Alex Cooper
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Humour writer, self-published author, amateur wildlife photographer, and red panda enthusiast.
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Orcinus
“No way! A great white would destroy a killer whale!” “It’s just a dumb fish.” “You’re a dumb fish.” Jake didn’t know whether to smile or roll his eyes. After a long wait at Oslo Airport, he’d found himself seated across from two boys for the flight into Tromsø. They seemed intent on comparing animals’ fighting abilities.
By Alex Cooper4 years ago in Fiction
The Roundest Birds I've Ever Seen. Top Story - November 2021.
The bearded tit has a silly name. But that’s okay, because it is a silly bird. This name is both titter-inducing and inaccurate — the species is technically called a ‘bearded reedling’ and is not in the tit family at all. Yet, British bird enthusiasts are a stubborn — and easily amused — bunch, so the colloquial ‘bearded tit’ has stuck.
By Alex Cooper4 years ago in Earth
Just Another Chosen One Could Be the Farm Boy Prophecy Foretold
Zebedee al Gondo gazed out of his window at the towering peaks of the Sonduz mountains in the distance. From his lofty vantage point in the Tower of Alacarth, the magical city of Unrular shimmered below him.
By Alex Cooper4 years ago in Fiction
