As impressive as the fruits are, they’re inedible. They are filled with the milky sap called latex, similar to what’s in rubber trees and milkweed plants.
Birds That Walk with Me
Some of them will walk within 15 feet of me, then take off flying, circle around, and return to the ground and walk a bit. Sometimes three or four of them will take take turns walking with me.
Dragonflies: Beauty on Wings
Their legs form a miniature basket that they catch their prey in and they eat their catch on the fly.
More Than Birds
When I was a kid about age 11, my father helped me build a miniature zoo, which included a small, kidney-shaped concrete pool where I kept baby painted turtles, sliders, and snapping turtles.