Opposums are nature's vacuum cleaners. They will eat anything they can find. They'll eat fruits, nuts, birds, worms, frogs, garbage, and even dead animals. They will eat dirt, wrappers, and packaging. Imagine if your kid ate like an opposum. You could save a lot of money!
Opposum's "Playing opposum" trick is a safe, yet disgusting way to stay alive when a predator attacks! The opposum first shows all of its teeth to frighten the foe. If this does not work, it will play dead. An opposum can play dead from about four minutes to four hours. It will build up saliva, then release snot from its blush pink nose, and it will even fart a disgusting smelly green fluid fom its butt. The predator will probably be disgusted out by then and leave.
Opossums are also good at climbing. Their small tails are prehensile, meaning they can wrap around things. Opposums have thumbs on thier feet, called halluxes. This special toe helps them climb. They are specially built for tree climbing. Opposums are definitely more than meets the eye.
24 January 2013
15 January 2013
Birth of the Chess Queen
(The book by Marilyn Yolum is reviewed by Emperor)
A very good book indeed. Jolly good book. I'd rate it as 10 out of 10 . The pictures are good and the book was thought over, perfect.
Some things that I have learned from the book:
Chess is beleived to have originated in India, sixteenth century. The Queen used to be called a vizier. No one wanted or thought of a female being on the chess board. It was thought a trait of wisdom to play chess. Nobles and knights usually played chess. Females used to play chess a lot more back three to ten centuries ago.
The church banned chess because people would bet on the outcome. But chess was kept alive. Eventually the church had accepted chess again, and chess was a popular game again. Chessboards were great gifts; they were usually made of ivory.
Chess has been known as a love game, so chess romance scenes were everywhere. The King and Queen were in these scenes, as the lovers. These "Scenes" were on coins, mirrors, on windows, and all through out Valentines day,they were everywhere.
Both men and women were connected to chess. Kings and Queens were also connected to themselves. When mixed sexes played, the man was often dazzeled by his female opponent, thus he would lose the game. But I don't get distracted when I play girls.
In 1831 somewhere, a laborer dug up the most intricate chess peices. They were called the "Lewis Chessman". There were 128 peiees altogether. Today there are only 93 pieces. 82 in the British museum, and 11 in the national museums in Scotland.
Buy it is my suggestion. Just go to www.Amazon.com to buy it!
A very good book indeed. Jolly good book. I'd rate it as 10 out of 10 . The pictures are good and the book was thought over, perfect.
Some things that I have learned from the book:
Chess is beleived to have originated in India, sixteenth century. The Queen used to be called a vizier. No one wanted or thought of a female being on the chess board. It was thought a trait of wisdom to play chess. Nobles and knights usually played chess. Females used to play chess a lot more back three to ten centuries ago.
The church banned chess because people would bet on the outcome. But chess was kept alive. Eventually the church had accepted chess again, and chess was a popular game again. Chessboards were great gifts; they were usually made of ivory.
Chess has been known as a love game, so chess romance scenes were everywhere. The King and Queen were in these scenes, as the lovers. These "Scenes" were on coins, mirrors, on windows, and all through out Valentines day,they were everywhere.
Both men and women were connected to chess. Kings and Queens were also connected to themselves. When mixed sexes played, the man was often dazzeled by his female opponent, thus he would lose the game. But I don't get distracted when I play girls.
In 1831 somewhere, a laborer dug up the most intricate chess peices. They were called the "Lewis Chessman". There were 128 peiees altogether. Today there are only 93 pieces. 82 in the British museum, and 11 in the national museums in Scotland.
Buy it is my suggestion. Just go to www.Amazon.com to buy it!
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