Facts of Animals, Birds and Insects-3 221. The cuckoo does not build a nest. 222. The ostrich is the largest of all living birds. it is a strange sort of bird and eats stones. 223. Because of the size and position of their eyes, ducks can see everything around them for approximately 340 degrees without turning their heads. 224. The eye of the ostrich is bigger than its brain. 225. The...

Facts of Animals, Birds and Insects-1 211. The rhinoceros belongs to the same family as the horse. 212. Rana Pratap’s favourite hourse, Chetak, was very devoted to him. When he died , the horse sat by his side and grieved. 213. Musk is obtained from a certain variety of deer known as the Musk Deer. 214. Parthenogenesis is the term used to describe the process by which certain animals are able...

Facts of Animals, Birds and Insects 203. Animals and birds don’t talk as such , the way humans do. But they certainly do communicate with one another. There are different ways in which they do this: a bird chirps, whistles and makes enchanting musical sounds; the cat purrs and meows; the dog barks and whines; the chicken cackles and crows; the wolf howls; the lion roars; the chimp chatters; and the...

Facts of Nature & Space – 11 191. The rainbow only occurs when the sun is at an angle of less the 40 degrees above the horizon. 192. The sun burns 240,000,000 tonnes of hydrogen dust every minute. 193. The sun provides most of our heat. The temperature at the center of the sun is about 14, 000,000 degrees Celsius. 194. The sunbeam that shines down through the clouds is called...

Facts of Nature & Space – 10 181. In ten minutes, a hurricane releases more energy than all the world’s nuclear weapons combined. 182. In the forests of northern Japan, volcanic springs from pools of hot water. The Macaque is a monkey that can keep itself warm in the cold of winter by soaking in these pools. 183. The Olympus Mons is the largest volcano in the solar system. 184. The...

Facts of Nature & Space – 9 171. The Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal are lashed by rain from November to January and from May to September. The people therefore build their houses on stilts. The area between the stilts is used as a courtyard. The huts are built in a circle with an open space n the centre. Some tribes in the North- Eastern States of...

Facts of Nature & Space – 8 161. The Mexican jumping bean is not a bean. It is a hollow shell containing worms or larvae. 162. Like the tomato, the brinjal too is a fruit. 163. Honey is used in anti- freeze mixtures. It is also a good remedy for the cure of cough and cold. 164. Caffeine is the most widely consumed addictive in the world. 165. A diamond will...