Animals that Aid Humans In Unusual Ways


	Animals that Aid Humans In Unusual Ways
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6-29-2009 1:10 AM
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6-29-2009 11:16 AM
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/0ff5a77d-65f0-4c8c-894f-73f70a8ba558/ED56A0D2-3BFE-40EF-A060-4E5450938302/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://webecoist.com/2009/06/22/skilled-creatures-that-aid-humans-in-unusual-ways/" href="http://webecoist.com/2009/06/22/skilled-creatures-that-aid-humans-in-unusual-ways/" style="font-size: 11px;">webecoist.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/06/22/skilled-creatures-that-aid-humans-in-unusual-ways/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/01EF8F63-C12E-4ABE-A7B6-D8FE64D0E77F" alt="headerbig" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/06/22/skilled-creatures-that-aid-humans-in-unusual-ways/"><H2>Barn Owls: Deadly Rodent Hunters</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/06/22/skilled-creatures-that-aid-humans-in-unusual-ways/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/E209DF1C-79F5-4386-8CD1-3DF8D92F3EA2" alt="barn_owl" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/06/22/skilled-creatures-that-aid-humans-in-unusual-ways/">That is because they are prolific hunters of rodents.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/06/22/skilled-creatures-that-aid-humans-in-unusual-ways/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/6A2AFE99-008F-470C-9CBB-996B8F32D6BF" alt="spiders" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/06/22/skilled-creatures-that-aid-humans-in-unusual-ways/"><H2>Spiders: Snagging Pests</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/06/22/skilled-creatures-that-aid-humans-in-unusual-ways/">spiders actually catch and eat more harmful insects. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/06/22/skilled-creatures-that-aid-humans-in-unusual-ways/"><H2>Bats, Cormorants, and Dragonflies</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/06/22/skilled-creatures-that-aid-humans-in-unusual-ways/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/693E08DA-8EAB-41B0-96EF-E3411F8C4005" alt="bat-cormorant-dragonfly" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/06/22/skilled-creatures-that-aid-humans-in-unusual-ways/">Bats and dragon flies are two more animals whose diets consist of mosquitoes.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/06/22/skilled-creatures-that-aid-humans-in-unusual-ways/">cormorants have been used by fisherman to catch fish</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/06/22/skilled-creatures-that-aid-humans-in-unusual-ways/"><H2>Striped Hyena: Canine Garbage Disposal</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/06/22/skilled-creatures-that-aid-humans-in-unusual-ways/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/C97700F8-48DC-4D42-89BA-C7DE9C8260F9" alt="striped_hyena" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/06/22/skilled-creatures-that-aid-humans-in-unusual-ways/"> feasts on the decaying flesh of animals that have already been killed or died naturally.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/06/22/skilled-creatures-that-aid-humans-in-unusual-ways/"><H2>Coconut-Picking Monkeys</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/06/22/skilled-creatures-that-aid-humans-in-unusual-ways/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/25E8C479-2389-4759-ACCA-F2B3EE35D485" alt="monkey" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/06/22/skilled-creatures-that-aid-humans-in-unusual-ways/">Monkeys in Thailand and Malaysia are used to help farmers collect coconuts.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/06/22/skilled-creatures-that-aid-humans-in-unusual-ways/"><H2>King Snake: Farmer’s Slithering Helper</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/06/22/skilled-creatures-that-aid-humans-in-unusual-ways/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/B275C860-55CA-4BB2-B01B-A9549CBF63B8" alt="king_snake" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/06/22/skilled-creatures-that-aid-humans-in-unusual-ways/">this serpent is a natural predator of poisonous snakes.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/06/22/skilled-creatures-that-aid-humans-in-unusual-ways/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/5E3F00AA-ECAB-4873-8315-F5CA600C8B16" alt="civet-earthworm" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/06/22/skilled-creatures-that-aid-humans-in-unusual-ways/"><H2>Civet Cat and Earthworm:</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/06/22/skilled-creatures-that-aid-humans-in-unusual-ways/">Earthworms</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/06/22/skilled-creatures-that-aid-humans-in-unusual-ways/">help aerate the soil and their waste is beneficial as a fertilizer.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/06/22/skilled-creatures-that-aid-humans-in-unusual-ways/">Luwak coffee is considered a delicacy.   The beans for this coffee are fermented in the digestive system of the civet cat.  The beans are collected from the cat’s waste and sold for high prices.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/ED56A0D2-3BFE-40EF-A060-4E5450938302/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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