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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Dale Bowman

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Sleuthing at cranberry slough during 60th celebration of illinois nature preserves - Caught on Camera

Izabella Redlinski, deputy director of of the department of Resource Management for the Forest Preserves of Cook County, explains a cup plant while standing amid Joe-Pye weed and goldenrod at Cranberry Slough Nature Preserve. (Dale Bowman)

  The pack of kids excitedly ran back with a roly-poly bug last Saturday at Cranberry Slough Nature Preserve. Roly-poly bugs hold a piece of my heart, Janis.

Their excitement made me nostalgic for those tiny armadillo-looking crustaceans. Beyond their trick of rolling into a ball when touched (conglobation); they’re scavengers serving a role in nature.

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