I remember growing up years like this for two types of animals in particular. Snakes one year, which gave me healthy fear of the things, and tarantulas another. Lots of relatives keep Australian Shepherds and many times that year the dogs would walk up with one or two of those furry spiders hanging on their shaggy hair. Interesting questions and ones I believe modern science is still trying to figure out. Off all the species I think quail has probably been studied the most by places like Texas A&M, etc. and there's some interested stuff out there.
In a very minorly related topic here's a couple videos I like which I think y'all would too. The first one has to do with finding answers that go against current belief regarding agriculture and conservation and the second is just a great land restoration video from TX.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpTHi7O66pIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSPkcpGmflE&t=266s This guy is as about as throwed off or mistaken as Darwin was. He is wolf in sheep's clothing.
