Class Pets

This weekend we (meaning I) took on the great responsibility of Eric's class pet. 8 class pets to be exact. Chinese silk worms. They are pretty interesting little creatures and we were pretty lucky to have 2 molt and will have 4 in cocoons before we take them back to school on Monday. A pretty big responsibility I must say. I have been a nervous wreck all weekend. As a result, we know more about silk worms than I ever thought we would.

Fun Fact: Did you know that the Chinese domesticated silkworm was bred so that it would go through all of its stages of development but once it becomes a moth, it actually can't fly? It was bred out of them since most of them don't make it that far in life and are boiled once they have made their cocoon and produced the needed silk. Nice huh??