &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2006/01/snake-attack/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The pitter patter of little feet</title>
		<link>http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2006/01/the-pitter-patter-of-little-feet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2006 12:52:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stewart Macdonald]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a dad! Today I woke up to the pitter patter of 27 little feet. A bucket-o-babies I&#8217;ve been incubating 9 eastern bearded dragon (Pogona barbata) eggs for the last couple of weeks after they were accidentally dug up while &#8230; <a href="http://www.stewartmacdonald.com.au/blog/2006/01/the-pitter-patter-of-little-feet/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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