You Can Do IT.Explain This! What's with the feather hat? Explain This It's a decoy! This man in Mohenjo Daro, Pakistan, is sporting a headdress headdress, head covering or decoration, protective or ceremonial, which has been an important part of costume since ancient times. Its style is governed in general by climate, available materials, religion or superstition, and the dictates of fashion. made of a preserved egret egret (ēgrĕt`), common name for several species of herons of the Old and New Worlds, belonging to the family Ardeidae. Before they were protected by law the birds were nearly exterminated by hunters seeking their beautiful, white, silky to stalk birds along the Indus River. Egrets make good decoys because they are usually skittish skit·tish adj. 1. Moving quickly and lightly; lively. 2. Restlessly active or nervous; restive. 3. Undependably variable; mercurial or fickle. 4. Shy; bashful. and nervous, but when birds see calm egrets in a river, they think the coast is clear. |
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