Archive for April 25th, 2006
Quotations about Insects
Tuesday, April 25th, 2006If you want to live and thrive, let the spider run alive. ~American Quaker Saying Nothing seems to please a fly so much as to be taken for a currant; and if it can be baked in a cake and palmed off on the unwary, it dies happy. ~Mark Twain We hope that, when the [...]
The Wisdom of the Porcupine
Tuesday, April 25th, 2006During the Glacial Age, many animals died of cold. The porcupine, noticing this situation, agreed to live in groups; this way they gave warmth and protection to each other. But the thorns hurt the closest neighbors, just those that gave them warmth. And because of that, they separated from each other. But they felt cold [...]
