How Does A Flying Fish Manage To Fly? In actual there are no fish which fly like birds. If there were fish which actually “flew”, through the air like birds, they would apparently do it by flapping their “wings” or fins. The front fins of...
What Do You Know About The System Of Breathing Of Fish? The fish were already swimming about in the oceans long before man appeared on the earth. It was long ‘hundreds of thousands of years ago. The fish were the highly developed form of life...
How Does A Duck Float? We refer to a wide variety of birds when using the word “duck”. The range is vast, starting from familiar barnyard type to the wild traveler in the skies. The duck family in fact includes swans, mergansers or fishing ducks,...
How Is It, That The Birds Sing? In nature, the loveliest sound is the song of the bird. When we are out in the country we hear birds singing, it seems that they are telling one another something. In fact, the birds do communicate with...
Why The Colour of Male Birds Are Brighter Than The Female Birds? Let us first understand that, why the birds have colour at all. Many reasons have been advanced in regard to the colouring of birds, but science does not fully feel convinced. It is...
Why The Lion Is Called the “King Of Beasts”? The history of mankind is a witness to the consideration of the lion as a symbol of strength. We say “as strong as a lion” or “lion-hearted”. The lion was used on shields and crests and...
For How Long Have The Cats Been Domesticated? The cat has been around for a long, long time. The cat fossils have been found which are millions of years old! Today’s domesticated cat is the descendant of the wildcat. The type or species of the...
When Were Dogs Domesticated? Hundreds of thousands of years ago, giant mammoths still roamed the earth. The world was covered with dense forests. Men lived in caves. They dressed with the skin of wild beasts. The dog became man’s friend. The dog followed Alien on...
Do You Know, That A Cow Chews Its Cud? Thousands of years ago, there were certain animals who could not protect themselves against their stranger, fiercer enemies. In order to survive, they developed a special way of eating. They would snatch some food whenever possible,...
Why Is It That, Mammals Hibernate? Woodchuck is typical hibernating animal. The squirrel stores up the food supply in winter. It depends on plant food and with onset of winter its food supplies vanish. The woodchuck has stored up a reserve supply of fat on...
