Category Archives: WHERE?
157.WHERE ARE EELS BORN?
One of the most curious of all living creatures is the long, slippery, whiplike member of the fish family called the eel.
If it were possible to identify one of the species and follow it in its travels, it would be found at different times swimming across hundreds of miles of ocean, ascending rivers, and even wriggling through wet grass on land toward the place where its instinct tells it there is a pond rich in food.
140.WHERE DO PARROTS COME FROM?
Parrots are one of the oldest types of birds known to exist. Fossil remains of parrots show they have been around since prehistoric times, and they haven’t changed for thousands and thousands of years.
Today, there are more than 600 species of parrots, but they are limited almost entirely to the tropics. Parrots are common in southern Asia, North Africa, Australia, and the Malaysian Islands.
139.WHERE DO GRASSHOPPERS LAY THEIR EGGS?
Every now and then great swarms of grasshoppers have appeared in certain places and devastated the land. They are mentioned in the Bible among the seven plagues of Egypt. But every year, in most parts of the world, they do thousands of dollars worth of damage to crops.
There are many varieties of grasshoppers but they look very much alike. They all have strong jaws, three pairs of legs, and usually have two pairs of wings. The first pair of wings is leathery and straight, while the second pair is membranous and folds underneath the first pair. The hind pair of legs, which are used for jumping, are usually long and well developed.
