<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/4a4ead39-8777-408c-be19-03efc0095e2c/BE167EBB-DEC5-457D-AD3D-018667768C9F/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://webecoist.com/2009/06/22/skilled-creatures-that-aid-humans-in-unusual-ways/" href="http://webecoist.com/2009/06/22/skilled-creatures-that-aid-humans-in-unusual-ways/" style="font-size: 11px;">webecoist.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/06/22/skilled-creatures-that-aid-humans-in-unusual-ways/"><H2>Barn Owls: Deadly Rodent Hunters</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/06/22/skilled-creatures-that-aid-humans-in-unusual-ways/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/2765403D-45B0-45CC-8B3F-1C46D3D529B2" alt="barn_owl" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/06/22/skilled-creatures-that-aid-humans-in-unusual-ways/"><H2>Spiders: Snagging Pests</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/06/22/skilled-creatures-that-aid-humans-in-unusual-ways/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/96C38BB4-520A-4B86-9A28-01D5EE4E71BA" alt="spiders" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/06/22/skilled-creatures-that-aid-humans-in-unusual-ways/"><H2>Bats, Cormorants, and Dragonflies</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/06/22/skilled-creatures-that-aid-humans-in-unusual-ways/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/F7CA4BDF-A993-417B-B587-D33BFDACBF1C" alt="bat-cormorant-dragonfly" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/06/22/skilled-creatures-that-aid-humans-in-unusual-ways/">cormorants have been used by fisherman to catch fish </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/06/22/skilled-creatures-that-aid-humans-in-unusual-ways/"><H2>Striped Hyena: Canine Garbage Disposal</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/06/22/skilled-creatures-that-aid-humans-in-unusual-ways/"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/webecoist.com/img/DC76EEB4-A67C-489F-970A-E60694F29561" alt="striped_hyena" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/06/22/skilled-creatures-that-aid-humans-in-unusual-ways/"><H2>Coconut-Picking Monkeys</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; 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font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/06/22/skilled-creatures-that-aid-humans-in-unusual-ways/">this serpent is a natural predator of poisonous snakes.  It also consumes rodents and other pests </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://webecoist.com/2009/06/22/skilled-creatures-that-aid-humans-in-unusual-ways/"><H2>Civet Cat and Earthworm:</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; 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