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I am not so sure any more. As the days of the house-husbands draw nearer, many changes will take place!
Already a man has breastfed his baby - with the help of some hormone treatment.
So the next step will be to make the baby grow in a man.
In Bhagavatha Mahaa puranam, cursed by the rushis for his pranks, Samban delivers an iron pestle! Do you remember?
Everything we can think of, had already been dealt in the Purana and Ithihasa.
So hold your sigh of relief in suspended animation for the present!
QUOTE=sadasivam.sridharan;118165]The human male spouses can have a sigh of relief that god has spared them of this ordeal. [/QUOTE]
Already a man has breastfed his baby - with the help of some hormone treatment.
So the next step will be to make the baby grow in a man.
In Bhagavatha Mahaa puranam, cursed by the rushis for his pranks, Samban delivers an iron pestle! Do you remember?
Everything we can think of, had already been dealt in the Purana and Ithihasa.
So hold your sigh of relief in suspended animation for the present!
QUOTE=sadasivam.sridharan;118165]The human male spouses can have a sigh of relief that god has spared them of this ordeal. [/QUOTE]
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# 89. Live javelins!
An Atlantic needle fish. Courtesy Google Images.
Throughout the world's tropical water, there is an extraordinary breed of living spears!
This Needle fish can be five feet long but weigh only ten pounds. It is so very slender - justifying its name.
When disturbed or frightened it can swim fast enough to be able to leap out of water. Its aim to escape from danger and not to attack people.
If by misfortune anyone gets in the way of a panicky needle fish, it would be a terrifying experience. A sailor got pinned to his boat when a needle fish ran him through his leg.
Other victims were the people who fish at night with lights on. Lights attract and agitate the needle fish.
In water it does not run through anyone as it can dart around any obstacle easily - unlike in the middle of a frightened leap in air.
An Atlantic needle fish. Courtesy Google Images.
Throughout the world's tropical water, there is an extraordinary breed of living spears!
This Needle fish can be five feet long but weigh only ten pounds. It is so very slender - justifying its name.
When disturbed or frightened it can swim fast enough to be able to leap out of water. Its aim to escape from danger and not to attack people.
If by misfortune anyone gets in the way of a panicky needle fish, it would be a terrifying experience. A sailor got pinned to his boat when a needle fish ran him through his leg.
Other victims were the people who fish at night with lights on. Lights attract and agitate the needle fish.
In water it does not run through anyone as it can dart around any obstacle easily - unlike in the middle of a frightened leap in air.
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# 90. Living Lights.
Also called as a flashlight fish.
Courtesy Google Images.
Life at the depths of the ocean has extraordinary twist to cope up with the eternal darkness, high water pressure and the permanent cold.
More than half the inhabitants in the lower depths are luminous. it serves to attract a mate a well to find its prey.
Others act as hosts to colonies of glowing bacteria which light up parts of their bodies from within.
The Indian ocean fish Photoblepharon has a large spot under each eye which is full of blood vessels and packed with these glowing bacteria.
Each 'headlight' has its own black curtain too. The fish can raise a black fold of skin to shut off this light when danger threatens.
Also called as a flashlight fish.
Courtesy Google Images.
Life at the depths of the ocean has extraordinary twist to cope up with the eternal darkness, high water pressure and the permanent cold.
More than half the inhabitants in the lower depths are luminous. it serves to attract a mate a well to find its prey.
Others act as hosts to colonies of glowing bacteria which light up parts of their bodies from within.
The Indian ocean fish Photoblepharon has a large spot under each eye which is full of blood vessels and packed with these glowing bacteria.
Each 'headlight' has its own black curtain too. The fish can raise a black fold of skin to shut off this light when danger threatens.
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# 91. Lady Beetles.
Stunning color combinations and designs.
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Coccinellidae is a family of beetles known variously as ladybirds ( in UK, Ireland, Australia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, South Africa, New Zealand, India, Malta, some parts of Canada and the US) and ladybugs (North America).
Scientists increasingly prefer the names ladybird beetles or lady beetles as these insects are not real bugs. Lesser-used names include God's cow, lady cock, lady cow, and lady fly.
Coccinellids are small ranging from 1 mm to 10 mm (0.04 to 0.4 inches), and are commonly yellow, orange, or scarlet with small black spots on their wing covers, with black legs, antennae and head.
