Animals are living creatures that can move, grow, and need food and water to survive. They come in many shapes and sizes, and some live on land, while others live in water or fly in the sky. Animals can be pets, wild, or farm animals. They have different ways of getting food, such as hunting, grazing, or eating plants. All animals have different characteristics and behaviors.
Australian Ducks Show They Can Mimic Human Speech by Picking up Swearing: ‘You Bloody Fool!’ The first documented instance of ducks being able to mimic sounds has researchers reviewing the evolution of vocal language learning in birds. The musk duck is a highly aquatic, stiff-tailed duck native to southern Australia. […]
Fengshui (风水), literally ‘wind-water’, pronounced fnng-shway, is an ancient Chinese philosophy studying the auspiciousness of environments, based on Yin-Yang Theory and Five Elements Theory. It’s a form of geomancy. Fengshui philosophy states that qi (气 /chee/ ‘energy’) exists in all things and is the life of the nature. The core […]
Pig Chinese Zodiac Sign: Symbolism in Chinese Culture The Pig is the most docile of livestock in people’s minds, having a round and fat face, and doing nothing other than eating and sleeping all day long. Unlike the quick-witted Dog, the Pig doesn’t understand what its owner wants, therefore, it […]
Dog Chinese Zodiac Sign: Symbolism in Chinese Culture Dogs and humans are friends who share life’s ups and downs. It’s believed that the Dog is caring and reasonable due to its unswerving loyalty to humans, having many symbolic cultural meanings from the perspective of folklore. Symbolizing Luck The Dog is […]
Rooster Chinese Zodiac Sign: Symbolism in Chinese Culture Besides being the tenth sign of the Chinese zodiac (popular in the year of the Rooster 2017), the rooster is symbolic of seven things in China. Punctuality and Honesty In traditional Chinese culture, the rooster’s most obvious symbolic meaning was punctuality and […]