Saturday, August 1, 2020
Paper Cuts of Jigging Pigs!
Vintage Egyptian Paper-Cuts for The Classroom
Friday, July 31, 2020
Flying Squirrel: 6 Facts About
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| A flying squirrel is called a tagalog in India. |
A flying squirrel is a curious little squirrel which does not really fly, but which can glide downward through the air with a movement similar to flight.
6 Facts About Flying Squirrels:
- It accomplishes "flight" by means of an extension of its fur-covered skin on each side of its body, between its fore and hind legs. The little animal runs to the top of a tree, leaps out, spreading its legs and at the same time stretching out this side skin, which resists the air like a parachute. In this position the squirrel can glide sixty feet through the air but only in a downward direction.
- These animals are nocturnal in their habits, sleeping during the day and roaming the woods for food at night.
- They feed on nuts and leaf buds, and also on the eggs of birds and even the young, when obtainable.
- The common flying squirrel of the eastern part of the United States is about five inches long, exclusive of its bushy tail.
- It has bright black eyes and soft fur, which is grayish on the upper and white on the underneath side of the body.
- The tagalog, the large flying squirrel of India, is sometimes called the flying marmot or flying cat.
How the flying Squirrel Soars by Nature on PBS.
Fox Terrier
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| The illustration is that of the more popular smooth-coated terrier; some have hair that is hard and wiry. |
The fox terrier is a small dog with long, flat and rather narrow head, strong jaws and small V-shaped ears. It has become almost universally a household pet, especially in America, Canada and England. The nose is black, the eyes small and the body strong.
The color is usually white, with black or tan markings. The fox terrier was formerly used to drive
foxes from their holes, hence the name. These dogs live about fifteen years, and their weight averages twenty pounds. The illustration is that of the more popular smooth-coated terrier; some have hair that is hard and wiry.
More About Fox Terriers From The Web:
Fox
The fox is an animal belonging to the same family as the dog and the wolf. It is one of the smaller members of the family, and is famed for its cunning. From this trait has come the term, applied to a person, whether complimentary or otherwise, that he is "as sly as a fox." The stories told of the animal's intelligence in eluding its enemies, in protecting its young and in securing its food are sometimes so strange as to be almost beyond belief. The fox is a native of almost every part of the globe and is everywhere known as the most wily of beasts of prey.
It has a straight, bushy tail, erect ears and is extremely alert and avaricious, devouring birds and small quadrupeds, fruits, honey and eggs. The fox's home is a dry burrow or hole in the rock, and usually consists of an outer hole, or room, where the fox lies, a store room, where he keeps his food, and behind all, his sleeping room and the place where his family lives. When the fox is captured he will sometimes feign death and will endure the roughest treatment without flinching.
More About Foxes From The Web:
Thursday, July 30, 2020
Paper Silhouette Camel Cuts
Paper Camel Cuts for teachers and students to use in the classroom or in art projects. The center one has a rider.
Dolphin: 12 Facts
Fisherman saves stranded dolphin by Franna Fishing
12 Facts About Dolphins:
- It inhabits every sea from the equator to the poles.
- The common dolphin measures from six to ten feet in length and has a distinctive snout about a half foot long.
- It is usually, black above, gray on the sides and white beneath.
- Its flesh is coarse, rank and disagreeable, but it is used by the Laplanders as food.
- The dolphins live on fish and mollusca, and often they may be seen in great numbers around shoals of herring.
- They have to come to the surface at short intervals to breathe.
- The structure of the ear renders the sense of hearing very acute, and the animals are observed to be attracted by regular or harmonious sounds.
- Compactness and strength are the characteristics of these animals, and they swim with extraordinary velocity.
- The dolphin is most common in the Mediterranean, but one species, the bottle-nosed, is caught on the coast of New Jersey.
- Other species which are see off the coast of the United States are the black dolphin and the spotted dolphin.
- The name is also commonly but improperly given to a fish of the mackerel family, which changes its colors when dying, and shows many beautiful shades.
- In Greek mythology the dolphin was sacred to Apollo. Its image appeared on Greek coins and is said to have been represented on the shield of Ulysses.
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