How to Find Ingested Foreign Objects in Poop

Admittedly, not the most savory subject. But, for those of us with pets and/or children it is sometimes a necessity to try to find a previously ingested foreign object in feces to make sure that it does not cause medical problems in the person or animal that has accidentally eaten it.

Recently, we thought our dog had eaten a relatively small magnet and figured that we would have to be checking his feces over the next few days to ensure → Continue reading “How to Find Ingested Foreign Objects in Poop”

If you don’t like bugs, you are on the wrong planet

Something I mention to my wife now and then when she get’s irritated by some sort of insect. There’s a lot more of them than us! I stumbled upon an interesting article today that gives some information on the numbers of species and individuals on the planet.

Other than bacteria (approx 25,000,000 different species) arthropods (of which are insects, spiders, etc.) number approximately 6,000,000 species.

Another interesting fact . . . total number of arthropods on earth . . . → Continue reading “If you don’t like bugs, you are on the wrong planet”