The oldest living things in northern Europe, and the age is unknowable. Here are twelve.
1. The Oldest Ones Are Older Than Anything Else Alive Nearby
The most ancient yews…
It does not care about cheese, cannot be sick, and navigates by urine. Here are ten.
1. It Is Not Especially Interested in Cheese
Offered a choice, a mouse will…
The molehill is the spoil heap, not the home. Here are seventeen.
1. The Molehill Is a Spoil Heap, Not a Home
A molehill is the earth a mole has…
The flight paradox was never real. It shivers to warm up, and the colony dies every autumn. Here are fifteen.
1. The Story That It Should Not Be Able to…
A parasite, glued on by a bird, that has never touched soil. Here are fourteen.
1. It Is a Parasite and It Is Stealing From the Tree
Mistletoe is not…
It is not a parasite and does not strangle anything. Here are twelve.
1. It Does Not Strangle Trees
This is the belief worth demolishing first, because it is the…