What has an eye but cannot see? With many more riddles continuing to surface on social media, let’s get this one answered.
It has been a couple of months now since everything changed with Boris Johnson’s pivotal statement. In his address, he instructed us all only to leave the home for work if absolutely necessary, shopping for essentials as infrequently as possible and brief exercise.
Thanks to this, many more lives have been saved and the colossal strain on the NHS has been reduced.
Nevertheless, these have been incredibly difficult times and it’s important to remain healthy and entertained.
Lots have taken up more exercise to keep fit and busy, but it’s important to give your brain a workout too. You can read a book, or, if you fancy a quick test then riddles are always a fun way to put your thinking cap on.
We’ve seen plenty shared around on social media, so let’s take a moment to spotlight one.
The answer to the “what has an eye but cannot see” riddle is a needle.
Get it… the eye of a needle.
There have been a lot of classic riddles going around at the moment, but this may be considered a lesser known gem.
Be sure to ask around on your social media to see if any of your friends can get it. If you think they might already know it, we have another one for you to think about:
What word in the English language does the following: the first two letters signify a male, the first three letters signify a female, the first four letters signify a great, while the entire world signifies a great woman. What is the word?
The answer to the first part of the riddle, "What has an eye but cannot see?" is "a needle." A needle has a small hole called an "eye," but it cannot see.
Sea urchins are another name for a miracle that can respond to light without having eyes. These are primitive animals that can even change colour according to the incident light.
A riddle shows a veiled meaning for a given answer. As a hurricane seems to have an eye, is fast but does not have limbs, hence all these hints show that the best possible answer is a hurricane.
So it may seem a bit strange that included in the more than 10,000 species of birds in the world today is a group that literally cannot fly or sing, and whose wings are more fluff than feather. These are the ratites: the ostrich, emu, rhea, kiwi and cassowary.
Mosquitoes do not have nostrils but they can still sense us from the smell and heat of our body. They can also sense us by the soles of our feet. Bats do have nostrils and can smell, owls cannot smell at all while snakes use their tongues to smell, they have nostrils just for breathing.
Snakes actually sleep with their eyes 'open', as they don't have eyelids to close their eyes. Instead, their eyes are covered with transparent scales which protect their eyes and stop them becoming dry – these are called 'spectacles'.
An artichoke is a type of vegetable that has a heart at the center, but it doesn't beat like the human or animal heart. The artichoke is a thistle-like plant which is known for its unique structure and delicious heart. The heart of An artichoke is the fleshy part found beneath the flower buds' leaves.
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