Crickets as Pets Remain a Chinese Tradition
For over a millennium Chinese households have kept crickets for their singing. Rich and poor alike prize the insects, housed in hollow gourds with air holes. Wealthy crickets sit in ivory topped cages, often elaborately painted.
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Whirling Bird Wilsons Phalarope Dervish Swallows Fish
The phalarope named Wilson whirls across the water like a dervish and then eats the fish it disturbs. The behavior highlights the bird’s swift hunting spiral as it circles and consumes prey.
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Camel cigarettes top service members' home gift choice
Surveys among service men show cigarettes are the most welcomed gift from home. Camel leads the favorites across Army, Navy, Air Force, and other branches based on Post Exchange and Canteen sales, with overseas restrictions limiting some packages.
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