A very large number of coccinellid species are mostly, or entirely, black, grey, or brown and are difficult to be recognised as coccinellids.
Conversely, many small beetles are easily mistaken for coccinellids. Coccinellids are found worldwide, with over 5,000 species described.
They are generally considered useful insects, as many species feed on the other pests in gardens, agricultural fields, orchards, and similar places.
The harlequin ladybug was introduced into North America from Asia in 1916 to control aphids, but is now the most common species and out-competes many of the native species.It has since spread to much of western Europe, reaching the UK in 2004.
A common myth is that the number of spots on the insect's back indicates its age.
Stunning color combinations and designs.
Courtesy Google Images.
Coccinellidae is a family of beetles known variously as ladybirds ( in UK, Ireland, Australia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, South Africa, New Zealand, India, Malta, some parts of Canada and the US) and ladybugs (North America).
Scientists increasingly prefer the names ladybird beetles or lady beetles as these insects are not real bugs. Lesser-used names include God's cow, lady cock, lady cow, and lady fly.
Coccinellids are small ranging from 1 mm to 10 mm (0.04 to 0.4 inches), and are commonly yellow, orange, or scarlet with small black spots on their wing covers, with black legs, antennae and head.
A very large number of coccinellid species are mostly, or entirely, black, grey, or brown and are difficult to be recognised as coccinellids.
Conversely, many small beetles are easily mistaken for coccinellids. Coccinellids are found worldwide, with over 5,000 species described.
They are generally considered useful insects, as many species feed on the other pests in gardens, agricultural fields, orchards, and similar places.
The harlequin ladybug was introduced into North America from Asia in 1916 to control aphids, but is now the most common species and out-competes many of the native species.It has since spread to much of western Europe, reaching the UK in 2004.
A common myth is that the number of spots on the insect's back indicates its age.
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# 92. The Blister beetle.
The Blister beetles (Genus Maloe) are known as
"oil beetles" because they release oily droplets from their joints when disturbed.
This contains a poisonous chemical causing blistering of the skin and painful swelling. Members of this genus are typically flightless.
As in other members of the family, they go through several larval stages, the first of which finds and attaches to a host in order to gain access to the host's offspring.
The oil beetle which is flightless waits for the arrival of the bee in this traditional pose-ready to take off along with the bee into its nest and to live on its young larva.
In this genus, the host is a bee. Each species of Meloe may attack only a single species or genus of bees.
The Meloe larva consumes the bee larva along with its provisions, and can often survive on the provisions alone.
The Blister beetles (Genus Maloe) are known as
"oil beetles" because they release oily droplets from their joints when disturbed.
This contains a poisonous chemical causing blistering of the skin and painful swelling. Members of this genus are typically flightless.
As in other members of the family, they go through several larval stages, the first of which finds and attaches to a host in order to gain access to the host's offspring.
The oil beetle which is flightless waits for the arrival of the bee in this traditional pose-ready to take off along with the bee into its nest and to live on its young larva.
In this genus, the host is a bee. Each species of Meloe may attack only a single species or genus of bees.
The Meloe larva consumes the bee larva along with its provisions, and can often survive on the provisions alone.
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# 93. All mouth and no body!
A black swallower before and after eating
its enormous meal - several times its own size!
Courtesy Google Images.
Some deep sea fish have developed huge mouths to help them gobble up any food that comes their way.
In the dark depths food is really scarce. There are no plants to start a food chain. Tiny shrimps eat all the scraps and waste food that comes down from the surface water. They are eaten by the bigger fish .
The hunter fish such as the swallower and gulper fish are little more than tooth filled big mouths attached to an elastic stomach. They can swallow food several times their own size!
Gulpers grow to a length of 6 feet. Most of this just a whipping tail and the rest is a gaping mouth.
A black swallower before and after eating
its enormous meal - several times its own size!
Courtesy Google Images.
Some deep sea fish have developed huge mouths to help them gobble up any food that comes their way.
In the dark depths food is really scarce. There are no plants to start a food chain. Tiny shrimps eat all the scraps and waste food that comes down from the surface water. They are eaten by the bigger fish .
The hunter fish such as the swallower and gulper fish are little more than tooth filled big mouths attached to an elastic stomach. They can swallow food several times their own size!
