there are a few places that always linger in my mind just a little bit longer than the others. They are the places that I have dreamed of visiting since I was a child. They are the places that I almost can’t imagine actually setting foot in. They are the places that just don’t...
Fischer recruited 229 children, ages 3 to 6, for a simple experiment. He created a game board that featured 22 pictures of products and a set of 22 cards with commercial images. Included was Joe Camel, although he was not pictured smoking. When the tests were finished, Joe was in a dea...
Camels do not walk on their hooves. On each leg, weight is borne on two largetoesthat spread apart to keep theanimalfrom sinking into the sand. Dromedaries have a soft wide-spreading pad for walking on sand; Bactrian camels have a firmer foot. Like thegiraffe’s, the camel’s gait is...
Bactrian camels areartiodactyls, meaning that their weight is distributed on an even number of toes (in this case, two). Though their feet resemble theclovenhooves ofcattleordeer, camels are not hoofedmammals. The toes are joined by a web ofskin, and the foot, as a whole, is wide and...