You don't have to tell me about how fast turtles can move! I came back from the Okefenokee with dozens of photos of where turtles had been two picoseconds before.
Why were the herons in pontoon boats and kayaks? I hear they're pretty decent at floating without them.
I always thought that the scientific name for the cockroach was La Cucaracha. Or is that the Little Spanish Flea I'm thinking of?
Yeah, evening primrose oil, they sell it in capsules and liquid form in the witch doctor shop near me. Not sure what it's supposed to do but I'm pretty sure my Mum buys it, so probably nothing.
Be careful with that turtle, they tend to travel in groups of four and carry some pretty decent weapons.
And yes, potatoes and tomatoes are both in the nightshade family, and the leaves of both will make you ill if you eat them.
Generally in the USA you don't hear them referred to as terrapins. If it lives in the water it is usually called a turtle and if not a tortoise. It's not really a formal scientific distinction... there are aquatic turtles who are more closely related to desert-living tortoises than to other aquatic turtles.
The stabbing beak that assassin bugs have is because they are members of the "true bug" family, Hemiptera, which are the only insects that a proper scientist will call a bug. Assassin bugs, stink bugs, and their relatives all have stabbing mouthparts, and what they stab with them depends upon what they like to eat. Even some of the plant-eating ones can give you a nasty jab. Aphids and leaf hoppers and shield bugs are all "true" bugs and so are the big water bugs that can give such a vicious bite.
There is concern in North America about the decline of wild and domestic bees... scientists aren't sure if it is because of pesticides, a parasite, or some combination of things, but colonies are having trouble surviving. So there is quite a bit of interest among those who keep beehives in making sure their bees can make as much honey as possible.
The two adults pairs of ospreys that raise a family every year are in their usual nests. I suspect the ones I've seen in unexpected places are younger ones who haven't established a nest and a home territory yet, possibly the children of one of my familiar families.
Oh bees! Unfortunately this unhappy situation is the same in Europe. Something is wrong. And the consequences of losing the bees would be terrible. There is a low awareness about the importnce of bees among people and this should be changed, people mostly think of bees like of producers of honey only... And what is terrible, there were several fires when an evil man set fire in the beehives and all got burned down - I would shoot such a monster on the spot! His punishment was ridiculous. And he did it from hatred against the owner... Sometimes I wonder...what is going on with us?
I see turtles but they're usually off their rocks or logs and into the water before I even get near them. This one was in the middle of the road when I saw it and I still had to jog to catch it before it got away!
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Lovely to see you getting out and about again.
You don't have to tell me about how fast turtles can move! I came back from the Okefenokee with dozens of photos of where turtles had been two picoseconds before.
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I always thought that the scientific name for the cockroach was La Cucaracha. Or is that the Little Spanish Flea I'm thinking of?
Yeah, evening primrose oil, they sell it in capsules and liquid form in the witch doctor shop near me. Not sure what it's supposed to do but I'm pretty sure my Mum buys it, so probably nothing.
Be careful with that turtle, they tend to travel in groups of four and carry some pretty decent weapons.
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That is clearly the SPANISH scientific name for the cockroach, according to Looney Tunes.
I will make sure that if I run into a turtle is is not carrying any obscure Japanese weaponry.
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And yes, potatoes and tomatoes are both in the nightshade family, and the leaves of both will make you ill if you eat them.
Generally in the USA you don't hear them referred to as terrapins. If it lives in the water it is usually called a turtle and if not a tortoise. It's not really a formal scientific distinction... there are aquatic turtles who are more closely related to desert-living tortoises than to other aquatic turtles.
The stabbing beak that assassin bugs have is because they are members of the "true bug" family, Hemiptera, which are the only insects that a proper scientist will call a bug. Assassin bugs, stink bugs, and their relatives all have stabbing mouthparts, and what they stab with them depends upon what they like to eat. Even some of the plant-eating ones can give you a nasty jab. Aphids and leaf hoppers and shield bugs are all "true" bugs and so are the big water bugs that can give such a vicious bite.
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The two adults pairs of ospreys that raise a family every year are in their usual nests. I suspect the ones I've seen in unexpected places are younger ones who haven't established a nest and a home territory yet, possibly the children of one of my familiar families.
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There is a low awareness about the importnce of bees among people and this should be changed, people mostly think of bees like of producers of honey only...
And what is terrible, there were several fires when an evil man set fire in the beehives and all got burned down - I would shoot such a monster on the spot! His punishment was ridiculous. And he did it from hatred against the owner...
Sometimes I wonder...what is going on with us?
And so I am so happy to have you, dear!
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