Monday, July 16, 2012

Termite nest in a tree.

This is creepy.  It is a huge termite nest up in a tree.  I would expect to see termite mounds on the ground, but I guess these termites prefer a high rent district.

I hope the termites stay fat and happy in the forest and stay out of town.

I realize that the animals I have shown recently are not exactly cute.  Crabs, bats, and termites are at the opposite end of the spectrum to the monkeys and dolphins that I showed a week or so ago.  Sorry.

Update:  Kate of Visual St. Paul daily photo site left a comment that included an Ogden Nash poem about termites, which  I am adding to this post:

Some prized termite knocked on wood
and tasted it and found it good
and that is why your Cousin May
fell through the parlor floor today.

This poem has Ogden Nash's trademark twist at the end.  Kate left a poem about crabs on my site a month or so ago, and who would ever think that she could find a poem about termites?

This week we ae showing photos of some fo the ancient Khmer temples of Cambodia ted on our Viva la Voyage travel photo site.
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12 comments:

  1. Julie ScottsdaleDailyPhoto.comJuly 16, 2012 at 5:08 AM

    yikes, that is a termite mound. i would not want to lean up against this tree

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  2. LoisJuly 16, 2012 at 5:55 AM

    I liked the bats and crabs, but these termites not so much.

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  3. PerthDailyPhotoJuly 16, 2012 at 6:52 AM

    It does look a little something waiting to hatch in an 'alien' movie or something Dave.

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  4. JudyJuly 16, 2012 at 7:00 AM

    That is one slice of nature that I could do without.

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  5. SharonJuly 16, 2012 at 7:01 AM

    I wouldn't think that termite home would be healthy for the tree.

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  6. KateJuly 16, 2012 at 9:44 AM

    Well, all I can say is that they are God's creatures, too. Perhaps I should find a poem about them?

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  7. KateJuly 16, 2012 at 9:47 AM

    I couldn't resist, David!

    The Termite

    Some primal termite knocked on wood
    And tasted it, and found it good!
    And that is why your Cousin May
    Fell through the parlor floor today.

    Ogden Nash

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  8. Stefan JanssonJuly 16, 2012 at 10:40 AM

    Too much cuteness can be hard.

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  9. JackJuly 16, 2012 at 7:04 PM

    Odd seeing these in a tree. In South Africa, we saw loads of termite mounds growing up from the ground.

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  10. Rob SiemannJuly 17, 2012 at 9:57 AM

    Termites in a tree??? Oh, the famous monkey-termites, I suppose. LOL

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  11. UnknownJuly 21, 2012 at 8:26 AM

    This looks familiar! :-)

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  12. VickySeptember 13, 2012 at 6:34 AM

    Ooohh, its never a good sign seeing termites high up on the tree. Eeeks!

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