1. RIP Yellow Rat Snake An eater of small lizards & rodents, frogs, & bird eggs, Most would never guess your gender was influenced by the temperature of the egg you hatched from! INTERESTING FACT:

2. RIP Horned Lizard An eater of ants, grasshoppers, beetles, and spiders. Most would never guess you could shoot blood out of your tear ducts or double your size to protect yourself against predators. INTERESTING FACT: https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=xodVcgJ 8bc0

3. In Memory of... The Pig An eater of corn, soy beans, bugs, fruits,…almost anything! Many never knew how close your DNA was to humans that your blood and organs could help replace their bad ones!

4. RIP Garden Slug An eater of living and dead plants/animals such as leaves, insects, small birds, fungi, etc. Most would never guess your blood was green, that you had about 27,ooo teeth, or that you had both male and female reproductive organs. INTERESTING FACT:

5. In Memory of... The Striped Mud Turtle An eater of insects, fish, algae, and plants. Many never knew about your ability to release smelly liquids from your butt glands to help protect yourself from predators!

6. RIP Scorpion An eater of insects, spiders, other scorpions, mice, and lizards. Most would never guess ate the male you had sex with because he didn’t run away fast enough! INTERESTING FACT:

7. In Memory of... The Chameleon An eater of leafy greens, crickets, cicadas, roaches, earthworms, and more. Many never knew your tongue was 2x the size of your body or that you had super sticky spit to catch your prey!

8. RIP Sea Urchin An eater of algae, seaweed, small fish, and more! Most would never guess you had 5 teeth that sharpened themselves so much they could cut through rock! Yup, you had a unique mouth. INTERESTING FACT: https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=Agmlm b_9s2Y

9. In Memory of... The Bee An eater of pollen and nectar Many never knew you never slept a day in your life as you and the other female worker bees made all that yummy honey!

10. RIP Earthworm An eater of very small left overs from decomposers and feces! Most would never guess you ate by sucking up your food because you had no jaws/teeth. You always did have a lot of heart.! 5 to be exact!!!! INTERESTING FACT:

11. In Memory of... The Giant Water Beetle An eater of baby turtles, water snakes, fish, tadpoles, and snails. Many never knew you were one of the largest bug in the world!

12. RIP Piranha An eater of both living and dead fish! Most would never guess I could make bark-like noises or that my teeth could bite through steel fishing hooks! INTERESTING FACT:

13. In Memory of... The Black Widow Spider An eater of insects, grasshoppers, beetles, mice, lizards, scorpions, and snakes. Many never knew your mate ate you so she could have enough protein to feed your babies while they grew in her. You deserve to be the father of the century!

14. RIP Jellyfish An eater of fish eggs, fish, sea snails, and shrimp. Most would never guess that despite not having a brain you could transform yourself back into a baby jellyfish and begin your life cycle all over again! INTERESTING FACT:

15. In Memory of... The Horseshoe Crab An eater of small clams, crustaceans, worms, and algae. Many never knew your blood was used for cancer treatments or that you had to “chew” your food by crushing it between your legs!

16. RIP Cicada An eater of tree sap and grass roots. Most would never guess that you spent the first 17 years living underground before you spent the last four weeks of your life above ground. INTERESTING FACT:

17. In Memory of... The Roach An eater of almost anything…living and nonliving! Many never knew you were able to hold your breath for 40 minutes, were considered an adult at 36 days old, and then lived for another week without your head!

18. RIP Millipede An eater of dead/decaying plant/animal matter (i.e. leaves, flowers, earthworms, snails, insects, etc.) Most would never guess that your species was the first animals to live on land and you have less than 100 legs, not a million! INTERESTING FACT:

19. In Memory of... The Crayfish An eater of shrimp, water plants, worms, dead plants/animals at the bottom of water. Many never knew you could breath out of water too!

20. RIP Centipede An eater of soft bodied insects, spiders, and worms. Most would never guess that the first segment of your legs were a secret weapon. They were poisonous fangs that injected venom into prey paralyzing them! INTERESTING FACT:

21. In Memory of... The Tick A sucker of blood from animals and free loader who lived on its food source. Many never knew that after sex you didn’t cuddle with your female because you died right away. That’s how many male ticks go!

22. RIP Human Body Louse (Lice) A sucker of blood from humans. Most would never guess that you lived and laid eggs on clothing. You only move to skin to feed. INTERESTING FACT:

23. In Memory of... The Praying Mantis An eater of live insects such as flies, crickets, moths, caterpillars, and snakes. Many never you were related to the cockroach, only had one ear, and could turn your head 180 degrees. https://www.youtube. com/watch?v=sT0Lyr wyh5E

24. RIP Sparrow An eater of seeds and insects. Most would never guess that your population has fallen 99% and scientists don’t know why. How tragic! INTERESTING FACT:

25. In Memory of... The Grasshopper An eater of leaves, shrubs, bark, flowers, seeds, grass, and weeds.. Many never knew you had ears on your belly, existed before dinosaurs, and if humans jumped the way you did they could easily leap the length of a football field.

26. RIP Potato Beetle An eater potatoes, tomatoes, eggplants, and peppers. Most would never guess that you laid up to 800 eggs at a time and farmers could never really get rid of you. INTERESTING FACT:

27. RIP Algae A producer of sugar from sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water. Most would never guess that you help produce 30-50% of all the world’s oxygen. INTERESTING FACT:

28. In Memory of... The Lithop A producer of sugar from sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water. Many never that pebble it looked like you were growing out of were really leaves and a part of you!

29. In Memory of... The Corpse Flower A producer of sugar from sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water. You were well known for being the biggest and worse smelling flower in the world. You smelled like a rotting animal!