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581. How many kinds of the cactus plant are there
June 03, 2013
How many kinds of the cactus plant are there?
There are about 2,000 different species of these fascinating plants. Most of them are prickly and have very long names. Some, like the Trichocereus, grow six feet-high or more in their native deserts; others are tiny. As a rule, cacti do not have...
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582. How does an elephant use its trunk
June 03, 2013
How does an elephant use its trunk?
Elephants use their trunks in many ways, apart from the more obvious one of taking in water to squirt into its mouth and for feeding itself. In times of danger when an
elephant wants to frighten a potential enemy, the trunk is curled up and held o...
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583. Does the crocodile use a tooth brush
June 01, 2013
Does the crocodile use a tooth brush?
In a sense it does. A small bird called the Egyptian plover, which is also known as the spur-winged plover, is the very successful tooth cleaner for the crocodile. This bird obtains its food by extracting parasites living inside the crocodile's mouth. Th...
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584. What was the song of the prairie
June 01, 2013
What was the song of the prairie?
When the Western States of America were less inhabited than they are today, anyone crossing them was almost certain to have heard what became known as "the song of the prairie." This was the song of the coyote, a hideous serenade of barks and howls. Despite ...
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585. What fish has an armour plating
June 01, 2013
What fish has an armour plating?
The trunkfish,.also known as the boxfish or coffer fish, have their whole bodies enclosed with bony plates which leave only their fins and tails unprotected. The head is blended into the trunk, with the mouth being nothing more than a tiny round hole armed wi...
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586. What are marsupials
June 01, 2013
What are marsupials?
The "pouched ones", or marsupials, are a group of animals which have a pouch or protective skin around the female's teats, but some have two flaps of skin instead. The pouch is a first home for baby marsupials, which are all born at a very early stage of development. Th...
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587. Which bird was considered an evil omen
June 01, 2013
Which bird was considered an evil omen?
This was the nightjar, a creature thought to be surrounded by mystery and myth, probably because of its shadowy appearance, and its almost reptilian cunning with camouflage. Of the family of birds known as goatsuckers, the nightjar is the largest. At...
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588. Who where the first zoologists
June 01, 2013
Who where the first zoologists?
Aristotle, the Greek philosopher was the first man to be seriously interested in zoology when he decided he would classify animals and study their relationship to each other. This he was able to do because a relative and pupil of his named Callisthenes, suppl...
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589. Which animal's head is considered a great delicacy
June 01, 2013
Which animal's head is considered a great delicacy?
The wild boar's head which has long been considered a great delicacy was once served with a great deal of ceremony. At one time at Queen's College, Oxford, it was brought to the table on Christmas Day accompanied by a stately procession and...
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590. What animal has webbed feet, a duck's bill and lays eggs
June 01, 2013
What animal has webbed feet, a duck's bill and lays eggs?
The creature which has all these characteristics is the duckbilled platypus, an Australian animal that was eventually classified under a new order of mammals, the Monotreme. Only one other creature shares this order with it - the spin...
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