Gulpers grow to a length of 6 feet. Most of this just a whipping tail and the rest is a gaping mouth.
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# 94. THE ANGLER FISH.
The ability of a living organism, to adapt to the most unfriendly environments and survive, is best exhibited by the awesome Angler Fish (living in the deepest parts of the Atlantic and Antarctic oceans).
The dark depths of the ocean are devoid of light and available food, but the angler fish survives quite well–by employing ingenious methods and techniques.
There are over 200 different varieties of angler fish. The four types are Batfish, Goosefish, Frog fish and the Deep Sea Angler. Deep Sea Anglers can grow to a size of 4 feet, but most of them are smaller than this.
All the fish that were caught turned out to be females. “How do they reproduce with out a male counterpart?” This was the question puzzling the scientists and researchers.
All the female anglers carried their own ‘fishing rods” with luminous bait attached to it. The lure was a modified dorsal fin and contained millions of light producing bacteria, emitting an eerie bluish or greening light.
Any fish attracted by the light approaches the dark and lurking angler, only to be swallowed whole! The large crescent shaped mouth and the expandable jaw opening wide, allow the angler to swallow prey twice its size! The long, sharp and curved teeth form a barrier and the prey has no means of escape, as it gets pushed into the stomach.
The elastic stomach can accommodate the large prey till they get digested and absorbed. The female angler is the classic example for the “lurk and lure” predator. Instead of going in search of its prey, it stays put in a place silently and lures the prey to come to it.
The sparsely populated fish, sprawled over a large ocean bed, find it difficult to get a suitable mate. The female angler has sorted out this problem in a unique way.
The female angler is a giant (40 cm in length) in comparison with a male (a mere 2 cm long). The male angler fish has no luminous lure and never needs to feed him, by himself. His only task is to locate a female as quickly as possible and attach himself to her belly.
He bites into her belly and fusion takes place. His teeth and jaw recede. His body fuses with that of the female and their blood stream get connected. He becomes a parasite for life, feeding off the female.
All his internal organs disappear slowly and he becomes just a bag of sperms (needed to fertilize the eggs released by the female). The fertilized eggs contain large droplets of oil, which give them the buoyancy, to rise to the surface of the ocean and hatch.
The female angler “lurks and lures” so that it can feed her mate–who has become a mere parasite, fused to her body. She also makes sure that her eggs stand a good chance of hatching, bringing in to the world more fish of her own kind!
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# 95. The Smallest and the biggest!
Courtesy Google Images.
Fish vary in size enormously. The smallest is the dwarf pygmy Goby fish, found in Philippines. It is less than 8 m.m long. Three such fish placed end to end will still measure less than an inch!
At the other extreme is the whale shark which can be more than 60 feet long. It weighs 5,000,000,000 times as the goby fish does!
Despite the size and mass, whales feed on plankton and are not real fish but mammals.
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Fish vary in size enormously. The smallest is the dwarf pygmy Goby fish, found in Philippines. It is less than 8 m.m long. Three such fish placed end to end will still measure less than an inch!
At the other extreme is the whale shark which can be more than 60 feet long. It weighs 5,000,000,000 times as the goby fish does!
Despite the size and mass, whales feed on plankton and are not real fish but mammals.
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# 96. A mouthful of babies!
Courtesy Google images
A Mozambique mouth brooder with a mouthful of eggs.
Many fish of the cichlid family, such as Mozambique mouth brooders carry their eggs in their mouths after they are laid and fertilised.
Thus the eggs are protected from the predators and are supplied with a constant stream of oxygen rich water.
After hatching, the young fish remain in the mouth till they absorb their egg yolks. Then they venture out for short periods and go short distances to feed.
They remain close to the parents and return to the safety of their mouths when threatened and at night.
Brooding may last for five weeks. Parents eat nothing during this period - to avoid swallowing the young ones by mistake. In some species the female broods and in some the male.
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A Mozambique mouth brooder with a mouthful of eggs.
Many fish of the cichlid family, such as Mozambique mouth brooders carry their eggs in their mouths after they are laid and fertilised.
Thus the eggs are protected from the predators and are supplied with a constant stream of oxygen rich water.
After hatching, the young fish remain in the mouth till they absorb their egg yolks. Then they venture out for short periods and go short distances to feed.
