Did you know that bats also eat mosquitoes? A breastfeeding female bat must catch half of its weight of insects in one night (bats weigh 5–40 g). A bat can catch as many as 500…
Did you know that pregnant female bears retreat to the den during winter because they give birth to their cubs there? The cubs are born in January, are blind and weigh about 700 g. In…
Did you know that forest owners must remove the beechwood that was cut down in the summer as quickly as possible so that a species of beetle, Morimus funereus, does not grow inside of it?…
Did you know that Roman women preferred their hair blonde? They often bleached it or wore wigs made from bright Germanic hair.