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Like a Monkey
Author’s Note: I’d like to state, for the record, that it’s not actually true that only primates use tools. That’s just something I recall hearing a long time ago.
By Test7 months ago in Poets
The Miscommunications of Albert Ross and Herman Thaddeus
Well, here’s the weirdest back-and-forth you’ll ever come across, It happened between a human and a wandering albatross.
By Test7 months ago in Poets
Vengeful Messenger. Content Warning.
North Americans tend to think of mimicry as a capability unique to exotic birds of the parrot family. We even use the expression, parroting, to mean repeating what another person says. But many of us remain unaware that we have plenty of mimicking birds right in our own backyard — literally. A bird as ordinary as the crow can learn to mimic the words we use, even if they seldom need to in the wild. Crows are also very intelligent, and good at recognizing faces.
By Test7 months ago in Fiction
Lurking Behind the Stars
For many who live on the planet Earth, one of the most mysterious and magnificent wonders of life is the sky; limitless, always changing, and filled with so many things that so many of us will never see.
By Test7 months ago in Fiction
Vile Creature. Content Warning.
The Webbs were not a happy family. To their small community, they seemed perfectly well adjusted, if a bit different. The truth kept behind closed doors was much uglier. They were a family of four: Mr. and Mrs. Webb, their son, the eldest, and their daughter, the youngest.
By Test7 months ago in Horror
Oceans of the Earth and Sky
The oceans of the Earth are enormous water pools, While the oceans of the sky are shrouds of water molecules. The Earth has the seas, each held within an earthen cavity,
By Test7 months ago in Poets
The Morning Highlights
Though I had to set out from home early today, And miss the morning news highlights, The highlights came to me in another way,
By Test7 months ago in Poets
The Tree's Transition
In the Spring, the tree is covered with blossoms of soft pink, From its pollen and nectar, the bees will eat and drink; Looking like the evening clouds as the sun begins to sink.
By Test7 months ago in Poets