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Scholarship What Are Woodchucks? Woodchucks, groundhogs, and whistle pigs. You might have grown up hearing large, furry rodents called any or all of these names, and maybe you have even had the pleasure of seeing them up close. But what exactly are they? What do they eat? Are they aggressive? Where all can you ...
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Scholarship Do Flies Really Vomit on Food When They Land? A couple days ago as I was hanging out with a group of my friends we became curious about how high flies can actually fly in the air. As our curiosity grew we came to discover that flies can fly at different altitudes based on the temperature; For exampl...
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Scholarship Why Bees Are Important For The Ecosystem? Imagine a world without blooming flowers, trees, low amounts of food, and animal species. A world without the scent of fresh and colorful plants, and animals. That can happen to an ecosystem without the presence of bees. While most people do not like bees be...
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Scholarship Why Ticks Are So Dangerous To Humans And Pets? There are an endless amount of worries a pet owner faces and one of the most dangerous threats a pet can face are ticks. A tick is an ectoparasite which means that they live on the outside of pets. They are extremely durable which equates to them being ...
Read More Scholarship Why Bees Are Important For The Ecosystem? So many people thought bees were just stinging pests that shouldn’t be anywhere but an apiary, and some still do; however, because of their population decline in recent years, bees have been brought into a new light for humans. Bees are, in essence, the back...
Read More Scholarship What Are Woodchucks? How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? We’ve all been asked this puzzling question before and most of us, save for a few woodchuck behavioral specialists, have no idea how much wood a woodchuck would chuck. In fact some would have to admit they do...
Read More Scholarship Do Flies Really Vomit on Food When They Land? Settled around a picnic table, children prepare to eat hotdogs as their parents talk nearby. If they paid attention, they would have heard a buzz, flitting back and forth and then finally stopping. But the children pay it no mind until Alex gasps and swa...
Read More Scholarship What Are Woodchucks? “How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?” This common tongue twister gives people the impression that like beavers they “chuck” wood, but unlike their furry cousins they prefer dry land. Many people make the mistake of thinking that Groundhogs and ...
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Scholarship Are Garter Snakes Dangerous? Garter snakes are one of the most common snakes found in the United States of America. They were named after the stripes across their bodies, which reminded people of the garters that men used to hold their socks up with. This species of snake is often found in the garde...
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