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singularity75 ([personal profile] singularity75) wrote2003-10-01 09:09 pm

Fact of the Day

The smallest of American owls, the elf owl, often nests in the Gila woodpecker's cactus hole after the woodpecker leaves. The owl measures barely 6 inches tall. It specializes in catching scorpions, seizing each by the tail and nipping off its stinger. It then swallows the scorpion's body, pincers and all.