Crystal

They don't always, but yes they can. It's purely instinct. They feel something in their web so they eat it. The male has to be very careful when going in to mate a female. He has to be very slow so that his vibrations don't make her react to him like food. She's very pretty though, i found her in the corner in my bathroom

Welcome to the MFC!!!!

Yes, we are responsible for their deaths, we should be responsible for their lives. That's why I'm involved in the Recreation/Fish/Wildlife program. I wish to speak for those who have no words to speak for themselves.

I try very hard not to be too political on these kind of places, they can quickly whip up into a lather that you really don't want. I don't like making people upset about stuff...so I try to keep those opinions to where it matters, like in my wildlife class

I'm not really so sad being in the middle. It means I'm surrounded Hopefully like meat in a sandwich LOL

Wow!!! That would be tough to eat! LOL Its grainy like sand is inside the flesh of the plant, would feel VERY weird on the teeth!

Yes!! I wonder if they ever tried moving those kinds of chips further away from the door and if he still kept nicking the same ones? Or was it just the placement of the rack by the door so easy to pick from?

My children are the 4 legged kind! Actually, I guess right now my child is an 8 legged one.... Ok...everyone..don't scream...but I have a Black Widow Spider for a pet She lives in a big jar in my room and I feed her bugs She's amazing really!

Darnit! I wish I knew about that before!!!

THANK YOU!!!! Only took me a month and a half to get to 1000 Oh my dad sent me the story on that seagull awhile back, and it still makes me laugh every time I see it. Him walking so nonchalantly into the store, grabbing the chips and rushing out! Until today though, I never saw the end part where he put them down and started eating LOL Just the part where he walked in and nicked them LOL

I don't know! I've never even heard of them before, I guess they're a japanese thing. They have alot of interesting foods over there We have some japanese exchange students here in the dorms, and it's always neat when they get packages from home

Oohhhh baby....are you already married? LOL I'm totally with you there hon. I could go on for hours LOL *hugs*

What's the lustrum thread? I don't know about that one??

Yep, I love the internet. I can usually confirm or deny or clarify something within moments, thanks to Google!! Yea pretty neat, another story said that the coyote was only about a year and a half old, so not long from it's mother, and probably didn't know how to care for itself properly. They said that it was healthy, probably was just hot and felt the cooler air coming through the open door and thought...hmm....coooooooool. POST NUMBER 1000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wendi i'm sure you've heard about the thieving seagull from Scotland, right? http://www.metacafe.com/watch/751968/shop_lifting_seagull/

AND NOW ONLY 1!!!!!!!

They are a small plant, grow in the wet soils, but I don't think they would taste very good!!!! The First Nations native indians used it to scrub dishes with. It's quite coarse grained, and I don't think you really want to eat it LOL As the plant dries, silica crystals that form in the stems and branches give the plant a scratching effect, thus accounting for its historic use in polishing metal, particularly pewter. According to the University of Maryland Medical Center; "Today, horsetail continues to have medicinal value. The plant's stems are rich in silica and silicic acids, which help mend broken bones and form collagen, an important protein found in connective tissue, skin, bone, cartilage, and ligaments. Therefore, horsetail is used as a supplement to treat and prevent osteoporosis."

here's the link to the story if you're interested http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17950832/

I can kill wasps or ticks or mosquitos without compunction. They're out for my blood and THEY CAN'T HAVE IT, so it's them or me. Most insects I do not kill though. I remove them from the house and put them outside. I'm the bug remover for the college residence here. If they have a bug, they come get me and I take it out LOL. But those big showy animals, I don't think I could. If I was really hungry and had to feed myself or my family, I could shoot a deer or an elk, but I couldn't do it unless it was for food. I can go fishing, but I know I will be eating the fish, so I can do it. I just can't kill unjustified. Not just because something is somewhere it's not supposed to be. yeah totally. We have cougars here, and sometimes they have to shoot them because they're a problem. I couldn't do it.

They look like this when they are green though That photo you took some of them look very dry and wilted

We definately have those plants here in BC. They are called "Equisetum arvense" in latin They made us learn that one in my forest ecology class in first year They used to be the size of trees back in the days of the dinosaurs. I hope she is ok too...maybe it's just a long time to Scotland from Canada!

these kind of things just prove to me that humans are taking up too much room. There is so much urbanization that we are squeezing out the habitat of the animals who have lived here for thousands of years before us. It's so unfair that we are so conceited. Oh I could start a real rant about this..but I think perhaps this is not the proper venue for such a rant LOL I have a thing about humans LOL

LMAO I totally agree with you! TOO MUCH!!!

Yeah we did that at highschool too man, that was soooooooooo long ago. This was way different than anything I did at highschool. These are all animals that had to be put down by the Conservation Officers for one reason or another. The bear we did was just a little bear, like...still a cub It's mother had been killed and it was eating garbage and wouldn't stay away after being relocated...so they were forced to shoot it But we have a really bad black bear problem here, there are so many of them that it's not financially viable to relocate. Poor little bears. I've learned so much from this course, I'll never look at wildlife the same again. I don't think I could be a conservation officer, I don't think I could kill the problem animals when it needed to happen. I'm a softie. I'd rather study them than kill them.

I haven't seen Wolfs_cry in days and days and days....I wonder if my little package arrived yet? It's been...16 days! *sniff sniff*

I think it will go wonderfully It's my Fish Management exam, which I love, so I'm sure I'll do great Tomorrow is my Wildlife Management exam, which I am excited about. My worst test was yesterday, so I'm glad it's over with and I hope I passed I'm hoping to get a job in fish management this year. I'd love to have a job mucking about in streams for the summer! ooh I love naps I'm sitting here in my room, just woke up, listening to a CD that a friend of mine gave me of songs he wants me to learn so we can sing together