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1998: Endangered Species
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It has turned cold so little dormice will be curled up and fast asleep. Due to an active reintroduction scheme locally there are many more snoozing in the woods.
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2014: Amphibians
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A tiny yellow bellied toad, it displays its yellowness when under threat. If that fails then the toxins it can expel are a useful addition to its defence.
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2011: Europa - Amazon Alive
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The Poison Dart frog also has colourful warning signals. The species range in size from 1.5cm (0.59inch) to 6cm (2.4inch). Not as small as the tiniest frog ever discovered found in Brazil this year which could sit on a stamp or as
this article says it is smaller than a pencil eraser.
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2013: Appenzell Ausserrhoden and Innerrhoden
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Lets go up a size, small animals high mountains. A stamp marking the 500th anniversary of the Appenzell region's membership of the Swiss Federation. It is a largely pastoral area so one of the big occasions of the year is in autumn when the farmers return their
herds of cows, sheep and goats from the high altitude pastures.
Sunday Stamps theme - small animals - See It On A Postcard
3 comments:
aww. the mouse is so cute. The goat and dog are adorable. Frogs and toads can always be admired for their colors...
I always think of frogs as being on the brown/green spectrum when in reality many are much more colourful. i've never seen a dormouse, but I think they look so cute.
I didn't know dormice were endangered. Cute. I like the Swiss one because it has a dog! I know someone who has a Lesser Swiss Mountain Dog.
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