Weird Animal Facts…Part 1

1. Octopuses have three hearts. One pumps blood around the body, while the other two pump it to the gills. Oh, and that blood is blue, thanks to high copper levels!

2. Owls don’t have eyeballs. They have eye tubes.

3. Polar bears have black skin, which helps them absorb heat from the sun to stay warm in an Arctic climate, and it likely protects the bears from harmful UV rays.

4. A human brain operates on about 15 watts.

5. Butterflies can taste with their feet, using something called chemoreceptors to help them identify plants. Females select the correct leaf on which to lay eggs by “drumming” it with their feet to release juices.

6. Animals with smaller bodies and faster metabolism see in slow motion.

7. Dogs’ sense of smell is about 100,000 times stronger than humans’, but they have just one-sixth our number of taste buds.

8. Reindeer eyeballs turn blue in winter to help them see at lower light levels. (They’re golden-colored in summer.) No other mammals are known to have this ability.

9. A single strand of spider silk is thinner than a human hair but also five times stronger than steel of the same width. A rope just 2 inches thick could reportedly stop a Boeing 747.

10. The claws of a mantis shrimp can accelerate as quickly as a .22-caliber bullet. Scientists must keep them in thick plastic tanks because their punches can break glass.

11. A sea lion is the first nonhuman mammal with a proven ability to keep a beat. Scientists trained a female sea lion named Ronan to do it, and she then showed she could transfer that skill to a song with a different beat that she had not heard before.

12. Squirrels can’t burp or vomit, nor can any other rodent, which is why rat poison is so effective; other mammals tend to expel any toxic substance they ingest.

13. The extinct colossus penguin stood as tall as LeBron James.

14. Honeybees can flap their wings 200 times every second.

15. A type of “immortal” jellyfish can cheat death indefinitely.

16. Cats and horses are highly susceptible to black widow venom, but dogs are relatively resistant. Sheep and rabbits are apparently immune.

17. Sharks kill fewer than 10 people per year. Humans kill about 100 million sharks per year. They should be much more scared of us than we are of them.

18. Tardigrades are extremely durable microscopic animals that exist all over Earth. They can survive any of the following: 300 degrees Fahrenheit (149 Celsius), -458 degrees F (-272 C), the vacuum of space, pressure six times stronger than the ocean floor, and more than a decade without food.

Daily Wisecracks & Wisdom

When in doubt,
dance it out.
Phil Dunphy

Life’s Weird Revelations…Part 1

THE SPHINX—NEW MEXICO

A Super Bowl ad.

https://redstate.com/bobhoge/2026/02/06/powerful-super-bowl-ad-will-have-the-pro-abortion-crowd-throwing-their-shoes-at-the-tvv-n2198922

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Fake.

https://nypost.com/2026/02/06/us-news/white-house-dismisses-fake-outrage-over-video-trump-posted-showing-obamas-as-gorillas/

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2026/02/06/everyone-is-going-bananas-over-the-video-posted-by-the-trump-team-everyone-simmer-down-n2670816

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Funny.

https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2026/02/06/video-comedian-druski-horribly-mispronounces-seahawks-jaxson-smith-njigbas-name-at-nfl-honors/

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OLYMPICS

https://nypost.com/2026/02/06/sports/2026-olympics-dutch-speed-skating-star-jutta-leerdam-blasted-as-diva-for-flying-to-winter-games-on-private-jet/

A second Penis-Gate.

https://nypost.com/2026/02/05/sports/2026-olympics-may-have-a-second-penis-gate/

Private plane.

https://nypost.com/2026/02/06/sports/2026-olympics-dutch-speed-skating-star-jutta-leerdam-blasted-as-diva-for-flying-to-winter-games-on-private-jet/

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Trump and Saudi Prince.

