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Here's colorful tale: the South American Tinamou known as the Easter Egg Bird-lays multi-colored eggs in blue, green, pink, yellow and purple.
The Waitomo Caves of New Zealand are lit by thousands of luminous fly larvae. They are so sensitive to sound that they immediately 'switch off' their lights on hearing a human voice.
On your next seaside holiday why not watch the sea gulls?
They are remarkable long distance flying machines, capable of covering 700 miles in a day at speeds of up to 50 miles an hour.
When a silkworm makes its cocoon it spins more than 800 yards of silk in one unbroken length.
Have you ever noticed that birds never sing on the ground-only when they are safely perched above it?
Did you know that goose-berries have nothing to do with geese at all?
The world comes from the Old English word gorst meaning rough or prickly, because the fruit grows on a bush with prickly spines and thorns.
The world softest, lightest wood is balsa, which weighs only half as much as cork. The balsa tree, from South America, grows quickly, reaching a height of 70 feet in only seven years. Balsa wood was used for building rafts for centuries.
Did you know that the wettest days in the English week are Saturday, Sunday and Monday? Just when we all want to go out and have fun!
There are over seven million lamp posts in Britain. Amazing - Right!
Did you know that an albatross can glide for up to six days in mid-air without beating it's wings, and that it can take a nap while doing so? |
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