One of the things I always wanted to see as a kid combing the beach for seashells was a real live starfish, but I don’t remember ever seeing one during my forays. It turns out that they were there and I was just missing out on their secret – they come out at dawn. I…
I’ve always been interested in science. Watching television and reading books about discoveries and advances in science continuously fascinated me. And as a young boy, the first thing I wanted to be when I grew up was a scientist. I cannot remember the first time I came across an ant in my life. What I…
Ah, summer doth ariveth! And you know what that means, don’t you? Well, apart from a shaving the hair off Baldy, he was in dire need of a pedicure and some serious shampooing. So, I called the Pet Groomers for an appointment at home. Surprisingly, their calendar was so full, I had to wait two…
With the onset of the rainy season, the searing temperatures of summer have finally started to come down. Unfortunately, with the good, comes the bad. And the bad is in the form of flooding, leaking roofs, and the migration of pests from outside the house to the inside. The main pest I am talking about…
I could not help but watch my dog the other day as he sunned himself this morning. When I got up for breakfast, he was already sitting on one of our wrought iron chairs lazily catching the some rays. Being a big dog, his front legs dangled over the front part of his chair as…
With the disappearance of the rains and the arrival of the heat, it is once more spawning season for cockroaches once more. As I started Fallout 3 on computer, I heard a commotion of irregularly fluttering wings on the aluminum-screened window beside me. When I saw four cockroaches trying to wildly enter, I closed the…
I am just amazed at how diverse life is on earth. And some of the more fascinating ones are the groups of Arachnids which are commonly known as spiders. Just like the Praying Mantis and Dragonfly, Spiders have very intricate, if not beautiful, structures. And if that isn’t enough, their hunting style is a bit…
With their alien appearance, crustaceans look both disgusting and fascinating. And among all the crabs that I have seen in the beaches, none fascinates me more than the Hermit Crab. So imagine my surprise when I came home today to a small basin of crawling Hermit Crabs in the middle of our living room. Brief…
Whenever someone mentions the name snail, three things typically come to the minds of people. The first is food, where snails are served as Escargot. The second is that they are extremely slow. And the third is that they are slimy. All three are actually correct because certain types of these slow, slimy animals are…