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I love the axolotl! Had to Google. Glad they are being bred for research!

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During the 1700s lobsters were so plentiful that they used to wash ashore on Massachusetts beaches in piles up to 2 feet high. Lobsters were considered the “poor man’s chicken” and primarily used for fertilizer or fed to prisoners and slaves. Some indentures servants even revolted against being forced to eat the meat and the colony agreed that they would not be fed lobster meat more than three times a week.

As the American rail transportation system began to develop it made it easier for people to travel from state to state. Train workers realized that they could serve lobster to passengers because it was plentiful and cheap. Unaware of the negative stigma that was attached to these crustaceans, the passengers believed they were eating a decadent food and began requesting lobster even when they weren’t on the train.
 

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Every year barrels are rolled through the streets of Ottery St Mary in Devon on 5th November. The spectacle of Tar Barrels – a custom dating back centuries – begins with ‘junior barrels’ in the late afternoon and the size increases until one final, giant barrel makes an appearance to the delight of thousands of onlookers.

The Field Record Book​

Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus)

Record bag in the UK: 3,937, on 18th December 1913, Hall Barn, Buckinghamshire.
 
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