Get ready to be bowled over by some amazingly smart animals, as you solve these picture puzzles.
From pigs that play video games to bees that hold dance-offs to make decisions, there are several animals that can surprise us with their intelligence. While humans often take pride in being the smartest on Earth, many other creatures have proven to be incredibly clever, sometimes more than we can imagine.
Here are some brainiacs from the animal world. Unravel their images as you read about them.
Ravishing ravens
These black birds are so common that we barely give them a second glance. But did you know that they are actually super smart? Studies have shown that ravens have the capacity to plan for the future, can have abstract thoughts, and often show empathy to each other. Sometimes, they can even infer what another animal might be thinking. In fact, the entire corvid family — magpies, jays, ravens, and crows — is known to be clever. Crows are believed to be as smart as a seven-year-old child.
Dazzling dolphins
Dolphins are capable of much more than just swimming around in the water. They have large brains in comparison to the size of their body, making them some of the smartest animals in the world. They can recognise themselves in a mirror, communicate through language, use tools, solve problems, and more. Highly social creatures, they care for each other.
Exceptional elephants
The largest animal on land is also among the smartest. Elephants are known to possess an incredible memory. Food and water sources, voices, faces, smells, experiences … they are capable of remembering it all. They help injured animals and show grief when members of the family die. They can even imitate sounds and recognise themselves in the mirror.
Charming chimpanzees
They are our closest living relatives in the animal kingdom, so it comes as no surprise that chimps are incredibly intelligent. They share a lot of human traits. They can use tools, solve problems and display emotions. Besides recognising themselves in a mirror, they can also be taught sign language to communicate with humans.
Resourceful raccoons
Raccoons are known to be notoriously clever. In terms of IQ among mammals, they rank above cats and just below monkeys. Studies have shown that they can remember solutions to problems for around three years. These mischief makers can even pick locks!
Proficient parrots
Next time you call someone a “bird brain”, think again. Birds like the parrot are known to be really intelligent! The African Grey, for instance, can learn plenty of words and communicate with humans. In fact, some parrots are as smart as human children – that’s you!
Up for a challenge? Guess all the exercises in the video…
Before any big workout or exercise, there are some basic exercises you should be familiar with to warm up. These are also great as a workout on their own. Watch the video and see if you can guess what these exercises are called.
Everything in the Solar System revolves around the Sun. The Sun is a star – a massive ball of hot gas that gives off light and heat. Not everything in the Solar system orbits directly around the Sun. The Moon orbits around the Earth.
The planet Earth on which we live is part of the solar system. The Sun is a star at the centre of the solar system, and planets and other bodies revolve around it. The nine planets, in order from the Sun, are: the inner planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars and the outer planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto. A good way to remember them is My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas.
Most of the planets are named after ancient gods. Mercury gets its name from the Roman messenger to the gods. Venus, the brightest, is named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty. Earth is named after the soil beneath our feet. Mars is the red planet, named after the Roman god of war. Saturn, thought by the Romans to be the slowest, is named after their god of time. Uranus is the Greek god of the sky and the father of Saturn. Neptune, a deep sea-blue colour, is named after the Roman god of the sea.
The scientific definition of a planet came up only recently. The discovery of other solar-system “wanderers” rivalling Pluto in size caused scientists to ask what wasn’t a planet. In 2006, they came up with three conditions for planethood: A planet must orbit the sun, be large enough so that its own gravity moulds it into a spherical shape, and it must have an orbit free of other small objects. Unfortunately Pluto, the “ninth planet” failed to meet the third condition and downgraded to a dwarf planet.
However, in this memory game, Pluto too has been included.
Try these recipes of ummy dishes that feature in books for you to try and taste, just like your favourite characters would have…
“Wonka’s Whipple-Scrumptious Fudgemallow Delight!” cried Grandpa George in the book Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. “It’s the best of them all! You’ll just love it!”
But what is this delicious-sounding dish? Is it a milkshake, cake, lollipop, pie…? It’s a Wonka bar! Though the recipe is never shared, fans across the world have been inspired by it enough to create their own recipes based on its description.
Books feature many dishes which sometimes become as important as a character, are significant to the plot, mark an important episode or are just a passing reference. Nevertheless, there are so many memorable dishes – fictional and real – in our favourite books.
Here are four recipes inspired by books for you to try at home! (Scroll right to see them all)
Imagine your life with books, people and a large storehouse of knowledge. Excited? Read on!
Do you like the world of books? Do you prefer the company of books and stories? Well, then this might be just the job you would take to take up when you grow up. Check out the image slider to find out more.
There are only 10 four-letter countries in the world. Can you guess them all? Take this quiz and find out.
There are 195 countries in the world according to the United Nations. Only 10 of these countries have names with four letters. Do you know all of them?
Use the clues in the quiz below and guess their names.
It’s World Book and Copyright Day later this week. So, here’s a quiz based on this theme. How many of these questions can you answer?
April 23 is World Book and Copyright Day; a day that celebrates and promotes books and reading. Books help bridge the gap between cultures, time and organisations; they also help encourage creativity, diversity and equal access to knowledge.
Connected to this is Copyright. This refers to the legal right of the owner of intellectual property. This means that the original creator has to authorise you to use his/her content. If you do not have that permission, you cannot use the material. If you do so, it is called plagiarism,.
April 23 is also the day on which several great writers – William Shakespeare, Miguel de Cervantes and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega – laid down their pens forever.
Now that you know what this day is about, check out this quiz and see how many questions you can answer.
A map that could lead to treasure, but which is the real one? Find out with this spot the difference activity…
Juno and Ira recently found some maps when going through some old things they came across. They believe that the lead to treasure! However, while the two maps seem identical there are a few differences. Spot the 8 differences to help them find the treasure one day.
Click on all the 8 differences in the image below.
A fun crossword on all things related to reading, books, and more.
With World Book and Copyright Day falling later this week (April 23), here’s a crossword that helps you find out how much you know about the world of words.
