My thirteen year old daughter hosted one of those sleepovers that I dread so bad. The term sleepover is really a misnomer, seeing that the girls neither sleep nor does the party ever seem to be over. Even though I had them established in the basement with all the food, drink, cookies, popcorn and anything ...
Anyone who has heard the old saying “slippery as an eel”, but never actually handled an eel, can not appreciate then just how slippery something would have to be to match this elongated fish. Trust me when I tell you that an eel is nearly impossible to grasp with your bare hands. Having caught dozens ...
Most people know a few collective nouns. They know that there are such things as a gaggle of geese and a school of fish. There are some odder ones that are still more commonly known among people such as a herd of buffalo, a class of students, and a fleet of ships. However, there are ...
Let us play a little game of Ripley’s Believe or Don’t, What Do I Care. An electric eel can discharge 550 volts of electricity. Underwater creatures are believed to be the only animals on the planet that are capable of generating electricity, and the eel is certainly the most famous. But can the electricity generated ...