And, my readers, since it's that time of year, I present to you a short list of six traditionally creepy creatures...and something I bet you didn't know about each one.
1. Crows and Ravens
Crows, Ravens, and other Corvids are the smartest birds on earth. Crows have been observed bending pieces of metal into fish hooks and fishing with them. They've also been seen placing hard-to-crack nuts in busy intersections during red lights and returning at the next red light to snatch up the nut after it's been run over by a car.
2. Spiders
If a spider is trapped without access to food, it can survive indefinitely, and even grow, by eating it's own silk, which is made up primarily of protein.
3. Rats
Rats are excellent mothers. You can leave the young of another rat, mouse, or almost any type of rodent with a recently pregnant rat and she'll clean, nurse, and defend them like her own.
4. Bats
Bats may be the reason your favorite vacation spot is so popular. Back before vaccinations and Deep Woods Off!, people living in the Southern United States would travel northward during the summer to escape the swarms of mosquitoes that thrived in the humidity. Without realizing it, they often went to places with very high bat populations, which kept mosquitoes under control.
5. Snakes
The venom of the Copperhead snake is currently being researched for its cancer-fighting properties; used and prepared correctly, it attacks cancerous cells while leaving the surrounding tissue unharmed.
6. Wolves
The hierarchy of a wolf pack is more sophisticated than some forms of human government.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
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Hmmm, I never would have put wolves in the creepy department. However, I DEFINITELY could have lived without knowing spiders are basically immortal...thank you Lacy, I will now be spraying the house weekly. I already ignore all the FDA regulations about spraying, what's a little more!!!
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