What shall i feed my chameleon?
Carol Pruett, age of Tulsa, Oklahoma, for her question: What shall I feed my chameleon? Chances are, your pet is not a true chameleon of Africa, but the sweet little 1merican ehnmeleon called the...
View ArticleShould you pick up a rabbit by his ears?
Carolyn ferry, age 16, of Nashville, Tenn., for her question: Should you pick up a rabbit by his ears? Your bunny may be polite about this, but he certainly does not like being picked up by the ears....
View ArticleWhat did the indians call themselves before columbus?
Joyce Chanbors, age 12, of Enott, Idaho, for her question: What did the Indians call themselves before Columbus? Columbus called them Indios because he mistook the New World for India. But the...
View ArticleWhat is a statute and a nautical mile?
James Grover, age 13, of Renton, Wash., for his question: What is a statute and a nautical mile? The statute mile is a unit for measuring distance on land. It is equivalent as we all know, to 1760...
View ArticleWhich is the smallest mammal?
Rolph Krayenhoff, age 11 of Vancouver, .C., for his question: Which is the smallest mammal? The pigmy shrew is two inches long plus an inch of tail, On the scales he weighs almost, though not quite,...
View ArticleWhat is the capita1 of wales?
Linda Catlin, age 12, of Remsen, N.Y., for her question: What is the capita1 of Wales? The bumpy little 1and of Wales is a peninsula not quite 100 miles wide and somewhat more than 100 miles long....
View ArticleWhat is the smallest plant?
Kay Keisler, age 12, of Columbia, S: .for her question: What is the smallest plant? The smallest plants are too small for our eyes to see. We call them microscopic because we need a microscope to...
View ArticleWho named. texas?
Mary Dennis, age 12, of Richardson,‑Texas, for Her question: Who named Texas? Originally, Texas covered another 100,000 square miles. This extra territory was purchased by Congress in 1850 and is now...
View ArticleWhat happened to the sea otter?
Peter Castiglione, age 12, of Visalia, CA What happened to the sea otter? A few years ago, the California newspapers announced happy tidings, Some sea otters had been sighted and photographed off...
View ArticleWhat are the panhandles of texas and oklahoma?
Dale Barr, age 10 of Omaha, Neb., for the question: What are the panhandles of Texas and Oklahoma? The two panhandle states are named for their shapes. Find an Atlas or Map of the United States....
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