The cape ground squirrel of South Africa too carries its umbrella everywhere. It can never leave it behind even if it wants to. Do you know why? Because it uses its tail as an umbrella!
The shovel-shouted lizard can remain buried deep in the sand for an entire day. It also uses the sand to its advantage to hide and hunt. When the lizard spots a predator, it dives and buries itself in the sand.
Turritopsis dohrnii has inspired scientists to use this process of “rebirth” to try and renew damaged or dead human tissues of a dysfunctional organ and restore it to its normal state.
Mimicry is an art wherein a person imitates the voice of another. This talent is not restricted to just humans. There are birds that can mimic our voices and even learn an entire language! Parrots are commonly known to imitate sounds.
Just as we use words and sentences to talk to one another, giant river otters too have a vocabulary of their own. Scientists have found that their vocabulary consists of 22 sounds or words' to talk to one another.
When the weather gets warm, we switch on the fans or the air conditioners to keep ourselves cool. In the case of termites, they rely on intelligent architecture to maintain optimal temperature.
The Amazon rainforest, world's largest and last rainforest in terms of size and diversity is now at the verge of destruction. Read more to find out what we can do to save it.
