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Donald Duck is a funny animal cartoon character created in 1934 at Walt Disney Productions. Donald is an anthropomorphic white duck with a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. He typically wears a sailor suit with a cap and a black or red bow tie.
In an effort to boost sales, one enterprising manufacturer bottled it as Dr. Miles Compound Extract of Tomato, reputed to cure anything from baldness to athlete’s foot, and all points in between. In a counter-attack, the H.J. Heinz company rooted out scientific studies which claimed that tomatoes had antioxidants which
Golden eagles have been known to kill full grown deer and pronghorn antelope, but an eagle can actually carry only about half it’s own weight. Eagles weigh anywhere from 8-15 pounds, which means they can only carry prey that is about 4-7 pounds. Philippine eagle has a documented feeding biology
Frogs’ eyes have a surprising auxiliary function: they help in swallowing. As a frog swallows its prey, the eyes sink through openings in the skull and help force the food down the throat. This is why frogs seem to blink as they eat.
Since cows have no depth perception, they will not walk willingly down stairs, as they are unstable on them. Cows’ eyes are on the sides of their heads, meaning they have panoramic, rather than stereoscopic vision. That is, they can see everything but what is directly behind them. Also, the
Spaceship Earth is the iconic and symbolic structure of Epcot, the second of four theme parks built at the Walt Disney World Resort. Spaceship Earth at Epcot is 180 feet tall. A golf ball is 1.68 inches tall. A 6 foot tall golfer is about 42 times taller than the
Adult elephants sleep for about 3 to 4 hours at night. About two hours of that are spent standing. A whole family group at the same place and time. Young elephants are sometimes overcome by sleep at other times. Elephants spend less time on sleeping because they need to spend
The Koala has fingerprints that are so similar to the human fingerprint that it is almost impossible to tell them apart because of the pattern, shape and size of the ridges. Under the microscope, the ridges look exactly the same. The width of the ridge, the shape, general size and
Emu feathers are very unique. Each feather double rachis emerging from a single shaft. Both of the rachis have the same length, and the texture is variable; the near the quill it is rather furry, but the external ends resemble grass. The plumes (or rhachis) do not have barbs that
There are five known species of freeze-tolerant frogs in North America, including the well-studied wood frog, as well as Cope’s gray tree frog, the eastern gray tree frog, spring peepers and the western chorus frog. When ice starts form in the skin, a wood frog’s liver converts sugars, stored as