They remain close to the parents and return to the safety of their mouths when threatened and at night.
Brooding may last for five weeks. Parents eat nothing during this period - to avoid swallowing the young ones by mistake. In some species the female broods and in some the male.
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# 97. Live-in- guests.
A colourful sea cucumber. Courtesy Google images.
Some pearl fish seek shelter inside the sausage shaped sea cucumber. They locate the sea cucumber's opening at the anus. The fish then inserts its tail and wriggles the whole body inside.
Several pearl fish with their transparent and pigment dotted bodies may share the same sea cucumber.
The fish get safety, shelter and food. They even eat the internal organs of the sea cucumber.
But sea cucumber has the ability to regenerate its internal organs and hence suffers no damage, nor does it benefit by the uninvited live-in-guests!
A colourful sea cucumber. Courtesy Google images.
Some pearl fish seek shelter inside the sausage shaped sea cucumber. They locate the sea cucumber's opening at the anus. The fish then inserts its tail and wriggles the whole body inside.
Several pearl fish with their transparent and pigment dotted bodies may share the same sea cucumber.
The fish get safety, shelter and food. They even eat the internal organs of the sea cucumber.
But sea cucumber has the ability to regenerate its internal organs and hence suffers no damage, nor does it benefit by the uninvited live-in-guests!
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# 98. Fish with a nest for home.
A Labyrinth fish and its bubble nest.
Courtesy Google Images.
Some fish are born in nests. Members of the Labyrinth fish family build nests for their young ones. The air breathing fighting fish builds its nest from mucus coated air bubbles.
The bubbles are blown by the male and used to form a raft. The eggs are laid in water. The adults catch the eggs and spit them into the underside of the raft.
After the eggs hatch, the young ones stay on the raft for some time under the protective eyes of the father.
The three-spined stickleback is another nest builder. The male collects the pieces of the aquatic plants and cements them together by a secretion from its kidney.
This plant mass is planted near a pit under the water. A burrow is made inside before the female is lured to lay eggs.
A Labyrinth fish and its bubble nest.
Courtesy Google Images.
Some fish are born in nests. Members of the Labyrinth fish family build nests for their young ones. The air breathing fighting fish builds its nest from mucus coated air bubbles.
The bubbles are blown by the male and used to form a raft. The eggs are laid in water. The adults catch the eggs and spit them into the underside of the raft.
After the eggs hatch, the young ones stay on the raft for some time under the protective eyes of the father.
The three-spined stickleback is another nest builder. The male collects the pieces of the aquatic plants and cements them together by a secretion from its kidney.
This plant mass is planted near a pit under the water. A burrow is made inside before the female is lured to lay eggs.
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# 99. Dangerously beautiful.
A lion fish. courtesy Google images.
Lion fish is the most beautiful fish in the seas. But its fragile finery of plumage conceals 18 venom tipped spines!
Usually the lion fish swim lazily around the coral reefs. When frightened they stand their ground but swing round to point the spines at the enemy.
Human who have got stung are lucky is they with their lives. The sting of the spine can knock off a person and make his blood pressure drop to dangerous levels.
Only emergency medical aid can save the person.
A lion fish. courtesy Google images.
Lion fish is the most beautiful fish in the seas. But its fragile finery of plumage conceals 18 venom tipped spines!
Usually the lion fish swim lazily around the coral reefs. When frightened they stand their ground but swing round to point the spines at the enemy.
Human who have got stung are lucky is they with their lives. The sting of the spine can knock off a person and make his blood pressure drop to dangerous levels.
Only emergency medical aid can save the person.
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# 100. Killing by pain.
A Stone fish / Rock fish
Courtesy Google images.
Stone fish are the most dangerous in the sea. Squat, warty and slime covered, they merge very well with their surroundings.
Even the disturbances only a few centimetres away do not make the fish move - until it is too ate for the victim.
Sting of this fish causes maddening excruciating pain which can last for 12 hours. The pain is so intense that the victim froth in his mouth and bites the people who come to his help.
Most victims just double up in pain and drown- unable to think or do anything else. Scalding hot water is the simplest antidote.
Lucky victims may be able to walk in a month or two and the unlucky ones may die within six hours.
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A Stone fish / Rock fish
Courtesy Google images.
