"Give everything a place. Make it make sense. Life is a crapshoot. Stay calm and organized in the face of it.""Go for a walk in the woods. Think about raccoons and bears and foxes who live and die there. They aren't the least bit worried about life's diving board, and after a...
One of the biggest lessons I’ve learned this year is that I can do hard things. For a long time, because of the instability of how I grew up—or perhaps being at the mercy of economics—I sought comfort. Many of us do, and there’s nothing wrong with that. But I’ve realized I...
What are cicadas and what harm can they do? Canva Cicadasare a family of insects calledmagicidas. The damage they cause is very little. Cicadas don't harm people or pets. They can harm young trees as they climb up limbs and lay eggs. Twig die-off could result from cicada egg laying....
Oh. I forgot about the skunks and raccoons, and rats and mice (there are no rats and mice but the fear of them is there). And the crows, hawks, and rabbits. The rabbits were late in coming this year and I was secretly hoping they had disappeared forever from this planet earth. Then...
Because of the influence of behaviorism, psychologists' understanding of learning started with studies of rats, cats, pigeons, and even raccoons. A century of research on learning in animals and in humans suggests that many of the principles generated initially in research on animals also apply to...
What part of the Country do you live in with all these friendly animal friends? 0 Reply Gina 3 years ago I love interacting with my neighborhood stray cats, silly raccoons looking like burglars, catching loose dogs, and my deer scaring the crap outta me all spring, summer, and fall....
Terrestrial and aquatic food webs are also intertwined, providing nutrients to the other's organisms. A change in the size of one population affects subsequent populations, in both habitats. Aquatic consumers are also eaten by terrestrial animals such as bears, raccoons, birds and humans. Aquatic ...
I thought that all animals that hibernate do so by themselves, but its not true. Raccoons, snakes, squirrels and mice cuddle together in sometimes hundreds to stay warm during the cold hibernation season. For some of these animals, hibernation and mating is the only time they actually get tog...
Dogs are responsible for the majority of infections globally, but in countries that vaccinate pets against the virus, or that are generally rabies-free, wild animals like raccoons, bats and foxes tend to be the source of infection. Animals with rabies tend to act strangely or confused, may ...
do this, the third night I usually am still rather tired but manage to have a relatively normal night's sleep. Then I'm careful for the next three or four days to get a normal night's sleep, and not to overdo it. For me, after that one week of being careful, I am usually back...