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The Innocent Penguins

The Penguins are categorized in to the bird family. Because they lay eggs and have warm blood as birds. All of them in same black and white combination of color skins. Because of this color they can protect them self from their enemies such as a leopard seal or the killer whale while they swim on the water. The other thing is the black back side of these birds absorbs the warmth from the sun and helps keep them to be warm. Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Sphenisciformes Family: Spheniscidae They are Good Swimmers Although they categorize as birds they can’t fly like other birds live on the earth. They are good swimmers. Like bird fly on the air they use their flippers for swimming through the water. Penguins are spending more than 75% of their time in underwater for finding foods. They can dive very deep in under water and their large round eyes help them to see through the water very clearly. You may wonder sometime, to which category th

Strong & Colorful Vipers

The Viper is a very dangerous but also at the same time, a very beautiful snake found in the wilds of our world. These snakes are very poisonous and they intelligently use tactics to reach their prey. The bright colors of their skin help them to survive in various kinds of environments. Generally, these beautiful creatures are found with red, yellow and green color skins. They have large tubular fangs in the front of their mouth, which are hinged, allowing them to be folded back when it is not in use. Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Viperidae What They Eat? Vipers have highly specialized diets. They eat insects, eggs, fish, birds, small mammals, amphibians, large invertebrates and other reptiles including snakes as well. Once they have caught a fresh prey, they wait until the ve

The Largest Mammal on the Earth

The Elephant is the largest mammal to be found on the surface of the Earth. Most of them have a very thick black or gray color skin. Their skin helps them to keep their body cool. Another amazing feature of the elephant is that they have a trunk, which can be used as a nose, hand, extra foot, signaling device, as a tool for gathering food, siphoning water, dusting, as well as digging. Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Mammalia Order: Proboscidea Super family: Elephantoidea Family: Elephantidae Average lifetime of the elephant has been measured as 70 years. Little baby elephants are almost like a human baby in their behavior. An impregnated female elephant takes close to 22 months to carry a baby elephant to term. After the birth, the baby elephant is expected to learn many things for it to survive in the wild. They have to learn how to use their trunk to get food and water and how to wash their body and so many other things. Sense

Amazing Details about Frogs

Science Clarification about Frogs Frogs are belongs to zoological class called Amphibia and there are three kind of categories called Salientia, (frogs and toads), caudate (salamanders and newts) and caecilians (worm-like amphibians). Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Amphibia Order: Anura Frogs has ability to live in various types of climates. You can find these amazing animals in anywhere like in water or desert. Frogs are cold–blooded animals which mean their body temperature is change according to the environment where they live. Do you know frogs don’t want to drink water like other animals live in the world? Because they have special kind of wet skin which has ability to absorb water. Other specialty of these animals is they can breathe using 2 different ways. By using their lungs and also they can breathe through their skin. How They Eat Frogs eats any small kind of insects, small fish, and spiders and also worms. All foods get in to mouth swallowed whole because they ca