Session 21

 

21st May 2026 

warm , rainy

Thursday

LIFE IN COLOUR 

Ep. 1 Seeing in Colour 

humming bird = pasare Colibri 

colour vision = vedere in culori

iridencence = fosforescenta 

muzzle = bot 

dazzling = uimitor / sclipitor

 canopy = coronament 

versatile = versatil / adaptabil 

fiddler = scripcar 

on stalks = pe picioroange 

plumage = penaj 

conspicuos = vizibil 

to repel / to reject = a respinge 

to drain (her ) colour off = a=si pierde culoarea/ a -si pierde puterile 

1. How can insects see differently from humans?

  Insects can see differently from humans because of their ultraviolet vision.

2. Why are some of the mandrils' muzzles bright red?
 Their colour reflects they are males and their power.

3. Why does the male bird of paradise clear the soil where it is going to perform? 
  It clears it to be better seen by the potential mate.

4.  The first to appear at the performance place of the male bird of paradise are younger males because they want to learn from its performance.

5. Why do flamingoes lose their colour?
Flamingoes lose their colour after they have chicks and need to take care of them.

6. Which colors can be seen in the depths of the sea and which one dissapears first?
Yellow and blue can be seen on the bottom of the sea but red dissapears first. 

7. What is the purpose of the fiddler crab's large claw. 
The purpose is to protect the entrance of their burrow. 

8. What is the age when a mandril becomes sexually active? 

The monkey needs to be at least 7 years old. 

9. How big is the Costa Rican frog? 
It is as big as a finger nail. 

10. What is special about the BlueMoon butterfly? 
 The white patches on its wings are seen with a blue hallo in ultra violet spectrum.