by Giacomo Giammatteo | Jan 15, 2021 | animals, Uncategorized
Spiders Before we start, let’s get one fact straight: spiders are not insects; they are arachnids; in fact, many spiders eat harmful insects. Spiders seldom bite. Just like their hated counterparts in the reptile world (snakes), spiders get a bum rap because...
by Giacomo Giammatteo | Feb 27, 2019 | Uncategorized
The Harmless Hognose Snake Many people are deathly afraid of snakes, and I don’t mean cobras or pythons, or rattlesnakes. They shriek or scurry off in terror at the sight of garter snakes, brown snakes, water snakes, and yes, even the harmless hognose snake. There may...
by Giacomo Giammatteo | Feb 9, 2019 | animals, dogs, horse, snakes, Uncategorized
Death by animals of any kind frightens a lot of people. Big predators like sharks and wolves are almost always near the top, but smaller animals such as snakes and spiders meet or exceed their ability to instill fear into humans. Let’s look at some of the...
by Giacomo Giammatteo | Nov 28, 2017 | Uncategorized
Are Pigs Smart? My wife and I have an animal sanctuary. We take in (or used to take in) dogs, cats, horses, and pigs. Yes, pigs. In fact, at one time we had fifty-five animals and more than thirty of them were pigs. Because of this, my wife and I often get asked are...
by Giacomo Giammatteo | Oct 11, 2017 | animals, horse, Uncategorized
A Horse With Heart As most of you know, my wife and I run an animal sanctuary, and we’re usually suckers for sob stories of almost any kind. Back in 2005, we had about fifteen dogs and twenty-six pigs. Then September rolled around and with it came hurricane Rita...
by Giacomo Giammatteo | Oct 31, 2016 | animals, dogs, Uncategorized
Unlikely Friends For the two or three of you who haven’t heard me preaching for the last few years, my wife and I have an animal sanctuary. At one time, we had 55 animals. It’s down to about 30 now, but that’s still a lot. One of the animals we had...
