Tongue Flicker Posted July 14, 2014 Share Posted July 14, 2014 Hey guys! Been gone for weeks and this is what's keeping me busy. Where was I, you ask? Mini-herping, trekking and skinny-dipping atop a mountain stream in the southern region of the Philippines! Enjoy! Me and my local guide lol My cam had a smudgy lens at this point so the photos are a bit cloudy lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blattodea313 Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 Wow! Beautiful pictures. Do you know what the tall plant in the right corner of the 4th picture is? I've seen it in the woods behind my house but I don't know what it is. It must be an invasive species if it is in both North Carolina and the Philippines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 Awesome millipede you found there. Looks like the "fire legged" (or whatever) that I sometimes see for sale online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy1892 Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 OK...... why do you swim in water with snakes and other poisonous animals? I would think there are dangerous things in Philippines is that right? Wow! Beautiful pictures. Do you know what the tall plant in the right corner of the 4th picture is? I've seen it in the woods behind my house but I don't know what it is. It must be an invasive species if it is in both North Carolina and the Philippines. You might be thinking about sumac in our area, but I have no idea what that plant is that is in the Philippines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blattodea313 Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 OK...... why do you swim in water with snakes and other poisonous animals? I would think there are dangerous things in Philippines is that right? You might be thinking about sumac in our area, but I have no idea what that plant is that is in the Philippines. Ok, that looks just like the plants I see around my house. It must be a staghorn sumac. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tongue Flicker Posted July 15, 2014 Author Share Posted July 15, 2014 Wow! Beautiful pictures. Do you know what the tall plant in the right corner of the 4th picture is? I've seen it in the woods behind my house but I don't know what it is. It must be an invasive species if it is in both North Carolina and the Philippines. No idea as well but it does resemble the cultivated Averrhoa bilimbi tree. Speaking of sumac, i think i brushed against some asian poison ivy here hahaha! Awesome millipede you found there. Looks like the "fire legged" (or whatever) that I sometimes see for sale online. Yep, flame-legged millipedes alright. This one was about 6" long OK...... why do you swim in water with snakes and other poisonous animals? I would think there are dangerous things in Philippines is that right? You might be thinking about sumac in our area, but I have no idea what that plant is that is in the Philippines. On the contrary to what i originally thought as well. There were no leeches, no creeping venomous snakes or man-eating mammals though there were some monkeys and wild boards lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy1892 Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 Ok, that looks just like the plants I see around my house. It must be a staghorn sumac. Thanks! Does not that species just live in the western parts of North Carolina where it is mountainous? So you live in the mountains? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhus_typhina On the contrary to what i originally thought as well. There were no leeches, no creeping venomous snakes or man-eating mammals though there were some monkeys and wild boards lol Interesting. In Papua New Guinea there are land leeches and they fall from the trees to get to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blattodea313 Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 Does not that species just live in the western parts of North Carolina where it is mountainous? So you live in the mountains? https://en.wikipedia...ki/Rhus_typhina Interesting. In Papua New Guinea there are land leeches and they fall from the trees to get to you. I live very close to the mountain region. I have a rock quarry (or what used to be a rock quarry) across from my house, and I find those plants there all the time. I read online that they are a pest plant and highly invasive, but there actually quite pretty when they turn all red. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RomanBuck Posted July 16, 2014 Share Posted July 16, 2014 we have the sumac all over in MN. i thought they were awesome looking and always wanted to have them around my house Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tongue Flicker Posted July 25, 2014 Author Share Posted July 25, 2014 Does not that species just live in the western parts of North Carolina where it is mountainous? So you live in the mountains? https://en.wikipedia...ki/Rhus_typhina Interesting. In Papua New Guinea there are land leeches and they fall from the trees to get to you. Oh Lord.. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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