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Show Do Ants Eat Crow? How Does The Hyena Howl? Book Tells All. wonder why ,1s ants under J feathers? Can you Lwhich plant has a L the size of a Setball? Baffled as hyenas laugh? o why Give up? Then turn to Rick's Answer ger JJk for the ex- -' Sanations. This new Ldcover anthology of aiure lore is written for drenfivetol2. Its 96 ! es are filled with Questions and answers )l bout geology, Plants, Weather, and animals and they're illustrated With full-colo- r L pdotographs, diagrams, and cartoons, y So why do crows put ants under their feathers? Other birds behave in this unusual manner .too, and scientists guess that the ants may eat lice and olher pests which live in U,e bird's feathers. Another explanation: jiany ants' bodies contain a sharp-f- ! smelling' liquid called 1 formic acid. When a bird crushes an ant and puts it under its feathers, the formic " acid may clean the ,' feathers or kill small pests. . According to "Ranger Rick's Answer Book", the world's biggest seed is the rare Coco de Mer coconut, which grows on islands in the Indian Ocean. Hundreds of years ago, it was believed that liquid drunk from a goblet made from a Coco de Mer would be free of poison. Those days, monarchs worried a great deal about being poisoned by ungrateful subjects, so they were willing to pay thousands of dollars for a magic Coco de Mer goblet. If that's got you giggling, the hyena's J bowl is really no laughing matter. The spotted hyena lives in Africa and prowls in packs during the night. The mammals call to one., . another with raucous barks and hysterical howls that sound just like crazy I human laughter. Young readers of "Ranger Rick's Answer Book" will also learn that all fish have ears that snakes are deaf' and that the bald cypress tree has bark-covere- d knees, which grow upward out of shallow long roots (hat spread out from ihe tree. The book will also lay to rest some common misconceptions. Kor example, raccoons don't really wash their food. It just looks iliat way. These masked mam-mals catch most of their food in shallow water feeling around with their paws for crayfish, tadpoles, and small fish which they then pop into their mouths. And crocodiles don't really eat their babies. The mother crocodile gently carries her just hatched litter in her mouth and deposits them in the water. This protects the baby crocs from hungry hawks and herons. Finally, there are some answers in the NFW nature book for parents, for almost every child asks sooner or later such questions as, "Why is the sky blue?" "Ranger Rick's Answer Book" explains that when light leaves the sun it is a mixture of several colors, in-cluding red, yellow, blue, and violet. But when these colors hit the earth's atmosphere, the red and yellow pass through in a fairly straight line, while the blue and violet get bounced and scattered by the air's molecules. 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Grove j I Phone 785-392- 2 j Hobbies for the Homemaker Can make Big Bucks There is an ever in-creasing trend for the tomemaker to try her skill in a marketable tabby. Old, new and original ideas are put to test - some to be improved upon, some to be discarded, but all are ' source of enjoyment, even to the extent of becoming an outlet from everyday frustrations. Then comes the Owning that the kids aye enough clothes or is more fun to make toy and doll clothes "an try to please the Onagers. The walls re hung from corner to torner with wall ""gings of all "ature...macrame, er arrangements Wures done in various "ays. Drawers are with hot Pads, towels, table Uolns, embroidered !lems, crocheted relies, knitted pieces. he shelves will no onger accomodate the lalesl 'dea in dolls or the ramic that is now De"ig worked. One can e just so many tole Wnted plaques, plates, 0l!rs and what have . Sure, all these "'"gs come in handy as "ls - but sis already as a sample of ything. Yes, they n be saved for the children - but here to store them. A" answer to the ftna. Sell them! husband is starling to grumble at the expense of this "hobby." But where? Oh, there was a big craft fair advertised in the paper, but that was too expensive. How, about consigning it to a gift store, but their fees eat up the profit. Well then, why not just tell the neighbors that there will be an open house where they can have a look in on all the hand made goodies available and purchase them at an affordable price. That's it. Maybe even print up a few hand-out- Word of mouth is usually Ihe best salesman. So now, instead of garage sales, it's home craft and hobby sales. The difference is worth considering. Oflen the homemaker hobbyist 'offers unique and outstanding values in their wares. Their offerings are often d and not an assembly line production. The real value is in Ihe work-manship and quality. One doesn't usually try to sell anything they wouldn't be proud to own or lake credit for. To be completely convinced, take in some of the local neigh-borhood craft lairs. You'll be pleasantly surprised and you may never shop in a store again. |