#485 How do parrots talk?
How do parrots talk? They can imitate human speech by passing air across the opening of their trachea using an organ called a syrinx. Parrots don’t talk in the wild.…
How do parrots talk? They can imitate human speech by passing air across the opening of their trachea using an organ called a syrinx. Parrots don’t talk in the wild.…
What was the Royal African Company? It was a British slaving company that ties the British royal family to the slave trade. Britain started kidnapping African people as slaves in…
Does blood volume decrease if a limb is amputated? Yes. The kidneys will monitor the blood pressure and try to lower the volume of blood if it is too high.…
What is a Distributed Denial of Service attack (DDoS)? It is when someone tries to shut down a machine or a network by using lots of requests at the same…
Why can’t all animals be domesticated? There are six criteria needed for an animal to be domesticable. The first animals were domesticated about 15,000 years ago. Early people were hunter-gatherers,…
Why do ostriches have two kneecaps? It (possibly) helps them to run faster. What does a kneecap do? The knee is basically a lever and the kneecap is the pivot…
Why are university degrees called a bachelor’s, a master’s and a doctorate? They were named after the people who were trying to get those degrees. Universities have been around since…
How wild was the Wild West? Not as wild as Hollywood would like us to believe. The Wild West was the American frontier. It wasn’t called the Wild West until…
How can planes fly upside down? Because of the shape of their wings and the angle that they fly at. Planes fly because of lift. Air is not an empty…
Why is hypothermia dangerous? It is dangerous because it is a fatal condition. Hypothermia is often confused with hyperthermia. Hypothermia is when the human body temperature drops below 35 °C…