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Photographer and zoologist in the UAE, shooting an eclectic mix of animals, landscapes and nature, mainly in Arabia and Western Australia.

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🐾 Five little faces. Five big personalities. Five chances to change a life! ❤️

Meet Elsie, Tom, Uno, Tazzie and Boots! 🐱

These five lovely rescue cats have been part of our MauMau Abu Dhabi family, and now they’re hoping to find something very special — families of their own.

Come along this Saturday, say hello, meet their different personalities and perhaps fall in love. 🥰

📅 Saturday, 24 October
🕛 12 pm – 5 pm
📍 British Vet, Marina Branch, Abu Dhabi

A huge thank you to Summer Show for organising this adoption event and helping give rescue cats a chance at a happier future. ❤️

Even if you’re not looking to adopt, please share this post. Someone you know might be exactly the person they’ve been waiting for.

🐾 From the streets to a home of their own.

@maumauabudhabi

#MauMauAbuDhabi #AdoptDontShop #AbuDhabiCats #CatAdoption #RescueCats AbuDhabiPets AdoptionDay

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Oman saw-scaled viper recorded feeding on fish for the first time in Wadi Wurayah National Park. 🐍
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See our manuscript on this observation and other fish-eating vipers: https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.74371
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#echisomanensis #echis #fieldherping #herpinguae #wadiwurayah

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Two sisters. Two brothers. Four little lives waiting for somewhere safe to call home. 🐾💛

These siblings love playing together and enjoying the simple things. They’re easygoing, low-maintenance companions who need regular care, kindness and a safe home.

They don’t need to be adopted all together—pairs would be lovely, but individual homes are welcome too.

📍Abu Dhabi
💌 Message @maumauabudhabi to meet them.
Please share to help their future families find them.

#MauMauAbuDhabi #AbuDhabiCats #AdoptDontShop #UAEcatAdoption #RescueCats

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This is a very significant snake!
At the begining of last summer, @bush_cow and I were driving through Wadi Wuriyah just before dawn (thank you @fujenvironment, @nasserobeidat and @altafhabib11 for that privilege). Through the window, Theo spotted a rapidly drying pool full of fish fighting for space, with a viper sliding up to it.
We leaped out of the car and managed to document the snake feasting on a fishy breakfast buffet. We got some really cool photos and videos, and I uploaded them to @inaturalistorg . Snake experts around the world started to see the observation and began excitedly commenting that this was a very rare sighting. My post was even noticed and chosen by the iNaturalist team as the global observation of the day! People started suggesting that we formally write up the discovery (I promptly delegated this to Theo) - and over a year later that research paper has been published and the study was noticed by Nat Geo!

Most snake diet info is patchy or based on captive studies. Wild sightings are rare, so every observation counts.Sometimes local knowledge or even an Instagram post leads to discoveries that formal studies miss. Citizen science means we can catch those regional, seasonal, or just plain weird dietary behaviours that would slip through the cracks otherwise.

If you want to make a difference, get out there—take photos, make notes, and upload your wildlife encounters to platforms like @inaturalistorg You never know what might turn out to be a rare piece of the puzzle.

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Boots has found herself a job. 🌿
Apparently the pool needs a full-time gardener.
One frangipani leaf at a time. 😂🐾

#MauMauAbuDhabi #AdoptBoots #RescueCat #AbuDhabiCats #TortoiseshellCat

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Elsie is back. 🤍

After being attacked by a much larger cat, Elsie panicked and jumped over a wall. She couldn’t get back.

For two days we searched and worried, not knowing where she was.

When she finally returned, she was desperately hungry and thirsty, and her already injured tail was in a bad state.

She is safe again for now. But this little girl shouldn’t have to keep surviving like this.

Elsie needs a safe home.

📍 Abu Dhabi
Please share her story. The right person may simply not have seen her yet.

#ElsieNeedsAHome #AbuDhabiCats #CatAdoptionUAE #RescueCat #MauMauAbuDhabi

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New Scientific Paper!

"Fish Buffet: Dietary Observations in the Oman Saw-Scaled Viper (Echis omanensis), with a Review of Fish-Eating Vipers," published in Ecology and Evolution journal.

This study presents the first natural observations of the Oman Saw-Scaled Viper (Echis omanensis) feeding on fish, documenting adults preying on Oman Garra (Garra barreimiae) in drying pools in the UAE.

The paper also reviews fish-eating records among vipers, highlighting how field observations can reveal different aspects of snake feeding ecology.

Full paper: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/414737510_Fish_Buffet_Dietary_Observations_in_the_Oman_Saw-Scaled_Viper_Echis_omanensis_with_a_Review_of_Fish-Eating_Vipers

#EchisOmanensis #SawScaledViper #Viperidae #Herpetology #SnakeEcology NaturalHistory UAE

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“Am I invisible?” Tazzie the Mini Mau wonders as she looks at her reflection in the pool.

“I can see myself. Why can’t I find a home?” 🖤

Tazzie is small, curious and loves attention. She’s vaccinated and neutered, and she’s waiting for a safe home in Abu Dhabi or beyond.

If you’d like to give Tazzie a home, please DM @maumauabudhabi. If you can’t, please share her post so someone who can will see her.

#AdoptTazzie #MauMauAbuDhabi #AbuDhabiCats #RescueCat #AdoptDontShop

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Tom and Elsie, just hanging out together and waiting for the one thing they both really need — a home. 🐾❤️

They’re safe, cared for and loved, but they deserve more than life outside. They deserve sofas, sunny windows, toys, cuddles and a family of their own.

Tom is our clever, slightly wobbly boy with a huge personality, and Elsie is still just a baby with her whole life ahead of her.

Could there be room in your home for one of them — or perhaps even both? 🏡

📍 Abu Dhabi — homes further afield considered.

#MauMauAbuDhabi #AdoptDontShop #AbuDhabiCats #RescueCats #CatsForAdoption

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Elsie is dreaming of home… 🐾

Maybe it has a window with a view.
Maybe it is cosy, with snow falling outside.
Maybe there are children or other pets to play with.
Or perhaps there are even kangaroos hopping nearby.

She doesn’t know where her family will be—only that she hopes they are out there somewhere.

Could Elsie find her place in your family? ❤️#maumauabudhabi #arabianmau #adoptdontshopuae

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From a rough start to a real chance at love. ❤️

These rescue cats, aged 4 months to 3 years, are looking for homes in Abu Dhabi and beyond. They have had a hard start in life, but they’ve received the medical and dental treatment they needed and are now ready for safe, loving homes.

They are friendly, tame, neutered, vaccinated and litter trained — and each one deserves a family of their own.

Please DM @MauMauAbuDhabi if you are interested, or share this post to help them find their people. #MauMauAbuDhabi #AdoptDontShop #RescueCats #CatAdoption #AbuDhabiCats

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Poor Elsie is still living on a busy downtown Abu Dhabi street.

She has an injury to her tail, and because it is such a difficult area to heal, life on the street makes recovery much harder. We can support her with food, care and veterinary help, but as long as she remains outside, she is still at risk.

Elsie is affectionate, playful and loves attention. She does not belong on the street — she belongs in a safe home with someone to love her, play with her and let her heal properly.

We already have 3 rescue cats and cannot take in another, so Elsie really does need someone to choose her.

If you can offer Elsie a loving permanent home, please DM @maumauabudhabi.

#AdoptElsie #AbuDhabiCats #RescueCat #CatAdoptionUAE #ForeverHomeNeeded

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