A Live Target to Kill
Gunners must have a live target to kill; fishermen an active fish to catch. There may be some modified mayhem in football and ice hockey, but killing is not the main object. This difference sets hunting and fishing apart; places upon their practitioners a responsibility of restraint too often not recognized.
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The Big “Bug-Kill”
Toward the end of the summer of 1945 it was announced that the salvage situation “was in hand,” and the bulk of the “bug-kill” could be recovered and put to use at the pulp mills. Meantime, there was the problem of stopping the epidemic. Early in 1945, foresters and entomologists met in Portland to draw up plans for a cooperative insect control program under which united action could be taken against the looper as well as any other destructive forest insect.
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Such Small Translucent Organisms
Polyodon expert David Thompson, together with Charles N. Planthaber and Carl O. Mohr, on the morning of May 14, 1932, hauled their twenty-foot minnow seine through a section of the Mississippi River at a point two miles below the town of Grand Tower. They were at first keenly disappointed at their meager catch. But they noticed a number of tiny pale and translucent organisms, so small that many of them fell through the one-sixth inch mesh of the seine.
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To Do Or Not to Do
During the practice of ‘anting’, one observer saw a Peking robin rub an ant on the primary five times before eating it, and several times noticed a bird use the same ant on the primaries of both wings. There seemed to be no fundamental differences in the specific actions of families, species, or individuals, the only variation being in position. This seemed to be determined by the extent to which the tail was drawn forward.
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Hundreds of Dancing Birds
In the world of ornithology, it is thought that the bird in an act of ‘anting’ uses the formic acid of the ant to drive away ecto-parasites, or that it swallows the formic acid to kill internal parasites. Some have suggested that the object is to dress the feathers. So far as some observations go, not one of these theories will “hold water.
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The Peculiar Act of Anting
“ANTING? What do you mean by ‘anting’? I never heard of it before.” This is the reaction of most bird lovers when this most spectacular, peculiar, and least understood item of bird behavior is mentioned
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The Skill of the Bushman
On foot it takes all the skill of a bushman to get within rifle range of the bird. Less successful in the face of persecution, mainly shooting it for fur, is the harmless and unique little koala. Feeding only on certain species of eucalyptus, it was easily shot by hunters for the few cents brought by the skin.
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Aussie Birds & Crossword Puzzles
There are many smaller lizards, and the native reptiles include several species of pythons, which, although they grow to a length of twenty feet or more, are not classed as dangerous. The giant brown snake is the largest venomous snake in Australia, growing to ten feet.
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Aussie Birds & Crossword Puzzles
There are many smaller lizards, and the native reptiles include several species of pythons, which, although they grow to a length of twenty feet or more, are not classed as dangerous. The giant brown snake is the largest venomous snake in Australia, growing to ten feet.
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Important Foods to Take on Hiking Trips
When you start packing for a hiking trip you should always consider what food you should take with you. You will need energy on long hikes and if you happen to get lost its important to have foods that will keep you going for a long period of time. High protein and hydrating foods are most important. Let’s look at a list of some important foods you should pack when preparing for a hiking trip.
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