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| Andes Mountains (Photo by Jorge Morales Piderit) |
Far
from being yellow-bellied, the yellow-striped
This stalwart species has managed to survive within Chile’s frigid mountain streams by wedging between rocks and surfacing only at night.
Its adaptability offers possibilities for the long-term survival of other endangered groups - perhaps including hope for humanity itself.
Resources
https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/rare-creature-found-after-130-years-in-the-chilean-mountains/ss-AA1ECqy6
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| Commercial Chicken House (USDA Photo) |
Why buy eggs when you can simply rent hens? Although hosting hens is certainly no cheaper
than plucking eggs from a market bin, it can be more educational, and even more nutritious.
Kids who know nothing about eggs outside of Humpty Dumpty might
be tickled to learn that omelettes
originate from the same orifice as chicken droppings. They might also be strengthened from eating
fresh eggs rather than by waiting a month or two for the oldies to arrive from farm to grocery.
If you’re wondering how to care for hired hens and your
wallet is bulging with Los Angeles wealth, there’s a solution at hand. Just call upon “Rent a Chicken,” and your yard
may soon be transformed into Hen Central, “predator-proof coop” and all.
Resources
https://news.yahoo.com/news/lifestyle/backyard-barnyard-rising-egg-prices-015348903.html
We all eat
to live (and then some), celebrities included.
The difference is that our daily bread does not appear as breaking news,
whereas the pope’s sometimes does.
Diocese of Chiclayo
(Photo by Frank Coronel Mendoza)
When
waiters in the Peruvian city of Chiclayo were recently asked what then-Bishop
Robert Prevost used to order, their tongues went a wagging. One recalled that, back around 2015, the menu
read as follows: Breakfast consisted of “fried chicken or pork belly… washed
down with orange juice and coffee.”
Lunch “was sometimes stewed goat; dinner was chicken broth.”
Prices
weren’t divulged, yet one server couldn’t help but add: “He didn’t tip you,
that’s for sure, but he gave you his blessing.”
Resources
https://news.yahoo.com/news/blessings-not-tips-pope-leo-210016026.html
According
to many religions, life as we perceive it can be quite illusory. 
(Photo by Bernard Spragg)
Case in
point: Those who appear to be drunk may not have imbibed a single drop of
alcohol. They may instead suffer from a
rare condition known as auto-brewery in which the body converts carbohydrates
into ethanol.
This can
occur when “microorganisms capable of fermenting alcohol outgrow normal gut
flora.” Probiotics
plus a low-carb diet have been effective for restoring gut health.
Sometimes a rose is a rose is a rose, but sometimes it’s a horse of a different color. Investigating before assuming can avoid mistaking manure for perfume.
Resources
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/doctors-repeatedly-told-this-toronto-woman-she-was-drunk--but-she-never-had-a-sip-of-alcohol-what-is-auto-brewery-syndrome-194746438.html
