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I thought this was a pretty cool video outlining the interdependency of nature. Amazing the effects of removing a single species can have on the entire ecosystem. http://youtu.be/ysa5OBhXz-Q ysa5OBhXz-Q

An article I enjoyed and wanted to share about the criminalization of the American people. http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/12/american-society-police-state-criminalization-militarization

I was making some mexican meatballs today (recipe elsewhere in this forum) and decided to make this potato dish to go with it. This is a family favorite, and I have been known to make entire meals of it. I'll first list the standard recipe that the family uses, then I'll list my modifications...

I normally fry bacon then crumble it into the pancake batter for a more efficient bacon to pancake ratio. Then I found these pictures and wondered why I hadn't thought of that. Then put the syrup on the side and you have handy bacon pancake dipping sticks. While looking at those...

I was at home Sunday evening prior to going in to work. I get a text message from my boss saying there's a timber rattler in a barrel outside my control room and asked if I wanted it. Knowing if I said no, I would most likely be dooming the snake to a short life of poking and prodding torment...

Another thread in this section about feed prices has brought this issue up as well so I wanted to start a new thread on it, as it is something that has been bothering me for several years. We need to do anything we can to curtail this ethanol push we are seeing from the government and the...

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http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2012/03/23/coon-rapids-tells-man-he-has-too-many-snakes/

I was wondering how everyone incorporated dehydration into their preparation plans. I don't utilize my dehydrator to it's full extent myself. I used to use one of the old reliable circular dehydrators, but I finally bought a much more serious unit the Excalibur 3900...

I got in a canning mood recently. The local grocery store had London broil on sale so I picked up a few and did 21 quarts of beef stew to replenish my stock that we'd eaten. I believe that every household should maintain a minimum of 3 months food supply on hand and preferably 6 months if...

This is a dish I really like making every so often. I usually double this recipe so I can have left overs for a few days. If you don't like it hot, omit the Habaneros. Ingredients 1lb ground beef 2/3 cup milk 1/2 cup rolled oats (raw) 1 tsp worchestershire sauce 1 tsp salt black pepper to...

I've actually been meaning to start contributing to this forum since Rich started it. I know, I'm a procrastinator..... I love to cook and experiment with food. I'll post up a few of the dishes I like to make periodically. Modify them to suit your tastes, after all, that's the fun part isn't...

I was out the other day seeing if I could find any timber rattlers and happened upon a big puddle that was full of tadpoles. While I was crouched down watching them I noticed what I first thought was a small cricket move at the edge of the puddle. After looking closer I realized it was a newly...

There's a constant use of screen shots on the BOI, and there's a whole lot of people who don't know how to do it, or have problems with it. I found this addon for Firefox users that I really like called screen grab. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/screengrab/ You can save a...

I know the 90 minute rule on canning meats. Everything from the Ball book to the local extension office will say to can meat or anything containing meat for 90 minutes (if doing quarts). This works fine for me when canning beef stew or just meat. I put the ingredients for the stew in the jar...

As herpers, it's practically a given that you need a generator. But even if not for the reptiles, having one is an important part of general preparedness. The generator I currently have just isn't big enough. I use more power than I would like, but that's common for people who keep reptiles...

http://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-turtle-smuggling,0,6711413.story

Since the original thread on this topic had turned into half advertisements and half discussion I decided to repost it. I've deleted the dead links and added several that were not included. I'm going to lock this thread since it's not for discussion purposes. If anyone has a link you think...

It's that time of year again, the annual raising of the rates. This time it's going to hit the reptile shippers two ways. Shipping rates are being raised 5.9% and they have changed the volumetric weight formula which will cause our larger but light packages to be charged at a heavier weight. As...