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The first two chapters are pretty interesting and nice. It talked about the different environments and land formations and gave little tips on free-form drawing/ painting which was fun. I also learned that Ice is apparently considered a mineral which feels weird but also makes a lot of sense. It was a very little read today that i enjoyed.

Today i read through a few chapters. The thing that really stood out to me is there were quite a lot of recipes it gave me in these chapters. The two that sounds the most tasty are the buttermilk pancakes and this Creamy Maple Mocha pudding. I am someone who dose not really like pancakes but this recipes genuinely sounds so tasty. And i am a sucker for some good pudding. So Maple Mocha pudding sounds so goo.

today i read chapter 4 and 5. Chapter 4 was mostly focused on grains and the author even included a recipe for her moms Noodle pudding which honestly sounds fire. Then chapter 5 focused on different kinds of meats and the last page has "egg lingo" so short ways to ask for different meals. Apparently for boiled eggs its just called "drown the kids" and that is wild and I laughed.

I really enjoyed re-reading some of Maus today. I love learning about history when it is stuff like this. I also love the art style of this graphic novel. I kinda did forget how particular Vladek was about everything and Art Spedgelman dose a really great job at showing that through his novel. Its interesting to show both what his father was telling him and the sections in between of him just visiting and what not

I read chapter 1 called food for though which more or less talked about different dishes around the world as well as different tools used for making said dishes. It also talked about oven, stoves, and freezers. There was also a page full of different forks and spoon and have you ever seen an asparagus fork because it looks wild. I also read a bit into chapter two and learned sunflower seed are considered fruits.

Today i read the last two chapters of my book. Chapter 4 was called Built from the Ground up which is about different animals "Home." So nests, burrows, all that. It was really interesting learning about different burrow designs from different animals. Chapter 5 was called Weird and Wonderful. It just talked about a handful abnormal animals. One that stuck out to me was the Screaming Hairy Armadillo The name is funny

So today i started chapter 4 called social networks. It talked about all different types of primates and how they all corporate a lot like us humans. One of my favorites is a monkey called the Titi monkeys which wrap their tails together to reinforce their bonds. It also talked about . pinnipeds (Seals, walruses, sea lions). and lastly a group of flamingos is called a flamboyant.

I started a new chapter called "Have you herd" yes herd as in a herd of animals. It talked mostly about herbivores but gives a good amount of comparisons to Carnivores. Some animals it talked about are things like Giraffes, antelopes, wild horses, cape buffalo, bison, musk oxen, Hippos, and elephants. It also talked about features of them like their hooves, antlers, horns, and eating patterns.

Basically just talks a about a whole bunch of different animals very briefly. Talks about Bears, Wolverines, Animals that east fish, the fisher cat, Little guys who mess up bigger guys, Tarantulas, Big fish, Eagle, owls, Crocodiles vs. Alligators, deadly lizards, and vultures.

Today i started chapter 2 called Tooth and Claw. As you would think for the first few pages it talks about the difference in some animals teeth and claws. It then moves to briefly talk about animals hunting methods which generally consist of either Speed, Ambush, Mimicry, or Bait. a lot of the pages i read were about big cats though. One of the most interesting points was the difference between Jaguars and Pumas.

A shorter little read because i wanted to stop before going into chapter 2. The last few pages talked briefly about evolutionary habits and adaptations, ( exp animals who live in urban areas, animals that carry their young in pouches, etc.) It also touched on invasive species such as the Feral Swine around the US, the Burmese Python in Florida and a few others.

So far i think this book is really interesting and has great installations. There were two things that stuck out to me tho. One was one page 22 where it was listing vertebrates it only gave snakes as an example instead of all reptiles which feels weird since they did the overall group for the others such as birds and amphibians. The other was on page 24 where there was a food web and it was confusing to follow.