Scrimshaw, a Lost Art Form from the Past

Scrimshaw is craft & art form accredited to whalers and the first examples date from the mid-1700s. The artistic pastime was practiced right up until the demise of commercial whaling whereby the quintessential source of scrimshaw (whale bone, teeth, walrus/other tusks, etc.) were no longer readily available.

There are about 150 species of hairy flies that are known to be parasitic to mammals. Notably there is the Dermatobia hominus, the human botfly. This is going to be nasty folks.

Are You receiving more fraudulent e-mails from the FBI, Bureau of Finance/Money/Wealth/Petroleum, or Oil? 'Ministry of Money' is another strong-sounding agency name I have seen used before.

Well, you are not alone.
Just today I received three more demanding and mildly insulting notices from the FBI [sic] stating that they have

Their most noteworthy physical feature are those stunningly over-sized ears, disproportionately large for their diminutive body. Living in North Africa and the regions north of the Sahara Dessert, these large ears probably serve several adaptation purposes. Mainly, large ears can detect even the smallest of sounds such as approaching predators and of course, the presence of live food. These large sound-gathering ears hear movements of burrowing rodents under the sand, the rustling of insects and small birds, all of which are part of their diet. They are an opportunistic omnivore.

I have had this gallon jug that was repository of all my loose pennies and it has been several years since I began filling it. It was heavy, and it was in the way most of the time. Too heavy to be even a doorstop these days, it was actually more of a trip-hazard than anything else. Long overdue, it was time to cash-in. How much is a gallon of pennies, anyway?

The blood of the tree is the sap. It is composed of water, mineral elements, hormones and other nutrients. Sap has many uses throughout history. When we hear the word sap we mostly think of maple syrup from the maple tree but what else do we use the sap of trees for?

People whom suffer from certain joint and tendon pain have long known about cortisone injections, which relieved the pain. Now, medical science tells us that these cortisone injections actually harms the tendons, not help them.

On another writing site, my expertise was requested. A reader posted about a specimen of natural iron ore that he could not identify which exhibited a curious transformation when super-heated and allowed to cool.

What is Water-Witching?

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The cannonball mangrove is a very unique and curious tree of East African and Southeast Asia shorelines. It is unique in that the collective seeds from any individual fruit form a unique and natural puzzle that can be very difficult to put back to together.