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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...