In the popular TV series “The Walking Dead” humans hide from zombies by covering themselves in zombie guts to mask their healthy scent. The California ground squirrel (Otospermophilus beecheyi) uses a similar tactic to hide from one of its major predators, the rattlesnake, which relies heavily on smell to track down its prey.
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I mowed the lawn today, and after doing so I sat down and had a cold beer. The day was really quite beautiful, and the drink facilitated some deep thinking. My wife walked by and asked me what I was doing, and I said, “Nothing.” The reason I said “nothing” instead of saying “just thinking”
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Author Unknown The pickle jar as far back as I can remember sat on the floor beside the dresser in my parents’ bedroom. When he got ready for bed, Dad would empty his pockets and toss his coins into the jar. As a small boy, I was always fascinated at the sounds the coins made
Nearly all these structures and many of the people in view would be lost to one of the deadliest natural disasters in the history of America, only four days after filming. Historian David Kiehn was unable to find any historical reports of the filming in archives, so he revisited the footage and noticed some interesting
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