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• The largest octopus is the Giant Pacific Octopus, which swims in the waters off British Columbia. Their average weight is usually about 33 pounds, with an arm span of about 14 feet and rarely exceeds 90 pounds. However, an occasional one is found that lives up to the name “giant,” such as the largest ever caught, which weighed about 600 pounds. • The mythological mermaid first appeared in stories around 1,000 B.C. An Assyrian legend tells of the goddess Atargatis falling in love with a mortal shepherd. When she accidentally killed him, she was so devastated, she jumped into a lake and took the form of a fish. Although beautiful, mermaids don’t have a very good reputation. Folklore tells of them singing to people to enchant them, then luring them to their doom. Rather than rescuing drowning sailors, they squeeze the life out of them. British tales speak of seeing a mermaid as an unlucky omen, one that foretells of impending disaster. • The blue whale is the largest animal in the world, weighing between 100 and 150 tons. Even at birth, they are huge — 23 to 27 feet long with a birth weight of three tons! A calf will nurse for about eight months, during which it will drink 100 gallons of milk every day, putting on about 200 pounds a day. That’s eight pounds an hour! When a calf is weaned, it is 52 feet long and weighs about 23 tons.

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UNDER THE SEA (continued): • Just the tongue of a blue whale has a weight of 2.7 tons, more than an elephant. Fifty people could stand on it! Its mouth can hold up to 90 tons of food and water, but strangely enough, the whale’s throat dimensions only allow for it to swallow an item the size of a beach ball. The heart weighs 1,300 pounds, the size of a small car, and beats just 10 times per minute. Its major arteries are large enough for a small child to crawl through. • “Benthic marine algae” is a fancy name used by scientists for seaweed. Seaweed is used for everything from food to medicine to fertilizer. People in some Asian countries consider some varieties a great delicacy and receive health benefits from its rich deposits of calcium, magnesium and iodine. Folks in Belize mix it with milk, nutmeg, cinnamon and vanilla for a popular beverage. Germans add seaweed’s compounds to many of their beers. You’ll find it in cosmetics, wound dressings, toothpaste and diet pills. Exclusive spas offer seafood wraps for the body. At the hardware store, seaweed is present in paints and fertilizers. • An echinoderm is characterized by “racial symmetry,” that is, several arms radiating from a central body. The most familiar echinoderm is the starfish. Although we think of the starfish as having five arms or “rays,” there are several species that have six or more. Some have 10 to 15 arms, and the Antarctic species Labidiaster annulatus can even have up to 50! A starfish’s mouth is found on the underside of its body, and many of these creatures swallow their prey whole. Although the lifespan of the average starfish is about 10 years, some live past 30.

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12 (2 1/2-inch) chocolate graham cracker squares 2 (4-serving) packages sugar-free instant chocolate pudding mix 1 1/3 cups nonfat dry milk powder 2 1/4 cups water 1/4 cup reduced-fat peanut butter 1/2 cup reduced-calorie whipped topping 1/4 cup chopped dry roasted peanuts

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1. Evenly arrange 9 graham crackers in a 9-by-9-inch cake pan. In a large bowl, combine 1 package dry pudding mix, 2/3 cup dry milk powder and 1 1/4 cups water. Mix well using a wire whisk. Blend in peanut butter. Spread mixture evenly over graham crackers. Refrigerate while preparing topping. 2. In same bowl, combine remaining package dry pudding mix, remaining 2/3 cup dry milk powder and remaining 1 cup water. Mix well using wire whisk. Blend in whipped topping. Spread topping mixture evenly over chocolate ﬁlling. Finely crush remaining 3 graham crackers. Evenly sprinkle crumbs and peanuts over top. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours. Cut into 8 pieces. ♥ Each serving equals: About 173 calories, 5g fat, 8g protein, 24g carb., 470mg sodium, 1g ﬁber; Diabetic Exchanges: 1 Fat, 1 Starch, 1/2 Fat-Free Milk.

June 18th & July 2nd

We will open at 7:00 AM Fresh Caramel Apples, Chocolate Strawberries, Ice Cream, Slushies, Smoothies and more! 1 2 9 3 r d Ave . SE Cedar Rapids

319-363-6322

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Corner of 2nd St. & 3rd Ave. Downtown

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