There are a large number of animals are presents around the world. We know snakes always hunt the frog but there are also a different type of frog in Afrika. Bird are always eat the insects but interestingly there are a existence of a insect which eat the birds.
- The weddell seal dives to 1900 feet and can stay underwater for up to an hour.
The Weddell seal is a relatively large. Its area are generally surroundings of Antarctica. It’s scientific name is Leptonychotes weddellii Weddell.
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- The alarm call of the southern Screamer , related to duck and geese can be heard two miles away.
The southern screamer has scientific name Chauna torquata. It is also called also crested screamer. It belongs to the order Anseriformes. It is generally found in southeastern Peru, northern Bolivia, Paraguay, southern Brazil, Uruguay and northern Argentina.
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Source: http://carolinabirds.org Photographed By DickDaniels
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- The trap-jaw ant snaps shut its mandibles 2300 times faster than the blink of an eye.
This ants have actual name Odontomachus bauri which is as well as the scientific name.
This ants is too much genius for its speed in moving animal kingdom. . This trap-jaw ants have peak speeds of between 126–230 kilometres per hour and they close the jaws within just 130 microseconds on average that is 2300 times faster than the blink of an eye. An experiment on this give a result that the peak force exerted was in the order of 300 times the body weight of the ant and acceleration of 1 000 000 m/s² or 100 000 g.
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By L. Shyamal - Own work, CC BY-SA 2.5,
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- Butterfly wings often exhibit eyespots- bold circles that may startle enemies.
Few butterflies have circular, high-contrast marks on their wings that have long been thought to scare off predators by mimicking the eyes of the predator's' own enemies.
But a new research show that , say Martin Stevens and two colleagues at the University of Cambridge in England, who argue the marks work simply because they are conspicuous.
- World have 40000 spider species, only about it 30 have venom that causes illness in humans.
There are a large no of spider in the world and few are dangerous those are able to kill a human beings. But there are an another interesting matter is that scientists are now researching the use of spider venom in medicine and as non-polluting pesticides. Spider silk provides a combination of lightness, strength and elasticity that is superior to that of synthetic materials, and spider silk genes have been inserted into mammals and plants to see if these can be used as silk factories.
- Giant clams embed themselves in the sea floor and never move. The can weigh up to 700 Pound.
It’s scientific name is Tridacna gigas and it is one of the most endangered clam species of the ocean world. It also has name Taklobo, malaysian Borneo.This large clam species native to the shallow coral reefs of the South Pacific and Indian oceans. They are also found in Philippines. They can weigh more than 200 kilograms , measure as much as 120 cm across, and have an average lifespan in the wild of over 100 years.
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- Dart frog have only one predator: A snake, Leimadophis epinephelus, that is immune to their poison.
Generally snakes eat frogs but the Poison dart frog is dangerous for snake as well as us. Poison dart frogs, members of the Dendrobatidae family, wear some of the most brilliant and beautiful colors on Earth. These are native to tropical Central and South America. It also known as dart-poison frog, poison frog or formerly known as poison arrow frog. These are called "dart frogs" due to use of their toxic secretions to poison the tips of blow darts. But it's poison are generally used for research.
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- Sea Otters have up to a million hairs per square inch of skin.
The sea otters have scientific name Enhydra lutris. They are found in the coasts of the northern and eastern North Pacific Ocean. Sea otters have weigh between 14 and 45 kg. The sea otter's primary form of insulation is an exceptionally thick coat of fur, the densest in the animal kingdom. Iit can walk on land but the sea otter loves to live mostly in the ocean.
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- South america’s tarantula up to 12 inches across eats insects, frogs, bats, rodents and even baby birds.
This tarantula has actual name the Goliath birdeater and its scientific name is Theraphosa blondi. It is belonging to the tarantula family Theraphosidae. It is the largest spider in the world. These are found in northern South America. It is second to the giant huntsman spider by its largest leg but it is the largest for its mass mass.
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- The atlas moth has a wingspan of 8 to 12 inches.
It’s scientific name is Attacus atlas.It is a large saturniid moth generally found in the tropical and subtropical forests of Southeast Asia. This moths were initially considered the largest moths in the world for their large wings. but recently research workers discovered that Hercules Moth are the largest moth thats are the moth of New Guinea and northern Australia. Females are generally larger and heavier than the males moth.
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Image source: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Attacus_atlas_qtl1.jpg
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Reference:
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weddell_seal
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_screamer
3.2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odontomachus_bauri
4.http://www.livescience.com/2820-butterflies-eye-spots.html
5.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider
6.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_clam
7.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poison_dart_frog
8..https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_otter
9..https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goliath_birdeater
10..https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attacus_atlas
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