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How Fast Can Marine Animals Swim?

In the seas there are abundant of different types of animals. Among these marine animals, there are innumerable species of fish, eel, crocodile, tortoise, whale etc. Here we study which of these marine animals can ...

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Can Some Marine Creature Talk Like Us?

Porpoise is an aquatic animal that imitates man in several respects. In appearance it looks like a fish but it does not come in the category of fish. It comes in the category of mammals ...

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How Does A Honey Bee Make Honey?

The honey bees have colonies like human beings. The colonies of honey bees are located in the bee hives. There is a queen bee and thousands of workers in honey bee colony. The queen bee ...

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Which Flies Are Harmful To Man?

All those insects which have two wings are known as flies in biological sciences. They come under the order of ‘diptera’. House fly and mosquito come under this class. About 40,000 species of flies have ...

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How Do Female Mammals Produce Milk?

The animals like buffalo, cow, goat, sheep etc. come under the category of mammals. The female of mammals produce milk to suckle their young ones. They give birth to their young ones and feed them ...

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How Do Pigeons Return To The Same Place After Long Journeys?

The capability of the pigeons to fly long distance and come back to the same place is an extraordinary thing in nature. The sultan of Baghdad, in twelfth century used pigeons for sending the postal ...

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Why Does The Giraffe Have A Long Neck?

The giraffe is considered as the tallest animal. It has a long neck, the scientist are not able to explain how it got its long neck. A theory was proposed by a famous French zoologist, ...

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Can Animals Distinguish Different Colours?

Like human beings animals also can see things. But a question arises that can they differentiate between different colours like human beings?. To find answer, many experiments have been conducted on the animals like dogs, ...

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How Fast Can The Animals Run?

Some years ago, the American scientist and traveler Roy Chapman Andrews came to India, as the head of the expedition team. One day he was driving a jeep near the border of India and Nepal. ...

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Which Animals Live The Longest?

Some animals have long life whereas the others live only for a few years. Though, there are many stories about the long life of animals yet they do not present the truth. The elephant has ...

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Why Do Camels Have Hump?

The camel is mostly found in desert, as it can stay alive in the dessert without food and water for several days. It is also known as the ‘ship of dessert’. The eyes, ears and ...

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Why Do Elephants Have Trunks?

Today, the elephant is the biggest animal on the land. The weight of the elephant is up to 5 tons. The four legs of elephant are thick and short in size. The elephant can easily ...

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Why Don’t Spiders Get Caught In Their Own Webs?

The spider is considered as a wonderful creature in several respects and the web made by it is very attractive thing. It is a peculiar creature found everywhere like in land, water, air and inside ...

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Why Is Lion Called The King Of The Jungle?

We all know that lion is considered as the sign of power and strength in the world. We often referring the strong people as lion hearted. Many shields awarded to the players are engraved with ...

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Why Is Whale Not Considered A Fish?

Whale is an aquatic animal and it looks like the fish in several respects.. Hence, it is normally considered as a fish. But actually it is a mammal. It is developed from the giant reptiles ...

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Why Do Earthworms Come To Surface When It Rains?

Most people have seen earthworms on the ground after a strong rain. Worms even appear on sidewalks and parking lots when they are wet from a heavy rain. Some of these folks even wonder why ...

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Why Do Dogs Eat Grass?

Some people might feel that the answer to this question has been decided and there is no reason to debate it any longer. Those who believe that dogs eat grass because of indigestion or other ...

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Why Do Whales Sing?

Some people not familiar with these huge mammals that live in the sea may not believe that whales actually “sing” when they make sounds. But the variety of sounds whales make have been dubbed ...

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Does Any Bird Eat Stone?

There is only one bird, ostrich that can eat stones. It can even eat the small pieces of iron. It is consider as a greedy bird. Normally the main food of ostrich is seeds, plants ...

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Which Animals Belong To The Cat Family?

This fact is known to all that the lion and the cat resemble each other in several respects. The animals like lion, tiger, puma, panther, cheetah, wild cat etc. belong to cat family according ...

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How Does A Wall Lizard Get Rid Of Its Tail?

