The name ‘elephant’ comes from a Greek word meaning ‘ivory.’ This animal, the largest of all land creatures, lives up to 70 years or longer. The parents must wait 22 months for the birth of their baby but it weighs in at 260 pounds! Eventually, the calf will reach an average of six tons and …
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Mutualism
Symbiosis, or mutualism, is a common phenomenon in nature. Simply stated, it means that two living creatures help each other to the benefit of both. A parasite benefits to the detriment of its prey. But in mutualism, both the giver and receiver are helped. Here is an example: when ticks bore into the hide of …
The Wonder of Language
Porpoises Converse Better Than People? Of all God’s creation, only people can truly converse. Several years go some scientists purported the idea that porpoises had a more complex language than humans do. If they are so smart, why are they the ones jumping through hoops for a free fish held by a person? The truth …
The Tree Cricket
The sounds of crickets chirping as you lie in a tent camping is soothing and restful, a genuine outdoor sound. But when the sound is in the house, that’s a different story! Their persistent chirping is only interrupted by the presence of danger like you holding a fly-swatter trying to figure out where the sound …
The Beaver
Several years ago I worked at a wilderness camp for the summer. Some beavers kept flooding one area of land and toppling nearby trees, so I voted myself into a committee of one to get rid of the problem. With mattocks in hand, I marched to their dam, and, with great effort, hack a hole …