May is an interesting month. It is the fifth month according to the Gregorian calendar, and a time when the spring blossom starts receding and the fruit start appearing on most gymnosperms.
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.
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.
