Friday, 14 August 2009

Why Do Flamingoes Stand on One Leg?

Regular visitors will know that I like to find the quirky and strange news items. This one caught my eye - comparative psychologists, Matthew Anderson and Sarah Williams, based at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia, have found the answer to this conundrum. In a word - thermoregulation - read this article for the explanation (I don't have enough room here!!)

Your Friday teasers are: -
  1. Captured today in 1994, how was international terrorist Ilich Ramirez Sanchez better known?

  2. Halle Berry (right) was born today in 1966 and won the Worst Actress Golden Raspberry in 2004 for her role in which film?

  3. Which author was born today in 1947 and has had her books in the New York Times best sellers list for over 390 consecutive weeks?
Yesterday's Answers: 1. Alan Shearer; 2. Cyprus; 3. US Marine Corps

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