When an enemy of wall lizard attacks it, it runs away from there to protect it and leaves behind some part of its tail. The separated tail keeps on moving from side to side for ...

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How Does A Firefly (Glowworm) Glow At Night?

Children like to sea the glowing fireflies or glowworm at night as they present a wonderful light at night. From the very beginning the scientists have engaged to find the cause how and why light ...

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Why Does A Koel (Cuckoo) Sing Only In Spring?

In spring season, we often hear the musical or sweet voice of koel. We think that this sweet voice is produced by female koel. However, this sweet and musical sound is produced by male koel. ...

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How Do Parrot And Myna Speak Like Us?

Parrot and myna has been loved by man as they can imitate their voice. Many species of parrot and myna can speak the words and small sentences very clearly if we teach them properly. Let ...

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How To Get Rid Of Dog Mange?

Dog has been the most loyal and loved domesticated animal. People are much concerned about their dogs. Mange is the most common health problem with dogs as it causes hair loss, skin infections and large ...

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Which Medicines Are Obtained From Animals?

There are millions of different types of animals have been studied by the scientists. Many useful things like milk, meat, eggs etc. are obtained by these animals. Medicines are also obtained by these animals for ...

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Which Animals Resemble Man?

There are some animals like chimpanzee, gorilla and orangutan, which look like a man in several respects. They look like tailless monkeys. They come under the category of ‘anthropoid. They are mostly found in the ...

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Which Are Warm And Cold Blooded Creatures?

We can classify the living beings into two categories- the cold blooded and warm blooded due to their body temperature. The body temperature of cold blooded creatures keeps on changing according to the surroundings. In summer ...

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Where Do Frogs Disappear In Winter?

Frog comes under the class of amphibians as it can live both in water and on land. Usually it is found in water pits, ponds, moist grass and water drains. We can hear the croaking ...

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What Are Mammals?

The animals which give birth to their young ones and suckle them are known as mammals. Mammals are vertebrates and have mammary glands to feed their young ones with milk from these glands. They have ...

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How Is Bat Different From Birds?

The bat can fly but it is not considered as a bird. It is a mammal as it gives birth to young ones and feed them with mother’s milk. Bat has hair on its body, ...

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How To Get Rid Of Mongeese?

Mongeese is considered as a hero in Rudyard Kipling’s The jungle book. But in real life mongeese are viewed as pests and in some areas they are banned too. Non native habitats do not welcome ...

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How To Get Rid Of Crayfish?

People usually eat crayfish only if there is large quantity present. The problem with crayfish is that the burrows of crayfish slow down the water near banks. Damage is caused to water bodies as some ...

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What Is Catnip?

Nearly everyone has seen a member of the feline family attracted to and seemingly fascinated by this herb. Catnip is part of the mint group of plants, all of which have a strong aroma. Easily ...

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How To Get Rid Of Leaf Rollers?

Leaf Rollers are the kinds of insects which can damage the plants present in our garden. These types of insects makes the plants look folded by eating them and damaging their leaves due to which ...

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How To Get Rid Of Pill Bugs?

Pill bugs are the kind of small bugs which generally do not pose any kind of threat to anything present in the house but children may get afraid in their presence. When attacked or threatened ...

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How To Get Rid Of Chiggers?

Chigger Identification:- Chiggers are infitesimally small in size and their larvae usually grow in grass. The larvae can attach to anything and after attaching itself to any suitable host they secrete digestive enzymes. The larvae ...

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What Is A Pike?

To end some of the confusion immediately - there are two “pikes” that most people think about, the long, spear-like weapon and the fish. Depending on the conversation, either one could be an accurate answer ...

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What Is A Pika?

This tiny fur-bearing animal is a close relative of the rabbit. In fact, this rather cute animal is sometimes given the common name “rock rabbit.” The pika has a distinctive squeal or call that is ...

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What Is A Mutt?

While the often-used term for this type of dog is “mixed breed,” many people affectionately call their family pet a “mutt.” But just what is a mutt, really? According to encyclopedia and dictionary entries the ...

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