All For Fun

Puns From Guests

Here are some puns from a young reader. Enzo is 12 years old. He lives in Quebec.
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“Here’s some of mine (answers down below):

Q1: What did the mother bee say to her son when he broke her favorite honeycomb?
Q2: Why don’t bears wear shoes?
Q3: What did the farmer say to his horse when he was running around?
Q4: What did the snail say when his mom said: “Boy, you’re sluggish today! Get out of bed”
Q5: What did the pig say when the cow ate very disrespectfully?

A1: “You’re un-bee-lievable!”
A2: “Because they like being bear-foot!”
A3: “Stop ponying around!”
A4: “Why did you insult me!?”
A5: “You’re just like me!”

I hope you like them!

Enzo.”
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Thank you Enzo for sharing your puns on NatureMan! If you have more, send them in.
The same goes for all of NatureMan’s guests.
Let’s share Nature and have fun together!

Pun Fun

Time to have some fun. Some “pun fun”.

Here’s an example of a pun to get you started:
Q: What do oboes and cattails have in common?
A: They’re both “reeds”. Get it?!

Can you think of one? Think of a fun question and then think of an answer with a funny result or a double meaning.

Actually, that description fits the definition of a “conundrum”: A question in the form of a riddle with a pun in the answer.

Imagine that! Pun fun with NatureMan … combined with a lesson in proper English.

Here’s another one, then it’s time to see if you can guess the answers:
Q. Why did the hungry Calf Moose go to the back end of the Cow Moose (its mother)?
A. It wanted to get to the “udder” side. Get it?!

Isn’t this fun? Pun fun! Conundrum city!

Now here are some others. The Questions follow. The Answers are set out below. See if you can guess the answers. No peeking!!!

Questions

Q1. Which Eider Duck produces the best down feathers … the drake (male) or the hen (female)?

Q2. What do orchestras and Woodland Bison have in common?

Q3. Why did the Ruffed Grouse cross the logging road?

Q4. What do you get when you cross a majestic Canadian Moose with a graceful Canada Goose?

Answers

A1. Eider one!

A2. They both have horns!

A3. To get to the other log slide!

A4. Nothing. They don’t mate!

NatureMan would love to read your puns. Send them in to info@natureman.ca

The Rabbit and the Hare

This story is not like the well-known fable involving a race with a hare. There is no race in this story. If there was, the hare would easily win (and by more than just a “hair”!).

This is about the differences between rabbits and hares.

This is all about the eyes and the fur, as you will see.

Hares have young that are born as breathing beings (they are mammals). At birth baby hares have fur. Baby hares are also born with their eyes open.

Rabbits also have young that are born as breathing beings (they too are mammals). By contrast, at birth baby rabbits are naked and their eyes are closed.

There are some misnomers in how creatures in Nature are commonly identified. For example, Jack “rabbits” are actually hares.

Similarly, snowshoe “rabbits” are actually hares. Their proper name is “varying hare”, due to the fact that their fur colour changes twice during the year.
Snowshoe hares have brown fur in spring/summer/fall. Their fur changes to white in winter. In both cases their fur colour provides seasonal camouflage that helps them to avoid being spotted by predators.

The term “snowshoe” refers to the creature’s extra furry hind feet that help them stay on top of the snow, helping them to escape predators such as fox, wolf, and fisher.

Varying hares don’t have as much luck getting away from the Canada lynx, their main predator. The lynx also has large feet, adapted to deep snow conditions.

As will be seen, varying hares and the Canada lynx are closely linked for another reason. But that’s for another day.