Having thought about it for a bit, and finished this glass, I’m starting to think maybe it’s actually a really good idea. I wonder if they help with that thing where you’ve lost one shoe.
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You are correct. Full marks
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So when the ice snake finally reaches the hole, will it continue climbing right in?
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I’d been waiting to see! But I just went out to check on it, and a mere four hours after taking that photo, the ice snake is no more. The temperature went up to 46F this afternoon. Now it’s just a few small, shattered pieces on the ground. How quickly they grow up and die 
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I can never keep stalagtites and stalagmites straight in my head, but Ice Snek sure looks likes the ones who form from mineral-rich water dripping from the ceiling.
ETA:
Oh, and if anyone has a workable mnemonic for remembering which is which, please lay it on me, baby. I’ll be externally grateful.
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stalactites hold “tightly” to the ceiling.
stalagmites hold “mightily” to the floor.
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Ooh, I likes it! Thank you, Dahling!
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I think that holding onto the ceiling requires more might. They should change it.
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when one is hanging from a ceiling, one tends to use one’s might to hold on tightly.
i believe the mnemonic stands as writ.
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Ack! Don’t fuck with my head before the mnemonic ahem crystallizes in my biological hard drive!
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The ones on the ground are smaller. Mere “mites.”
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A Jr. High science teacher taught us to remember it this way:
Stalactites stick tight! They are the ones hanging down from the ceiling.
The other ones are stalagmites.
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That’s a good’un, too!
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Another helpful one!
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I would have to agree, because it’s been over 50 years, and I’ve never forgotten it 
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Good mnemonic, @KeybillyJefe!
I don’t use a mnemonic device for both but I just remember that the “m” in stalagmites means mountain. This way, I know the other falls from the top.
(It’s hard for me to remember mnemonics. My brain is L-A-Z-Y.)
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