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Plants and Animals

What is sea-horse?

The strange creatures with large heads resembling the horse’s head are in fact bony fish that belong to the family of Syngnathidae. Because of its head it has been rightly named as a sea-horse. Its body is covered with rough bony plates…. [… More info ..]

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Plants and Animals

Which are the roots we eat?

The roots of certain plants can be eaten as vegetables. The plants that produce such roots called root crops. Root crops have long been cultivated as a food source all over the world. Since they extract different chemicals from the soil as against grain crop they have proved useful in crop-rotation systems… [… More info ..]

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Plants and Animals

Why do rabbits have large ears?

Rabbit is a small furry mammal with a short tail and large pointed ears. Rabbits live in burrows in the ground. Each burrow is the home of a single family. Rabbits is a weak and timid animal and is usually surrounded by many enemies… [… More info ..]

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Plants and Animals

How did different plants get their names?

Ever since the evolution of languages different plants and trees have been given names to distinguish one variety from the other.Some names have simply been borrowed from other languages while some others take the name of the places of their origin…. [… More info ..]

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Plants and Animals

Which plants feed on other plants?

Plants which feed on dead organic matter are called ‘saprophytes’ and those which feed on plants are called parasites.Saprophytes play an important role in the decay process. They clear the land of dead animals by digesting and absorbing nutrients from the dead material…. [… More info ..]