Friday, January 11, 2013

[jules' pics] Guide to Hawaiian wildlife #3

Cute monkeys are everywhere on Oahu. The tufted great apes are ubiquitous - the little malnourished ones leap and swim in the ocean, while the big fat ones lie beached on the shore. In the trees, however, other species can be found:
Gibbon
Lemur
Gibbon


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Posted By Blogger to jules' pics at 1/11/2013 10:59:00 AM

8 comments:

David B. Benson said...

All imported aliens.

David B. Benson said...

Classic cars to be auctioned by tax bureau
http://newsonjapan.com/html/newsdesk/article/100467.php

You, too, can own one.

:-)

jules said...

Wow. But the things you own end up owning you....?

James Annan said...

David,

Yebbut it all raises the question of how many years (or generations) of residence qualifies one as a native. In the USA, 2nd generation immigrants seem to count. In Japan, you will still be a foreigner if your great-great-grandparents came over a century ago :-)

We all came from somewhere!

David B. Benson said...

Definition of native
noun

a person born in a specified place or associated with a place by birth, whether subsequently resident there or not

from
http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/native

Don't know how that goes in Japanese...

James Annan said...

So probably many of these "imported" plant and animals are natives after all :-)

David B. Benson said...

Plants and animals are persons now?

James Annan said...

I think we have come full circle...