And Then Even More Sammy’S Science

By Chester Thompson

In this third installment of Sammys Science, he deals only with other North American and Arizona creatures with the exception of one flying insect from the Himalayas and one that is nearly invisible. The author still tells the scientific facts using his mixed species family of radio characters from the late 1980s and early 90snamely Sammy Skunk, Daphne Skunk, Erasmus the Porcupine, Ewald the Roadrunner, Tremor the Tiny Mouse, Bonkers the Cat, and a few of the other characters that appeared from time to time on the broadcast. If you want to know about the animals and plants in the wild, I recommend you read the book And Then Even More Sammys Science as well as the other Sammys Science books.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Aug 15, 2018
• ISBN: 9781546255192

Chester Thompson

Chester Thompson was born on January 18th, 1945 at Amarillo, Texas on poultry ranch owned by his grandfather and father. His parents were told that he would die before he reached age two, but by age two he was very much alive. When he was two his grandmother died and his parents left Amarillo to move to Philadelphia to be near his mother’s family. However when he was in the third grade the family doctor told hismother that she and his younger brother Tom, needed to move to a dryer climate. So the family moved to Phoenix, Arizona. Chester entered the fourth grade when school started and attended school in Phoenix until he graduated from high school. He began his writing career doing reports on animals during his fifth grade and sixth grade school years. He was turned onto mystery books at the Maricopa county library branch in his Phoenix neighborhood while in the sixth grade. Being an avid reader he read many books on several topics. Detective and mystery books were among them. Books like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s ‘Sherlock Holmes’ and Franklin W. Dixon’s ‘The Hardy Boys’ to name a few. Today at nearly 74 Chester enjoys writing on various topics but especially detective mystery. Mr. Fenton and ‘The Halloween Moon Case’ is just such a book.

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Published by AuthorHouse 08/09/2018

ISBN: 978-1-5462-5520-8 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-5462-5519-2 (e)

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DEDICATION

This book is dedicated to all of the

Students of nature science and their spouses

or mothers who put up with their creature collecting.

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THE BAD TEMPERED SKUNK BEAR

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S AMMY WENT OUTSIDE AFTER breakfast to toss the goats and donkey Dan some alfalfa after which he heard Ewald and Erasmus arguing.

What are you guys arguing about, asked Sammy.

Ewald says that the Kodiak bear is the toughest carnivore in America, answered Erasmus.

And Erasmus says the wolf is the toughest, said Ewald.

The bear can be tough and the Kodiak and Polar bears are definitely the toughest of the bear family. Any healthy adult bear in North America could kill a lone wolf easily but in a pack the wolves are also very tough, said Sammy. Then continuing he said, There is however another animal that the Blackfoot tribe calls the skunk bear which has even taken on bears and has a temper that makes the badger look like a wimp.

What is this creature that can take on a bear and live, asked Ewald with a frown.

Why don’t we go in the house after I finish feeding the chickens and I’ll tell you what I know about it, stated Sammy.

Tremor who heard the whole discussion headed toward the house to get in his place behind the old grandfather clock so he could be ready to hear about this animal. By the time Sammy, Erasmus and Ewald entered the living room Daphne was already sitting in her chair with Bonkers on her lap.

Sammy sat down and started, The animal that the Blackfoot tribe calls the skunk bear and phantom is the wolverine. He isn’t related to either a bear or the wolf. The wolverine is quite a rare carnivore which is not often encountered by humans. In fact because of its rarity and ability to go unseen scientist really are not sure just how many live in the lower forty eight states. They have estimated that less than 300 are in the lower forty eight but that is only a guess. The wolverine is the largest land dwelling species of the Mustelidae family of mammals. It is a stocky, short legged, and muscular carnivore with a broad rounded head with small eyes and short round ears. Other members of the family Mustelidae are the weasels, badgers, otters, martens and the mink. Though he has short legs its large snowshoe like five toed paws with crampon - like claws help