Pets and Nature Love

14/01/2025

14/01/2025

CHAMELEONS are reptiles and a type of lizard. They belong to the order Squamata and the family Chamaeleonidae).
CHAMELEONS can move their eye independently. One eye can be looking forward and one eye backward at the same time.

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CLOUDS can reflect so much ultraviolet light from the sunlight they dramatically increase the ultraviolet reaching the ground.
Funnel cloud is a rotating column of air, extending from a towering cumulus or CUMULONIMBUS clouds, that is not in contact with the ground.

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14/01/2025

The MAGELLANIC PENGUIN (Spheniscus magellanicus) is named after Ferdinand Magellan, who first saw them in 1520. Oil spills kill approximately 20,000 adult and 22,000 juvenile Magellanic Penguins off the coast of Argentina every year.

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13/01/2025

GIRAFFES could pass out with blood filling their brain when they lower their neck, so they have a sponge-like organ in the head which slowly gathers and releases blood.

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The effects of global warming can be extreme rising temperatures leading to catastrophic floods and droughts could destroy many plants, animals, and humans in years to come.

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13/01/2025

LOBSTERS are crustaceans and related to crabs and even barnacles.
LOBSTERS, one of the most scary marines are said to have colorless blood. It is said that while their blood is colorless, it changes to blue when it comes in contact with oxygen.

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12/01/2025

SEA OTTERS are small marine mammals with thick fur known for floating on their backs and using rocks to crack open shellfish. Their role in their environment has a greater effect than other species.

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12/01/2025

NEPTUNE has the fastest winds in our Solar System, and at the cloud tops of Neptune winds range in speed from 400 metres per second (890 miles per hour) along the equator area.

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12/01/2025

The smallest flightless BIRD is the Island Rail. This tiny bird lives on the remote island of Tristan da Cunha in the Atlantic Ocean and is just 5 inch long, about the same size as a hen chick.

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09/01/2025

The smallest WOLVES live in the Middle East where they may weigh only 30 pounds. The largest wolves inhabit Canada, Alaska, and the Soviet Union, where they can reach 175 pounds.
When hunting alone, the wolf catches small animals such as squirrels, hares, chipmunks, raccoons or rabbits. However, a pack of wolves can hunt very large animals like moose, caribou and yaks.

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09/01/2025

The three main types of VOLCANO shapes are a shield, cinder cone, and Stratovolcano. Stratovolcanoes, also called composite volcanoes, are the most common type of volcanoes and often have symmetrical steep slopes. Classic examples include Mount Rainier in Washington State and Mount Fuji in Japan.

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09/01/2025

A COCKROACH can live for more than a week after it's head has been cut off. Eventually, it starves to death.
Cockroaches get lonely and even become ill if they are left alone for too long.

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09/01/2025

The Mediterranean MONK SEAL ('Monachus monachus') is a monk seal belonging to the family 'Phocidae'. As of 2015, it is estimated that fewer than 700 individuals survive in 3 or 4 isolated subpopulations in the Mediterranean, especially in the Aegean Sea, the archipelago of Madeira and the Cabo Blanco area in the northeastern Atlantic Ocean. It is believed to be the world's rarest pinniped species.

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