Category Archives: WHAT?
99.WHAT IS PORCUPINE?
The porcupine has always been considered an annoying, disagreeable – animal. In fact, even Shakespeare described it that way. In Hamlet, there is the line: “Like quills upon the fretful porcupine.”
Actually, the porcupine is quite a harmless animal, who simply likes to be let alone. During the winter, it curls up in a hollow log or cave and sleeps most of the time. In the summer, it moves slowly through the woods in search of bark, twigs, roots, and leaves of trees and shrubs.
98.WHAT IS BIOLOGY?
Do you like to read detective stories or watch them on TV? What makes them exciting for you and me is the suspense. We want to find out who did it, or how, or why. But the world around us is full of mysteries, too.
Why do animals behave as they do? What makes plants grow in special ways? How does our body do this or that?
97.WHAT IS AN ARMADILLO?
Do you know what the word “armadillo” means? It’s a Spanish word meaning “the little armored one.” And that’s just what an armadillo is, a little mammal with a bony covering that is like armor.
There are ten different kinds of armadillos living from southern United States to southern South America. The upper parts of armadillos are covered with bony shells. These include one on the head and two solid pieces on the back. These two pieces are connected by a flexible center section made up of movable bands. This enables the armadillo to twist and turn.
