Warts and toads. They go together like witches and Halloween. The warts are actually glands that can produce secretions which are often poisonous or at least bad tasting to potential toad predators. There are other frogs that are called toads…
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A mutation is a change in the DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) genetic code. Geneticists usually qualify the definition of a mutation to mean that the change in the genetic code is a permanent change. Changes in the DNA can include something…
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Blind snakes are small snakes with vestigial eyes that consist only of black spots beneath the scales on the head. They have fewer than 40 mid-body scale rows and the scales are smooth and shiny, so they look like worms. …
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Most people grew up being taught that the mighty race of dinosaurs went extinct about 65 million years ago. But it’s not true; dinosaurs still walk the Earth. No, it isn’t a T-Rex or a living relative of the Loch…
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Tree frogs have large finger and toe pads which enable them to climb vertical surfaces like tree trunks, so many of them have taken to an arboreal life, as their common name suggests. Tree frogs are mostly found throughout the Americas…
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Geckos are lizards so they are cold-blooded, scaley and have five fingered limbs. Geckos have big heads and large, snake-like eyes, without moveable eyelids. Instead, in most species, the eye is protected by a transparent covering that is shed with…
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Kangaroo rats live in dry and arid regions where food and water are scarce. Most of the kangaroo rats are inhabitants of deserts and dry regions of the western and southwestern regions of North America. As most of them live…
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I’ve always been a naturalist at heart, and my Amazon orders are full of books about bugs, birds and other creatures. My most recent order contained a book called “How Long Things Live & How They Live as Long as…
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The frog is a very unique animal because it specifically shows how an organism’s structure and function are related. There are three main systems within the frog that are important examples of this. The motility of the frog is seen…
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Hibernating mammals such as black and brown bears, the brown bats, marmots, woodchucks, arctic ground squirrels survive the cold winter by lowering their body temperatures and snoozing away the frigid time in Alaska, say Elizabeth Manning in her online article…
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