Benedict Allen
@benedictallen
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International speaker, "extreme explorer," environmental scientist, pioneer self-filming on telly. Also Bsky + https://t.co/zqVMAa6DC6
UK/Czecho
Joined June 2009
So much to do, so little time in which to do it... Exploration is not something of the past, a long-gone Golden Age, as we're often taught, it's something of the present - and of the future. In fact, we need to get to understand our precious planet now more than ever, and fast.✌️
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Joy in the city. 👍🏼🌏
Another lunchtime lizard in Singapore. The Brown anole might be non-native but watching their tiny little dramas play out in the city is a joy
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"A bright light..."👍🏼🌏
A rainy Singapore night brought out the appropriately named Sunbeam snake. A dull brown snake until a bright light turns it into a living rainbow.
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Putin is a former KGB agent and a master manipulator. Trump should not be letting the man who started this war talk him out of giving weapons to our ally.
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Living life on the edge... 🌏👍🏼
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Life in the suburbs...👍🏼🌏
A beautiful male Atlas moth on the edge of the Singapore suburbs. This male is starting to look a little worn out. The largest moth in the world burns brightly but the brightest flames burn fast. A male has about 2 weeks of life to pass on his genes.
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What part of climate change don’t people understand? It’s not just “hotter days” or “strange weather.” The problem is how everything is connected and how fast it’s happening. Rising temperatures, shifting rainfall, stronger storms, and drier forests all feed off each other,
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Dodging...
Watch as a fox dodges a falcon’s capture not once, not twice, but three times. https://t.co/kB5PIqwJ4G
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Good morning from Prague! (Taken during my morning brisk walk to my children's school today - and wishing you too all the best, where ever you are on our planet.👍🏼😃)
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Look at this face! Last Beewolf in a bit OM system OM1 mkii and 90mm + MC-14 tele SS1/3200 F7.1 ISO3200
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The homes of a quarter of the animals that live in our oceans. Gone forever. We should grieve & know that these tipping points are gonna fall like dominoes. Now is not the time for ‘carrying on as normal’. All our homes are at risk.
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It's been such a joy to share these little doodles - done as my son and his siblings scramble to have breakfast and pack bags for school. However, he's fast growing up (as his headphones and phone attest), so I fear the time has come! Best wishes and thanks to you all. 😃👍🏼
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Meanwhile, deep in the jungle... Final - probably! - upbeat Sketch Of The Day for my son Freddie's school sandwich wrapper. (Because everyone in the team deserves recognition - and a reminder that they may go on to achieve great things.) 👍🏼😃
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'Its beauty demands...' 👍🏼🌏
This absolute stunner is a female Pink-necked Pigeon. Fairly common and so doesn’t get the attention that its beauty demands. Look at her eye.
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Stonechat and blackberries! 😍 Taken recently at the Huntspill seawall in Somerset. 😊🐦
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“Oh my god… I have no words.” Listen to the emotional moment this year’s laureate Maria Corina Machado finds out she has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Kristian Berg Harpviken, Director of the Norwegian Nobel Institute, shared the news with her directly before it was
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"And remember, before launching an operation make sure you first get all your ducks lined up in a row." (Upbeat message of the day for my son Freddie's school sandwich wrapper.) 👍🏼😃
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Today’s #AutumnArrivalSpotlight features the Fieldfare! 🍒 Flocks arrive from Scandinavia, filling UK hedgerows and fields with their speckled breasts and blue-grey heads, feasting on berries and insects.
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This is Jane Goodall’s final message recorded in March that was only to be released upon her passing. What an amazing woman. It’s worth a listen.
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