Category: Me
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I Was About To Meet Anne Innis Dagg
I was scheduled to meet the world’s first giraffologist on Monday during her trip to Hong Kong. I have been preparing for welcoming this pioneering zoologist from Canada. But now, this meeting will never be possible. R.I.P. Dr. Anne Innis Dagg (1933-2024) My deepest condolences to the family and the Anne Innis Dagg (AID) Giraffe…
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I Was Holding a Lizard No One Knew Was Deadly
I was handling a lizard no one knew was deadly, until just now. Gila Monsters are venomous. It’s been known from day one, since 1890. This is probably the first lizard species ever known to be venomous, over 120 years before we learned that Komodo Dragons are venomous. Gila monster bites are painful but have…
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Wildlife Education at Nature Discovery Park of K11 Musea
Glad to be invited by K11 MUSEA again! Sharing my wildlife experience and thoughts on animals is the best thing I can do in the city. Doing so at Nature Discovery Park, Hong Kong’s first urban biodiversity museum and sustainability-themed education park, means even more. This time I was with Freddie the Argentine black and…
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Talking About Wildlife Education On The News
I brought the journalists to a school where I presented animals at.
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Wandering The Avenue of The Baobabs, Madagascar
The video includes baobab trees, Pachypodium, other succulent plants, friendly Malagasy people, and spectacular scenery of beautiful scenic roads shot in rural Madagascar during one of my many field trips to The Great Red Island. Locations: The Avenue of the Baobabs, Marofototra, Morondava, Isalo, Madagascar, Africa Music: Toni Kingston – October Passed Me By –…
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What Animals Can Sing Besides Birds?
What Animals Can Sing Besides Birds? Although some birds don’t sing, such as vultures, storks, cedar waxwing, and the females of many species, birds are the best singers in the animal kingdom. Other than birds, many animals can sing. Mammals that can sing include whales, mice, Mexican free-tailed bats, and antelope squirrels. Cold-blooded animals that…
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Watch Me Catch A Lizard On Live TV
I was invited again to go live on TV for RTHK 31 All Being Well with Alyson Hau and Ben Cullen. I’m happy to be the first ever guest they have invited twice. So I gave them something special – a flying catch in front of the camera! My Blue tree monitor knows exactly when…
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On Live TV Show With My Chameleon And Snake
I was invited to go live on TV for RTHK 31 All Being Well with Alyson Hau and Ben Cullen. The entire team and the production are so professional. There’s no script and I didn’t have much prepared in advance. That’s fun! They learned about animals. I learned how a live TV show is produced…
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Why I Ain’t Black But Have Dreadlocks | Kids Asked Me Hard Questions About Animals And My HAIR!
Questions for me from students of FabSummer School: 00:46 How old are you? 01:29 What type of animals are spiders? 02:19 What does nocturnal mean? 03:09 Why you don’t afraid of animals? 05:52 What animals do you like the most? 06:59 Can Axolotls actually regenerate their bodies? 08:25 How do pets eat Mr. Toni? 09:55…
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Blue Tree Monitor Is My Childhood Dream Lizard
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Toni Kingston (@kingstoninthewild) Good-looking ones have no personality(?) I said this was my childhood dream lizard. And, I also said blue is the rarest color in animals. But no, this lizard didn’t hold a special place in my heart only by its looks. Eye candies ain’t…
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Color Is The New Forbidden Fruit
From yellow vs blue in Hong Kong to black vs white in the States. A world like now everything is politics, things pure as colors have become risky words, is keeping people to think less, speak less, and act less.
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How Could Black Lives Not Matter?
Africa was the birth-place of Homo sapiens. Diamond, sugar, salt, gold, iron, cobalt, uranium, copper, bauxite, silver, petroleum and cocoa beans, coffee – All happiness in life is from Africa!
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Wild Ploughshare Tortoise Is The Rarest Species I’ve Ever Found
Today is Endangered Species Day. (瀕危物種日) The rarest animal I’ve ever found was the Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis). Only around 20 of them are in the wild. But that’s a subspecies of leopards. In terms of a full species, this is the rarest one in my experience. Let me introduce the most endangered species…
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What Sort Of Naturalist Am I?
naturalist/ˈnatʃ(ə)rəlɪst/noun1. an expert in or student of natural history. especially: a field biologist2. a person who practises naturalism in art or literature. 1. Yes, I studied the natural history of animals2. Umm.. depends Already too much compromise living in a society where getting your own body naked outside is a misbehavior. Born naked. Gone naked.…
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Big Cats Roaming Freely In The Wild May Not Always Be The Lucky Ones
Everyone is talking about “Tiger King”. Now you probably have an idea how big cats like lions and tigers are kept in captivity. You may think that they could have a better life if they were in their natural habitats. I have spent a lot of time in Africa, and I did not always see…
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The Most Misunderstood Hairstyle
They say dreadlocks are ghetto. They say guys with long hair and beard are homeless. They say reptiles are lowlifes. They call others lower to make themselves sound like upper. They keep mocking and laughing at you until you show them how bright you’re shining. Matter of fact, I couldn’t even care less. Didn’t even…
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A Full Newspaper Page Of Me Today