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Keywords ť Exploring Nature, Wonder World Under Water [V] - Animals with jointed Limbs, Wonder World Under Water [IV] - Sea Anemones and Jelly Fish, Wonder World Under Water [III] - Sponges, Wonder World Under Water [II] - One-Celled Animals, Wonder World Under Water [I], Dew Ponds, Tides, Bee make or gather honey?, Delivery Time for Elephants, Galapagos [The Giant Tortoise] - Live Forever, Why is winter colder than summer?, What is the function of a cat's whiskers?, The Gypsies, Dinosaurs, Why is the Bermuda Triangle considered mysterious?, Introduction to Sea, Polar Regions, Major Mountains, King Cobra, Fox, Truth About Bats, Tornadoes, Volcano, How and Why Do Horses Sleep Standing Up?, Chopsticks, Why Are The Netherlands also Called Holland and the Low Countries? And Why Are Its People called Dutch?, Anaconda, Ants : The Civilized Army, Birds [VIII], Birds [VII], Birds [VI], Birds [V], Birds [IV], Birds [III], Birds [II], Birds, Crocodiles, Africa, PANAMA, Europe, INSECTS, My Life - The Tale of a Butterfly, Trees, Who's Who at Zoo, Getting to know Snakes - Section [I], Getting to know Snakes - Section [II], Getting to know Snakes - Section [III], All about rivers

[1]	Exploring Nature We need to learn about nature for our survival... by Manpreet

[2]	Wonder World Under Water [V] - Animals with jointed Limbs Just as insects dominate the land, having the largest population and variety, their relatives the Crustacean dominate the waters... by B.F. Chhapgar

[3]	Wonder World Under Water [IV] - Sea Anemones and Jelly Fish The sea anemone has a hollow body with its mouth at the top in the center of a whorl of many finger-like projections called tentacles... by B.F. Chhapgar

[4]	Wonder World Under Water [III] - Sponges While the most primitive animals are made of one cell, sponges are multicellular... by B.F. Chhapgar

[5]	Wonder World Under Water [II] - One-Celled Animals Our body is made up of many organs, like the stomach, the liver, the heart, the brain, kidneys , lungs... by B.F. Chhapgar

[6]	Wonder World Under Water [I] Nearly three-quarter of our earth is covered by water... by B.F. Chhapgar

[7]	Dew Ponds Dew pond is the name applied to certain shallow saucer-shaped basins which usually contain a supply of water even during prolonged drouths when ordinary ponds at lower levels dry up... by Manpreet

[8]	Tides The tides are caused by the gravitational action of the sun and moon upon the rotating earth... by Manpreet

[9]	Bee make or gather honey? This is a disputed question. Some authorities are of the opinion that the liquid collected by bees from the nectaries of flowers does not differ materially from honey... by Manpreet

[10]	Delivery Time for Elephants Estimates of the period of gestation in elephants range all the way from eighteen to twenty-two months... by Manpreet

[11]	Galapagos [The Giant Tortoise] - Live Forever The London Zoological Gardens contain an Elephantine tortoise from the Seychelles which is supposed to be from one hundred to two hundred years old... by Manpreet

[12]	Why is winter colder than summer? The seasons, spring, summer, fall and winter, occur because of the inclination of the earth's axis while the earth moves around the sun... by Manpreet

[13]	What is the function of a cat's whiskers? The most perfect organs of touch are the vibrissce or whiskers of the cat, which act as long levers in communicating...

[14]	The Gypsies The Gypsie's language is called 'Romany'. It resembles Sanskrit... by Manpreet

[15]	Dinosaurs The word 'dinosaur' comes from the Greek words meaning 'terrible lizard'... by Manpreet

[16]	Why is the Bermuda Triangle considered mysterious? So far more than 1000 people have lost lives in this area... by Manpreet

[17]	Introduction to Sea On Earth, the total area covered by water is 70.8 per cent... by Manpreet

[18]	Polar Regions The northern and southern ends of the earth's axis are known as North and South Poles respectively... by Manpreet

[19]	Major Mountains A mountain is a landmass elevated considerably above e its surrounding areas. Usually the land tracts, more than 300 m in height, are called mountains... by Manpreet

[20]	King Cobra King cobras are usually found in India, Vietnam, southern China, Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia...

