In my February 2020 article titled Ferrari: The Tranquil Indian Star Tortoise, I wrote about my unexpected animal companion Ferrari, a seven-year-old female Indian Star tortoise whom I have been taking care of since 2014.

Caramel coloration among pythons is a form of albinism. In true albinos or T– animals, there is a total lack of black pigment. With caramels or T+ animals, some dark pigment can be produced, and they change drastically in color from hatchlings to adults.

A couple of times a year, the rambutan tree in our front yard needs to get its branches trimmed so that they don’t touch electrical wires or shed leaves on our roof.

The fact that animals have senses that have a different range from our own should come as no surprise. Indeed, calling them super senses only makes sense from the viewpoint of them requiring radically different ways of perceiving their environments.