We visited the Natural Museum of Science in Raliegh, NC. Talk about a place to fill a notebook of new knowledge.
• North Carolina was the first state to name and claim a state seashell. The Scottish Bonnet holds that honor in NC.
• Orkin.com- the website for the bug extinguishers- offers “tasty” recipes for all those critters you’d rather exterminate. Nothing like Cajun Crickets to wet you appetite for dinner.
• A passing shepherd found the Dead Sea Scrolls when he threw a stone into a cave and heard a pot break. Not knowing the value of his discovery, he sold the scrolls to an antique dealer.
• A distinguishing characteristic of lizards and snakes is not the seemingly obvious trait of legs. In fact, the difference between these species is the sense of hearing. Lizard have ears and snakes do not.
The final fact struck me in a profound way. Who of us are snakes and who of us are lizards? We might look like a lizard with legs, tails, bright colors, and long tongues, but do we have ears? Do we listen or just put on a show to attract trust and authority? There are moments in my life where I wish I could just start crawling on my belly so I didn’t have the responsibility of hearing, but in the end, I’m not made that way. The old cliché goes “humans have 2 ears and 1 mouth in order to listen twice as much as speaking.” So at the same moment, though, I love listening to stories, sharing in people’s joys and sorrows and speaking just enough to offer congratulations or condolences. Give me the tail, legs, and EARS anytime.
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