Shrews Like Popcorn?

Shrews are classified as insectivores, which implies they eat mostly insects, arthropods, and invertebrates like snails and earthworms. Some species of shrews apparently eat mice and small birds, and one of our nature manuals says they also eat “some plant matter and fungi”occasionally.

Okay. So . . . what’s with the popcorn? Continue reading →

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Living With Spiders

I have friends who hate me for saying this, but naturalists tell us that no human being is ever more than three feet away from a spider. Here on the homestead, I’d say that distance is probably closer to one foot! Continue reading →

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