Category Archives: WHY?
159.WHY DOES THE PEACOCK RAISE HIS FEATHERS?
One of the most spectacular sights presented by any bird is that of the peacock displaying his feathers. As you might imagine, such a sight has always impressed people. In fact, in ancient times, both the Greeks and the Romans considered the peacock to be a sacred bird. But this didn’t prevent the Romans from serving peacocks for dinner!
141.WHY DO FLIES RUB THEIR LEGS TOGETHER?
It’s a natural thing to consider the housefly a nuisance. It makes an irritating buzzing sound; it annoys you when it crawls on your skin; and so on. For ages that’s what man considered the fly to be just a nuisance.
It was not until the twentieth century that we found out that the innocent-looking housefly is one of man’s worst enemies. It was discovered that these flies carried disease germs that cause the death of millions of people every year!
121.WHY ARE HORSES RIDDEN WITH A SADDLE?
Men have ridden horses for thousands of years. Yet, as you can probably remember from the first time you tried to ride a horse, there’s quite an art to riding.
There’s more to riding a horse than avoiding sores and aches and pains. The chief marks of good riding are ease and grace, combined with straightness of posture. When people are trained from earliest childhood, these things come naturally. The cowboys of the West usually get this kind of training, and they can ride without lifting from leather, which means they never bounce on the saddle.
