Category: Wild Life & Nature
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Mobster Lobster
Skeleton on the outside, Teeth on the inside. Eyes hang on stalks, Legs for walks. Lobster is a mobster, As he eats the other lobster. Oh! That heavenly plate of lobster simmered in lemon with creamy butter. Don’t we all like our lobster like that? But there is much more to know about lobster, in…
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Homes That Insects Build
Don’t we all love to build safe homes for ourselves? There is no place in the world like home. Not only is this saying true for humans, but also for the all the creatures. The most interesting among all house builders are tiny insects. Some of their homes resemble towers, apartment houses or even log…
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All About Storms
You keep hearing about the storms that bring a lot of wind and heavy rains to the areas where they strike. Different names are also used like hurricanes, cyclones, tornadoes, typhoons and twisters. Are they all same or different? Let us investigate. It all starts with the wind. What is wind? Moving air is called…
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How do We Grow Up? – Lifecycles
You must think that this is such a silly question. We all know that we are born as babies, grow up to be kids and finally adults. It is very true in mammals, but what about other animals like insects or amphibians or birds. The different stages that an animal goes through before becoming an…
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Eats Shoots and Leaves – Koala
Can you guess who? C’mon take a good guess? Oh! Couldn’t you guess? It’s a Koala!! Have you ever been to Australia? Koalas are native of Australia. That’s the only place in the world where you can spot them and that too if you are lucky. First of all, these cute animals are small. Their tailless,…
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Features That Make Up The Earth – Landforms
Every person has natural physical features – eyes, nose, ears, skin and many more. These features make each person unique. Our Earth has natural features too!! We are not talking about earth having nose, eyes and ears here ;). Earth’s natural features are in the form of its mountains, rivers, valleys etc. These natural shapes…
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Strange Animals – Sponges!
Is there a mistake in the title of this post? Many people would think so. They think that Sponges are plants and not animals. It would really seem so because sponges stay in one place, and stay attached to an underwater coral or a rock. They don’t have any body parts – as one would expect…
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Bugs That Don’t Bug – Insects
Bugs. Pests. Insects. Ants crawling, flies sitting on food and mosquitoes buzzing in your ears. They are everywhere. You like to swat them, spray at them, shoo them away. What would you not do to get rid of them? All insects start out as eggs, that hatch into larva. Now this larva keeps popping out…
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The World of Primates
We all use words such as monkey and apes for primates interchangeably, but do they really mean the same. Let us find out. Humans, apes, monkeys and lemurs are all primates. All except humans live in the thicket of forest and trees. Swinging from tree to tree with the help of hands feet and tail,…
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Finding Clown Fish
Remember the famous orange fish with white stripes. Marlin and Nemo are the most famous clown fishes ever. The Disney movie that made them famous was “Finding Nemo”. There are 28 known species of clown fish living in warm waters of the Red Sea, Western Pacific Ocean, and the Indian Ocean. Clown fish is also called clown anemone…
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Amazing Dog Facts
I have to admit that I am a little biased when it comes to pets. I love dogs. There is no other animal I can think of having as my constant companion other than a dog. I love their looks and their overwhelmingly loving, friendly demeanor. They are smart animals too. We all know how…
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The Shouting Candle – Thunder and Lightning
Rachel, Keith and Molly were playing in the park. Suddenly dark clouds loomed over their playground. They wondered whether to stay or run home, and all of a sudden there is a loud rumble. Rachel looked up and said, ” Hey we have a storm coming I just saw the lightning flash”. Crash! Molly’s father…