‘Peacock Mantis Shrimp’ photo by Dan Schofield is licensed under CC BY 4.0. The Peacock Mantis Shrimp is beautiful! (See photo above). But beware, their nick name is ‘thumb splitter’ because they have two club like appendages on the front of their body called ‘dactyl clubs’ they use to punch their prey. If mishandled, they will punch youContinue reading “ALI!”
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PRAIRIE DOG!
‘Prairie Dog’ photo by Arnaud Steckle on Unsplash. He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. Psalm 40:2. Prairie dogs live in underground burrows 16-35 feet long and 6-10 feet deep. There can be upContinue reading “PRAIRIE DOG!”
THE MILD-MANNERED HONEY BADGER!
Honey Badger by Arno Meinties Wildlife is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Well, not really…Honey badgers are fearless, fierce, feisty little mammals about the size of a small or medium dog. They are very fond of honey-bee larvae and been known to dive head-first into a beehive tolerating hundreds of stings from the angry bees. Hence theirContinue reading “THE MILD-MANNERED HONEY BADGER!”
YOUR FRIEND, THE BAT!
‘Fruit Eating Bat’ photo is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 4.0 International.Bats have been nicknamed ‘The heroes of the night!’ They offer us nighttime pest control and take the nightshift as pollinators! Every night, bats eat their body weight in insects! That’s thousands of bugs which help protect our forests and farmer’s crops from pests. I’ll bet youContinue reading “YOUR FRIEND, THE BAT!”
THE ANT!
Ant photo by Peter F. Wolf on Unsplash. Did you ever follow an ant? These little buggers travel far and wide in search of food! They store the food during the spring and summer so that their colony ‘family’ will have enough to survive the winter months. They live together in harmony, each little ant doing what it isContinue reading “THE ANT!”
NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR!
‘Social Weaver Bird Colony Nest’ photo by Axel Tschentscher, is licensed under CC BY 2.0. The ‘Book of Nature’ has many inspiring examples of critters living in proximity to each other for protection, care and nurturing of one another and breeding. In fact, as I think about it, most animals, birds, insects and fish live inContinue reading “NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR!”
