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No; flower contains honey as we know it; sugary material produced by the flower is not honey. Honey is a thing specially made by the honey-bee from materials derived from the flower. In fact, the sugary substance, produced by the flower through a long and...
No matter whether a ball is solid or hollow, its bounce is due to the fact that it is elastic. This simply means that when the ball is pressed out of its shape it tends to return to the shape it had at first. The...
More work can be obtained from an axe with a curved handle. The shape of a half-strung bow renders the handle stronger and less likely to snap when in use. The double curve gives it added flexibility. Then the curved handle enables the increases, axe...
The motion of the arrow through the air is a kind of power, and that, like all other power, has to come from somewhere, from the stretching of the bow. When the cord and the bow are bent out of their normal shape by being...
Animals and birds are all in some degree sensitive to the coming changes in the weather. By observing their movement, warning of coming storms can be obtained. Sea birds are good barometers. As stormy weather approaches, they leave the water and fly inland in search...
Have we observed that a dog or a cat never goes straight to a hearthrug and lies down? It turns round several times and beats the rug with its paws before settling down. Thousands of years ago, when these animals were in their wild state,...
The little creatures of the woods and fields that go to sleep during the cold winter months are very thankful to Nature, who allows them this privilege. This long sleep, or hibernation, as it is called, begins when the food of the drowsy animal becomes...
As a human baby expresses various feelings with its mouth long before it can talk, so many animals can express fear, joy, anger and many other feelings with their voices and their fellows can understand them. That is talking of a kind. Then, many insects,...
All animals that man makes use of or lives much with, can feel pain very readily and are capable of great suffering. Whether animals appreciate kindness intelligently or not, it makes a very great difference to the human being who treats his animals well. No...
There is general belief that night air is dangerous for us to breathe but this is absolutely wrong. As a matter of fact, night air is purer than day air because it contains less carbon dioxide with fewer fires and furnaces and less traffic.
