If fishing and wheeler dealing wasn’t impressive enough, crows are also masters at solving puzzles…
Read MoreSo, you already know that crows and ravens have a bad rep. When they’re not signalling something ominous in Hollywood films (yawn) they’re hanging out with witches or plucking out the eyes of the dead….
Read MoreDon’t judge a bird by its literary references: that’s the moral of this story. Curious? Good. It’s a sign of intelligence…
Read MoreSome time ago, a friend assured me that blowing on hot food didn’t actually cool it down, in fact, the act of blowing on food was more about preparing one’s mouth for taking in something that might burn. I disagreed, and it and it bothered me enough to go researching and find out for sure. I’ve done the (not-so) hard yards. Here’s the answer.
Read MoreFrom The Archives (~2015)
Preamble: The intention of the ‘Interesting Reads’ posts is to share discoveries. They might not always be hot off the press, but old news isn’t necessarily irrelevant or uninteresting. Being first to share isn’t important to me; sharing is. This? This one's about tree sounds, seawater, and haunting hymns.
Read MoreFrom The Archives (~2015)
You’ll recognise this problem: it’s almost impossible not to follow the links. Some link traps can be fantastic. It’s how I find out some incredible curiosities and, since I discover batches of them per week, I decided I would share a few of the biggies in a digest of some kind. You can find them all yourself, organically, or you can see where my brain’s been this week in a sort of mind map game of hide and seek-what-I’ve-been-looking-at. Wow. What a preamble.
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