#ToyTuesday: Reviewing the Toymany 12-Piece Madagascar Figurine Playset
Up until this point, the sets I have been reviewing from Toymany have focussed primarily on amphibians and reptiles. Well, I am about to flip the script with a number of sets that may have some amphibians or reptiles in…
#ToyTuesday: Herpetological Gashapon Round Up Vol. 3
This is the third roundup of my gashapon hunting, and the first of 2026! I have a few more adventures in store soon so fingers crossed I manage to pick up some new reptiles and amphibians. After my next adventure,…
#ToyTuesday: Herpetological Gashapon Round Up Vol. 2
This is the second roundup of my gashapon hunting I have so far posted, you can find the first here. There will of course be others too, as and when new sets are released and I get the chance to…
#ToyTuesday: Toymany Reptiles
Following the success of my blog reviewing Toymany‘s12-Piece Frog Figurines Playset, I thought it was time to review another of their sets. This time is the 12-Piece Reptile Figurine Playset, which contains more than just reptiles. As with the frogs,…
#ToyTuesday: Herpetological Gashapon Round Up Vol. 1
One craze that seems to be popping up everywhere I go is that of gashapon. If you’re not familiar, gashapon are toys dispensed in a vending machine in a capsule (usually a ball) that originated in Japan. The term can…
#ToyTuesday: Mojo Fun Amphibians and Reptiles Part I
There has been some time since the last #ToyTuesday, so it is about time I made up for it. I am still planning some videos in the near future, so keep an eye out for these on social media and…
#SciFri: The Secret Life of Reptiles and Amphibians – A year on
It has been a year since the The Secret Life of Reptiles and Amphibians at ZSL London Zoo opened, replacing the older and more dated Reptile House that was closer to the zoo’s entrance. As someone that visits London Zoo…
#SciFri: Why you shouldn’t move spawn between ponds
Every spring, nature lovers across Great Britain (myself included) eagerly await for the first clusters of frogspawn to appear, a sign of the renewal of life in our ponds after the long winter months. For me, it is an undeniable…
#ToyTuesday: Reviewing the Toymany 12-Piece Frog Figurines Playset
You may have read my post a couple of weeks back, where I introduced the fact that I was now working to review a number of figurines of amphibians and reptiles, produced by various toy companies. The first of these…
#SciFri: What torches do I use during amphibian surveys?
One of the conversations that will probably come up this weekend at the Herpetofauna Workers Meeting in Sheffield regards what torches we should be using when conduction amphibian surveys. At this time of the year, as we enter the amphibian…
