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A Hundred Tiptoes
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A Hundred Tiptoes |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa 
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A HUNDRED TIPTOES 8 December 2006 Morning sun honours a bright red shongololo tickling a fallen log. - Owl |
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Midnitesun
since 2001-05-18
Posts 28647Gaia |
hehe, now you got me! What is a shongololo? (I'll google it) Googled results: S African a kind of millipede [Nguni (language group of southern Africa) ukusonga to roll up] |
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xTr3m3sT Member
since 2008-03-03
Posts 415 |
Nice poem :]] |
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graeshine2006 Member
since 2008-06-03
Posts 368The Prairie Lands, USA |
LOL... Diana, thank goodness for the first post, because I was going to ask the same question! Loved it..... |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Thanks, Kacy. I could have sworn that I posted this here before, but I did a search for it and couldn't find it - I am almost certain that I included the Archives. Most shongololo's are brown, but in my forest garden, I have seen very few brown ones. Almost all of mine are red. Both very beautiful. Thanks, Angel. Glad you enjoyed it. Giggles, Debby. Glad you enjoyed it. - Owl |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
Oh here it is ... your first time shongololo! So lovely! We had them in the garden in Switzerland and I remember wondering at all those feet, how they synchronized so perfectly ...  |
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OwlSA Member Rara Avis
since 2005-11-07
Posts 9347Durban, South Africa |
Thank you for looking up my first shongololo poem. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Were your Swiss shongololo's red or brown and what did you call them in Switzerland? I have also often wondered how they do it - Foot 1, Foot 2 etc - or all left side feet then all right side feet? Shongololos need to be masters of co-ordination to walk! Owl |
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Margherita Member Seraphic
since 2003-02-08
Posts 22236Eternity |
In German their name is "Tausendfüssler" (millepedes or also centipedes). Ours were max. 3/4cm long and of a light brown color. Usually I found them curled up, but they were quick in reacting and hurrying off! While googling for a similar image I found red ones, which probably must be like yours. So beautiful! But I didn't find on 34 pages one that was exactly like my memory of them! Hope that all these pictures of shongololos won't haunt me in my dreams! |
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