Commonsense or just plain lunacy...

Life as a, dare I say it, handsome frog? has its everyday ups and downs. Just as I was beginning to assume that the most predatory creature in the garden, was none other than those menacing tatty furballs I see around here almost daily, when Bob, he's a nice man, told me about something that most of you humans would run a mile from, a spider whose bite is as painful as a wasp or bee sting. Yes, this is another thing that has slowly found its way to British gardens due to global warming or climate change, depending upon how you lot want to view it. It's big, it's hairy, and I be afraid of it!! Croak!!! For those with an interest in scientific nomenclature, this spider, Steatoda nobilis is a relative of the Black Widow family.

So, Mediterranean plants and flowers aren't the only things to take a liking to the current climate here. Bob reckons that lots more things, including unpopular creatures of all types and sizes, will one day be commonplace in Britain. I can see that this garden may just become a little unhealthy for me and my fellow amphibians. That is unless these immigrants are good to eat? Ribbit!!!

Moving on, I'd like to say that humans have been warned, but what's the good? Bob says that you lot, including your lazy government, have lost it completely where action against global warming and climate change are concerned. They continually plan for bigger airports, so that lots more of you can fly around a whole lot cheaper than you do at present. The only thing they're doing about climate change, is to talk about it. I've heard that there is a bird that likes to bury its head in the sand when confronted by danger or something it doesn't like, and does so simply to avoid doing what it should do, and that's to do something, or run like the blazes. Well, doesn't this sound a lot like you humans at the moment?

Your government wants to build a lot of nuclear power stations at a few billion each, of course it generally avoids telling you that after their relatively short life span, these power stations will cost around eighty billion 'each' to decommission at today’s prices. They say that the toxic waste will be buried in the ground. Out of sight, out of mind I suppose. Of course, those living anywhere near these repositories in three or four hundred years time will, besides the not so rosy glow they'll all have, be cursing this generation for what you did to them. Did I mention about the fear of these power stations being attacked? Well, this is something that concerns the government a whole lot, and so it should do. Britain is only a tiny group of islands and if the gov's security should fail all of you, Bob reckons that if the land gets contaminated from these power stations being attacked, it would be like the countryside around Chernobyl. He doubts that this country wouldn't have enough free uncontaminated space left, land that is big enough for all of you to live safely on. You humans must press for more of these totally harmless wind farms, (no fall out and no contamination.) Oh! And they wouldn't cost an arm and a leg to have them replaced at the end of their life-span. You should also seriously consider the Severn Barrage, along with any other means of power that comes from the sea. Ribbit!!!

Silly me! I almost forgot. Bob says that those among you who pretend that they care about ecological issues, are totally against the Severn Barrage. They say that it would destroy habitats and kill many species that live on or near the river Severn. Leaping lizards! What the hell do they think is going to happen if you humans don't put an end to this foolish build-up of carbon emissions, you know, the shite you lot keep on chucking into the atmosphere above your heads? How much bloody habitat is going to be lost when the polar ice caps melt, as indeed, they are doing at the present time? This action will change the shape of this country out of all recognition, not to mention the countless flora and fauna that will be destroyed through being inundated with the rising flood of sea water. I didn't mention about the human homes that will be lost when this happens, cos I've already warned you lot about this before. Being humans, you chose to ignore me. Croak!!!

You humans are reaching the point of no return, and to simply ignore what's going on, is to suffer the consequences of your inactions in the not too distant future. Nature, and everything in it, will still be around long after you stupid humans have vanished from the land. Non-human life has always had its way to adapt to its surroundings. We don't need your concerns, nor do we need your pity. If you don't believe what I'm telling you, then start swotting up on how life on this planet has changed since it first began. If you make a balls of this golden opportunity by ignoring the warning signs that are all around you, then you are a very sorry lot indeed. I'm glad I'm a frog. No one can say that I'm stupid... Ribbit!!!

Before I go, I must just say a word or two about a friend who has decided that he has had enough of you humans, Atyllah the Hen. You see, he could see what you humans are like, the way you always think of yourselves and nothing else. Well, he's gone back to his home world in Novapulse, and to be honest, I really don't blame him. His efforts to help you will go down in the annals of history, but then so will the muck that you lot kicked in his face for helping you. Now I'm all alone... unless there's another friend out there willing to help me to put you humans straight? Long live Atyllah the Hen. Ribbit!!!

That's all for this week, so, stay safe and I'll see you all in the garden again real soon. Bye... Ribbit!!!

Froggy