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Fcrate:
@Regen: I can't in good conscience laugh at 34 C anyomore. My brother has been living in Germany for 10 years now, and he's screaming about 32 C. He lost his heat resistance. :D Well, he also gained some Cold resistance, so it balances out :D I hope your mother gets better :) How long do you usually have to wait to see a specialist?
@Dina: That was a very enthusiastic report on your hubby's health, if I can say so myself :D
About the beetles, I have some weird news on that front. I have a hedgehog now! My dogs surrounded him one night last year, and woke me up from all the barking. They were at a stalemate, he's curled up, so they couldn't bite him, and everytime he tried to escape they attacked again, so he curls up again, and so on. Being extremely sleepy, I just picked him up, put him in a wicker box, and left him in my room till morning. By morning he'd escaped and had the run of my room (which opens into a small animal feed storage), and he's been living here ever since. He can't escape, and the few nights I've left the screen door open (braving the deadly swarm of a 1000 mosquitoes, I might add) he didn't leave. So after some experiments, I figured out that he eats plain biscuits, chicken skin and intestines (raw) and his most favorite meal is insects, particularly, beetles! Which explains why the feed storage was suddenly clear of critters. Now I have to supplement his diet, because there isn't enough insects to feed him well. So I capture any beetle I see around the farm, and put it in a plastic container for him. He wakes up to eat after I turn the lights out, but the process is fascinating. I'll explain it more if you're interested in knowing.
I've only held him a few times, as he's still pretty much a wild animal, and he doesn't trust me yet, but he's extremely cute. I've decided to eschew subtlety and call him Sonic :D.
Dina:
Oh, take care of Sonic in the heat! Apparently hedgehogs are very heat sensitive.
I am interested in knowing the process but if you think is too gross, just PM me.
I am happy to report hubby only has a remaining pestering coughing right now. I am quite well too. I've got the extra teaching position! So this semester I have more work but I will have a little more money. Quite needed, I assure you.
Fcrate:
Great news Dina, congratulations!
It's not too gross, I think. Just fascinating to me and might be boring to others. :D
I've never seen the feeding process, but I hear it in the night. I put the beetles in a plastic box they can't escape, it's under the window next to my bed. Sonic never eats dead beetles, only live ones. He attacks them, and I hear him scrambling around in the plastic container for a few seconds, then he runs 2m away, and I can smell beetle's stink attack briefly. He repeats this a second time, waits a full minute or so, then I hear the crunch crunch, nom nom.. My guess is that he triggers the beetle to discharge it's defensive stink first so he doesn't get sick, then settles down to enjoy his meal. Which explains why he never eats the dead ones, as they're still full of the toxic spray.
Dina:
That is fascinating indeed. Clever hedgehogs.
And thank you, I actually excited about the new job because I will be teaching in a new class, or to be more precise, in a class I taught once years ago. I think it could be fun to refresh my knowledge.
Fcrate:
I don't know how you do it, to be honest (teaching). I had to tutor a few of the neighbour's kids (14 years old) in maths and English, and I almost didn't make it. I kept my temper with extreme difficulty. The mantra running in my head is: How could people this stupid? It's so obvious. I know, logically that it's only obvious because I already understand it, but emotionally, I want to strangle these kids to death :D
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