The mine is sandblasting their cantilevers - the big cranes that overhang the ocean, used to load the phosphate ships - where many new Noddy parents are raising their young. They decided to save some of the youngsters, and we're new adoptive parents of a bundle of fluff. We take one home in a cardboard box with a pile of bait fish, and after a day or so of hand-feeding she's able to get the fish into her mouth herself. Somehow the name "Horatio" became official, with "Ho-Ho" for short. Watching her walk around on the webbed feet is a hoot, and she's soon waddling over to lay by our feet or play with our toes.
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