The Nurgles in the Royal Nature Preserve of Cw.

After a little rest in my hotel in Cw, I decided to take in some of the sights. One of my first stops was the Royal Nature Preserve where endangered species are collected and slowly bred back from the brink of extinction. Such is the case with these two fabulous Nurgle specimens - inoffensive docile creatures who tend to show a generally high intelligence.

As you can see, the preserve tries to give them the environment that they are used to - something like a Plesozoic Age forest - great broad and tall leafed plants to give them plenty of shade under the soft green grass. The Nurgle on the left is the pregnant female, whom the keepers have dubbed "Lalalial" due to the gentle chiming singing that she produces to lull the young ones in her womb. Torgle, the male, looks upon her with a protecting and gentle eye. They have only recently arrived at the preserve from the neighbouring land of Ewea (pronounced: Yooh-wa).

Also visible in this lovely photo is the "Brancher" looking on at the photographer. Branchers, of course, live in the tall plants and are intensely curious about their surroundings. They too are gentle and pose no threat to the young couple. The low wall at the bottom of the photograph and around the back of the enclosure is just there to preserve a feeling of safety for the timid creatures. But hopefully, in time, they will be led to a bigger area of the park where there are no walls and where people will be able to mingle and pet them for a few hours a day.

Traveling Uncle Nat

05/12/99