If a baby cat is called a kitten, why isn’t a baby rat called a ritten?
Zebra Finches at School
26 Apr 2022 Leave a comment
In the lobby of a school in Chelsea is a flock of zebra finches. A school of birds.
Taxidermy Dream
30 Mar 2022 Leave a comment
in 33M, animals, pets, science Tags: animals, aquarium, chelsea, stuffed animals, taxidermy
I love a science lab that has real natural artifacts. This science lab in Chelsea Prep school (33M) was filled with living animals, dead animals, bones, hides and more.
There was also a friendly guinea pig, sitting right there in the middle of everything!
The science room at P33M, Chelsea Prep
Fish Tank with Red Devil Cichlids
Shark jaws, stingray jaws, shark eggs and babies in formaldehyde
Dolphin skeleton
Stuffed turtles
Live turtle
Assorted skulls and antlers
Puffer fish
Stuffed alligator
Live bearded dragon lizard
Random reptiles and larvae
Furry Friend
11 Mar 2022 Leave a comment
in animals, district office Tags: mouse, rat
I saw a four-legged furry rodent run across the lintel of a hall in my office this morning. It was a long mouse or a small rat.
I love pet rats; this was not a pet rat.
This was Olivia, my first.
Here she is eating spag
Ant Farm, Day 1
21 May 2021 Leave a comment
in science, animals, 323 Tags: ants, ant farm
One Busy Ant is taking the lead in clearing out the tunnel. The other ants are chowing down on a piece of pear. And it was evening and it was morning, day 1.
Butterflies Then, Ants Now
21 May 2021 Leave a comment
in science, animals, 323 Tags: ants, ant farm
We set up a new Ant Farm (which took about a month to receive). The ants were a little too live coming out of their testtube when I tried to spill them into the farm, so some of them had to be mashed inside… some survivors are missing body parts.
So Many Fish in the Sea
13 Sep 2019 Leave a comment
in animals, books Tags: Barnes and Noble, goldfish
A recent visit to the local Barnes and Noble was almost as good as a trip to the pet store. On the Young Adult table were no less than four books with goldfish on the cover.
- Fish in a Tree by Lynda Mullaly Hunt;
- Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper;
- Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan; and
- The Fourteenth Goldfish by Jennifer L. Holm
I read the last two and liked Counting by 7s the most.
Chickens
13 May 2019 Leave a comment
in 224Q, animals Tags: chicken, Queens County Farm Museum
At Queens County Farm Museum, which is next door to 224Q, there is a flock of chicken.
This is their story.
Check out the chicken at the 53 second mark. I do believe it is giving me stink eye.
Barnyard
13 May 2019 Leave a comment
in 224Q, animals Tags: chicken, cow, horse, pig, Queens County Farm Museum
Next to a 224Q school in Queens there is a working farm (Queens County Farm Museum). I stopped by the other day and took some photographs of the lifestock. That is the school in the background.
There were cows, horses, ponies(?), pigs and chickens. Wht do you think about the chickens in the tree? Pretty disturbing….
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