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Show Page 90—-THE HERALD. Provo. Utah. Tuesday, January 1, 1980 Tell Me Why CAPTAIN EASY ee COME IN ARSO CEAen A Fors Bapneswrtrs ) Sirmee TS Why Do Lansvace eases| SPC ae Bats Fly At Night? Foreign | We'veall heard the expression ‘‘blind as a bat.” This indicates a general belief that bats either are totally blind or are unable to see very well. This idea bly arose because manybats avoid bright suniight and fly mostly at dusk or at night. But actually somebats are quite active during the day. And even the bats thatfly at night have excellent eyesight in semi-darkness and can see reasonably well in broad daylight. Then why do most bats fly in the dark? They are nocturnal creatures. This means they are active only at night. They Ph in aetauyiinasand come out at night to find food Bats are probably night creatures for the same reasons most small animals are. A small animalis in less danger at night. In the daytime there is the constant danger of being eaten bylarger animals that sleep at night. Also, at night bats can catch insects with less competition from birds. So, except for a few kinds, bats are creatures of the You Can Learn a L Language 377-3485 night. B it = as 4 By Ernie miller T WISH I COULD FIND A HAT THAT WOULD MAKE ME LOOK MORE YOUTHFUL Whenbats fly, at night or during the day, they don’t depend on their eyes for guidance.Asit flies, a bat utters a continuous sound, so high-pitched that the human ear can’t hear it. These highfrequency sound waves strike the obstacles in the bat’s path and echo back to its ears, which are very sensitive. The bat’s wings automatically reagt to these signals, and the bat is able to changeits course and avoidflying into the obstacles. Of course , a batuses its eyes to spotits food whienit decides to go afterit. (Win four “Tell Me Why” books, 1,300 questions answered. Illustrated. Send your questions, name, age, address, to “TELL ME WHY,” care of this newspaper. Include your zip code. In case of duplicate questions the author will decide the winner. Today's winner: Christina Old, 7, Columbus, Ohio.) one FUNTIME The le Box Tom: Dad, can you sign your name with your eyes closed? Dad: Certainly. Tom: Thenshutyour eyes andsign this report card. oe Dentist: Stop making faces. I haven't even touched your tooth yet. Patient: I know you haven't,but you’re standing on my toe. eee 25 52 1 _BUGS BUNNY avzrovice=-| Ty (isisuickly, aoetriestoa on your ask en him to Two number fs two digitsreversed.The ofthesame smaller number is one less than onehalf ofthe larger number. What are the By Heimdahl & Stoffel mtn’ Answer: The numbers are 25 and 52. (Win a ‘Tell Me Why’ book. AND TIE HIS LONG Hundreds of questions answered. Il- THANKS / I NEEDED THAT NIGHTANDWHAT A HEAD THIS MORNING lustrated. Se: riddles, jokes to “RIDDLES, JOKES, TELL ME WHY,”care of this newspaper. Include zip code. (No winner today.) This Day In History By United Press International Today is Tuesday, Jan. 1. the first day of 1980 with 365 to follow. This is New Year's Day. The moon is approaching its full phase. The morning stars are Mars. Jupiter, Saturn and Mercury. The evening star is Venus Those born on this date are under the sign of Capricorn. The late American FBIDirector J. Edgar Hooverand actor Dana Andrews were born Jan. 1 — Hooverin 1895 and Andrewsin 1912. Onthis date in history: In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. In 1959, the Cuban revolution ied by Communist Fidel Castro ended as dic- tator Fulgencio Batista fled theisland. in 1975, a jury convicted former At- torney General John Mitchell, Robert IF WE CAN'T OPEN THE SUNROOF ANY FURTHER: HOW & LIB: ARE WE GOING TO GE OUT THAT CRACK! @ 3 WY oh, ULLl y Ve ‘ 7 THATS RIGHT! AS LONG AS THE AIR BUBBLE HOLDS. TH WATER CAN'T RISE. : TOce1!; Mardian, former assistant attorney general and former White House aides John Ehrlichman and H.R. Halderman on all counts in Watergate cover-up case. In 1978, an Indian airliner with 213 people aboard exploded and crashed in the sea after taking off from Bombay. Nosurvivors were found peat A thoughtfor the day: British writer Walter Lander said, ‘‘Children are fondest No are. what the mothers father care can fashion so the infant heart.” Incousistency of Youth A survey of 2,284 American youths, ages 14 to 25, revealed 90 percent agreed cigarette smokingis one of the causes of lung cancer, yet 35 percent admitted smoking daily Ninety percent also agreed exercising is beneficial, but only 73 percent exercised regularly By Art Sansom THE BORN LOSER MEANING wir, @LADYS2 I RESOLVE NOT OBE PARANOID WW (980. 2 or 8 ' $ ? 2 1 i : hen, ayer e y gB°. TU |