Monthly Archives: April 2014
127.DOES THE MOCKINGBIRD HAVE A CALL OF ITS OWN?
Because of its name, and because this bird does have a remarkable ability to imitate the songs and cries of other birds, most people think of it only in this way.
As a “mocking” bird, this creature is amazing. There is a case where an observer once heard a bird mimic the notes of 32 different birds within 10 minutes! The mockingbird may improve on the other bird’s song by making up trills and runs of its own.
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.
125.DO ALL KINDS OF MOSQUITOES CARRY DISEASE?
Have you ever been out camping or walking in a beautiful country spot, when suddenly everything was spoiled by a swarm of mosquitoes? These little creatures cannot only ruin our pleasure, they can make us quite miserable with their stubborn attacks.
For a long time, man considered mosquitoes annoying and troublesome but that was all. It was not until the end of the century that we began to discover they were dangerous, too.
