Ryan Rivers Art

INKTOBER day 26 and the prompt is 'puzzling'

I always associate puzzles with intelligence and although all animals and living things are intelligent in their own ways I am always astounded by corvids. One time I observed a forest raven perched on a tree next to a road with a nut in its beak. As a car drove by, the bird dropped the nut in front of the car's path. When the car didn't drive over the nut the first time the raven swooped down, picking it up and repeated this behaviour until a car happened to run it over and crack it open.

INKTOBER day 22 and the prompt is 'button'

I've decided to go with Craspedia variabilis, commonly known as Billybutton flowers. This plant is an endemic of Tasmania and is a native herb found in dry forests and woodlands. This beloved common flower is a popular plant in floral bouquets and in patterns for its bright yellow spheres and unique appearance.

INKTOBER day 18 and the prompt is 'Deal'

My favourite form of a deal in nature is symbiosis, a situation where two or more lifeforms exchange benefits for one another. A little known example of this type of relationship exists here in Tasmania between the burrowing crayfish and the native button grass. Burrowing crayfish create perfect conditions for button grass to grow by boring holes which aerate the muddy soils, and in turn bottom grass creates the perfect dense root structure to hide away in for the burrowing crayfish.