What a sad person for a Supreme.   

https://nypost.com/2026/02/04/opinion/miranda-devine-justice-ketanji-brown-jackson-removed-any-shred-of-impartiality-by-applauding-anti-ice-speeches-at-the-grammys/

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NOTABLE ARRESTS OF ILLEGAL CRIMINALS AND TERRORIST.

https://pjmedia.com/catherinesalgado/2026/02/05/ice-arrests-illegal-alien-truck-driver-who-murdered-four-in-pennsylvania-n4949181

Bondi cleaning up Hillary’s mess from 2012.

https://www.newsmax.com/politics/benghazi-suspect-arrested/2026/02/06/id/1245126/

https://www.c-span.org/clip/senate-committee/user-clip-hillary-clinton-what-difference-does-it-make/4450574

A billboard in San Francisco.

https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2026/02/06/pro-ice-billboards-in-san-francisco-n2198895

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NATIONAL

Will Billie return her land to a local Native American Tribe.    She suffers from some sort of guilt.  Maybe she suffers from ‘Perpetual Guilt Disorder’.   Many Black Americans suffer from a similar disorder called ‘Perpetual Victim Disorder’.

https://nypost.com/2026/02/02/us-news/billie-eilish-under-fire-to-fork-over-mansion/

I’m just a cat, but from my experience every piece of land in the world is owned by people who used force, or laws with force to back them up.   Eilish wants to give away your property but not hers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBPrLU4Zspo

https://nypost.com/2026/02/03/us-news/native-american-tribe-has-message-for-billie-eilish-after-grammys-speech/

Maybe Bezos ( Amazon ) will sell it to an honest buyer.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/jeff-charles/2026/02/04/washington-post-lays-off-a-third-of-its-workforce-n2670669

https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2026/02/04/nolte-serial-lying-washington-post-staff-demand-new-sugar-daddy-after-jeff-bezos-hands-out-pink-slips/

A Democrat local government needed more officers.

https://nypost.com/2026/02/06/us-news/pima-county-sheriff-might-have-made-a-catastrophic-mistake-in-pivotal-first-hours-of-nancy-guthrie-search/

A wasted rest of his life.

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2026/02/04/wannabe-trump-assassin-is-going-to-spend-a-long-time-behind-bars-n2670680

Trader Joe’s is # 1.

https://nypost.com/2026/02/04/business/trader-joes-edges-out-publix-costco-as-americas-new-favorite-supermarket/

North Carolina politics.

https://redstate.com/sister-toldjah/2026/02/04/report-roy-cooper-authorized-release-of-iryna-zarutskas-alleged-killer-in-2021-n2198849

The police are incompetent.

https://nypost.com/2026/02/07/us-news/police-tow-suv-from-nancy-guthries-home-take-down-wired-device-from-roof-after-tip-from-neighbor-report/

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The Land Of Enchantment Editor:    What are some good places to see in New Mexico, LL ?

The Cactus Cat:   Here are some great places to check out.

https://www.newmexico.org/places-to-visit/

State symbols.

https://www.sos.nm.gov/about-new-mexico/state-symbols/

State song.

Who can argue ?

https://genesiustimes.com/ilhan-omar-wins-oscar-for-best-performance-in-a-fake-and-gay-staged-attack-on-congressperson/

https://www.santafenewmexican.com/

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It could be better.

https://babylonbee.com/news/foul-smelling-substance-used-in-spray-attack-on-omar-identified-as-somali-food

https://www.newsmax.com/

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Active Sunspot Region 4366 Crosses the Sun
Image Credit & Copyright: Daniel Korona

Explanation: An unusually active sunspot region is now crossing the Sun. The region, labelled AR 4366, is much larger than the Earth and has produced several powerful solar flares over the past ten days. In the featured image, the region is marked by large and dark sunspots toward the upper right of the Sun’s disk. The image captured the Sun over a hill in Zacatecas, Mexico, 5 days ago. AR 4366 has become a candidate for the most active solar region in this entire 11-year solar cycle. Active solar regions are frequently associated with increased auroral activity on the Earth. Now reaching the edge, AR 4366 will begin facing away from the Earth during the coming week. It is not known, though, if the active region will survive long enough to reappear in about two weeks’ time, as the Sun rotates.

Tomorrow’s picture: groovy Miranda

Bible Verse

 The Lord saves the lives of his servants. Everyone who trusts the Lord to keep them safe will not receive punishment as a guilty person.