<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:51:56 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@holothewise/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[And I thought I was a caffeine fiend...]]></title><description><![CDATA[So, as a little follow up to my article on albino squirrels in the Gardens the other day (see here: I ran into this little fellow and just had to take a shot. Too funny 😂 OK now that squirrel was seriously]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/humor/@holothewise/and-i-thought-i-was-a-caffeine-fiend</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/humor/@holothewise/and-i-thought-i-was-a-caffeine-fiend</guid><category><![CDATA[humor]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[holothewise]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 04 Jul 2018 14:11:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHRfvmtd53nmEJ94xpKydwmbSC5H5svBACH81KBEydUBv5JPLi2aozVPfGtcwRgZYehSwmBxYJZS1H7n1Jc9W4FyqZvHxDwsfgX7GGciURDyumPk8rMk3aB2sRaRbgp6r?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Snow white - a fascinating glimpse into albinism in animals (original footage)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Perhaps one of the most fascinating natural variations that occurs in the wild is Albinism. True albino animals are actually fairly rare, which is why I was surprised (and delighted) to come across a couple]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@holothewise/snow-white-a-fascinating-glimpse-into-albinism-in-animals-original-footage</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@holothewise/snow-white-a-fascinating-glimpse-into-albinism-in-animals-original-footage</guid><category><![CDATA[steemstem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[holothewise]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 16 Jun 2018 17:36:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHRfvmtd53nmEJ94xpKydwmbSC5H5svBACH81LDaBzCurZ5Rn9CSW4T1TmwJkfxXNBMo1vBgk2PJBKgfFiK8jWUYw38h2At43HL28xGmsPofa8LPKGtmxovwtCgzDvmwL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[West coast adventures and a general update (plus new writing account @foxfiction!)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Having wrapped things up in the field, I've been down in Cape Town proper for the last couple of weeks catching up with friends and family and attending to the general minutiae of life. What contracts]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@holothewise/west-coast-adventures-and-a-general-update-plus-new-writing-account-foxfiction</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/travel/@holothewise/west-coast-adventures-and-a-general-update-plus-new-writing-account-foxfiction</guid><category><![CDATA[travel]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[holothewise]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2018 17:04:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJb4ARrxQxCjX4jizub4U5CAK3WwB89vXyBjDMgT88mTqUUUjicEGHjwDPDHBmG3d2SxkeUoeWwAYT5bEZLQfgpLRzpNyN8FVSLEopFWaz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Packed with alpacas: a walkwithme through the winelands]]></title><description><![CDATA[That's right, alpacas. Now that I've got your attention, you're probably wondering, like I did, what the hell a bunch of alpacas are doing way out here in wine country… Well, being as how my compatriots]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/walkwithme/@holothewise/packed-with-alpacas-a-walkwithme-through-the-winelands</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/walkwithme/@holothewise/packed-with-alpacas-a-walkwithme-through-the-winelands</guid><category><![CDATA[walkwithme]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[holothewise]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2018 14:20:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJb4ARrxQxCjX4jizub4U5CAK3WwB89uqAikRb8JN2Pfr7T7Gr9kSf8BwEqVHBMvkFKWQcsWDKHXiChigyANn9SfNhzxpDsKsnSdTg4G8E?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wolfsbane: an entry for foxtales 17]]></title><description><![CDATA['If you drink from it, under the light of the blood moon, you'll become one,' Kyri said teasingly. Her gaze met Shandra's in a challenge. 'I dare you, my love.' Shandra eyed the paw print, brimming with]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/foxtales/@holothewise/wolfsbane-an-entry-for-foxtales-17</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/foxtales/@holothewise/wolfsbane-an-entry-for-foxtales-17</guid><category><![CDATA[foxtales]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[holothewise]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2018 06:46:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJb4ARrxQxCjX4jizub4U5CAK3WwB89s16Ldwd7urAuASQSoAJ5aGQY4QCYmfAxrt2SHqsjRhmtiBYKgeHBaeyQxigMahVLnwBAjkTJi7Y?