{"id":1519,"date":"2014-09-05T17:49:57","date_gmt":"2014-09-05T17:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/?page_id=1519"},"modified":"2026-08-03T15:40:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T15:40:16","slug":"talks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/talks\/","title":{"rendered":"Talks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"623\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Reduvius_personatus_Masked_Hunter_Bug_nymph_camouflaged_with_sand_grains-1024x623.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-691\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Reduvius_personatus_Masked_Hunter_Bug_nymph_camouflaged_with_sand_grains-1024x623.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Reduvius_personatus_Masked_Hunter_Bug_nymph_camouflaged_with_sand_grains-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Masked Hunter Bug, camouflaged with sand grains: one of the ingenious tricks used by animals to conceal themselves, in the &#8216;Camouflage without Spots&#8217; talk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a title=\"About\" href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/book\/about\/\">Ian Alexander<\/a> is available in the London area and further afield to speak on Natural History subjects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Talks can be given in person, with the advantage of social interaction, live demonstration, and actually seeing and handling specimens and rare books, or over the Internet via Zoom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><h5><a title=\"Camouflage without Spots\" href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/talks\/camouflage-without-spots\/\"> Camouflage without\u00a0Spots\u00a0<\/a><\/h5><br><p>A lively lecture\/demonstration of the principles of animal camouflage &#8216;for ages 8 to 80&#8217; using physical objects and photographs<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><h5><a title=\"English Love Affair with Nature\" href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/talks\/english-love-affair-with-nature\/\"> The\u00a0English\u00a0Love\u00a0Affair with\u00a0Nature <\/a><\/h5><br><p>A lively talk, illustrated with slides and hand specimens, of the history\u00a0 of our nation&#8217;s long, passionate love affair with nature, from art to gardening and the animal cruelty movement to conservation<\/p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><h5><a href=\"http:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/talks\/talk-urban-nature-reserve\/\">Urban Nature Reserve<\/a><\/h5><br><p>A lively talk, illustrated with slides, of the life of the Gunnersbury Triangle local nature reserve, with its history, activities, conservation work, and wildlife<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ian Alexander is available in the London area and further afield to speak on Natural History subjects. Talks can be given in person, with the advantage of social interaction, live demonstration, and actually seeing and handling specimens and rare books, or over the Internet via Zoom. Camouflage without\u00a0Spots\u00a0 A lively lecture\/demonstration of the principles of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/talks\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Talks<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"page-templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1519","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1519"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1519\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9487,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1519\/revisions\/9487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1519"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.obsessedbynature.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}