Overview. 1  One of the most common uses for peppermint oil is as a flavoring for various types of candies, including mints, candy canes, peppermint sticks and chocolate confections. Ancient Egyptians used the peppermint plant as a medicinal herb, but an English botanist who found the peppery mint growing in a field first described it in 1696.
The smooth earth snake eats primarily earthworms and other soft-bodied arthropods. Behavior Given their lack of sufficient defense mechanisms against larger animals, earth snakes are generally not aggressive towards humans and are harmless if encountered.
Northern snakeheads do eat primarily fish. They have a similar diet to largemouth bass, but largemouth eat considerably more crayfish and other species such as frogs, turtles, snakes, etc. In comparison, northern snakeheads are almost completely piscivorous (unpublished data). have seen nothing to suggest that northern snakeheads do this naturally, or even when approached by boats that arenât shocking the water. Northern snakeheads do breathe air. Unlike many other air-breathing fishes, they have a series of spaces in the rear portion of their head called the suprabranchial chamber.