Category Archives: DOES?
126.DOES A CENTIPEDE REALLY HAVE A RED FEET?
Have you ever turned over a flat stone or a rotting log, and seen a little wormlike creature running quickly away from the light? The chances are it was a centipede.
Of course you didn’t actually have a chance to count all its feet to see if it really had a hundred of them! The name “centipede” means “100-footed,” and some species of this creature actually have 100 feet. Some, in fact, even have more legs than that! And some have only 30 legs.
110.DOES A SHEEP GROW WOOL EVERY YEAR?
The wool that grows on a sheep is like the hair that grows on your head. It grows the same way and is the protective covering of the sheep against cold weather.
Once a year, usually in the spring when warm weather is ahead and the sheep no longer needs its “protection,” the sheep are given a haircut and all the wool is sheared off. It is usually full of burrs, thorns, and natural oil which is called “lanolin.” It comes off almost whole, like a hide, and is then rolled up and tied with wool twine.