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some like it hot: thermal imaging agamas in the fynbos]]></title><description><![CDATA[In addition to behavioral observations, part of my recent duties for the project I'm currently working on has been to capture thermal images of our agama study subjects (Agama atra). This is certainly]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@holothewise/some-like-it-hot-thermal-imaging-agamas-in-the-fynbos</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@holothewise/some-like-it-hot-thermal-imaging-agamas-in-the-fynbos</guid><category><![CDATA[steemstem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[holothewise]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2018 19:58:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56UondJxcjVaienfhVaNb7LJVWG6e787gaMvPdE2C5HnFQ8C61b8r19xamTSJLJnGoBHg6yUJZD9rH8APLUzFqX7xF5qSAETGpBNHzt3szRJ7m?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[From flame and ash - the recovery of a fynbos field site]]></title><description><![CDATA[About a month ago, I posted about our field site here in the Western Cape fynbos being ravaged by fire. 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In a population of macaques]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@holothewise/macaques-in-japan-are-now-also-having-sex-with-deer</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemstem/@holothewise/macaques-in-japan-are-now-also-having-sex-with-deer</guid><category><![CDATA[steemstem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[holothewise]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 03 Mar 2018 13:11:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/S5Eokt4BcQdk7EHeT1aYjzebg2hC7hkthT45dxFpxWAExuAH9MXKrbmvpkpeLxKB26xWr1k?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Homosexuality in nature: An evolutionary perspective]]></title><description><![CDATA[On the surface, homosexual behavior seems to fly in the face of evolutionary theory. What possible adaptive significance could it have? How does it increase the fitness of an individual to perform behaviors]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/stemstem/@holothewise/homosexuality-in-nature-an-evolutionary-perspective</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/stemstem/@holothewise/homosexuality-in-nature-an-evolutionary-perspective</guid><category><![CDATA[stemstem]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[holothewise]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2018 17:25:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJb4ARrxQxCjX4jizub4U5CAK3WwB89pqQ44oQDiu8w1fmHahFhbCnAS44i5JrVEA9JExy5MTzwsv521AEAcJYEWDWPBzBVuZvY6yEgnsQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Splash - the face of drought]]></title><description><![CDATA[Currently, in South Africa's Western Cape province, there is a massive drought on. 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Far away, someone screaming as she's lowered into the soft, cool water.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/foxtales/@holothewise/ring-of-fire-an-entry-for-foxtales-14</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/foxtales/@holothewise/ring-of-fire-an-entry-for-foxtales-14</guid><category><![CDATA[foxtales]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[holothewise]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2018 13:55:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJb4ARrxQxCjX4jizub4U5CAK3WwB89vZGW2FLzTbXKbczSLMMDGa4tmjbV2VxxpvdGri9VFn9aVG8JsJ2xdUG1WSjJEYd3EXLoM3Qe8Xg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Field site fire - the ecology of the fynbos]]></title><description><![CDATA[The day after Valentine's Day, we arrived at our field site in the fynbos-covered mountains to a jarring vista. Though hardly lush and verdant before (ensured by an on-going drought in South Africa's Western]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/walkwithme/@holothewise/field-site-fire-the-ecology-of-the-fynbos</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/walkwithme/@holothewise/field-site-fire-the-ecology-of-the-fynbos</guid><category><![CDATA[walkwithme]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[holothewise]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 19 Feb 2018 20:20:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJb4ARrxQxCjX4jizub4U5CAK3WwB89omEt7Kc1ruwimPe7hn4j2DibTphAtnT11kaYduzdT2h3ZEKbW4vTHV2hKaMWY8ZCVC6Qmb37WC6?