One of what may be the first-known population of vegetarian spiders. The herbivores live on acacia trees in Mexico and steal leafy snacks, such as the tree nubbin this spider holds, from their ant neighbors. picked by aFROMoshi 1 year ago

To most meat-eaters, the vegetarian lifestyle is mysterious and confusing. Do they never eat animal protein at all? Does that include eggs and milk? Is it something they do for health reasons or because they love animals? And how do they get enough protein in their diets if they don’t eat meat?. You can read step by step, what is vegetarian, and how to be vegetarian picked by elangbiru 3 years ago

Every year on October 1st, World Vegetarian Day kicks off a month of parties, potluck, presentations, food tasting displays...and lots of friendly discussions!

Related link picked by nateebiinature 2 months ago

The world's deadliest spider found in a Tulsa grocery store. An employee at Whole Foods Market at 1401 East 41st Street found a Brazilian Wandering Spider wandering around in their produce section. picked by dollyllama 8 months ago

One of my New Years Resolutions for 2007 was to spend one month as a vegetarian. June is that month. Amy's Kitchen is helping me with my meal choices. picked by icepigs 2 years ago

The British people face wartime rations and a vegetarian diet in the event of a world food shortage, a new official assessment on the UK’s food security suggests today. Even though the nation is 73 per cent self-sufficient in food production, higher than during the 1950s, the food chain is at risk from global influences such as a global increase in population, climate change which brings ext... read full post picked by kakana 4 months ago

Dante the rescued tom is a cat which is thought to be the UK's only vegetarian cat - and turns his whiskers up at anything but organic fruit and vegetables. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

"I am disgusted by the baseless allegation that I am a vegetarian and that my personal eating habits should somehow be construed as opposed to the economic interests of Montana's livestock industry." picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

The food, called tempe, is moreover a whole-grain product with high folate content. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

A newly-discovered spider has been named after rock star David Bowie, in an effort to raise awareness about the number of arachnid species threatened with extinction. picked by kakana 3 months ago

The Cyclosa mulmeinensis spider of Taiwan creates life sized decoys of itself to confuse predators and escape from being attacked. The clones were made out of leftover meals and egg sacs and were similar in size and color to the original spider.
The spider may be the first example of an animal building a life-size replica of its own body. picked by Bingo 5 months ago

After the spider gained media attention a curator of aquariums and herpetology at the Tulsa Zoo said video and photos he had seen led him to believe it was a Huntsman spider and harmless to humans. We will never know because the man who caught it was so afraid of it he destroyed all evidence of it. Update to this post picked by equinox 8 months ago

Tobey Maguire - Spider-Man - has said Spider-Man 3 will be his last appearance as the superhero. picked by TheStep 3 years ago

Look closely, people. Try to decipher what creature you're looking at.

That's right. It's a spider disguised as a pile of glistening poo. Does it get much better than that? picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

The spider, which measures just a few millimetres across, has developed bizarre markings giving the appearance of a smiling face.
I think it's absolutely cute. picked by funkfrost 7 months ago

Great-grandmother Mavis Tanner found a funnel web spider in her slipper. And by "found" I mean jabbed her toe at it as she put the slipper on. picked by pocksucket 9 months ago

A new species of golden orb spider has been found in South Africa. It is the biggest spider ever found that spins a web -and what a web it is!

(Video at bottom of article) picked by bingo 1 month ago

Hilarity, as always ensues.

The whole Hindu vegetarian, cows are sacred concept must have gotten past the marketing folks at BK. picked by Moe 5 months ago

Robotic Technology Inc.'s Energetically Autonomous Tactical Robot — that's right, "EATR" — "can find, ingest, and extract energy from biomass in the environment, as well as use conventional fuels (such as gasoline, diesel, propane, coal, cooking oil, and solar) when suitable."

But, contrary to reports, the EATR will not eat animal or human remains. picked by Bingo 4 months ago

The tiny tangled threads of the world's oldest spider web have been found encased in a prehistoric piece of amber, a British scientist said Monday. picked by Bornbad 12 months ago