What are people doing to help Dholes?

What are people doing to help Dholes? Scientists at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute’s Center for Species Survival (CSS) are working to study and save endangered dholes, also called Asian wild dogs (Cuon alpinus), by tracking animals with satellite collars, monitoring human-dhole conflict, and doing community outreach. How many Dholes are in a pack? Each […]

Do grasshoppers like hot or cold?

Do grasshoppers like hot or cold? Grasshopper prefer temperatures of 68 to 100 F for feeding and most feeding occurs during the warmer periods and hotter days. As our temperatures have started to decrease in September, grasshoppers will be feeding less and causing less damage to any later maturing field crops. Does cold kill grasshoppers? […]

Where did high heels originate from?

Where did high heels originate from? High-heeled shoes were first worn in the 10th century as a way to help the Persian cavalry keep their shoes in their stirrups. Since then, men’s heels have gone through varied cultural meanings: symbolizing high social stature, military prowess, refined fashionable taste, and the height of ‘cool’. When did […]

What type of star is Pi Hercules?

What type of star is Pi Hercules? K3 II Why is Hercules a constellation? Hercules is a constellation named after Hercules, the Roman mythological hero adapted from the Greek hero Heracles. Hercules was one of the 48 constellations listed by the second-century astronomer Ptolemy, and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations today. What […]

Which political party waved bloody shirts?

Which political party waved bloody shirts? White Southerners mocked Butler, using the fiction of him having “waved the bloody shirt”, to dismiss Klan thuggery and other atrocities committed against freed slaves and Republicans. The Red Shirts, a defunct 19th-century white supremacist paramilitary organization, took their name from the term. Who gained presidency waving the bloody […]

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