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[haiku contest entry]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is an entry for the @dbooster haiku contest here: ice drips from a chrysalis... first spring wind Image from wikimedia commons:]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/haiku/@holothewise/haiku-contest-entry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/haiku/@holothewise/haiku-contest-entry</guid><category><![CDATA[haiku]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[holothewise]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2018 12:03:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJb4ARrxQxCjX4jizub4U5CAK3WwB89vuuTDYCP9HpfaxyWTaS8sb4TBCZa8aF3wF66E3m7qWw94CQQzH9NBhTNU6LGG9QRgj83UzyY2xN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Field Encounters: The mystery of the hyrax head]]></title><description><![CDATA[Not everything I come across in my day to day is a cute little elephant shrew ( though some findings are certainly stranger than others. Today, walking through the fynbos, I found this: Yes, that is the]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/science/@holothewise/field-encounters-the-mystery-of-the-hyrax-head</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/science/@holothewise/field-encounters-the-mystery-of-the-hyrax-head</guid><category><![CDATA[science]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[holothewise]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 12 Feb 2018 13:25:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJb4ARrxQxCjX4jizub4U5CAK3WwB89rwKQrQNrsDx2eYrEF9x7teuU3naN1JkHT5fAzrriQTyjRLj3ZUpgbycQwd3t3T6BWq6vcnrqERt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Field encounters: on the trail of the Elephant Shrew (original footage)]]></title><description><![CDATA[In my current field site in the cape fynbos, I have been lucky enough to encounter a creature I have long desired to see. 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Born on the wild West coast of South Africa, I've always felt an affinity for the icy Atlantic that no other natural place could touch.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/nature/@holothewise/a-walk-in-the-mountains-a-reverie</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/nature/@holothewise/a-walk-in-the-mountains-a-reverie</guid><category><![CDATA[nature]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[holothewise]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2018 20:07:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJb4ARrxQxCjX4jizub4U5CAK3WwB89qtcW48F9WMAo21RvwixcoibXNCckrHeL7qiegjrZLoWBN1UYFGshRNF9jNU3hm6Y33BUWdy8tsG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA['The daemons of life are getting old']]></title><description><![CDATA[In her youth Liliana had been a gogo dancer, pianist, stripper and eventually the madam of the Chat Rouge, that infamous brothel frequented only by the most diabolically inclined of humans. A place where]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@holothewise/the-daemons-of-life-are-getting-old</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/writing/@holothewise/the-daemons-of-life-are-getting-old</guid><category><![CDATA[writing]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[holothewise]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 13:25:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJb4ARrxQxCjX4jizub4U5CAK3WwB89qv4d1sJckpGffTZ2ywyXpr3VVmy7r2uss56unARFKZij5JETAxC2dXEcCqCuiBYz63Wf7n4riEz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Best Laid Plans: an entry for foxtales 13 fiction contest]]></title><description><![CDATA[Seeing the toolbox, Emily knew she'd been murdered. It was there, innocent and clear as day in the garage she now haunted, a slip of a thing. A scattering of tiny, innocuous seeds. He'd crushed them there,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/foxtales/@holothewise/best-laid-plans-an-entry-for-foxtales-13-fiction-contest</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/foxtales/@holothewise/best-laid-plans-an-entry-for-foxtales-13-fiction-contest</guid><category><![CDATA[foxtales]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[holothewise]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jan 2018 15:46:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJb4ARrxQxCjX4jizub4U5CAK3WwB89rFKPxQRHyoccrSypb7bSGSS6GbXZeA7teADENbeELiW5UWVX96CzF9hYXc38Cr227uYu62L3GT8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[In the far, warm hills (an adventure reading contest entry and walkwithme)]]></title><description><![CDATA['Eating and reading are two pleasures that combine admirably,' C.S. Lewis While I am not the most elegant of eater-readers, this is certainly a sentiment I share. Particularly, when said activities involve]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/nature/@holothewise/in-the-far-warm-hills-an-adventure-reading-contest-entry-and-walkwithme</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/nature/@holothewise/in-the-far-warm-hills-an-adventure-reading-contest-entry-and-walkwithme</guid><category><![CDATA[nature]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[holothewise]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2018 14:12:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJb4ARrxQxCjX4jizub4U5CAK3WwB89qZ6pScVARxa1mVLrumb1a1VmyhnqBn2g7QRCVkE8nWHiyf1BLaVKfzRmdaHMiwJfShpPkVnnUiz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>