Monkeys
Tell me Sarina, why do monkeys have long tails?
Grasping objects, swinging from trees and to jump,
To make hand free, they use trails.
Catching
branches they climb trees
to safety,
It is fun to observe their play, it is a splendid art.
Elephants
Smart, smart, let us go to the next animal
Why do elephants have
long trunks?
I like to take shower, on warm days, elephants do too,
In heavy body, trunk
is the only protection tool,
Trunk is a hand, trunk is their nose,
trunk is everything.
Leopards
Oh smarty, you are smart, let us move on
Why do Leopards have spots on skin?
In leafy forests, spots help Leopards hide to catch food.
Well, predators always want to kill weaker animals
Giraffe
Smart, smart, you
are the best, let us move on.
Why do the Giraffes have long necks?
With long neck they reach nourishing leaves
Lucky Giraffe can eat fresh leaves,
Long
neck is a perfect adaptation to the animal's
natural habitat.
Reindeers
Why do Reindeers have big branched horns?
No, they are the Antlers and not the horns,
They are the hearing aid to detect enemies ,
Antlers remained fighting aid and to attract others,
But in dense forest Antlers restrict movements too,
Every year they get new Antlers.
Anteaters
Anteaters are the wonder of the world, born to surprise us.
What do you know about Anteaters?
Anteaters have tube-shaped mouth, no teeth.
They have two feet long thin sticky tongue.
They suck on food.
What is the function of sticky tongue?
It helps them to catch hold of ants and termites.
Tongue flicked up
to 150 times every minute.
Eat up to a maximum of 30,000 insects in a day.
Poor eyesight and hearing, but strong sense of smell.
They have moist nose, like a dog's nose.
Their powerful legs and long claws to fight predators.
Long dense fur protects them from attacks of the
insects.
Starfish
-What
are the characteristics features of
Starfish?
Starfish or Sea star, they are not fish,
They have four or five arms but some have twelve,
Most beautiful on the earth, a variety of colors
and shapes,
They are brainless, bloodless and boneless,
Without brain they survived too long (450
millions year).
They move using hundreds of tube feet,
They have eye spot in each arm, but sense light and dark,
They regenerate arm,
regenerate whole body if chopped into pieces
,
They eat clams, mollusk and decomposing plants.
Note:
- You are 5 to 10
inch long but weigh up to 11lbs .Starfish have no bones instead they have articulated skeletal
bone system comprised of a sequence of tubes that changes water pressure to
enable it move well. (internal anatomy
of starfish is compiled in next figure).
Kangaroos
What are the
uniqueness in Kangaroo?
Kangaroo have a strong backbone, powerful hind legs,
Their one hop is of 30 feet, and travelling speed is 40 miles per hour
They do not require fancy or costly roads,
No animal can travel
so fast, need special
feet,
Elongate feet and short forelegs
, unable to walk backwards
Kangaroo is National symbol of Australia ,
Just
move forward, never backward,
An external pouch to carry baby, ( for details see next figure),
Ears are sensitive, it can be twisted in any direction,
And their strong muscular tail, acts as a leg.
Can produce
different types of milks for
babies,
Can keep healthy both young and old babies.
Note: The average weight falls
between 40 and 200 lbs.
Ostriches
Great answer let us move for the last one,
Why do Ostriches bury their heads in the sand?
La la, they are not hiding but are making a nest for
eggs,
With their beak they dig a hole in the sand for a nest.
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World is beautiful, filled with unseen treasures,
Let us learn a few wonderful functions of animal parts,
World is filled with the beautiful creatures,
enjoy them,
Uniqueness observed in animals,
birds, flowers and trees,
Learning their
characteristics is a joy, wonder of the world,
Apply learning for better
life, to design new useful stuff.
Writer: Ramesh M. Gohil
