Category: Nature Facts

How Can You Tell the Difference Between Grasshopper and a Cricket?

9/20/2018

My Grandpa Toots told me the difference when I was young. The grasshoppers have shorter antennae and he said the crickets have long ones. Find out more about the difference check out Difference Between Cricket and Grasshopper.

Which Land Animal Can Drink 25 Gallons of Water In Ten Minutes?

8/30/2018

If you said Camel you are right. Camels have three stomachs, they can hold five gallons of water. Their humps don't store water but fat.Looking at the picture above Camels have two eyelashes to keep sand and dust out of them. God was sure amazing to create such an awesome camel to survive desert conditions.

Resource: Bible Discovery Collection Bible Animals, Tyndale House Publishers, pg 17
Facts About Camels

Hummingbirds Facts

8/23/2018

I just love hummingbirds my sisters said I act just like a hummingbird when I do anything. My logo for Rejoice Within is the hummingbird. They are such an amazing little bird. Here are some facts I found about them:

Eat Insects and Spiders, nectar of flowers
Only bird that can fly forwards, backwards, sideways and upside down
They cannot walk feet were made for perching
Males have bright shiny feathers that changes colors
Females have duller colors so they can hide more easily
Nests made of twigs, leaves, plants, moss and spiderwebs
They perch into trees to save energy
They lay 2 small white eggs. The males don't help with raising the young
Wings beats 50-60 times per second and rotate wings in a complete circle
Sharp long bills long tube tongue
340 species of hummingbirds
Bee Hummingbirds are the smallest hummingbirds birds they measure at 2 inches long and they live in Cuba
Hunted: Snakes, hawks, cats, praying mantises and large spiders
Cannot smell well but they have great eyesight

Resources:
Fun Facts About Hummingbirds

25 Tips About Hummingbirds

Duck Facts

8/16/2018

When I wrote Adventure to Faith River I had to do research on ducks/mallards. Below are interesting facts I found about them. Every time I see them flying overhead, I send them a prayer and safe journey.

Duck Facts:

Male ducks are called Drake
Females called Hen
Babies called Ducklings
Ducks are monogamous
Nesting: 5 white eggs inside nest. The hen sits on them 4 weeks and she turns the eggs over four times to keep them warm.
Predator to Duck eggs: Weasel, Foxes and Crows
Predator to Ducks: Feared Marsh Hawk
Molting: Every summer old feathers fall off while news feather grow back. Molting last 3 weeks and they cannot fly until the feathers are grown.
Sounds they make: squeaks, chirps, grunts, groans, whistles, and growls.
Difference between mallards and ducks: Mallard have more colors and Ducks are smaller with different colors not as colorful compared to mallards.
If a predator is near by the female hen, she will pretend she is injured to protect her chicks.
How to Tell the Differences Between Male or Female Duck

Resources: Mallard/Ducks

How Can You Tell the Difference Between Grasshopper and a Cricket?

Which Land Animal Can Drink 25 Gallons of Water In Ten Minutes?

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