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porphyry ([personal profile] porphyry) wrote2010-11-27 08:59 pm

Varia

1. From Andrew



We found this among the folder of school work that Andrew's teacher periodically sends home.




It develops that Mr. Oats was a meal worm Andrew raised from an egg. He fed its larva flakes of dried oatmeal, hence the name. He then observed it pupate and metamorphize into a small beetle. The adult form evidently is not long-lived.

2. When we took the Christmas decorations out of storage, we found the following object adhering to the bottom of one. No detailed explanation for how it got there:


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