Three weeks before the postman caterpillar turns into an adult, it eats 25,000 times its own body weight in passion flower leaves.
Too many rats in the big apple
Too many rats in the big apple The city of New York is contemplating using brith
control to bring down its 70 million strong rat population. Mayor
Rudolph Giuliani has set up a task force to deal with the problem
of rats which often turn up on the porch of his mayoral mansion.
It's estimated there are nine rats for every resident. DECEMBER 7, 2000