Nature’s Alarm Clock

Before alarm clocks jolted us awake to an abrupt start of our day, roosters let us know the day had begun.

It isn’t the light that triggers their crowing.

It doesn’t matter if the day is overcast.

They have internal clocks that let them know the day has begun.

chicken-alarm-clock

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Horse Chow

It’s chow time.

You may think you enjoy roughage, but as horses, we exist on it.

If we have access to thick and lush grass, we don’t need hay or grain.

Without a place to graze, we need at least a quarter of a bale of hay a day. 

horse-chow

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Stuck in the Mud

What does it mean to be “stuck in the mud”?

It is the inability to complete a task either because you don’t understand how to do it or lack the will to do it.

Can being stuck in the mud be a good thing? 

tortoise-stuck-inthe-mud

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Poison Dart Frog

Some Amerindian tribes use this frog’s secretions to poison their darts.

Interestingly, when held in captivity, the frogs are not poisonous.

Scientists think this is because the frogs must eat specific insects to create the poison.

Outside of their natural habitat, those insects are not generally available.

I’m still not sure, I want this frog for a pet. 

frog-poison-dart

Lion-Tailed Macaque

In German, the Lion-Tailed Macaque’s name is Bartaffe.

That means beard ape.

To me, the German word is more descriptive of what I see.

Doesn’t that silver-white mane look like a big beard? 

monkey-macaque

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Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock

Sam Kass invented the game Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock. Here’s how it goes.

Scissors cuts paper, 

paper covers rock, 

rock crushes lizard, 

lizard poisons Spock, 

Spock smashes scissors, 

scissors decapitates lizard, 

lizard eats paper, 

paper disproves Spock, 

Spock vaporizes rock, 

and as it always has, rock crushes scissors. 

I think Sam should have asked for my opinion before including me.

I don’t mind eating paper or poisoning Spock, but I’m NOT fond of the idea of a rock crushing me or scissors decapitating me. 

lizard-rock-paper-scissors-Spock