praying mantis and black widows
A praying mantis will eat a black widow.
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- Where does the word "taco" come from?
“Food historian Jeffrey Pilcher suggests that the word "taco" may have come from Mexican silver miners, who called small paper-wrapped gunpowder charges "tacos."”
Reference: Smithsonian Magazine
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Where did tacos al pastor come from?
Tacos al pastor were inspired by Lebanese immigrants in Mexico, who brought the vertical spit-roasting technique used for shawarma.
Fact about the prairie dog language
Prairie dogs, those little pups popping in and out of holes on vacant lots and rural rangeland, are talking up a storm. They have different "words" for tall human in yellow shirt, short human in green shirt, coyote, deer, red-tailed hawk and many other creatures.