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While different creatures have different menu choices to satisfy their food cravings they also rely on a variety of methods to secure their meals, many of which are quite unique and downright interesting. This week Tidbits gives us a closer look at some of the clever methods they need to first employ before ADVERTISING PROOF OF they can settle down to din-din.

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Vol. 22: #11 • Weird Meal Habits of Clever Creatures • (3-8-2026) Tidbits of Coachella Valley

Published on Mar 9, 2026

Tidbits of Coachella Valley

Nature is weird. Dinner is weirder. This week, Tidbits goes deep into the animal kingdom's most bizarre hunting strategies: a spider that throws a lasso, a snail that floods nearby fish with foreign insulin, a beetle that outruns a cheetah pound-for-pound, and a primate capable of leaping 15 feet in a single bound. Strange Diets adds to the spectacle with vervet monkeys that drink themselves unconscious, mosquitoes that urinate on their victims mid-meal, and moths that feed exclusively on the tears of sleeping elephants. Elsewhere in this issue: the Happy Meal toys that bombed. Kitchen rescues for sour milk and melted ice cream. Why the VA finally stopped letting the FBI strip veterans of their gun rights. Why people still die of pneumonia in the age of modern medicine. Social Security disability reviews, decoded. Free tech tools to keep your aging parent safe from afar. And how to give a traditional home a fresh, contemporary soul without losing its character.