Nature - Fact or Fiction?

By Alan Devoe

Can you distinguish nature facts from supertitious beleifs?


1. A wild animal is more likely to attack you if you are afraid of it.

    True

    False

2. Only the female mosquito ever bites you.

    True

    False

3. Moss grows thickest on the north side of trees.

    True

    False

4. A chameleon takes on the color of the object on which it rests.

    True

    False

5. A person who cannot hear at all is deaf as an adder.

    True

    False

6. Summer is warmer than winter because the earth is then nearer to the sun.

    True

    False

7. Beavers use their tails as trowels when building their dams.

    True

    False

8. Venomous snakes are immune to their own poison.

    True

    False

9. Horned toads squirt blood out of their eyes.

    True

    False

10. If you cut an earthworm in two, each half will become a new worm.

    True

    False

11. A shark must turn belly-up in order to bite.

    True

    False

12. Elephants live to be several hundred years old.

    True

    False

13. Squirrels have an accurate memory for the places where they have buried nuts.

    True

    False