The acorn woodpecker is the only bird that can eat chestnuts and acorns. These birds hide the seeds in the cracks of tree bark. Squirrels will raid the bird's hiding spots and in turn hide the seeds on the ground. Most of the seeds are eventually eaten but a few grow into large chestnut and oak trees.
Science Builds A Better Guinea Pig
Science Builds A Better Guinea Pig Scientists say they have for the first time
genetically modified a monkey with high hopes of it being a missing
link between people and primates for medical research. The three
month old male rhesus monkey [nicknamed ANDi—“inserted
DNA spelled backward] carries the green fluorescent gene from a
jellyfish in its DNA. Its creators in Portland, Oregon say that the
monkey shows that researchers should be able to insert genes that
cause human disease into our primate cousins for use as the
ultimate guinea pigs. JANUARY 12, 2001
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