[21]	Fox If there is one animal that lives by its wits then it is our very own Fox. Sheer ingenuity has made him a survivor literally...

[22]	Truth About Bats Bats are among the world's least appreciated and most endangered animals, thanks to centuries of myth and superstition...

[23]	Tornadoes If you ever happen to see a dark often greenish sky, wall cloud, large hail and a loud roar similar to a freight train then run to a safe place as it could be a tornado...

[24]	Volcano The most famous, Krakatoa erupted in 1883 with such force that the resulting tidal wave killed 36,000 people and tremors were felt as far away as Australia...

[25]	How and Why Do Horses Sleep Standing Up? Their legs are locked in the proper position during sleep...

[26]	Chopsticks Chopsticks were then invented to serve as efficient tools to pick up morsels of food and rice...

[27]	Why Are The Netherlands also Called Holland and the Low Countries? And Why Are Its People called Dutch? Actually, the official name of the country is Nederland, the name native inhabitants call it - "Netherlands"... by Daniel Marcus

[28]	Anaconda You might have seen the recent English film Anaconda, where these snakes are shown as giant man-eating monsters. Well... by Paramita Kar

[29]	Ants : The Civilized Army Ants are no doubt the most successful of all social insects of Hymenoptera, an order that also includes wasps and bees... by Manpreet

[30]	Birds [VIII] Nesting-Boxes and Food Tables... by Jamal Ara

[31]	Birds [VII] Hints on Bird Watching... by Jamal Ara

[32]	Birds [VI] Body-Structure : Birds are animals that are covered with feathers. The skeleton of a bird is rather like that of a man... by Jamal Ara

[33]	Birds [V] MIGRATION AND BIRD RINGING - They are very punctual too, unless they are delayed by bad weather. We may calculate almost to a day when we may expect our bird friends to return, carrying winter on their backs... by Jamal Ara

[34]	Birds [IV] In the breeding season, territory is occupied and mates, mates are wooed, rivals are fought, pairing takes place and then duties of nesting and parenthood start... by Jamal Ara

[35]	Birds [III] An experienced bird-watcher can look at a forest, meadow, lake, swamp or field and predict almost exactly what birds he will find there... by Jamal Ara

[36]	Birds [II] Like human beings, they set up home and have children; they even have language of their own... by Jamal Ara

[37]	Birds It is a great joy to watch these beautiful and graceful creatures. They always appear so busy, flying here and there, now hopping, now running about, chirping, singing, splashing and preening, taking great care to look neat and clean... by Jamal Ara

[38]	Crocodiles The largest species is the Indopacific Crocodile, Crocodylus porosus, which may exceed lengths of 20 feet... by Rajesh Nandan Singh [Forwarded Email]

[39]	Africa The biggest desert in the world and the endless sand goes on and on for hundreds of miles... by Manpreet

[40]	PANAMA It is an inter-oceanic waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through the Isthmus of Panama... by Manpreet

[41]	Europe It is divided into more than twenty countries. The biggest country in Europe is France - except Russia which is partly in Europe... by Manpreet

[42]	INSECTS The long-horned grasshoppers, katydids and crickets have their ears on their front legs. If I had six legs Id probably get them all tangled up! Well most insects move three legs at a time... by Harinder Dhanoa Motihar

[43]	My Life - The Tale of a Butterfly On the third day, the eggs hatched and tiny caterpillars came out. I was one of them... by Anjan Sarkar

[44]	Trees Learn more about Banyan, Peepal, Neem, Champa, Dhak, Tamarind and many other popular trees...

[45]	Who's Who at Zoo Each animal is special; none too stupid or ugly, says the author. Out of 24 animal friends talked of in the book, here are some for you... by Ruskin Bond

[46]	Getting to know Snakes - Section [I] Snakes do not chew their food. Infact their table manners are not dainty. They swallow their food whole... by Zai and Rom Whitaker

[47]	Getting to know Snakes - Section [II] But for many, the guru of snake-men is Bill Haast, who until recently had a snake park in Miami, Florida. He extracts the venoms of snakes from all over the world... by Zai and Rom Whitaker

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Getting to know Snakes - Section [III]

Its stocky body and strong neck muscles make it easy for the snake to bulldoze its way through soft soil. The species from the hills are so dependent on remaining cool that they often die in a human hand (Which usually has a temperature of about 37ş C)...

by Zai and Rom Whitaker