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Health & Fitness

Big Beasts, Creepy-crawlies and Bugs

Life is a strange and marvelous thing. It is also still a big mystery, and I still like monkeying around with ideas... this means more Pilings.

The world’s most famous mammal is reading this blog right now.

The fastest mammal, as we all have heard in Airplane, is the cheetah.

First Woman in Line: Where is the passenger processing lounge for the lunar shuttle?

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Information Agent: Concourse lounge C, fourth level.

First Woman in Line: Thank you.

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Information Agent: Next?

Next Woman in Line: How long is my parking permit good for?

Information Agent: Two hours.

Next Woman in Line: Thank you.

Information Agent: Yes, next.

Next Man: What's the fastest animal on Earth?

Information Agent: The cheetah. Next?

At 10 years of age, my son now wants me to purchase Airplane. Well, my family says I can’t deny them this movie. One of the classics, they say.

The most poisonous mammal is the duck-billed platypus; with venom that comes out of its leg spur/almost like a thumb on its leg. (Of course my son picks him as his favorite mammal).

A recent polar bear was tracked by satellite on her 3,000-mile trek from Alaska to Greenland (my husband’s favorite animal). He probably admires the rugged individualist nature of the bear; but I reckon he appreciates the maternal instincts as the momma bear doesn’t wean her bobbies until 2-3 years.

The largest mammal is the Blue Whale. Now, I do not have pictures of the blue whale yet. They do make an appearance on our shores in January, as well as the leather back turtles.

I’m not going to chase a platypus nor a cheetah. 

Well, I would if you dared me or told me that they “got me last.” (I've sustained many an injury playing this childish game. I love the game, I dread the game).

Since so many of you were interested in Crusty, the Pelican and his Pilings (ah, ok… just Mr. Hanson), I thought I’d get some pilings made for us humans. Perch on; pique some interest out of ye.

The largest one shown here is 25-feet high. You couldn’t find a more diverse bunch of beasts than us from Woodbury. We are hunters and we are the hunted, often building, fighting things with tooth and claw and always insuring a bike trail.

I’m just a little annoyed at myself though… I forgot to sand off the tops so that Mr. and Mrs. Hanson and hopefully others would have a comfortable seat. I was too anxious to see the finished product. I’m hoping that our skin is really flexible, self-repairing fabric they promise it to be; and that it will have some kind of defense against infectious diseases. We’ll be ok.

In fact, we are usually carrying around 4.4 lbs of dead skin, but it is renewed every month—we should be ok.

Next time your skin is moist, like in a sauna, start scratching your face and just note how much skin comes off in your fingernails.

Well, I digress…

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