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Creature Feature – Animals in Christmas Traditions
December 13, 2019, No Comments

Move over reindeer!  There are other animals celebrated around the world at Christmastime!  In some Latino cultures, t ...

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Creature Feature – The Porcupine
November 27, 2019, No Comments

There are over two dozen kinds of porcupines across the globe, but the North American porcupine is the only species livi ...

Mike’s Fish Tank – Community Fish
November 27, 2019, No Comments

A lot of people ask me what fish get along with other fish. Examples of community fish are most tetras, dwarf gouramis, ...

Mike’s Fish Tank – Helpful Tank Facts
November 16, 2019, No Comments

Some helpful tank facts. Goldfish and tropical fish don’t always mix. Goldfish like it cold. 60’s or less. T ...

Gratefulness
November 16, 2019, No Comments

To understand gratefulness we can begin by looking at the following Eckhart Tolle quote; What does gratefulness mean? It ...

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Creature Feature – What’s in a Name?
November 16, 2019, No Comments

Many animal species congregate into groups of their own kind. There are different reasons why they do this. One purpose ...

Mike’s Fish Tank – History of the Glo Fish
October 31, 2019, No Comments

Here is the history of the glo fish. The original zebrafish, or zebra danio from which the glo fish was developed is a n ...

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Creature Feature – The Black Rat Snake & Mimicry
October 31, 2019, No Comments

Like neighborhood kids dressed up as someone or something else on Halloween, there are wild creatures that practice the ...

Creature Feature – Owls in Folklore
October 17, 2019, No Comments

It’s almost Halloween… a perfect time to learn how owls have been steeped in superstition and folklore around the wo ...

Mike’s Fish Tank – Pond Fish Indoors
October 17, 2019, No Comments

It’s that time of year when people start thinking about bringing their pond fish inside. Some people start as ear ...