This Modern Hen Creates Incubator of Her Own
A Guadalcanal brush fowl incubates eggs by decaying vegetation, using the heat from decomposition. The 50 day incubation is longer than other land birds, enabling hatchlings to gain flight power immediately at hatching.
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Soldiers Receive 20 Million Pieces of Mail Weekly
The Army Postal Service delivers over 20 million pieces of mail weekly to U S soldiers overseas from the Arctic to the Antarctic. About one third of that volume returns home, with letters mainly comprising the mail. The system averages 14 pieces per soldier per week, four times the World War I peak, reflecting strong morale support via air and sea routes.
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Reindeer Herds in Alaska Maintain ~7000 Head
Alaska reindeer herds average about 7000 head. Eskimos and Lapps herd them mainly on foot with dogs to guard against wolves and thieves and starvation. Feeding grounds rotate seasonally as animals forage on mountain slopes and tundra. They browse groundsel mushrooms mosses and berries. In winter they roam sheltered valleys and use keen smell to locate buried forage.
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Cool Season Crops for Spring and Fall Planting
Spinach mustard and onions from sets along with leaf lettuce are cool season crops that cannot endure summer heat. Plant as soon as soil is ready in spring. they grow quickly and mature before hot weather. They can be replanted in late July to early September for a fall harvest, except for green onions from sets, and tolerate light frosts.
Flag Etiquette: Half Mast Reserved for National Mourning
Collier's states half mast is reserved for national mourning or catastrophe. State city or organizational flags should honor local prominent figures instead.
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