ANT-EATERS DISCOVERED – SIX NEW SPECIES
They are very small in size.
now read on…..
IS THIS A BEAR-DOG HYBRID?
It’s causing puzzlement in Russia. The article includes good photographs.
REINDEER IN MYTH AND RELIGION
Includes Santa Claus’s team.
THE CHRISTMAS TREE
Where did the custom of having Christmas trees come from?
WHAT IS A COLLEY BIRD?
In the song The 12 Days of Christmas we find reference to colley birds (or, in a variant, calling birds). But what is a colley bird?
The answer is simple. It is the blackbird (Turdus merula). This bird should not be confused with the blackbird found in America, which belongs to the Icteridae family.
The blackbird of this article is also called the merle and the ouzel. It is the national bird of Sweden.
Less well-known names for this bird are the woofell, chacket and drostal.
MARI LWYD – WELSH MIDWINTER CUSTOM
Why was a horse’s skull carried on a pole at this season?
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