"Nature Talks" takes animals (mainly reptiles) to schools, civic groups, scouts, churches & parties for education and entertainment.
"Nature Talks" currently has a collection of over 15 snakes that represent 5 different species. We present talks about nature, mainly reptiles, to just about any audience that may request such a presentation. Since the recent conception of "Nature Talks", various non-venomous snakes have been taken to venues such as: university classes, birthday parties, classes, and civic clubs. "Nature Talks" would love to schedule an event with you and your class, group, or party.
02/15/2026
This Altum Angelfish is always the 1st to greet me at feeding-time. They are showing a pretty metalic green on their foreheads. All 6 have grown well over the past ~3 years. They'll be moved from this 55 gal. grow-out aquarium to a 75 gal. that I have prepared. Hopefully, with more space they can better pair-off, claim a corner, and spawn.
01/24/2026
Some of my Kingsnakes during their mid-winter brumation.
Up-and-coming baby Discus fish!
Breakfast for the Altums.
These are Altum Angelfish (wild-caught from the Atabapo river, the boarder between Venezuela and Columbia). I'm still waiting for them to form pairs and spawn. I've never seen baby Altum.
12/14/2024
These 2-day-old eggs are looking darker than they did yesterday. Hopefully, we'll get a large hatch % and soon to follow... photos of fry swarming their parents.
12/11/2024
Looks like mommy and daddy discus will have babies to tend to for Christmas!
These are some of the babies from July's spawn. They are 4-months-old.
11/14/2024
I'm excited about this, my prettiest Discus, spawning yesterday (during the thunderstorm). I hope that she and her male indeed produced fertilized eggs, and that they are good parents. Note: she is a "Tiger Turquoise" meaning, her turquoise striations run vertically, rather than the typical horizantal direction. The male (not photed) is a normal turquoise. I'm wondering if any of their offspring will be "tigers"?
The dance of the Discus Fish... two days ago I removed 18 of their own 2-month-old babies from their parents. I was wondering if the pair would spawn again, or cycle into their rest period. Well, they are engaging with this graceful courtship, strengthening their bond as a mated pair. Soon, they will obsess with "cleaning" their nest site, the grey cone. I suspect that they will spawn in another 3 days.
Mamma Discus is fanning her 2-day-old babies, still attached to the spawn site, and not yet free-swimming. Daddy Discus is behind her with a few survivors from the previous spawn. The siblings from these 2 different spawns are about 9 days apart. Hopefully those few older, larger siblings will not predate there younger, smaller siblings.
This video tells a story. On mamma's forehead are few of the only babies that survived a spawn ~2 weeks earlier. Mom and dad (since there were only ~8 babies), then spawn again. Now, these new babies started wiggling today and are still stuck to thier spawn site, while there siblings that are 2 weeks older feed on mom and dad's slime coat. I've heard that double spawns like this are rarely successful, but "so far, so good".
