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| Wonders of the Animal Word |
On thinking of animals, we can recall them with certain shapes, colours and sizes which are commonly seen. We can think of a common bousehold spider, or a poisonous black widow spider we may even know of the Tarantules which live in burrows, but we may not know of the ‘Water spider’ which lives its entire life under water by making air bells, webbed bubbles of air, in which it lives and breeds.
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The animal kingdom has its assortment of wonders.
In the seas we have fish called the ‘ Flying Fish’ with fins which are specially developed and act as wings when thayare out of water. When these fish ar chased by predators they leap out of water and glide in air for distances upto about 300ft. with the help of these winglike fins. Nature maintain its own balance between all types of living things by providing some of the weaker ones with certain physical characteristics which help in their survival. One of the greatest wonders of survival is a prehistoric fish called the Coelcovered which was believed to be extinct but in 1938 it was discovered at a depth of about 1000 ft. near the Comoro Islands near South East Africa.
Most animals and living creatures have peculiar shapes and colours to help them in warning predators, the Sea slug for example has very bright colours and unpleasant taste, with the help of its bright colours it advertises the fact that it should not be eaten.
Animals have living capabilities which are helpful in many ways, bats for example use sound waves to help them flying in the dark, when sound emitted bu a bat bounce off an object it knows that there in something in its path thus avoiding it while flying. Among the insects the heaviest is the Goliath Beetle which may weigh as much as 100 gms. The amphibian Axoloti, a type of salamander, lives its entire life and breeds as a Larva.
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