Stone fish are the most dangerous in the sea. Squat, warty and slime covered, they merge very well with their surroundings.
Even the disturbances only a few centimetres away do not make the fish move - until it is too ate for the victim.
Sting of this fish causes maddening excruciating pain which can last for 12 hours. The pain is so intense that the victim froth in his mouth and bites the people who come to his help.
Most victims just double up in pain and drown- unable to think or do anything else. Scalding hot water is the simplest antidote.
Lucky victims may be able to walk in a month or two and the unlucky ones may die within six hours.
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# 101. Longest living...
The Japanese giant salamander
Courtesy Google Images.
The largest amphibian is the giant salamander. It grows to a length of 6 feet. It is clumsy and ungainly on land and lives in mountain streams.
It feeds on crabs, snails, and fish. It leads a lazy life and surfaces at regular intervals to breath.
It is also the longest living amphibian with maximum recorded life span of 55 years. Japanese consider its cooked flesh as a delicacy.
The Japanese giant salamander
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The largest amphibian is the giant salamander. It grows to a length of 6 feet. It is clumsy and ungainly on land and lives in mountain streams.
It feeds on crabs, snails, and fish. It leads a lazy life and surfaces at regular intervals to breath.
It is also the longest living amphibian with maximum recorded life span of 55 years. Japanese consider its cooked flesh as a delicacy.
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# 102. Goliath frog.
A Goliath frog with a regular frog.
Compare their sizes with that of a pencil.
Courtesy Google Images.
The world's largest frog is the Goliath frog of the west Africa, Rana Goliath. It is 3 feet long and weighs seven pounds.
Its head and torso measure just one foot and is hind legs are two feet long.
Despite their size, its legs are not favoured by the gourmets.
A Goliath frog with a regular frog.
Compare their sizes with that of a pencil.
Courtesy Google Images.
The world's largest frog is the Goliath frog of the west Africa, Rana Goliath. It is 3 feet long and weighs seven pounds.
Its head and torso measure just one foot and is hind legs are two feet long.
Despite their size, its legs are not favoured by the gourmets.
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# 103. Paradoxical frog.
A tadpole and an adult paradoxical frog.
Courtesy Google images.
Pseudis paradoxa is paradoxical because when it grows up becomes smaller in length!
It lives in tropical south America. Its tadpole is ten inches long.When the tadpole becomes a frog, it shrinks considerably.
Its tail is absorbed into the body.The adult frog is not more than three inches long.
A tadpole and an adult paradoxical frog.
Courtesy Google images.
Pseudis paradoxa is paradoxical because when it grows up becomes smaller in length!
It lives in tropical south America. Its tadpole is ten inches long.When the tadpole becomes a frog, it shrinks considerably.
Its tail is absorbed into the body.The adult frog is not more than three inches long.
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# 104. Water holding frog.
The water holding frog resembling
a small balloon. courtesy Google Images.
On the rare occasions when it rains in the deserts of Central Australia, Cyclorana platecephala - the water holding frog- emerges from its under ground den.
It absorbs half it own weight of water and looks like a small balloon. This enables it to survive during the long droughts.
During the rain storm the frog feeds on insects, mate and lay eggs in the short-lived pools.
They hatch, and start a race against the sun for survival. To win the race, the tadpoles have to become young frogs, able to breath air- before the pool dries up.
Within a few weeks- much faster than any other species of frogs, these tadpoles grow into tiny frog-lets.
As the rain water dries up, the adults and the young frogs, burrow underground and make a small living chamber for themselves.
They secrete a membrane-like envelope around their skin, complete with a breathing hole - to retain the precious water stored in the body.
The frogs wait for years without moving - until the rain comes again.
The water holding frog resembling
a small balloon. courtesy Google Images.
On the rare occasions when it rains in the deserts of Central Australia, Cyclorana platecephala - the water holding frog- emerges from its under ground den.
It absorbs half it own weight of water and looks like a small balloon. This enables it to survive during the long droughts.
During the rain storm the frog feeds on insects, mate and lay eggs in the short-lived pools.
They hatch, and start a race against the sun for survival. To win the race, the tadpoles have to become young frogs, able to breath air- before the pool dries up.
Within a few weeks- much faster than any other species of frogs, these tadpoles grow into tiny frog-lets.
