The Golden Rules of ATV Safety as outlined by the ATV Safety Institute's Mike Mount (see sidebar on page 75) is a good place to start for personal safety issues.
Xanthium (cocklebur) is a genus of flowering plants in the sunflower tribe within the daisy family, native to the Americas and eastern Asia.
'Waterbug' is actually a broad term used to refer to several different kinds of bugs within the insect order Hemiptera. One of the most common is the giant waterbug, known as an alligator tick, toe biter or electric light bug. There are also several species of cockroaches incorrectly referred to as waterbugs, including the reddish-brown American cockroach and the shiny black oriental cockroach.