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Welcome to a world of limitless possibilities, where the journey is as exhilarating as the destination, and where every moment is an opportunity to make your mark on the canvas of existence. The only limit is the extent of your imagination.
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Cecotropes
Bonus Fun Fact: Do you take one-a-day vitamins? Rabbits do the same thing by eating their own poop. Once a day, usually in the morning, rabbits will let loose a special dropping, called a cecotrope, that contains high levels of nutrients and vitamins. These special poos are eaten later, so the goodies they contain can…
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Hairy friends in the desert
I was on vacation to the high desert of southwest Utah last week, and I have brought desert-inspired bonus fun facts back with me. Bonus Fun Fact: To many, tarantulas are big, hairy, scary beasts. Well, they’re kind of big, and certainly hairy, but not really scary. Actually, their bites are only about as painful…
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Mmm… salty
Bonus Fun Fact: Sea otters regularly drink saltwater from the ocean. For most animals, this would be lethal, as drinking saltwater will cause you to lose more water than you consume, leading to all sorts of problems which eventually end in you no longer being alive. Sea otters don’t have this problem, as their kidneys…
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Tastes like chicken
Bonus Fun Fact: Alligator really does taste like chicken. Well, I would say the flavor is a blend of chicken and pork, and the texture is very chicken-like as well. On my afternoon off last Friday, I had the opportunity to stop by an alligator cookout and sample some. Sometimes the rumors are true —…
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Paperwork woes
Bonus (not so) fun fact: I’ve spent the last week and a half churning out oodles of paperwork in the name of conservation (the irony isn’t lost on me). According to Waste Management, the average person in the U.S. uses about 650 pounds of paper per year. That not only includes your photocopies at the…
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Lost bones
Bonus Fun Fact: Fresh off the factory floor, the human body has 270 bones at birth. As humans age, some of these bones fuse together, leaving only 206 individual bones by adulthood.
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Jason E. Andersen 