As the rain water dries up, the adults and the young frogs, burrow underground and make a small living chamber for themselves.
They secrete a membrane-like envelope around their skin, complete with a breathing hole - to retain the precious water stored in the body.
The frogs wait for years without moving - until the rain comes again.
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# 105. The spade-foot frog.
Photo by Mr. Thomas.
courtesy Google images.
A spadefoot frog disappearing vertically
Courtesy Google images.
Pelobates fuscus has a spade (a flat sharp edged bone) on each of its hind feet. It can dig so fast that it seems to disappear vertically.
The spade-foot spends most of is time underground. Yet it loses half its body weight during prolonged dry periods.
When it rains, the animal surfaces to top up its water supply. It drinks and also absorbs the water through the belly.
The belly is covered with thin blood vessels, so that the frog's blood stream and body tissues can soak up water directly.
Photo by Mr. Thomas.
courtesy Google images.
A spadefoot frog disappearing vertically
Courtesy Google images.
Pelobates fuscus has a spade (a flat sharp edged bone) on each of its hind feet. It can dig so fast that it seems to disappear vertically.
The spade-foot spends most of is time underground. Yet it loses half its body weight during prolonged dry periods.
When it rains, the animal surfaces to top up its water supply. It drinks and also absorbs the water through the belly.
The belly is covered with thin blood vessels, so that the frog's blood stream and body tissues can soak up water directly.
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# 106. Helmet frogs.
Mexican frogs literally use their heads for survival.They have bony crests or bumps on their heads which they use as tight fitting doors to seal their homes.
During droughts they move into the trunks of trees or into holes in plants of pineapple family.Once inside the hole, the frog plugs the entrance with its head and sits out the drought.
The bony helmet loses very little water.The seal ensures that the frog and its hole remain comfortably moist throughout the drought.
Mexican frogs literally use their heads for survival.They have bony crests or bumps on their heads which they use as tight fitting doors to seal their homes.
During droughts they move into the trunks of trees or into holes in plants of pineapple family.Once inside the hole, the frog plugs the entrance with its head and sits out the drought.
The bony helmet loses very little water.The seal ensures that the frog and its hole remain comfortably moist throughout the drought.
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Here is a dose of interesting information that I posted elsewhere. Please go through it and give some feedback.
http://www.tamilbrahmins.com/share-...-sundaram-tamil-mathematician.html#post121324
Most likely, he is a Tbram.
http://www.tamilbrahmins.com/share-...-sundaram-tamil-mathematician.html#post121324
Most likely, he is a Tbram.
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# 107. Born to jump!
An Acris gryllus. Courtesy Google images.
Frogs are superb jumpers. A small North American frog Acris gryllus can jump up by 6 feet ( 36 times its own body length of 2 inches).
If a human wishes to match this performance, he will have to jump 215 feet high. This is seven times the real height a world record holder can jump!
Rana dalmatina. courtesy Google images.
Another European frog Rana dalmatina can jump up by
6 feet (24times its own body length)
The long hind legs of the frog are folded into three sections. The sudden extension of the powerful muscles provide the necessary impetus for the jump.
The short front legs act as shock absorbers on landing.
An Acris gryllus. Courtesy Google images.
Frogs are superb jumpers. A small North American frog Acris gryllus can jump up by 6 feet ( 36 times its own body length of 2 inches).
If a human wishes to match this performance, he will have to jump 215 feet high. This is seven times the real height a world record holder can jump!
Rana dalmatina. courtesy Google images.
Another European frog Rana dalmatina can jump up by
6 feet (24times its own body length)
The long hind legs of the frog are folded into three sections. The sudden extension of the powerful muscles provide the necessary impetus for the jump.
The short front legs act as shock absorbers on landing.
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# 108. Darwin's frog.
One of the top 5 unique frogs-The Darwin's frog.
Courtesy Google images.
The croaking sac filled with the developing young ones
Courtesy Google images.
The eggs of the Darwin's frog of South America, Rhinoderma darwinii are laid in the moist ground.
The male parent sits on guard until there is a sign of life in them.
The father then swallows the eggs and keeps them in his croaking sac of the throat.
The eggs remain protected until they hatch.The frog lets out the young ones to go on and live their own lives.
How do these frogs know that they should not eat their own young ones and protect them so well but for all the others they are good tasty food?
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