Gooofy about Groundhogs!
By Kristi Butler Are you goofy about groundhogs?? Check out this great info and you’re sure to be! They are so cool! Groundhogs are marmots and are members of the rodent family. People (like me!) who love groundhogs are called marmotophiles. People who study about groundhogs are referred to as marmotologists or marmoteers. What’s a whistle pig? Groundhogs have other names…woodchuck and whistle pig. They are called whistle pigs because of the shrill whistle they sound to warn their friends of danger. That whistle is not the only way that God gave groundhogs to protect themselves from predators. They have a strong sense of smell. They can smell if any predators have been near their burrow. Groundhogs have a potty room? Groundhogs are very alert and can peek...
Read MoreAngora Rabbits
by Renee McCausey The Angora rabbit breed originated in Turkey and is bred for its silky warm fiber. There are five types of Angoras: English, French, Satin, Giant and German. The smallest is the English and averages five pounds. The Giants can grow to the size of a small dog, about nine pounds. Angoras are well behaved and very docile, making them wonderful pets. They are known as “urban sheep” because many people raise them in big cities in homes. Angora fiber is one of the softest and warmest in the world! It is seven times warmer than wool and is used to make winter clothes like socks, hats and mittens. A common fallacy is that the Angora must be killed to harvest the fiber. Obtaining the fur is as easy as plucking or combing the bunny. Shearing is...
Read MoreA Winter Wonder Anti-freeze Jumper
What living being thrives on the snow, has anti-freeze-like abilities, and a spring-loaded jumping system? A snow hare gone mad? A white-tailed deer dodging some crazy driver? No – it’s a fascinating creature God made called the snow flea. Actually, snow fleas aren’t fleas at all. They are tiny like a flea (1/16th of an inch long), but they are harmless and do not fly. Rather they jump around, like Mexican jumping beans. These curious critters are springtails, in the class Collembola. Another name for them is springtail. They live year-round but are more visible in the snow. Wondering how they hop around? Believe it or not, they have a very unique catapult system! That’s right, a catapult system. Basically, two “tails”...
Read MorePepper Jasmine: Goat At Work
by Jean Ann Williams And God said, “Let the earth bring forth living creatures according to their kinds—livestock and creeping things and beasts of the earth according to their kinds.” And it was so. —Genesis 2:24 (ESV) Nana, the owner of a six-month-old goat named Pepper Jasmine, cleans the dirty straw from her pet’s living quarters once a week. Nana uses a pitchfork to toss the old straw into a wagon. Pepper Jasmine leaps into the wagon to watch the pile of straw grow into a mound inside the wagon. Nana moves the wagon a few steps. After the wagon stops, Pepper Jasmine rears up on her back legs and lifts her front hooves high onto the barn wall. It makes a clacking sound. Then Pepper Jasmine helps Nana find all the cobwebs that need to be...
Read MoreThe Biggest Giant in the World
General Sherman weighs as much as 198 elephants and is as tall as a 28-story building. This giant isn’t a person. It’s the biggest tree in the world. It contains more wood than any other tree on earth — enough to build 40 five-room houses. Suppose you cut the tree into boards one-inch thick and one-foot wide—if you laid those boards end to end, the line would stretch 125 miles. The base of the tree is so wide that twenty middle school children would have to join hands to reach around it. General Sherman is a giant sequoia, a redwood that grows on the slopes of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California. Even though this rare giant is about 2,500 years old, it is still growing. This tree’s growth equals a fifty-foot tree with a trunk one...
Read MoreWhat Do You Know About The…
Giant Panda? Stay tuned to find out everything you need to know about this black and white bear—the Giant Panda. A Giant Panda is very shy and big. It is found in only one country in the world – China. Do you like playing at the beach? The Giant Panda doesn’t. In fact, the Giant Panda prefers the cold and lives in the mountains of China, where the temperature can be as low as 19 degrees. Did your mother hold you a lot when you were a baby? So does the Giant Panda. For the first three weeks, a Giant Panda mommy holds her baby with her forepaws. Giant Pandas eat mostly bamboo. Sometimes they eat small rodents, especially mice, reptiles, lizards, and insects. They even eat cockroaches. Did you know that Giant Pandas are fully grown by the time they...
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